Louisiana · Nonprofit
HEALTHY GULF
HEALTHY GULF (Louisiana) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,457,693 to it, the largest being WINDWARD FUND ($2,000,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 87
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Healthy Gulf does
Mission
Healthy Gulfs purpose is to collaborate with and serve communities who love the Gulf of Mexico by providing the research, communications, and coalition-building tools needed to reverse the long pattern of over exploitation of the Gulfs natural resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Resilient Communities and Climate Justice HG (1) works to build an active and engaged constituency to support natural storm protection and restoration efforts for the Gulf Coast region, (2) advocates for the use of green infrastructure in the Greater New Orleans area to address localized flooding, (3) works to reduce the contributions of the fossil fuel industry to climate change and address the disproportionate impacts of climate change on low income and communities of color, and (4) documents and addresses the continuing environmental and community impact of the fossil fuel industry and its associated infrastructure (e.g., pipelines) as well as the petrochemical industry in the five Gulf states, and to hold these industries accountable for their continuing pollution.
$1,517,754 spentof which $338,494 as grants$5,549 earned by the program72% of program spendingResilient Habitat and Healthy Water HG works to improve water quality by identifying pollution issues and providing technical assistance, training, and mentoring to numerous communities faced with pollution. HG also works to improve the development and implementation of watershed and coastal wetlands restoration plans and to prevent damaging projects that destroy wetlands and/or impact water quality. HG supports activities focused on achieving fishery management regulations that are science-based, promoting sustainable fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, advocating for the protection of marine habitat, and promoting protections for marine mammals. HG works closely with local communities by providing frequent updates and action alerts on water quality, wetlands, and fisheries issues.
$587,341 spentof which $36,500 as grants$38,175 earned by the program28% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,105,095.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.8M to $4.4M (+58%).
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: 2020 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of HEALTHY GULF’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $301k → $2.0M.
19 of 87 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 HEALTHY GULF’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 87 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
HEALTHY GULF has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
67% 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 HEALTHY GULF.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 27% · 2019 26% · 2020 19% · 2021 29% · 2022 27% · 2023 13% — 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
35% of HEALTHY GULF's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
HEALTHY GULF draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
HEALTHY GULF holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HEALTHY GULF
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 13 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HEALTHY GULF: 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 HEALTHY GULF?
- HEALTHY GULF (Louisiana) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,457,693 to it, the largest being WINDWARD FUND ($2,000,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HEALTHY GULF have?
- IRS filings report 87 organizations giving $16,457,693 in grants to HEALTHY GULF, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEALTHY GULF?
- WINDWARD FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEALTHY GULF 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 87 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