Nonprofit · EIN 20-3399944
FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA
Tax-exempt · NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $7,365,404 | $5,495,379 | $1,870,025 | $18,517,483 | $3,736,101 | $14,781,382 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $6,680,084 | $6,815,543 | -$135,459 | $16,781,580 | $4,230,871 | $12,550,709 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $4,845,870 | $5,272,832 | -$426,962 | $16,259,098 | $4,299,784 | $11,959,314 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $5,888,555
- Program service revenue
- $387,516
- Investment income
- $1,030,573
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $536,876
- Other revenue
- $58,760
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $2,080,063
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $558,142
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,395,310
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,393,602
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $88,301
- Occupancy
- $33,167
- Travel
- $122,333
- Program services (functional)
- $4,277,089
- Management and general (functional)
- $975,855
- Fundraising (functional)
- $242,435
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $16,781,580
- Total assets, end of year
- $18,517,483
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,736,101
- Net assets, end of year
- $14,781,382
- Publicly traded securities
- $13,230,937
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $8,400,323
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $6,381,059
- Gross receipts
- $13,709,458
- Employees
- 29
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 2005
- State of legal domicile
- LA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARMEL GAULDEN | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $253,150 | $25,756 |
| DANA DELPIT | CFO Officer | 40 | $130,077 | $14,762 |
| JAMIE SCHMILL | VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS Officer | 40 | $123,989 | $10,408 |
| ALICIA OLIVER | HIGHLY COMEPENSATED EMPLOY Highest-paid employee | 40 | $120,000 | $1,104 |
| VICTORIA COY | HIGHLY COMEPENSATED EMPLOY Highest-paid employee | 40 | $101,828 | $11,219 |
| MICHELLE RAMOS | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MAY T NGUYEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| HALIMA LEAK-FRANCIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LT GENERAL RUSSEL HONORE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SADE DUMAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KEITH MAGEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARMEL GAULDEN | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $169,039 | $12,811 |
| DANA DELPIT | CFO Officer | 40 | $121,047 | $22,767 |
| JAMIE SCHMILL | VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS Officer | 40 | $117,840 | $24,689 |
| PAMELA JENKINS | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MAY T NGUYEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHELLE RAMOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| HALIMA LEAK-FRANCIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LT GENERAL RUSSEL HONORE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SADA DUMAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KEITH MAGEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLOZELL DANIELS JR | CEO Officer | 40 | $165,524 | $13,144 |
| CHARMEL GAULDEN | COO Officer | 40 | $155,866 | $11,804 |
| DANA DELPIT | CFO Officer | 40 | $117,837 | $20,996 |
| JAMIE SCHMILL | VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS Officer | 40 | $110,711 | $26,650 |
| MARIA CHERRY RANGEL | DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INIT Officer | 40 | $105,811 | $9,378 |
| PAMELA JENKINS | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JAINEY BAVISHI THRU 132023 | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MAY T NGUYEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHELLE RAMOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| HALIMA LEAK-FRANCIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LT GENERAL RUSSEL HONORE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1820 ST CHARLES AVE SUITE 200, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130-5273
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CHARMEL GAULDEN, 2022 ST BERNARD AVE 122B, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116
- Signed the 990
- DANA DELPIT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Phone
- (225) 383-1672
- Return prepared by
- LAPORTE APAC
Mission
FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA IS THE PEOPLE'S FOUNDATION. WE EXPAND OPPORTUNITY AND WELLBEING ACROSS THE STATE BY INVESTING IN LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE CONDITIONS THAT HELP EVERY LOUISIANAN LIVE A SAFE, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) STABLE, CONNECTED, AND DIGNIFIED LIFE.
Program accomplishments
- FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA WAS BORN IN 2005 IN THE TUMULTUOUS DAYS FOLLOWING HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA. FOUNDED AS THE LOUISIANA DIASTER RECOVERY FOUNDATION, OUR INITIAL WORK WAS TO INVEST IN AND SUPPORT THE IMMEDIATE RECOVERY OF LOUISIANA'S COMMUNITIES FOLLOWING THE STORMS. OUR FOUNDERS KNEW THAT A FULL AND RESPONSIBLE RECOVERY WOULD ENTAIL FAR MORE THAN REBUILDING WHAT WAS LOST. IT WOULD REQUIRE ADDRESSING THE MANY WAYS THAT LONGSTANDING DISPARITIES HAVE BEEN WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF LIFE FOR TOO MANY IN OUR STATE. OUR PROGRAMS ARE ROOTED IN THE BELIEF THAT COMMUNITIES ACROSS LOUISIANA HAVE THE STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP TO SHAPE THEIR OWN FUTURES. OUR FOCUS AREAS SUPPORT THE CONDITIONS THAT HELP THAT FUTURE BECOME REAL. OUR WORK DEEPENNS COMMUNITY WELLBEING, NURTURES MEANINGFUL (CONTINUED ON SCH O) OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE LOUISIANANS, SUPPORTS LOCAL LEADERSHIP, AND CULTIVATES THE CONDITIONS WHERE DIGNITY, HEALTH, AND THE CREATIVITY THAT MAKES OUR STATE UNIQUE CAN THRIVE. WE CALL THIS FREEDOM WORK, AND WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT IT STATEWIDE. FFL FOCUSES ON RACIAL JUSTICE, CLIMATE JUSTICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, AND TRANSFORMAION, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, GENDER JUSTICE, AND SUPPORT FOR LOUISIANA'S VIBRANT ARTS AND CULTURE BEARERS VIA: (1) INVESTMENT: AS A PHILANTHROPIC INTERMEDIARY, WE REDISTRIBUTE RESOURCES TO ON THE GROUND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA, THROUGH GRANTS, AND REGRANTING TO ON THE GROUND PROJECTS MANY OF WHOM CAN'T ACCESS TRADITIONAL PHILANTHROPY. EACH YEAR, FFL REDISTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA IN OUR KEY PROGRAM AREAS. (2) POWER BUILDING: WE BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR PARTNERS AND GRANTEES TO EFFECT CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS, LEAD AND TOGETHER, CONVENE EMERGING AND EXPERIENCED COMMUNITY LEADERS TO PROVIDE TRAINING RELATED TO ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY, POLICY CHANGE, LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND GROUP FACILITATION THAT INCREASES THEIR CAPACITY TO TACKLE ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH DISPARITIES, HOUSING ACCESS, AND MORE. (3) COLLABORATION: WE DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES THROUGH LEVERAGING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS TO IMPACT CHANGE, SUPPORT PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY INITIATIVES, AND PROVIDE CRITICAL FISCAL SPONSORSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TO EXTERNAL PROJECTS AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES.Expenses $4,277,089 · grants $2,080,063 · revenue $446,276
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-3399944
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2005
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief (M12)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $18,517,483
- Income (IRS master file)
- $13,709,458
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $7,365,404 | $5,495,379 | $18,517,483 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $6,680,084 | $6,815,543 | $16,781,580 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $4,845,870 | $5,272,832 | $16,259,098 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $8,190,410 | $4,473,027 | $17,167,446 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-3399944).
Questions about FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA
- What is the EIN of FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA is 20-3399944.
- Is FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2005.
- Are donations to FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names CHARMEL GAULDEN.
- Who are the officers and directors of FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 11 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $253,150 (CHARMEL GAULDEN, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $7,365,404, expenses of $5,495,379 and total assets of $18,517,483 at year end.
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