Home › United States Charities in Louisiana Registered 19,490 charities
Total income $29.81bn latest returns
Median income $181k per charity
Top-10 share 49% of income
Overview Louisiana has 19,490 registered charities on the current register extract, of which 4,979 reported income in their latest return. Together they reported $29.81bn of income. The median charity took in $181k, while the largest tenth reported $3.7m or more, so a typical donation goes to a far smaller organisation than the household names at the top of this list.
Income is concentrated: the ten largest charities account for 49% of the total. Across the whole group, 362 charities have a note from the register, such as overdue accounts or three years of spending above income, and those notes are shown on each charity's page.
1,777 of the charities with reported income (36%) took in under $100k a year. Pages for the 3,266 charities with several years of accounts include their full income history, a comparison with similar-sized peers and a breakdown of where the money comes from.
Largest by income # Charity Location Income 1 Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA $5.08bn 2 Our Lady of the Lake Hospital Inc Baton Rouge, LA $1.68bn 3 The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund New Orleans, LA $1.67bn 4 Willis-Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA $1.40bn 5 Ochsner Lsu Health System of North Louisiana Shreveport, LA $1.04bn 6 Womans Hospital Foundation Baton Rouge, LA $844.0m 7 University Medical Center Management Corporaton New Orleans, LA $811.1m 8 Lafayette General Medical Center Inc Lafayette, LA $681.9m 9 Baton Rouge General Medical Center Baton Rouge, LA $663.4m 10 Childrens Hospital Inc New Orleans, LA $638.6m 11 Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Inc Baton Rouge, LA $577.7m 12 Louisiana Childrens Medical Center New Orleans, LA $505.4m 13 Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association Inc Lake Charles, LA $502.3m 14 Christus Health Central Louisiana Alexandria, LA $419.6m 15 St Francis Medical Center Inc Baton Rouge, LA $346.2m 16 Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LA $342.3m 17 Provident Resources Group Inc Baton Rouge, LA $333.2m 18 Thibodaux Regional Health System Inc Thibodaux, LA $323.1m 19 Christus Health Southwestern Louisiana Lake Charles, LA $321.3m 20 Christus Health Northern Louisiana Shreveport, LA $318.2m 21 Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Inc Baton Rouge, LA $303.2m 22 Lafayette General Health System Inc Lafayette, LA $258.3m 23 University Hospital & Clinics Inc Lafayette, LA $222.7m 24 Loyola University New Orleans, LA $209.2m 25 Lsu Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Faculty Group Practice Shreveport, LA $207.0m 26 Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Baton Rouge, LA $169.6m 27 Louisiana State University of Medicine in New Orleans New Orleans, LA $168.1m 28 Commcare Corporation Mandeville, LA $162.8m 29 Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA $155.4m 30 General Health System Baton Rouge, LA $136.5m 31 Kipp New Orleans Inc New Orleans, LA $117.4m 32 L S U Foundation Baton Rouge, LA $107.4m 33 Inspirenola Charter Schools New Orleans, LA $106.8m 34 Tiger Athletic Foundation Baton Rouge, LA $86.8m 35 Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana New Orleans, LA $85.3m 36 National World War II Museum Inc New Orleans, LA $81.8m 37 Arkansas Elder Outreach of Little Rock Inc Baton Rouge, LA $78.3m 38 Our Lady of the Angels Hospital Inc Baton Rouge, LA $75.4m 39 Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries Inc Haughton, LA $69.5m 40 West Louisiana Health Services Inc Deridder, LA $67.7m 41 Collegiate Academies New Orleans, LA $66.5m 42 No AIDS Task Force New Orleans, LA $65.0m 43 Acadia General Hospital Inc Crowley, LA $62.6m 44 Firstline Schools Inc New Orleans, LA $60.4m 45 Hiv-Aids Alliance for Region Two Baton Rouge, LA $59.2m 46 Lafayette Health Ventures Inc Lafayette, LA $55.0m 47 Baton Rouge Area Foundation Baton Rouge, LA $54.6m 48 Southeastern Louisiana Area Health Education Center Hammond, LA $53.7m 49 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Inc New Orleans, LA $53.2m 50 Access Health Louisiana Kenner, LA $53.0m 51 St Martin Hospital Inc Breaux Bridge, LA $51.5m 52 Marillac Community Health Centers New Orleans, LA $51.3m 53 Crescent City Schools New Orleans, LA $49.9m 54 Start Corporation Houma, LA $49.6m 55 Childrens Hospital Anesthesia Corporation New Orleans, LA $48.7m 56 Lifeshare Blood Center Shreveport, LA $48.0m 57 St Bernard Hospital Foundation Inc Chalmette, LA $47.6m 58 Discovery Health Sciences Foundation Inc Kenner, LA $47.4m 59 Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency Covington, LA $46.9m 60 Foundation for Louisiana Students Baton Rouge, LA $46.3m
Charities by income band $under 10k 15th pct
311 charities
$10k-100k 70th pct
1,466 charities
$100k-1m 100th pct
2,105 charities
$1m-10m 40th pct
846 charities
$10m-100m 10th pct
218 charities
$100m+ 2nd pct
33 charities
Registrations by year 0 365 730 1,094 1,459 00 New registrations: $277 00 01 New registrations: $275 01 02 New registrations: $310 02 03 New registrations: $277 03 04 New registrations: $261 04 05 New registrations: $275 05 06 New registrations: $249 06 07 New registrations: $320 07 08 New registrations: $256 08 09 New registrations: $331 09 10 New registrations: $256 10 11 New registrations: $261 11 12 New registrations: $269 12 13 New registrations: $236 13 14 New registrations: $693 14 15 New registrations: $527 15 16 New registrations: $481 16 17 New registrations: $535 17 18 New registrations: $549 18 19 New registrations: $631 19 20 New registrations: $569 20 21 New registrations: $644 21 22 New registrations: $915 22 23 New registrations: $938 23 24 New registrations: $1,351 24 25 New registrations: $1,459 25 26 New registrations: $1,276 26 New registrations By cause Other charitable purposes 4,068 Religion 2,891 Poverty relief 2,441 Education and training 1,951 Arts, culture, heritage and science 1,392 Health and saving lives 1,186 Amateur sport and recreation 1,037 Grant-making and general purposes 920 Children and youth development 885 Community and economic development 859 Housing and shelter 502 Animals 426 Human rights and equality 330 Environment and conservation 282 Armed forces, emergency and public safety 232 Overseas aid and international 88