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THE ASSIST AGENCY INC

THE ASSIST AGENCY INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,516 to it, the largest being United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc ($132,381). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$734k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$274k
Net assets
$653k
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What The Assist Agency Inc does

Mission

The agency provides services to low income, handicapped and homeless individuals in the form of emergency food and shelther, food distribution, low income housing assistance, energy assistance and other related social and emergency services.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Community service block grants provide services to low income, handicapped and homeless individuals by making energy and housing assistance payments and providing personal assistance and counseling at the various agency offices.

    $506,974 spent
    79% of program spending
  2. Other miscellaneous grants and projects provide services to low income, handicapped and homeless individuals in the form of emergency food and shelter, food distribution, low income housing assistance, energy assistance and other related social and emergency services.

    $130,803 spent
    21% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $637,777.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($883k) Expenses 100 ($859k) Net assets 100 ($492k)2018 Revenue 103 ($907k) Expenses 105 ($904k) Net assets 101 ($495k)2019 Revenue 103 ($914k) Expenses 100 ($861k) Net assets 117 ($575k)2020 Revenue 136 ($1.2M) Expenses 130 ($1.1M) Net assets 134 ($658k)2021 Revenue 166 ($1.5M) Expenses 169 ($1.5M) Net assets 136 ($669k)2022 Revenue 120 ($1.1M) Expenses 113 ($967k) Net assets 156 ($766k)2023 Revenue 88 ($774k) Expenses 98 ($842k) Net assets 142 ($698k)2024 Revenue 83 ($734k) Expenses 91 ($779k) Net assets 133 ($653k)
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Revenue (83)Expenses (91)Net assets (133)Peer revenue range

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 $602k to $719k (+19%).

$517k
$521k
$602k
$719k
$786k
$815k
$736k
$708k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 83% · 2018 90% · 2019 89% · 2020 95% · 2021 84% · 2022 95% · 2023 90% · 2024 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of THE ASSIST AGENCY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (54% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,338 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$24k
’17
$3k
’18
$53k
’19
$82k
’20
$12k
’21
$97k
’22
−$68k
’23
−$45k
’24
10
months of
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.

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Listed1919201818181818
Joined·+0+4+13+2+1+2+5
No longer listed·03152125
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $31k → $10k.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 THE ASSIST AGENCY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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

THE ASSIST AGENCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

69% 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 THE ASSIST AGENCY INC.

48%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 74% · 2021 83% · 2022 64% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

91% of THE ASSIST AGENCY INC's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.

MD
LA

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

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Louisiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE ASSIST AGENCY INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,276 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−6% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,276 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE ASSIST AGENCY 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Friends of Assist · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE ASSIST AGENCY INC?
THE ASSIST AGENCY INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,516 to it, the largest being United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc ($132,381). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE ASSIST AGENCY INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $273,516 in grants to THE ASSIST AGENCY INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE ASSIST AGENCY INC?
United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc is the largest funder on record, with $132,381 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE ASSIST AGENCY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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