Louisiana · Nonprofit
LA A SCHOOLS INC
LA A SCHOOLS INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $410,431 to it, the largest being GEORGE RODRIGUE FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS INC ($410,431). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $174k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $410k
- Net assets
- $6k
What La a Schools Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to transform schools by nurturing creativity in every learner.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
On september 1, 2023 the organization's activities were taken over by the lsu college of human sciences & education. The organization did not transfer any assets to lsu but agreed to run the programs through the university. The organization is currently in the wind down phase of its operations.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Louisiana a+ schools is a research-based whole school network with a mission of nurturing creativity in every learner through an arts-integrated school network.
$299,632 spentof which $7,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $299,632.
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 2017 to 2018, from $82k to $367k (+350%).
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 35% · 2020 11% · 2022 10% · 2023 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of LA A SCHOOLS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% 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.
Chief executive
Bethany Hagar
Executive director
Board chair
Jacques Rodrigue
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of LA A SCHOOLS 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LA A SCHOOLS INC's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
LA A SCHOOLS INC's revenue fell 69% between 2017 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Government funding LA A SCHOOLS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $95k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$95k
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 LA A SCHOOLS 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
18%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LA A SCHOOLS 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 LA A SCHOOLS INC?
- LA A SCHOOLS INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $410,431 to it, the largest being GEORGE RODRIGUE FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS INC ($410,431). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LA A SCHOOLS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $410,431 in grants to LA A SCHOOLS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of LA A SCHOOLS INC?
- GEORGE RODRIGUE FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $410,431 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LA A SCHOOLS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 1 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