Louisiana · Nonprofit
THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION
THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,094,613 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ($353,368). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What The Highland Center Corporation does
Mission
Our mission is to be a safe welcoming place where all people can grow, learn and share to build a stronger sustainable highland neighborhood.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The highland center is also growing as an office hub for mission-driven organizations so that multiple services can be accessed at one location. Our tenants provide after-school enrichment to teens; housing assistance to young adults on the brink of homelessness; educational classes in hiset (ged), computer literacy, and entrepreneurship; diapers and hygiene supplies; mental health counseling services; workforce re-training for seniors; neighborhood advocacy; worship services; and more.
$326,600 spentof which $19,017 as grants$219,533 earned by the program55% of program spendingThrough the highland center ministries, partner congregations serve low-to-moderate-income neighbors together. The highland blessing dinner and senior lunch serve over 125 guests per week at family-style, sit-down meals, with table service provided by volunteers.
$69,286 spent$7,307 earned by the program12% of program spendingFinancial programs: first-time homebuyers assistance - monthly workshops are held throughout the year by a hud-certified financial counselor to educate individuals on the homebuyer process. Certificates of class completion can be used to help individuals qualify for down-payment assistance programs. Other financial programs include vita free tax prep for over 700 neighbors; hand up low-interest loans; and a low-fee atm on site.
$95,872 spent$2,467 earned by the program16% of program spendingAdditionally, free clothing closets are available for children, men, and women five days per week. Community center amenities are also offered at the highland center, including a neighbor-led community library, a computer lab with it help, a multi-purpose gym, and a kitchen commissary. This social infrastructure creates a safe place for physical activity, digital access, and entrepreneurship.
$99,761 spent$95,658 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $591,519.
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 2018 to 2019, from $130k to $1.0M (+704%).
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: 2023 4% · 2024 6% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Madison Poche
Executive director
Board chair
Robert A Stroud
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $11k → $310k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 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 HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
37% 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 HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 100% · 2019 56% · 2020 79% · 2021 58% · 2022 71% · 2023 42% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $403k 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
THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,299 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,299 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $146k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$80k
- Department of the Treasury$66k
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 HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Highland Center Ministries LLC · disregarded
- Basic Necessities · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION?
- THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,094,613 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ($353,368). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,094,613 in grants to THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA is the largest funder on record, with $353,368 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HIGHLAND CENTER CORPORATION 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.
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 12 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