Louisiana · Nonprofit
LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC
LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,355,127 to it, the largest being LOUISIANA BAR FOUNDATION ($819,140). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $569k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $402k
What Louisiana Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc does
Mission
Louisiana appleseed solves our state's toughest problems at their root cause by advocating for access to justice, opportunity, and education. We believe that our state will be stronger through fair and equitable access to the courts, the economy, and public schools. To accomplish this, we build bridges between vulnerable communities and our extensive network of pro bono professionals to develop meaningful and sustainable solutions that help justice take root.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Access to justice: educating stakeholders and the public on the value of legal aid in louisiana; preparing materials to educate survivors of domestic violence through court proceedings; researching obstacles to service requirements for protective orders; collaborating on the creation of free curated online legal resources; preparing standards for courtroom interpreters; preparing educational materials about in forma pauperis laws; researching custody by mandate issues; encouraging adoption of policy to give cle credit for pro bono; researching and analysing expungement reform and laws affecting re-entry after incarceration.
$277,325 spent67% of program spendingAccess to education: developing best practices for building financial sustainability in public schools; preventing teen dating violence; developing legal handbooks for charter school board members and school leaders; increasing access to food for public school students; conducting training sessions for board members and school administrators.
Access to opportunity: updating manual for lawyers providing pro bono services following a disaster; revising laws to east title clearing for low-wealth families, enabling those families to preserve homeownership and build wealth; developing estate planning handbooks and guides to prevent heirs' property; connecting heirs' property owners to legal aid and other legal resources; collaborating with public and nonprofit agencies to target outreach for free legal help; encouraging the adoption of equitable practices related to heirs' property; analyzing state laws on the suspension of drivers' licenses and the resulting economic impact; distributing a report enabling banks and credit unions to reach out to the unbanked and under banked; community education and outreach; partiticating in working group to discuss land use and city ordinances; researching impact of debt buying industry on louisiana consumers.
$138,626 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $415,951.
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 $372k to $237k (−36%).
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 77% · 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 74% · 2023 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
102% of LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Adrienne Wheeler
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $90k → $141k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE 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
LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 62% · 2019 67% · 2020 71% · 2021 49% · 2022 86% · 2023 50% — 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
38% of LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
93% of LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE 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. $93k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE 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 LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC?
- LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,355,127 to it, the largest being LOUISIANA BAR FOUNDATION ($819,140). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,355,127 in grants to LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC?
- LOUISIANA BAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $819,140 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 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