Louisiana Bar Foundation
New Orleans, LA · EIN 23-7100704. Reported 202 grants totalling $49.5M to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Louisiana Bar Foundation, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for crime & legal (NTEE I128).
- How spread out its giving is. 66 distinct organizations, with 37% 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. 97% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above 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 $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $24,500 and $122,500; the smallest was $7,261 and the largest $5,939,360. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadiana Legal Service Corporation | Lafayette, LA | $18.4M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation | Hammond, LA | $13.2M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lagniappe Law Lab | New Orleans, LA | $1,427,213 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Pro Bono Project | New Orleans, LA | $1,263,616 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Loyola University | New Orleans, LA | $1,165,511 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baton Rouge Bar Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $937,404 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shreveport Bar Foundation Pro Bono Project | Shreveport, LA | $900,861 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Appleseed Center for Law and Justice | New Orleans, LA | $819,140 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Wellspring Alliance for Families Inc | Monroe, LA | $804,460 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern University Law Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $798,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $584,695 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lafayette Parish Bar Foundation | Lafayette, LA | $571,513 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $567,292 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chez Hope Inc | Franklin, LA | $423,544 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Disability Rights Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $407,750 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southwest Louisiana Bar Foundation | Lake Charles, LA | $405,913 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Justice Center of Central Louisiana Inc | Pineville, LA | $399,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haven Inc | Houma, LA | $378,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Justice and Accountability Center | New Orleans, LA | $341,271 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Celebration Inc | Many, LA | $328,420 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Louisiana Pro Bono Project Inc | Alexandria, LA | $325,945 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faith House Inc | Lafayette, LA | $301,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of North Louisiana | Shreveport, LA | $289,097 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northeast Louisiana District Bar Foundation | Monroe, LA | $280,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southeast Spouse Abuse Program | Hammond, LA | $273,787 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metro Centers for Community Advocacy | New Orleans, LA | $260,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Center for Childrens Rights | New Orleans, LA | $259,741 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Frontline Legal Services | New Orleans, LA | $236,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fostering Community | Alexandria, LA | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| No AIDS Task Force | New Orleans, LA | $216,332 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Extra Mile Region IV Inc | Lafayette, LA | $206,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| D a R T Domestic Abuse Resistance Team of Lincoln | Ruston, LA | $197,892 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beauregard Community Concerns Inc | Deridder, LA | $169,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Grace Community Alliance | New Orleans, LA | $169,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education Inc | New Orleans, LA | $163,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baton Rouge Child Advocacy Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $154,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Service Bureau of St Tammany | Covington, LA | $151,355 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safe Harbor | Mandeville, LA | $150,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Training Education and Mediation for Students Inc | Shreveport, LA | $144,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Violence Program of St Bernard | Chalmette, LA | $141,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oasis a Safe Haven for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence | Lake Charles, LA | $139,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Frances Cabrini Immigration Law Center | Lake Charles, LA | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jeff Davis Communities Against Domestic Abuse Inc | Jennings, LA | $113,153 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Innocence Project New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family and Youth Counseling Agency | Lake Charles, LA | $89,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Southwest Louisiana Law Center Inc | Lake Charles, LA | $81,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| NAMI Southeast Louisiana | Mandeville, LA | $38,328 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Teche Bar Association | New Iberia, LA | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gingerbread House | Shreveport, LA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Invest in Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | $31,872 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Guardianship Services Inc | Metairie, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center Hope House | Covington, LA | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ella Project | New Orleans, LA | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pine Hills Childrens Advocacy Center | Ruston, LA | $22,850 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jefferson Childrens Advocacy Center | Terrytown, LA | $19,261 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA of Terrebonne Inc | Houma, LA | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sulphur Christian Community Coalition | Sulphur, LA | $17,850 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Whistle Stop & Family | Lake Charles, LA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Acadiana Inc | Lafayette, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Volunteers for Youth Justice | Shreveport, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana State Bar Association | New Orleans, LA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manners of the Heart | Baton Rouge, LA | $11,520 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emergency Legal Responders | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Starc of Louisiana Inc | Slidell, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Louisiana Lafayette | Lafayette, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Reach Alliance | Mandeville, LA | $9,463 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
51 of 66 (77%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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.
- Acadiana Legal Service Corporation
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION - Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (olscls)
CHILDREN'S LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM - Lagniappe Law Lab
SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP GRANT - The Wellspring Alliance for Families
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM - Louisiana Guardianship Services Inc
CHILDREN'S LEGAL SERVICES - NAMI of St Tammany
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PANEL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 50 of 66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | $7,120,590 | $26,917 |
| 2022 | 39 | $8,013,437 | $38,000 |
| 2023 | 54 | $18.0M | $89,200 |
| 2024 | 62 | $16.3M | $75,000 |
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
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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 $50,000 -- 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 Louisiana Bar Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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.
Address of record on the latest return: 601 Poydras St Suite 1777, New Orleans, LA, 70130.
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