Louisiana · Nonprofit
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA (Louisiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,002,446 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ($718,603). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $109M
What Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana does
Mission
Our mission is to promote, encourage, carry on, and aid in the conduct and commercialization of scientific investigations and technology development; the development and implementation of novel business ideas and processes; education, training, and allied supportive activities; and the development of a cultural and physical environment, all of which shall be directed toward assisting the region in attracting new businesses or in retaining, starting, or growing existing businesses or in any other economic development activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Facilities/intertech: operated a ten story, 160,000 sq ft research facility housing 56 state-of-the-art wet labs, an animal care facility, and related administrative offices. The 56 wet labs and animal facility are leased to lsuhsc-s to support its basic science research program. As support for the animal imaging program at lsuhsc-s. The research facility provided essential research space needed to support the acquisition of lsuhsc-s extramural funding. - conducted activities related to the establishment of a science & technology business park including support for scientific economic development projects, workforce development and education. Provided financial and programmatic assistance to prospective park tenants. Provided land for development including environmental remediation. Maintained multiple leased properties, including a 33,000 sq ft cgmp manufacturing facility and multiple incubator facilities.see schedule o
$7,680,459 spent$11,940,362 earned by the program49% of program spendingOmicron technologies solutions was created to create jobs anddisadvantaged business entity opportunities to the northwest louisianaregion. Omicron provides services to educational and public transportation systems to provide access to facilities and special fare programs.
$3,276,140 spent$3,144,157 earned by the program21% of program spendingEap: the entrepreneurial accelerator program is a financial analytics and support group formed to stimulate the creation of entrepreneurialecosystem in northwest louisiana. This is accomplished through avariety of methods including providing entrepreneurial educationalcontent to the community, assisting local universities withentrepreneurial education opportunities, and establishing andmaintaining systems which connect entrepreneurs to resources andprovide assistance to start and grow their business
$1,438,930 spent$946,872 earned by the program9% of program spendingEdventures supports stem (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and technology-based workforce development initiatives through a variety of programs serving student sin northwest louisiana. Programs include the bobbie cates hicks science and medicine academic research training program, biotech magnet academy, biostart senior research laboratory internships, college navigator, and first robotics programs. Edventures works with multiple regional partners including caddo parish schools, bossier parish schools, desoto parish schools, and lsu health sciences center in shreveport to provide these programs. Expenses: $ (including grants to others of $--), revenue: $ shreveport next proactively recruits small to mid-sized businesses to relocate to or build facilities in northwest louisiana, promoting our region's access, affordability, and opportunity for businesses to create well-paying, sustainable jobs for our community. Expenses: $366,855 (including grants to others of $--), revenue: $the digital media institute (dmi) is an accredited higher educational institution focused on degree and certificate programs in the digital arts. Dmi offers programs in animation…
$3,287,916 spentof which $58,108 as grants$8,126,921 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,683,445.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $467M to $106M (−77%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 14% · 2020 24% · 2021 3% · 2022 3% · 2023 1% · 2024 2% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Graham Walker
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $75k → $39k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 63% · 2019 99% · 2020 53% · 2021 88% · 2022 71% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
11% of BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $252k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $750k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Department of Education$626k
- Department of Commerce$600k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 17 related entities
- Intertech Venture Mgmt LLC · disregarded
- Brf Capital LLC · disregarded
- Southern Isotopes LLC · disregarded
- Future State LLC · disregarded
- Four Corners Ne LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA?
- BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA (Louisiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,002,446 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ($718,603). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,002,446 in grants to BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA is the largest funder on record, with $718,603 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing