How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Louisiana?

Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Louisiana, currently WK Kellogg Foundation, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the youth development 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 youth development in Louisiana?

$179M reached 268 youth development organizations in Louisiana, from 762 funders. 37% 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 · Youth development

Who funds youth development in Louisiana

Youth development funding in Louisiana is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Youthforce Nola leads, and the money reaches 268 groups.

$179M

granted

268

organizations

37%

from in-state

The short version

762 funders gave $179M to 268 youth development organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
37% of that came from funders also based in Louisiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of youth development in Louisiana is WK Kellogg Foundation, at $13M.
The youth development organization drawing the most is Youthforce Nola, at $21M.

Largest funders of youth development in Louisiana

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

1WK Kellogg Foundation$13M 2The Greater New Orleans Foundation$11M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 4Boys & Girls Clubs of America$6M 5National Philanthropic Trust$6M 6The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc$6M 7Conrad N Hilton Foundation$5M 8The Chicago Community Trust$5M 9Jewish Communal Fund$5M 10Baton Rouge Area Foundation$4M

Youth development organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

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

258 other youth development organizations$80M

Youthforce Nola$21M Youth Empowerment Project$15M Son of a Saint$11M Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools$9M Covenant House New Orleans$8M The Emeril Lagasse Foundation$8M Baton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc$8M Boys & Girls Club of Acadiana Inc$7M New Orleans Youth Alliance$6M Liberty's Kitchen Inc$6M

How to find youth development funders in Louisiana

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Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to youth development in Louisiana are WK Kellogg Foundation, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the youth development 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
63% of youth development money in Louisiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Louisiana?: Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Louisiana, currently WK Kellogg Foundation, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Louisiana?: WK Kellogg Foundation gives the most to youth development organizations in Louisiana, $13M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Louisiana?: $179M reached 268 youth development organizations in Louisiana, from 762 funders. 37% 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.