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The Charles Lamar Family Foundation: 47 grants to organizations, $1.5 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Charles Lamar Family Foundation, a private foundation in Baton Rouge, LA, paid 47 grants to organizations totaling $1,538,311 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $200,000 to Cat Haven in Baton Rouge, LA for charitable - funding for adoption services center expansion project.
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- EIN
- 721488497
- Based in
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Assets
- $32,234,036
- Grants paid
- $1,538,311
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202523219349104372. It reported $1,538,311 in grants paid; 47 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat Haven | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - funding for adoption services center expansion project | Animal-related | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Companion Animal Alliance | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - pets for life program & canine parvovirus program | Animal-related | $156,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Baton Rouge Youth Coalition | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - support persistence program | Youth development | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Great Hearts Harveston | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - support for economically disadvantaged students | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Knock Knock Children's Museum | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - funding for the "knock knock access for all reduced admission" program | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teach for America Greater Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - ignite fellowship prgram & annual support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bissel Pet Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | Charitable - fix the future program (spay & neuter in bation rouge) | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Christian Outreach Center | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - capacity & stablity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fathers On A Mission | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - support for project family build | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities | New Orleans, LA | Charitable - support for distribution of prime time boxes and family reading programs | Arts, culture and humanities | $47,781 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Shelter Inc | Hammond, LA | Charitable - reduced-cost spay/neuter program & community spay days | Animal-related | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Life of A Single Mom | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - funding for back to school initiative | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Line 4 Line | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - youth mentorship programming | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nature Conservancy of Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - support of the atchafalaya conservation center (conservation fellows program)/ funding for environmental flow program for the atchafalaya basin | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alzheimer's Services of the Capital Area | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - rosemary society challenege & operating costs for charlie's place iii | $29,250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - shaw center for the arts subsidy program | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Baldwin Family Village Foundation | Fairhope, AL | Charitable - general support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bayside Academy | Daphne, AL | Charitable - capital campaign | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dog People of Livingston | Walker, LA | Charitable - funding to support opening of a permanent spay/neuter clinic | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gardere Community Christian School | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - little movers program | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Arts Education Project | San Francisco, CA | Charitable - artists in schools & artists in residence program | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Walls Project | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - culture club & futures fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manship Theatre | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - educational children's programming with library themed events (partnership with ebr public library) | $23,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kids Orchestra | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - support of the harmony collective | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,780 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Buddy Programbr Area Youth Network | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - funding to support the community partnership initative | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Embrace Relief Foundation | Fairfield, NJ | Charitable - funding to build a wter well to provide safe drinking water in bondo village, tanzania | International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Acta Non Verba Urban Farm | Oakland, CA | Charitable - general support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Baton Rouge Bar Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - teen court program | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - annual support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cenikor Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - general annual support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Planning Excellence | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - annual membership | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City Year Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - annual support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Compass Family Services | San Francisco, CA | Charitable - general support | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - general support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Homeless Prenatal Program | San Francisco, CA | Charitable - general support | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Louisiana Resource Center for Educators | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable (educational) - annual support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lousiana Key Academy | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - general support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Manners of the Heart | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - general support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Childrens Art Center | San Francisco, CA | Charitable - general support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Free Clinic | San Francisco, CA | Charitable - general support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Emerge Center | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - general support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Sausalito, CA | Charitable - general annual support | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Thrive Foundation Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - general support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Turn 2 U Inc (the Last Mile) | San Francisco, CA | Charitable - general support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lsu Foundation & College of Art & Design | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - support for the open experimental studio in the glassell gallery | $9,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Baton Rouge Gallery | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - the real life experience - an exhibiltion of art by high school students | Arts, culture and humanities | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Presbyterian Children's Home & Services | Austin, TX | Charitable - support for the child and family program in baton rouge | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2023
From the Form 990-PF filed January 28, 2025, IRS object ID 202510289349100516. It reported $1,258,312 in grants paid; 35 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front Yard Bikes | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable-youth city lab capital campaign | Public and societal benefit | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Baton Rouge Youth Coalition | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - support persistence program | Youth development | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Christian Outreach Center | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - handup prison re-entry program funding | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Companion Animal Alliance | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - pets for life program | Animal-related | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nola Nature School | New Orleans, LA | Charitable- funding for development position - k-12 education | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - 225gives campaign | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lousiana Key Academy | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - capital campaign pledge installment - expansion of school's facility | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Three Springs Community Farm Foundation Inc | Bodega, CA | Charitable - funding for a new well for farm apprenticeship programs | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| YMCA of the Capital Area | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable -funding for the power scholars academy wf | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities | New Orleans, LA | Charitable - funding for the prime time family reading program | Arts, culture and humanities | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Life of A Single Mom | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - funding for back to school initiativecharitable - funding for back to school initiative | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Development & Learning | Metairie, LA | Charitable - louisiana reads! program funding | $38,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Empower Mail | Highland, UT | Charitable -installation of 2 solar powered water systems in kafigueba and misseni | $36,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Line 4 Line | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - merrydale elementary school pilot project | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | Charitable - funding for field data collection at neptune pass | Animal-related | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stand for Children Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - efforts to build parent capacity - funding of workshops | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nature Conservancy of Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - support of the atchafalaya conservation center (conservation fellows program)/ funding for environmental flow program for the atchafalaya basin | $27,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Care USA | Washington, DC | Charitable - relief for syrian and moroccan earthquakes | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Palacios House of Arts | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - funding for creativity project - student classes and workshops | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Emerge Center | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - funding for therapeutic preschool - preparing children for kindergarten | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,812 | apps.irs.gov |
| BR Foreign Language Immersion Magnet Pto | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - funding for various pto activities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the Animals BR Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable- support for heartworm treatment, spay/neuter, & microchip programs in shelter dogs | Animal-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manship Theatre | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - lamar links! from the library page to the manship stage | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breada | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - funding for purchase of trailer for farm to school program | $17,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alzheimer's Services of the Capital Area | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - bridge funding - charlie's place and other programs (covid 19-relief) | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| I Am Empowering the Next Generation Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - expansion of the i am program | Youth development | $8,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Baton Rouge Gallery | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - the real life experience - an exhibiltion of art by high school students | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - 225gives campaign | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cenikor Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - general annual support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Planning Excellence | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - 225gives campaign | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City Year Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - 225gives campaign | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Louisiana Resource Center for Educators | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - educational - 225gives campaign | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teach for America | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable - 225gives campaign | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Sausalito, CA | Charitable - general annual support | Animal-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Thrive Foundation Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | Charitable -funding to acquire stemscopes louisiana 3d program | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Animal-related | $566,250 |
| Public and societal benefit | $250,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $219,561 |
| Youth development | $208,500 |
| Education | $135,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $55,812 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $45,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | $2,435,623 |
| California | $145,000 |
| Michigan | $50,000 |
| Alabama | $50,000 |
| Utah | $36,000 |
| Virginia | $35,000 |
| District of Columbia | $25,000 |
| New Jersey | $15,000 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.