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THE AKULA FOUNDATION

THE AKULA FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being KELLER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$94k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$21k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What The Akula Foundation does

Program

Children's bereavement camps are normally offered three times a year in new orleans, baton rouge and gulfport. No camps were held in 2021.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-PF.

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 ($76k) Expenses 100 ($96k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2018 Revenue 63 ($49k) Expenses 51 ($49k) Net assets 75 ($2k)2019 Revenue 64 ($49k) Expenses 34 ($33k) Net assets 603 ($18k)2020 Revenue 34 ($26k) Expenses 96 ($92k) Net assets -1641 ($-48423)2021 Revenue 123 ($94k) Expenses 26 ($25k) Net assets 699 ($21k)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (123)Expenses (26)Net assets (699)

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 $18k to $54k (+206%).

$3k
$2k
$18k
$54k
$45k
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

20172018201920202021
Listed11111
Joined·····
No longer listed·····
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $1k.

From the IRS filings of THE AKULA FOUNDATION’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

THE AKULA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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

63%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 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 THE AKULA FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.

LA

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

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’19
’20
Louisiana out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE AKULA FOUNDATION

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.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE AKULA FOUNDATION: 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 THE AKULA FOUNDATION?
THE AKULA FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being KELLER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE AKULA FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $8,000 in grants to THE AKULA FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE AKULA FOUNDATION?
KELLER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE AKULA FOUNDATION 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), 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