Louisiana · Nonprofit
WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC
WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being UNION PACIFIC FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $81k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What West Baton Rouge Historical Association Inc does
Mission
The mission of the wbr historical association, inc. Is to promote an interest in history, especially that of west baton rouge parish, by encouraging research and collection of materials illustrating activities of the parish, and by presenting programs at the wbr museum.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Educating the west baton rouge parish and surrounding areas for the benefits of the general public and future generations.
$43,578 spentof which $23,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $43,578.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $1.4M (+6%).
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 31% · 2018 12% · 2019 20% · 2020 42% · 2021 44% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $33k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities). These are real filings, and they are not money WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC’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.
Where its funders are
WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 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 WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC?
- WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being UNION PACIFIC FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC?
- UNION PACIFIC FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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