Louisiana · Nonprofit
UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC
UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,381,945 to it, the largest being JAMES H GUILBEAU JR CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,831,519). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $42M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $6.4M
- Net assets
- $232M
What Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation provides philanthropic support services to assist the university of louisiana at lafayette in furthering its mission of achieving excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research, and public service.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic support: the ul lafayette foundation supports the academic programs for the university of louisiana at lafayette by soliciting private donations, investing, and distributing expendable funds in the form of scholarships, chairs, professorships, honorariums, faculty development, capital projects and research subsidies. A portion of such distributions are louisiana board of regents support fund (borsf) matching gift funds. The foundation provides funds for scholarships, eminent scholar and distinguished professor awards, research fellowships, salary subsidies, educational travel and professional enrichment. The foundation also provided financial support for faculty development and classroom resources.
$13,020,759 spentof which $13,020,759 as grants$1,167,069 earned by the program26% of program spendingAthletic program support: the ul lafayette foundation provided support for a variety of athletic programs including athletic scholarships, program enrichment, health and wellness, and facilities enhancement. Funding also includes student athlete tutoring, nutritional support, team travel costs, equipment, uniforms, trainers, and salary supplements for coaches.
$35,557,619 spentof which $35,557,619 as grants72% of program spendingMuseum support: the foundation supported the hilliard art museum, whose mission is to enhance the education of university of louisiana at lafayette students and inspire creativity through engagement with the arts for the acadiana region. Selections from the museum's permanent collection are on view on a rotating basis. During each semester, the museum features programs which complements the current season of exhibitions and provide a cross-disciplinary approach to learning. In addition, the museum hosts monthly child events as well as health and fitness classes. Numerous other lectures and other special community events are hosted and available to the general public.
$712,785 spentof which $712,785 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $49,291,163.
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 2020 to 2021, from $213M to $293M (+37%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
John Blohm
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Bryan Hanks
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $279k → $974k.
15 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $8.9M from 14 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Acadiana). These are real filings, and they are not money UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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
UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
50% 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 UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 46% · 2019 61% · 2020 49% · 2021 38% · 2022 39% · 2023 53% — 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.
How long its funders stay
30% of UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
68% of UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION 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. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $37k on record.
- Department of Commerce$37k
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 UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette Property Foundation · exempt
- James H Guilbeau Jr Charitable Trust · exempt
- Ragin Cajuns Athletic Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC?
- UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,381,945 to it, the largest being JAMES H GUILBEAU JR CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,831,519). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $6,381,945 in grants to UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC?
- JAMES H GUILBEAU JR CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,831,519 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION 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.
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 54 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