Louisiana · Nonprofit
LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC
LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,617 to it, the largest being ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ($65,246). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $112k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $127k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Louisiana Folk Roots Inc does
Mission
We nurture, share and perpetuate louisiana's traditional cultural expressions with an emphasis on our cajun and creole heritage through performances and related educational activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cajun and creole heritage week: a week long program providing festival events, public exhibitions, demonstrations of the folk arts, performances and workshops.
$47,399 spent$11,816 earned by the program46% of program spendingCajun creole camp for kids: a week long program to present cajun and creole folklore to children.
$30,456 spent$13,125 earned by the program29% of program spendingEvents presented to the public to highlight cajun and creole culture including vermillionville, blackpot festival,etc.
$26,169 spent$350 earned by the program25% of program spendingDifferent festival booths throughout the year.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $104,024.
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 2018 to 2019, from $227k to $154k (−32%).
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: 2017 12% · 2018 7% · 2019 17% · 2020 40% · 2021 89% · 2022 13% · 2023 15% · 2024 56% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $40k.
From the IRS filings of LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS 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 FOLK ROOTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% 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 FOLK ROOTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 75% — 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.
Where its funders are
57% of LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS 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. 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 FOLK ROOTS INC is better cushioned than half of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$80k
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 LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS 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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS 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 FOLK ROOTS INC?
- LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,617 to it, the largest being ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ($65,246). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $126,617 in grants to LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC?
- ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $65,246 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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