Louisiana · Nonprofit
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being SHELL USA COMPANY FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $178k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $809k
What National Society of Colonial Dames of Am- La does
Mission
To support, organize, conduct or manage patriotic service activites and historical activities; to support louisiana house, our headquarters building; to assist in preservation of other historic places, properties and collections, primarily located in louisiana; and to educate the public and ourselves about our country's history.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programs accomplishments:1. The colonial dames of la (nscda of la)annually presents american history awards of $1000 to doctoral students in louisiana researching any period of american history. 2. This year nscda sent 3 winners of an essay contest, all expenses paid, to a weeks long congressional seminar in washington dc.support projects that further patriotic causes in the state: 1. The historic flags program is offered to schools, veterans and other organizations and tells the history of the flags that have flown over our country.2. Every year the dames supports the military by visiting, sending cards and buying needed itemes for veterans.3. The american indian medical scholarship program is for students of american indian backround who wish to pursue a career in a medical field and hopefully return to their people to provide medical services. This year $850 was sent to the national nurse fund.
$114,719 spentof which $6,980 as grants$149,325 earned by the program79% of program spendingColonial dames supports museums in the state of louisiana, other museums supported by the nscda are the organization's headquarters in new orleans.
$31,263 spent$9,378 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $145,982.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $706k to $569k (−19%).
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.
75% of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA’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. 2 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.
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 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA’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
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.
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
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA?
- NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being SHELL USA COMPANY FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA?
- SHELL USA COMPANY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AM- LA 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 2018–2025), 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