Louisiana · Nonprofit
Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc
Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,853 to it, the largest being Entergy Charitable Foundation ($75,305). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $439k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $188k
- Net assets
- $449k
What Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc does
Mission
Grounds Krewe is a 501c3 non-profit with a mission to promote waste prevention, recycling and sustainable products at New Orleans special events. Our vision is to help foster a festival culture that retains all of its enjoyment, while having the lowest impact possible on our community spaces and planet's resources by creating a setting in which environmental stewardship is both convenient and contagious.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Grounds Krewe conducts several initiatives aimed at reducing event waste with a focus on the 2.6 million pounds of trash that fills New Orleans streets and storm drains during just 12 days of Carnival Season. Notable programs include: 1 The Sustainable Throw Catalog reverses the quantity-over-quality trend with Mardi Gras throws and meets a growing market demand for parade throws that are affordable, functional, made from sustainable materials and promote Louisiana products and people. Currently in its fifth year of operation, the Sustainable Throw Catalog has sold over 760,000 throws to date. 2 The On the Route parade recycling program, Recycle Dat in partnership with the city of New Orleans and several other local partners provides recycling hubs and stations along the St. Charles Avenue parade route during weekend day parades. Parade-goers can recycle glass, aluminum cans and plastic bottles, and donate unwanted parade throws for reuse.
$258,607 spentof which $1,458 as grants$5,519 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $258,607.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $180k to $338k (+87%).
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: 2024 35% · 2025 27% · 2026 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc’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. 1 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $69k → $12k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Grounds Krewe NOLA 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
Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 82% · 2021 100% · 2022 87% · 2023 87% — 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.
Where its funders are
68% of Grounds Krewe NOLA 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. $71k 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
Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 88 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like Grounds Krewe NOLA 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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc?
- Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,853 to it, the largest being Entergy Charitable Foundation ($75,305). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $187,853 in grants to Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Grounds Krewe NOLA Inc?
- Entergy Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $75,305 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Grounds Krewe NOLA 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing