Louisiana · Nonprofit
LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $80,850 to it, the largest being LOUISIANA CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION ($40,425). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $281k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $81k
- Net assets
- $114k
What Louisiana Foundation for Excellence in Science Technology and Education does
Mission
To promote excellence in science, technology, and education by supporting education and research projects that enhance the economy of louisiana.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Dow leadership academy: initiative to provide a workforce development, diversity, leadership, and mentoring experience that emphasizes the importance of academic success, community involvement, and workplace readiness in louisiana.
$195,060 spentof which $195,060 as grants$180,000 earned by the program87% of program spendingEntergy grant:promote the value of entergy and the value of its energy product to the louisiana chemical industry through events that include a concentrated industry audience.
$30,000 spentof which $30,000 as grants$30,000 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $225,060.
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 $63k to $155k (+146%).
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.
100% of LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Dan S Borne
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION’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 FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION.
“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
100% of LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION'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
LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION has grown faster than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
11%
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 FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION: 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 FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION?
- LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $80,850 to it, the largest being LOUISIANA CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION ($40,425). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $80,850 in grants to LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION.
- Who is the largest funder of LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION?
- LOUISIANA CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOUISIANA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION 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 2 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