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SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA

SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,772 to it, the largest being ROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA NOTC NEW ORLEANS TRACK CLUB ($246,858). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$59k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$266k
Net assets
$331k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 68%
01What it does

What Spina Bifida of Louisiana does

Mission

Spina Bifida of Louisiana is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization for the expressed purpose of providing support to individuals with spina bifida.The association's mission is to promote the prevention of spina bifida and to support the needs of individuals with spina bifida and related disorders.At SB of Louisiana, we envision a future where all individuals have opportunities to grow and thrive in an integrated society and also where, supported by a diet enriched with folic acid, fewer babies will be born with Spina Bifida.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Camp friendshipspecial needs for children with spina bifida.

    $46,061 spent
    44% of program spending
  2. Outreach to general public with spina bifida education, website, folic acid awareness, red bug hill.

    $57,286 spent
    55% of program spending
  3. Ghost Bowl-a-thon is a event that includes a costume contest, live entertainment, and door prizes.

    $604 spent
    1% of program spending
  4. The Turkey Day Race helps support the Spina Bifida of Louisiana overall goal to support their organization and is one of the oldest raxes in the New Orleans area.

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $103,951.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($89k) Expenses 100 ($52k) Net assets 100 ($309k)2019 Revenue 109 ($97k) Expenses 184 ($96k) Net assets 106 ($328k)2020 Revenue 68 ($61k) Expenses 16 ($9k) Net assets 123 ($381k)2021 Revenue 16 ($15k) Expenses 30 ($16k) Net assets 123 ($380k)2022 Revenue 61 ($54k) Expenses 111 ($58k) Net assets 122 ($376k)2023 Revenue 81 ($73k) Expenses 217 ($114k) Net assets 108 ($335k)2024 Revenue 66 ($59k) Expenses 120 ($63k) Net assets 107 ($331k)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (66)Expenses (120)Net assets (107)

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $328k to $381k (+16%).

$309k
$328k
$381k
$380k
$376k
$335k
$331k
2017201920202021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’17
$867
’19
$52k
’20
−$904
’21
−$4k
’22
−$41k
’23
−$4k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $36k → $24k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1

1 of 2 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 SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA’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

SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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 SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA.

93%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 72% · 2020 80% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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 SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.

LA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’22
’23
Louisiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA?
SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,772 to it, the largest being ROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA NOTC NEW ORLEANS TRACK CLUB ($246,858). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $265,772 in grants to SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA?
ROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA NOTC NEW ORLEANS TRACK CLUB is the largest funder on record, with $246,858 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SPINA BIFIDA OF LOUISIANA 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 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