Louisiana · Nonprofit
COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA
COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA (Louisiana) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,671,078 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($4,253,600). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $7.7M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana does
Mission
The mission of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (crcl) is to unite people in action to achieve a thriving, sustainable louisiana coast for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Restoration programs: the restoration programs have two main components, the oyster shell recyling program and native plants program. Oyster shell recycling program: launched in june 2014, crcl's osrp was established to keep shell out of landfills and slow coastal land loss. In partnership with new orleans and baton rouge restaurants and hundreds of volunteers each year, crcl collects, cures and bags oyster shell before using it to build oyster reefs and living shoreline habitat. Through the osrp, the first program of its kind in louisiana, crcl has recycled more than 16 million pounds of shell and together with community partners has built seven oyster reefs totaling more than 8,000 linear feet of shoreline protection. Crcl's oyster shell recycling program provides community members with the opportunity to volunteer in coastal restoration work, to learn how louisiana's wetlands protect and provide for our communities, and to see firsthand how oyster shells can support coastal ecosystems within the context of larger restoration plans. More than 40 restaurants participate in the program. Native plants program: founded in 2000, crcl's native plants program (npp) leads our efforts to…
$1,395,728 spentof which $126,330 as grants47% of program spendingState of the coast: the state of the coast conference is the largest statewide conference of its kind, providing an interdisciplinary forum to exchange timely and relevant information on the dynamic conditoins of louisiana's coastal communities, environment, and economy.
$587,805 spent$831,717 earned by the program20% of program spendingCoastal restoration policy and projects: crcl works collaboratively to advance large-scale projects, to restore wetlands, oyster reefs, barrier islands, dunes and other coastal habitats in southeast louisiana to advance an equitable, safer, and flourishing coast for our state's communities, ecosystems, and economy.
$777,708 spent26% of program spendingFuture coastal leaders program: crcl's future coastal leaders (fcl) program is a leadership, education, and career development initiative focused on engaging public high school and undergraduate students, including those enrolled in community colleges, with interest in coastal restoration. Its purpose, through experiential learning, is to highlight the plentiful careers and/or degrees that exist in addressing coastal and environmental issues. From engineers, scientists, accountants, to architects and non-profit leaders, crcl hopes to motivate the next generation of students to choose coastal restoration as their profession. Crclectures crcl hosts lectures in different locations around south louisiana, sharing interesting subject matter in a way that connects new people to the movement to restore coastal louisiana. Coastal leadership institute crcl's cli is a professional development program that provides participants with the deep knowledge and skills necessary to be leaders in coastal restoration. The class is comprised of 30 residents from across louisiana's coast working in careers including engineering, arts, education and economic development. They will join eight sessions…
$221,783 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,983,024.
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 2019 to 2020, from $506k to $1.3M (+152%).
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: 2019 8% · 2020 6% · 2021 16% · 2022 5% · 2023 7% · 2024 29% · 2025 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Parker Kilgore
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $392k → $1.4M.
10 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 funders by total. 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
COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
37% 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 COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 38% · 2019 32% · 2020 76% · 2021 78% · 2022 56% · 2023 75% — diversifying over time.
“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
33% of COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $662k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Department of Commerce$715k
- Environmental Protection Agency$485k
- Department of the Interior$50k
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 COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA?
- COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA (Louisiana) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,671,078 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($4,253,600). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $7,671,078 in grants to COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $4,253,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL 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 44 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