Louisiana · Nonprofit
THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER
THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER (Louisiana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $663,549 to it, the largest being THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION ($525,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $188k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $664k
- Net assets
- $95k
What The Ben Johnson Educational Center does
Mission
The mission of ben d johnson educational center is to build community in natchitoches and give access to social and economic success for all its residents. This is done by offering workforce development, job specific training, and assistance in removing barriers to employment to give individuals a route out of poverty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In april 2022, the organization became a snap employment & training provider to expand services to better serve residents in natchitoches. Services are offered to individuals 17 and above, and provide training in food service, construction, and manufacturing industries which makes them more marketable to local businesses affords them an opportunity to earn a living wage, and provides a road out of poverty. During the last year, teh center developed a partnership with the bossier city community college to offer hiset courses, as well as certifications in forklift operation, industrial readiness, nccer, lean six sigma, osha 10 and 30 hour courses, and more. Participants also get training in job readiness and other financial assistance such as transportation, childcare, clothing and are guided to other resources such as behavior health to help remove barriers to employments. As of march 2023, over 67 graduates received certifications and 68% gained employment or better paying jobs.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The organization became a snap provider and now provides services to indiviudals 17 and above, with the hopes of putting them in positions to earn living wages. Also, during the year, the center developed a partnership with the bossier city community college to offer nercc certifications as well as forklift, osha 10/30 hour certifications. The center continues it original training in foodservice and individuals can earn their servsafe certification. Participants also get training in job readiness and other assistance such as transportation, childcare, clothing and guided to other resources such as behavior health, to help remove barriers to employment. Over 40 graduates received certifications and 73% have gained employment or better paying jobs.
$107,915 spentof which $60,960 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $107,915.
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.
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 $33k to $178k (+437%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $311k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER’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
THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 100% · 2022 87% · 2023 97% — 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
82% of THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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.
Against its field
THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$55k
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 THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER: 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 BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER?
- THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER (Louisiana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $663,549 to it, the largest being THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION ($525,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $663,549 in grants to THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER?
- THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BEN JOHNSON EDUCATIONAL CENTER 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 2017–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing