How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Louisiana?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Louisiana, currently Walter Family Foundation Inc, Audubon Nature Institute Foundation, Petsmart Charities Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.

How much grant money goes to animals in Louisiana?

$86M reached 176 animals organizations in Louisiana, from 546 funders. 39% came from funders also based in Louisiana.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Louisiana · Animals

Who funds animals in Louisiana

$86M reached 176 animals organizations in Louisiana, from 546 funders, with no single one dominating.

$86M

granted

176

organizations

39%

from in-state

The short version

546 funders gave $86M to 176 animals organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
39% of that came from funders also based in Louisiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Louisiana is Walter Family Foundation Inc, at $10M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Audubon Nature Institute Inc, at $19M.

Largest funders of animals in Louisiana

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Louisiana, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Walter Family Foundation Inc$10M 2Audubon Nature Institute Foundation$10M 3Petsmart Charities Inc$5M 4The Greater New Orleans Foundation$5M 5Louisiana Spca Foundation Inc$5M 6Network for Good$4M 7Zemurray Foundation$3M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 9Zoological Society of San Diego$2M 10Community Foundation of Acadiana$2M

Animals organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

166 other animals organizations$25M

Audubon Nature Institute Inc$19M Chimp Haven Inc$19M Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10M

How to find animals funders in Louisiana

1
Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to animals in Louisiana are Walter Family Foundation Inc, Audubon Nature Institute Foundation, Petsmart Charities Inc. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
61% of animals money in Louisiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Louisiana?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Louisiana, currently Walter Family Foundation Inc, Audubon Nature Institute Foundation, Petsmart Charities Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Louisiana?: Walter Family Foundation Inc gives the most to animals organizations in Louisiana, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Louisiana?: $86M reached 176 animals organizations in Louisiana, from 546 funders. 39% came from funders also based in Louisiana.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.