How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Louisiana?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Louisiana, currently Wounded Warrior Project Inc, Conrad N Hilton Foundation, Walton Family Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit 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 public benefit in Louisiana?

$17M reached 39 public benefit organizations in Louisiana, from 130 funders. 22% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Louisiana

Most of it comes from outside Louisiana: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$17M

granted

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

130 funders gave $17M to 39 public benefit organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in Louisiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Louisiana is Wounded Warrior Project Inc, at $1M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Invest in Louisiana, at $5M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Louisiana

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

1Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1M 2Conrad N Hilton Foundation$1M 3Walton Family Foundation Inc$1M 4Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$846k 5State Policy Network$830k 6Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation$590k 7WK Kellogg Foundation$520k 8Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated$520k 9The Greater New Orleans Foundation$495k 10Community Catalyst Inc$473k

Public benefit organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

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

Invest in Louisiana$5M Pelican Institute for Public Policy$4M Bastion Community of Resilience$3M Together Louisiana$2M

29 other public benefit organizations$840k

Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance$696k

How to find public benefit funders in Louisiana

1
Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to public benefit in Louisiana are Wounded Warrior Project Inc, Conrad N Hilton Foundation, Walton Family Foundation Inc. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
78% of public benefit money in Louisiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Louisiana?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Louisiana, currently Wounded Warrior Project Inc, Conrad N Hilton Foundation, Walton Family Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in Louisiana?: Wounded Warrior Project Inc gives the most to public benefit organizations in Louisiana, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Louisiana?: $17M reached 39 public benefit organizations in Louisiana, from 130 funders. 22% 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.

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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.