How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Louisiana?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Louisiana, currently New Venture Fund, WK Kellogg Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy 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 civil rights and advocacy in Louisiana?

$52M reached 41 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Louisiana, from 199 funders. 10% 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 · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Louisiana

Most of it comes from outside Louisiana: only 10% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Louisiana's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$52M

granted

organizations

10%

from in-state

The short version

199 funders gave $52M to 41 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
10% of that came from funders also based in Louisiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Louisiana is New Venture Fund, at $5M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, at $12M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Louisiana

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

1New Venture Fund$5M 2WK Kellogg Foundation$3M 3American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$3M 4Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$3M 5Descendants Truth&Reconciliation Tr$2M 6National Philanthropic Trust$2M 7The Ford Foundation$2M 8The David and Lucile Packard Foundation$1M 9The Community Foundation for Greater$1M 10Tides Foundation$1M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

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

Power Coalition for Equity and Justice$12M

31 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$10M

E Pluribus Unum Institute$7M Descendants Truth and Reconciliation$5M American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana$4M Women's Foundation of the South$4M Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund$3M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Louisiana

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Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Louisiana are New Venture Fund, WK Kellogg Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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
90% of civil rights and advocacy money in Louisiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Louisiana?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Louisiana, currently New Venture Fund, WK Kellogg Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Louisiana?: New Venture Fund gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Louisiana, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Louisiana?: $52M reached 41 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Louisiana, from 199 funders. 10% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.