Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,458,808

Total expenses

$4,588,322

Contributions and grants received

$2,399,946

Grants paid

$4,357,683

Program service revenue

$25,793

Investment income

$33,069

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$3,468,365

Total liabilities, end of year

$16,931

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,451,434

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,357,683

Management and general expenses

$230,639

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,357,683

Program services were 95.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Bayou Community Foundation continued its innovative Rebuild South Lafourche and Rebuild Grand Isle Hurricance Ida housing recovery programs in 2024 to provid home repairs and new home construction to under-resourced, income-restricted residents in these rural storm-damaged communities. Volunteer rebuilding groups provided labor and philanthropic gifts funded the purchase of building materials, delivering 29 storm-fortified new homes built for impacted families in South Lafourche and Grand Isle, and the completion of 138 home repairs through two building seasons.

  Expenses $3,836,576 · Revenue $1,541,602

• In 2024, Bayou Community Foundation awarded grants to 30 nonprofits working in Lafourche, Terrebonne and Grand Isle as part of the Foundations Annual Nonprofit Grants Program to fill critical needs such as food, housing and behavioral health services. In addition, the Foundation awarded grants to eight local nonprofits after Hurricane Francines landfall here on September 11, 2024, to support local relief and recovery efforts, and fund repairs to nonprofit facilities damaged in the storm. Bayou Community Foundation also provided grants to local nonprofits requested by donors through Donor Advised Funds and donor-directed gifts to the Foundation.

  Expenses $502,358 · Grants $499,450 · Revenue $299,580

• In 2024, Bayou Community Foundation conducted to host opportunities to strengthen the capacity of local nonprofit organizations, including the Annual Nonprofit Bus Tour, the Bayou Region Nonprofit Conference attended by 100 local nonprofit leaders, and workshops on digital marketing, volunteer management and grant writing. The Foundation also established its Working Group on Behaviora Health, conducted a Behavioral Health Summit and convened local nonprofits and government leaders throughout the year to identify and develope solutions to increase access to behavioral health care in our community. Through its Working Group on Hunger, Bayou Community Foundation created a digital food bank map for residents to locate distribution locations.

  Expenses $18,749 · Revenue $25,793

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• Terrebonne Churches United Food Bank

  $65,000

  Food distribution at 10 sites & restock food bank after Hurricane Francine

• Second Harvest Food Bank

  $55,000

  Distribution of 6 million pounds of food & restock food after Hurricance Francine in Lafourche, Terrebonne & Grand Isle

• Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux

  $45,000

  Individual housing & utility payment assistance & helped 50 families after Hurricane Francine Family Assistance Program

• Fletcher Tech Comm College Foundation

  $27,000

  Tuition assistance & equip for 10 students in phlebotomy propgram & Emergency Assisstance Fund

• Bless Your Heart

  $20,000

  Assist families transitioning from hurricane sheltering programs to private rentals

• Rebuilding Together-Bayou

  $20,000

  Roof repair for 10 homes of low-income residents in Lafourche & Terrebonne

• Lifted by Love

  $20,000

  Distribution of formula and baby supplies to young, low-income mothers in Lafourche & Terrebonne

• The Start Corporation

  $16,250

  To provide rehabilitation services, placement, & employment for homeless in Terrebonne and Lafourch Parishes

• Wallace Community Center

  $15,500

  Beyond the Bell after-school program & repair Hub facility after Hurricane Francine

• New Life Counseling Center

  $15,000

  Fund 428 counseling sessions to Lafourch & Grand Isle residents in need

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

27 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202541479349300794

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