Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 451501690
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Schriever, LA, United States
- Phone
- (985) 850-3116
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,686,210
- Expenses
- $2,633,439
- Assets
- $29,744,981
- Liabilities
- $5,905,266
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AMY PONSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- AMY PONSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $137,287 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana is a community foundation established to promote philanthropy, empower priests, inspire our community, and ensure long-term financial stability for the charitable, educational, and spiritual ministries of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. Through partnerships with our church parishes, Catholic schools, Catholic Charites and the many impactful ministries throughout our Diocese, the Catholic Foundation offers support to help enhance their ministry establish a legacy and making a difference in the lives of others. Leave a legacy of love and faith, uniquely aligned with your Catholic values and beliefs. The Catholic Foundation is happy to work with you, y.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide guidance to catholic schools, parishes and the diocese of houma-thibodaux in applying catholic social teachings regarding stewardship and assistance in managing their stewardship programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 84% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 40.7%; rating input score 41
- Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $38.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 90.8%; rating input score 91; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 60.6%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.3; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 40.7% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $137K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 34 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 42 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 41 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.