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LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC

LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,894 to it, the largest being MARKETING EDUCATION RETAIL ALLIANCE INC ($11,894). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$79M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$12k
Net assets
$-9412898
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Lafayette Charter Foundation Inc does

Mission

To provide an inspiring and motivatng educational environment that delivers real, measurable results and prepares our students to be the next generation of leaders.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The acadania programs/activities include general education for the instruction of students, transportation including bus services for students and administration.

    $31,194,672 spent$1,196,275 earned by the program
    61% of program spending
  2. The lafayette programs/activities include general education for the instruction of students, transportation including bus services for students and administration.

    $19,821,012 spent$171,214 earned by the program
    39% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $51,015,684.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($17M) Expenses 100 ($18M)2018 Revenue 109 ($18M) Expenses 105 ($19M)2019 Revenue 114 ($19M) Expenses 111 ($20M)2020 Revenue 121 ($20M) Expenses 112 ($21M)2021 Revenue 160 ($27M) Expenses 142 ($26M)2022 Revenue 201 ($34M) Expenses 185 ($34M)2023 Revenue 259 ($44M) Expenses 237 ($43M)2024 Revenue 365 ($62M) Expenses 343 ($63M)2025 Revenue 469 ($79M) Expenses 448 ($82M)
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Revenue (469)Expenses (448)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $99M to $271M (+175%).

$25M
$24M
$22M
$22M
$33M
$43M
$75M
$99M
$271M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 7% · 2019 8% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2023 98% · 2024 100% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,251 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1.4M
’17
−$786k
’18
−$1.1M
’19
−$188k
’20
$1.0M
’21
$104k
’22
$369k
’23
−$1.1M
’24
−$2.9M
’25
1.5
months of
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.

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Listed89888881213
Joined·+3+4+2+0+0+0+4+1
No longer listed·25200000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of LAFAYETTE CHARTER 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.

Where its funders are

100% of LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.

LA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)21% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC

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In Louisiana

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

62% of spending goes to programs.

Program 62%Management 38%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC?
LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,894 to it, the largest being MARKETING EDUCATION RETAIL ALLIANCE INC ($11,894). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $11,894 in grants to LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of LAFAYETTE CHARTER FOUNDATION INC?
MARKETING EDUCATION RETAIL ALLIANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,894 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LAFAYETTE CHARTER 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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