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

Start with the funders already giving to religion in Louisiana, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Pentecost Foundation, Da McFarland Trust. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.

Who is the largest religion funder in Louisiana?

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Louisiana, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in Louisiana?

$70M reached 275 religion organizations in Louisiana, from 420 funders. 33% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in Louisiana

$70M reached 275 religion organizations in Louisiana, from 420 funders, with no single one dominating.

$70M

granted

275

organizations

33%

from in-state

The short version

420 funders gave $70M to 275 religion organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
33% of that came from funders also based in Louisiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in Louisiana is Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, at $18M.
The religion organization drawing the most is International Dominican Foundation, at $17M.

Largest funders of religion in Louisiana

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

1Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$18M 2The Pentecost Foundation$5M 3Da McFarland Trust$5M 4National Philanthropic Trust$3M 5Community Foundation of Acadiana$3M 6The Mary & Al Danos Family Foundation$3M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 8H & B Young Foundation$2M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 10Network for Good$2M

Religion organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

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

265 other religion organizations$20M

International Dominican Foundation$17M Baptist Community Ministries$6M Children's Cup$6M Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$5M Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana$5M Global Prison Seminaries Foundation$4M

How to find religion funders in Louisiana

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Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to religion in Louisiana are Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Pentecost Foundation, Da McFarland Trust. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
67% of religion money in Louisiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in Louisiana?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in Louisiana, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Pentecost Foundation, Da McFarland Trust. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in Louisiana?: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Louisiana, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Louisiana?: $70M reached 275 religion organizations in Louisiana, from 420 funders. 33% 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.