Louisiana · Nonprofit
THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC
THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,363,914 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($451,154). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.2M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $10M
What The Lighthouse for the Blind in New Orleans Inc does
Mission
To empower people with disabilities through employment, services and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To promote individual independence and self-reliance for individuals who are blind or visually impaired by providing a range of rehabilitative, vocational, recreational, and educational programs for people of all ages who have experienced vision loss. Vision rehabilitation for access technology, orientation & mobility, occupational therapy, social services, transportation, and more.lighthouse louisiana empowered 1,195 individuals with vision impairment by providing daily living skills training, instruction in braille, orientation and mobility, assistive technology training and transportation.lighthouse louisiana's employment services department (ll es) provided services and support to 46 clients in 2024.lighthouse louisiana's youth services department (ll ys) provided services and support to 87 clients in 2024.
$5,764,807 spent$6,313,310 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,764,807.
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 2021 to 2022, from $21M to $17M (−20%).
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: 2017 4% · 2018 8% · 2019 8% · 2020 22% · 2021 17% · 2022 14% · 2023 13% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Darlene Budgewater
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $217k → $295k.
7 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 24 of 25 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 LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 45% · 2019 40% · 2020 62% · 2021 39% · 2022 57% · 2023 34% — 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
17% of THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
72% of THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $661k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $29.8M on record.
- Department of Defense$26.4M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$1.3M
- Social Security Administration$1.3M
- Department of Justice$425k
- Department of Agriculture$208k
- Department of Homeland Security$33k
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 LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC: 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 LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC?
- THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,363,914 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($451,154). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,363,914 in grants to THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INC?
- THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $451,154 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS 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 25 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