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Cause ReligionState Louisiana68 funders

Foundations that fund religion in Louisiana

68 private foundations based in Louisiana with a return in the last two years gave $1.7 million to religion organizations in 106 grants. The median grant was $5,000, and 19 of these foundations accept applications.

Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2024 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Ranked by giving to religion

Top 50

Grants in each foundation’s latest return to organizations whose IRS category is religion.

  1. Baptist Community MinistriesNew Orleans, LA · tax year 2024 9 grants Accepts applications $468,476 to religion
  2. Goldring Family FoundationMetairie, LA · tax year 2024 4 grants Accepts applications $277,500 to religion
  3. The Ben E Factor FoundationSt Martinville, LA · tax year 2025 7 grants Preselected only $204,000 to religion
  4. Lee FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $55,000 to religion
  5. Prentiss C and Dolores M Havens Family FoundationNew Orleans, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to religion
  6. Carl E Panebiango Family FoundationGretna, LA · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $47,000 to religion
  7. The Rucks Family FoundationLafayette, LA · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $45,000 to religion
  8. The Cason FoundationCoushatta, LA · tax year 2025 4 grants Preselected only $42,000 to religion
  9. Jack Webster Grigsby FoundationShreveport, LA · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $40,000 to religion
  10. Mills Family Foundation IncLafayette, LA · tax year 2024 4 grants Preselected only $37,321 to religion
  11. Reach FoundationCovington, LA · tax year 2024 4 grants Preselected only $34,000 to religion
  12. Louie & Tootsie Davis FoundationShreveport, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $30,000 to religion
  13. Lewis Pirkle FoundationShreveport, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $30,000 to religion
  14. The Edward L Rispone Family FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $27,500 to religion
  15. Rockhold Family Foundation IncBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $22,500 to religion
  16. Linnie Greenwood TR FBO Central BaptistNew Orleans, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $22,360 to religion
  17. Ronnie & Gwen Briggs FoundationAbita Springs, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $20,000 to religion
  18. Remnant FoundationPatterson, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $18,000 to religion
  19. Crossroads Foundation IncSlidell, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $15,000 to religion
  20. Be the One Foundation IncBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $15,000 to religion
  21. J Edgar Monroe FoundationMetairie, LA · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $11,500 to religion
  22. Salutare Deum FoundationHarahan, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $10,000 to religion
  23. Hendrick Family FoundationMonroe, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $10,000 to religion
  24. The Holyfield Family FoundationMonroe, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $10,000 to religion
  25. Hyslop Shannon FoundationNew Orleans, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $9,000 to religion
  26. Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $9,000 to religion
  27. Gay Noe McLendon FoundationMetairie, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $8,500 to religion
  28. Ijn FoundationMadisonville, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $7,500 to religion
  29. The Charles William Glasscock FoundationShreveport, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $7,000 to religion
  30. Charles Morgan Carraway and Joanne M Carraway Charitable FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $6,000 to religion
  31. Florence Mauboules Charitable TrustCrowley, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $5,500 to religion
  32. Alice R Bienvenu Family FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $5,000 to religion
  33. Mohammad Suleman Family FoundationKenner, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $5,000 to religion
  34. McGehee FoundationRuston, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $5,000 to religion
  35. The Lacoste FoundationLake Charles, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $5,000 to religion
  36. Improving Lives FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $5,000 to religion
  37. Cassidy and Carin Phillips FoundationShreveport, LA · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $4,032 to religion
  38. Leonard & Betty Phillips FoundationShreveport, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $3,500 to religion
  39. Robert E Zetzmann Family FoundationMetairie, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $3,335 to religion
  40. The Whitman Family FoundationMetairie, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $3,000 to religion
  41. The Andre Toce Sr Family FoundationLafayette, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $3,000 to religion
  42. The Crow FoundationShreveport, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $3,000 to religion
  43. The Lauviah Foundation IncMonroe, LA · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $2,700 to religion
  44. Brian and Rebecca Tanner Family FoundationEunice, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $2,500 to religion
  45. Martial F Billeaud Sr FoundationBroussard, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $2,500 to religion
  46. From the Father Foundation (non-Profit Corporation)Prairieville, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $2,000 to religion
  47. Robert Charles Guidry Sr Charitable TRSTAbbeville, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $2,000 to religion
  48. JK Dhimar FoundationMinden, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,500 to religion
  49. Daniel B & Carolyn G Heard FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,500 to religion
  50. D & K Ministries IncRuston, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $1,200 to religion

Open to applications

19 foundations

The return gives an application contact and does not check the preselected-only box.

  1. Baptist Community MinistriesNew Orleans, LA · tax year 2024 9 grants Accepts applications $468,476 to religion
  2. Goldring Family FoundationMetairie, LA · tax year 2024 4 grants Accepts applications $277,500 to religion
  3. Rockhold Family Foundation IncBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $22,500 to religion
  4. Ronnie & Gwen Briggs FoundationAbita Springs, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $20,000 to religion
  5. J Edgar Monroe FoundationMetairie, LA · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $11,500 to religion
  6. Sharon and Claude B Pennington Family FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $9,000 to religion
  7. Charles Morgan Carraway and Joanne M Carraway Charitable FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $6,000 to religion
  8. Florence Mauboules Charitable TrustCrowley, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $5,500 to religion
  9. Mohammad Suleman Family FoundationKenner, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $5,000 to religion
  10. McGehee FoundationRuston, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $5,000 to religion
  11. Improving Lives FoundationBaton Rouge, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $5,000 to religion
  12. The Andre Toce Sr Family FoundationLafayette, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $3,000 to religion
  13. The Crow FoundationShreveport, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $3,000 to religion
  14. The Lauviah Foundation IncMonroe, LA · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $2,700 to religion
  15. Martial F Billeaud Sr FoundationBroussard, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $2,500 to religion
  16. Patrick F Taylor FoundationNew Orleans, LA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $600 to religion
  17. Danos FoundationGray, LA · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $380 to religion
  18. Michele Favrot Murphy Family FundNew Orleans, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $104 to religion
  19. The Booth-Bricker FundNew Orleans, LA · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $100 to religion