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THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA

THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,667 to it, the largest being BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION ($141,667). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$684k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$167k
Net assets
$567k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 88%
01What it does

What The Louisiana Superintendents Academy Co James Meza does

Mission

Mission of the louisiana superintendent's academy is to respond to the need for strong leadership in louisiana school districts by creating a selective and rigorous professional learning experience to increase the pool of qualified candidates and accelerate the leadership trajectory of aspiring superintendents to effectively improve student outcomes.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. TRAINING FOR ASPIRING SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS - The Louisiana Superintendents Academy (LSA) selects 40 candidates to participate in school leadership executive training per year.The course is designed to enhance career advancement for current school leaders and develop their effectiveness to impact student academic performance. The candidates submit a written application and successful interview with LSA fellows to be admitted to the Class. The course consisted of 12 in person sessions and professional development virtual sessions. Candidates are provided assistance in future job preparation and placement. In addition, approximately 60 applicants per year engage in a rigorous selection process conducted by LSA staff and alumni of the program. Two-thirds of the applicants are selected for the program.

    $533,784 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $533,784.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($136k) Expenses 100 ($130k) Net assets 100 ($5k)2020 Revenue 77 ($104k) Expenses 82 ($107k) Net assets 48 ($3k)2021 Revenue 330 ($449k) Expenses 217 ($282k) Net assets 3209 ($169k)2022 Revenue 425 ($578k) Expenses 420 ($546k) Net assets 3814 ($201k)2023 Revenue 666 ($906k) Expenses 518 ($673k) Net assets 8231 ($434k)2024 Revenue 503 ($684k) Expenses 423 ($550k) Net assets 10767 ($567k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (503)Expenses (423)Net assets (10767)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 2022 to 2023, from $201k to $550k (+174%).

$12k
$13k
$169k
$201k
$550k
$602k
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’19
−$3k
’20
$167k
’21
$32k
’22
$233k
’23
$134k
’24
8.8
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.

2021202220232024
Listed1313116
Joined·+0+0+2
No longer listed·027
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $50k.

Funder
'17
'20
'21
total
funders
1
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA’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 LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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

100% 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 LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA.

85%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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

85% of THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state.

AZ

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · above the median
Months of reserve8.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)38% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA?
THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,667 to it, the largest being BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION ($141,667). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $166,667 in grants to THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA?
BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $141,667 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY CO JAMES MEZA 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 2019–2024), 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