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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Louisiana, currently Northwestern University, National Academy of Sciences, President and Fellows of Harvard College. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Louisiana?

Northwestern University gives the most to science organizations in Louisiana, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Louisiana?

$47M reached 28 science organizations in Louisiana, from 91 funders. 4% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Louisiana

Funding is concentrated: The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund alone draws 90% of every science grant dollar in Louisiana. Most of it comes from outside Louisiana: only 4% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$47M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

91 funders gave $47M to 28 science organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
4% of that came from funders also based in Louisiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Louisiana is Northwestern University, at $6M.
The science organization drawing the most is The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, at $43M.

Largest funders of science in Louisiana

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

1Northwestern University$6M 2National Academy of Sciences$6M 3President and Fellows of Harvard College$5M 4Nfl Player Care Foundation$4M 5The Scripps Research Institute$4M 6Emory University$3M 7American Heart Association Inc$2M 8University of Pittsburgh$2M 9Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$2M 10Johns Hopkins University$1M

Science organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

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

The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$43M

How to find science funders in Louisiana

1
Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to science in Louisiana are Northwestern University, National Academy of Sciences, President and Fellows of Harvard College. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
96% of science money in Louisiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Louisiana?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Louisiana, currently Northwestern University, National Academy of Sciences, President and Fellows of Harvard College. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Louisiana?: Northwestern University gives the most to science organizations in Louisiana, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Louisiana?: $47M reached 28 science organizations in Louisiana, from 91 funders. 4% 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 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

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.