Louisiana · Nonprofit
NOUS FOUNDATION INC
NOUS FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,204 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($33,688). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $264k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $112k
- Net assets
- $181k
What Nous Foundation Inc does
Mission
The new orleans foundation for francophone cultures promotes and supports the revitalization of louisiana's heritage cultures with a focus on the communities that claim louisiana french and creole as their heritage languages -- namely cajun, creole, and indigenous communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Organized and hosted an original exhibition (haiti-louisiana: tides of freedom) featuring over 60 artworks by 20 artists, which was attended by over 5,000 people.
$27,794 spent70% of program spendingFunded two short films: les vouesins (directed by brian hawkins), an animated short film presented in missouri french; heritage (directed by charliese & chasah west), a short feature film presented in louisiana creole
$8,460 spent21% of program spendingScholarships: awarded two $1,300 scholarship to fulbright scholars to invite them to come to louisiana for short research stays; awarded a $1,000 scholarship to one teacher from louisiana to help them participate in a pedagogical training session in france.
$3,600 spentof which $3,600 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $39,854.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $59k to $111k (+90%).
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: 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of NOUS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $11k → $41k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 NOUS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 funders by total. 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
NOUS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 NOUS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 54% · 2022 47% · 2023 39% — 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
NOUS FOUNDATION INC draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k 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
NOUS FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,673 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,673 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding NOUS FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $74k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$74k
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 NOUS FOUNDATION 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
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 NOUS FOUNDATION 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 NOUS FOUNDATION INC?
- NOUS FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,204 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($33,688). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NOUS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $112,204 in grants to NOUS FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NOUS FOUNDATION INC?
- THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $33,688 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NOUS 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.
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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 2022–2025), and the filings of 8 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