Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana
Schriever, LA · EIN 45-1501690. Reported 157 grants totalling $6,588,203 to 82 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana, the IRS classifies it as a public foundation -- a grantmaker that raises its money from many sources rather than from one donor (NTEE T30).
- How spread out its giving is. 82 distinct organizations, with 35% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 48% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $11,240. Half of what it reported fell between $7,769 and $20,271; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $686,982. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Houma Thibodaux | Schriever, LA | $2,331,854 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Holy Trinity Academy | Schriever, LA | $930,024 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nicholls State University Foundation | Thibodaux, LA | $526,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Edward Douglas White Catholic High School | Thibodaux, LA | $336,260 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Vandebilt Catholic High School | Houma, LA | $297,840 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Central Catholic School | Morgan City, LA | $248,767 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Francis De Sales Cathedral School | Houma, LA | $179,390 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Genevieve Elementary School | Thibodaux, LA | $124,567 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Holy Rosary Catholic School | Larose, LA | $83,254 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Mary's Nativity School | Raceland, LA | $75,049 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Francis De Sales Rcc Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $74,833 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Bridget Church | Schriever, LA | $59,893 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church | Thibodaux, LA | $49,373 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Bernadette Elementary School | Houma, LA | $49,370 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holy Savior Catholic School | Lockport, LA | $43,835 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Haiti Mission Inc | Thibodaux, LA | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maria Immacolata Catholic Church | Houma, LA | $42,140 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | New Orleans, LA | $39,215 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Pregnancy Resource Center | Thibodaux, LA | $38,457 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bayou Community Foundation | Houma, LA | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maria Immacolata Roman Catholic Church Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $33,529 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oblate Missionary Society Inc | Washington, DC | $33,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Bernadette Soubirous Church | Houma, LA | $33,329 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holy Cross Catholic Church | Morgan City, LA | $33,080 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Prompt Succor Golden Meadow | Golden Meadow, LA | $29,886 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacred Heart Parish | Cut Off, LA | $28,052 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Catholic Elementary School | Thibodaux, LA | $27,336 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of the Isle | Grand Isle, LA | $27,173 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sisters of Mary Boystown and Girlstown Inc | Lanham, MD | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Houma, LA | $26,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hi-5 Inc | Thibodaux, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $23,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Genevieve Catholic Church | Thibodaux, LA | $22,536 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Mary Elementary School | Raceland, LA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Water Safety Awareness | Gibson, LA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Bridgets Roman Catholic Church Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $21,234 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bayou Land Families Helping Families Inc | Thibodaux, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bayou Youth Equity Foundation | Houma, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lafourche Arc | Thibodaux, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lafourche Parish Juvenile Justice Facility | Thibodaux, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Cut Off Louisiana Savings & Loan | Schriever, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Vincent De Paul Triparish Community Pharmacy | Houma, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame Seminary of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary | Houma, LA | $18,475 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| V Foundation of South Louisiana | Houma, LA | $16,870 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Charles Borromeo Thibodaux | Thibodaux, LA | $15,907 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Terrebonne Churches United Foodbank Inc | Houma, LA | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA of Terrebonne Inc | Houma, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haven Inc | Houma, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | Dulac, LA | $14,861 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $14,820 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church | Thibodaux, LA | $14,444 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Beyond the Bell | Thibodaux, LA | $13,598 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Diocese of Soroti Mission Partnership | Thibodaux, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction Inc | Omaha, NE | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Hilary of Poitiers Rcc Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $11,851 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Lawrence the Martyr | Thibodaux, LA | $10,829 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Josephs Rcc Chauvin Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $10,782 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Marys Nativity Roman Catholic Church Raceland Louisiana Savings | Schriever, LA | $10,472 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bethlehem Lutheran Church | New Orleans, LA | $10,408 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA of the 16TH Jdc Inc | New Iberia, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| College of Liberal Arts Nicholls State University | Thibodaux, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moms of Hope of the Bayou Region Nonprofit Corporation | Thibodaux, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Anthony Rcc Gheens Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $9,582 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Hilary of Poitiers Catholic Church | Raceland, LA | $8,896 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holy Savior Catholic Church | Lockport, LA | $8,845 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Community Radio Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | Golden, CO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Extreme Inc | Bourg, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Springs in the Desert | Palmyra, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Gregory Barbarigo Church | Houma, LA | $7,769 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christ the Redeemer Roman Catholic Church Thibodaux Louisiana Savings | Schriever, LA | $7,554 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dynamic Catholic Institute | Cincinnati, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Josephs Rcc Thibodaux Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Allies of the Little Ones Vv Foundation USA | Houma, LA | $6,992 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church | Houma, LA | $6,953 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Genevieve Rcc Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $6,819 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College | St Benedict, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacred Heart Church | Morgan City, LA | $6,334 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Morning Star Rising Inc | New Orleans, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Rcc Savings and Loan Trust Fund | Schriever, LA | $5,816 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mount Carmel Hermitage Inc | Christoval, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
39 of 82 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
VARIOUS MINISTRY PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 30 of 82 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | $591,636 | $11,189 |
| 2021 | 28 | $716,133 | $10,020 |
| 2022 | 27 | $1,562,834 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $2,046,785 | $11,000 |
| 2024 | 41 | $1,670,815 | $15,574 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
3 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 8 grants totalling $71,050 to Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana. That is 17% of the 18 funders we can see giving to it. Those 3 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
2 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James J Buquet JR Family Foundation | Louisiana | $33,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Giardina Family Foundation | Louisiana | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Zeringue Foundation | Louisiana | $4,550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,240 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Louisiana.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 41 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2779 La-311, Schriever, LA, 70395.
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