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Baton Rouge AREA Foundation

Public charity
Foundations · BATON ROUGE, LA · EIN 72-6030391

About

Baton rouge AREA foundation unites human and financial resources to enhance the quality of life in southern louisiana. To achieve our mission, we: serve donors to build the assets that drive initiatives and solutions; engage community leaders to develop appropriate responses to emerging opportunities and challenges; partner with entities from ALL segments of our service AREA, as well as with other community foundations, in order to leverage our collective resources and create the capacity to be a stimulus of positive regional change; and evaluate our work and share the results with our stakeholders.

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Foundations
Employees
34
Volunteers
59

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2022-12-31
Revenue
$36.6M
Expenses
$40.8M
Assets
$309.0M
Liabilities
$11.5M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$77.4M
Foreign employees0
Foreign offices0
Foreign partnership interestYes
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)
RUSSIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
$91K
Grants Given
$30.9M
BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION
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Address

451 Florida Street Suite LL 100
Baton Rouge, LA, 70801-170

Governance

Voting board members21
Independent members20
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planYes
Compensation committeeYes
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Board-designated %30.4%
Permanent endowment %66.0%
Endowment held by related orgNo
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