Louisiana · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC
FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,636,522 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FOR BATON ROUGE ($1,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $34k
What Friends of Discovery Health Sciences Foundation Inc does
Mission
It is the mission, duty, and purpose of friends of discovery health sciences foundation, inc. To support, in every way possible, discovery health sciences foundation, inc. In its important mission to provide a rigorous learning environment where students achieve academically, develop intellectual curiosity, and practice environmental responsibility while exploring health and science topics and careers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Raised funds from individuals, trusts, private and public grants, and corporations throughout the year. The organization is directly responsible for planning, financing, and constructing a permanent facility in kenner, louisiana for the use of the kenner discovery health sciences academy (operated by discovery health sciences foundation, inc.).
$4,234,065 spentof which $1,000 as grants$3,787,141 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,234,065.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $3.8M to $51M (+1238%).
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.
20% of FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Patty Glaser Phd
CEO (thru 6/2025)
Board chair
Ronnie Slone
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $43k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES 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
FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 46% · 2023 53% — 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.
Where its funders are
63% of FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES 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. $99k 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
FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Discovery Health Sciences Foundation Inc · exempt
- Discovery Ochsner Baton Rouge · exempt
- Friends of Discovery Ochsner Baton Rouge · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC?
- FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,636,522 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FOR BATON ROUGE ($1,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,636,522 in grants to FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC?
- NEW SCHOOLS FOR BATON ROUGE is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 7 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