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, The Ford Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. 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?

$128M reached 116 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Louisiana, from 332 funders. 5% 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 5% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$128M

granted

116

organizations

from in-state

The short version

332 funders gave $128M to 116 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
5% 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 $16M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, at $22M.

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$16M 2The Ford Foundation$9M 3National Philanthropic Trust$6M 4American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$5M 5NEO Philanthropy Inc$4M 6The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc$4M 7Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$3M 8WK Kellogg Foundation$3M 9The David and Lucile Packard Foundation$3M 10Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$3M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

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

106 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$32M

Power Coalition for Equity and Justice$22M Women With A Vision$18M E Pluribus Unum Institute$14M New Orleans Workers Ctr For Racial Justice$11M American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana$8M E Pluribus Unum Fund$6M

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, The Ford Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. 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
95% 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, The Ford Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. 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, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Louisiana?: $128M reached 116 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Louisiana, from 332 funders. 5% 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.