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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Louisiana, currently Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Pontchartrain Housing Corp I. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in Louisiana?

Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc gives the most to housing organizations in Louisiana, $113M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Louisiana?

$246M reached 234 housing organizations in Louisiana, from 541 funders. 72% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Louisiana

Housing funding in Louisiana is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though START Corporation leads, and the money reaches 234 groups. One funder dominates the giving, Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc, at 46% of the total.

$246M

granted

234

organizations

72%

from in-state

The short version

541 funders gave $246M to 234 housing organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
72% of that came from funders also based in Louisiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Louisiana is Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc, at $113M.
The housing organization drawing the most is START Corporation, at $25M.

Largest funders of housing in Louisiana

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

1Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc$113M 2The Greater New Orleans Foundation$7M 3Pontchartrain Housing Corp I$7M 4Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$6M 5Enterprise Community Partners Inc$6M 6Community Foundation of North Louisiana$5M 7The Chicago Community Trust$5M 8Habitat for Humanity International Inc$5M 9Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$4M 101770 Tchoupitoulas Inc$4M

Housing organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

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

224 other housing organizations$123M

START Corporation$25M Noaids Task Force$17M Responsibility House Inc$15M Travelers Aid Society of Greater New Orleans$15M Gulf Coast Housing Partnership Inc$9M HousingNOLA$7M

How to find housing funders in Louisiana

1
Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to housing in Louisiana are Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Pontchartrain Housing Corp I. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
28% of housing money in Louisiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Louisiana?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Louisiana, currently Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Pontchartrain Housing Corp I. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Louisiana?: Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc gives the most to housing organizations in Louisiana, $113M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Louisiana?: $246M reached 234 housing organizations in Louisiana, from 541 funders. 72% 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.