Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Louisiana

645
foundations
$379.2M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
150
say they accept unsolicited
$7,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 645 foundations based in Louisiana — 578 private foundations and 67 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $379.2 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 150 of them (23%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are New Orleans (201), Baton Rouge (65) and Metairie (62).

150 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Louisiana.

Top 25 of 645 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 125 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Louisiana
Entergy Charitable FoundationNew Orleans, LA$12.1M$12.1M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable FoundationMetairie, LA$5,000$11.1M$100–$2.6MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Baptist Community MinistriesNew Orleans, LA$5,000$10.6M$400–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Goldring Family FoundationMetairie, LA$7,000$7M$30–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Huey & Angelina Wilson FoundationBaton Rouge, LA$46,850$5.8M$50–$628,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Stuller Family FoundationLafayette, LA$2.4M$4.8M$1.7M–$3.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Patrick F Taylor FoundationNew Orleans, LA$8,000$3.7M$600–$425,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Edward G Schlieder EducationalNew Orleans, LA$333,333$3.7M$100,000–$416,667FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Booth-Bricker FundNew Orleans, LA$3,250$3.5M$50–$1.3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Sharon and Claude B PenningtonBaton Rouge, LA$4,055$3.1M$800–$1.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Blue Cross & Blue Shield ofBaton Rouge, LA$33,333$3M$1,000–$360,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Rosamary FoundationNew Orleans, LA$1.4M$2.9M$54–$3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Helis FoundationNew Orleans, LA$16,750$2.4M$100–$554,486FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
H & B Young FoundationMorgan City, LA$12,200$2.3M$500–$353,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Grayson Foundation IncShreveport, LA$25,000$2.1M$4,400–$550,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Donald Palmer Charitable FoundationNew Orleans, LA$50,000$1.9M$15,000–$1.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Pennington Family FoundationDenham Springs, LA$15,750$1.9M$2,500–$450,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lincoln Health FoundationRuston, LA$35,525$1.8M$3,000–$850,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr FoundationNew Orleans, LA$50,000$1.8M$15,000–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Eye Ear Nose & Throat FoundationNew Orleans, LA$42,957$1.7M$1,000–$980,272FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Woldenberg FoundationMetairie, LA$5,000$1.6M$16–$215,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Carolyn W & Charles T BeairdShreveport, LA$2,000$1.6M$50–$77,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Mary & Al Danos Family FoundationGray, LA$65,000$1.5M$5,000–$520,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Charles Lamar Family FoundationBaton Rouge, LA$24,375$1.5M$5,000–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lorio FoundationThibodaux, LA$1.3M$1.4M$1.2M–$1.4MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.