Louisiana · Nonprofit
COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC
COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $448,323 to it, the largest being LOUISIANA BUSINESS INCUBATION ASSOCIATIO ($138,875). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $198k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $448k
- Net assets
- $102k
What Cohabitat Foundation Inc does
Mission
Cohabitat foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster economic growth by providing internal and external resources, tools, and programs for all those who wish to start and/or grow a business.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Biztrax - business acceleration services including coaching, workshops, networking events, and co-working space to support existing small business growth and innovation. This program also served as our support program for businesses impacted by covid-19.by the numbers, the businesses participating in the 2023-2024 program reported creating 51 new jobs with an avg. Wage of $51,200, a projected increase in revenue of $1.42 million over next 12 month, and retaining 44 existing jobs.the 2023-2024 reported creating 51 new jobs with an avg. Wage of $51,200, a projected increase in revenue of $1.42 million over next 12 month, and retaining 44 existing jobs.
$89,362 spent$3,400 earned by the program55% of program spendingDevtrax - services including ceo roundtables for second stage companies and practical workshops/classes to strengthen business strategy and operations for all.ceo roundtable served more than roughly 30 second stage business decision makers in 2024. 100% of participants reported it was likely their business would grow further, 66.7% reported likelihood of improving profitability, and 100% said they had gained knowledge that would allow them to run their businesses more efficientlycohab also hosted in person business training at stages throughout the year alone and in partnership with other economic development organizations.
$37,234 spent23% of program spendingYouthtrax - lemonade day shreveport-bossier city - . Cohab partners with lsus, noel umc, and cadence bank to offer lemonade day community day as well as multiple summer camps to teach children a foundation of entrepreneurship through hosting a lemonade stand. In 2024 cohab has served 323 children through lemonade day. Cohab also hosted two week-long summer camps for 60 students between 8 and 12 years old helping those kids learn more in-depth entrepreneurial lessons and increase financial literacy.
$22,341 spent$3,106 earned by the program14% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$14,012 spent$3,574 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $162,949.
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 $279k to $346k (+24%).
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 30% · 2018 23% · 2019 21% · 2020 23% · 2021 24% · 2022 12% · 2023 53% · 2024 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Jessica Schiele
Executive director
Board chair
Hilton Nicholson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $48k → $58k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC’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
COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 56% · 2019 55% · 2020 48% · 2021 33% · 2022 63% · 2023 43% — 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
63% of COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
93% of COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC?
- COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $448,323 to it, the largest being LOUISIANA BUSINESS INCUBATION ASSOCIATIO ($138,875). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $448,323 in grants to COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC?
- LOUISIANA BUSINESS INCUBATION ASSOCIATIO is the largest funder on record, with $138,875 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COHABITAT FOUNDATION INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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