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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Louisiana, currently National Philanthropic Trust, City Fund, Gates Foundation. 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.

How much grant money goes to education in Louisiana?

$1.4B reached 683 education organizations in Louisiana, from 1,986 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 · Education

Who funds education in Louisiana

$1.4B reached 683 education organizations in Louisiana, from 1,986 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.4B

granted

683

organizations

39%

from in-state

The short version

1,986 funders gave $1.4B to 683 education 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 education in Louisiana is National Philanthropic Trust, at $62M.
The education organization drawing the most is The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, at $356M.

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.

1National Philanthropic Trust$62M 2City Fund$56M 3Gates Foundation$54M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$53M 5New Schools for New Orleans Inc$48M 6The Greater New Orleans Foundation$40M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$34M 8United Negro College Fund Inc$33M 9The Weatherhead Foundation$30M 10Baton Rouge Area Foundation$24M

Education organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

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

673 other education organizations$626M

The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$356M Lsu Foundation$87M Xavier University of Louisiana$72M

How to find education funders in Louisiana

1
Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to education in Louisiana are National Philanthropic Trust, City Fund, Gates Foundation. 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
61% 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 National Philanthropic Trust, City Fund, Gates Foundation. 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?: National Philanthropic Trust gives the most to education organizations in Louisiana, $62M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Louisiana?: $1.4B reached 683 education organizations in Louisiana, from 1,986 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.