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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Louisiana, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Louisiana?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Louisiana, $29M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Louisiana?

$542M reached 389 education organizations in Louisiana, from 982 funders. 31% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Louisiana

$542M reached 389 education organizations in Louisiana, from 982 funders, with no single one dominating.

$542M

granted

389

organizations

31%

from in-state

The short version

982 funders gave $542M to 389 education organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
31% of that came from funders also based in Louisiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Louisiana is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $29M.
The education organization drawing the most is The Administrators of the Tulane, at $106M.

Largest funders of education in Louisiana

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$29M 2The Chicago Community Trust$27M 3National Philanthropic Trust$25M 4City Fund$22M 5American Athletic Conference$20M 6Louisiana Children's Medical Center$20M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$19M 8New Schools for New Orleans Inc$18M 9The Greater New Orleans Foundation$17M 10United Negro College Fund Inc$16M

Education organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

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

379 other education organizations$243M

The Administrators of the Tulane$106M Leading Educators Inc$35M Xavier University of Louisiana$27M New Schools for New Orleans Inc$16M

How to find education funders in Louisiana

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Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to education in Louisiana are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
69% of education money in Louisiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Louisiana?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Louisiana, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Louisiana?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Louisiana, $29M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Louisiana?: $542M reached 389 education organizations in Louisiana, from 982 funders. 31% 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.