Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Analysis

Baton Rouge Area Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Baton Rouge Area Foundation reported income of $54.6m and spending of $48.6m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $44.9m to $54.6m (+22%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Baton Rouge Area Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spartanburg County Foundation ($54.2m), Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ($54.7m) and Nexus Community Partners ($54.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.7m (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $321.5m against liabilities of $10.0m, net assets of $311.5m. It reported 37 employees.