Cse Community Foundation

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Sowela2 grants · $51,500
• West Cal Cam Hospital2 grants · $9,500
• Fusion Five2 grants · $8,000
• American Cancer Society2 grants · $7,500
• Big Brother Big Sisters2 grants · $6,000
• Calcasieu Council On Aging2 grants · $5,500
• Arts & Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana1 grant · $5,000
• This Is Home Fest2 grants · $5,000
• Family & Youth Counseling Agency1 grant · $5,000
• Smoke and Barrel1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

• $26,500

  Sowela · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  provide financial literacy program for students

• $25,000

  Sowela · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  provide financial literacy program for students

• $5,500

  West Cal Cam Hospital · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  provide financial assistance to graduating high school students & provide financial assistance to breast cancer patients in the community

• $5,000

  Arts & Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  support for ChuckFest - free music and culture festival

• $5,000

  Family & Youth Counseling Agency · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  partnership for Tasting on the Terrace Event that raises funds for victim advocacy to children

• $5,000

  Smoke and Barrel · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  sponsor event to raise funding for worthy local charities

• $5,000

  American Cancer Society · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024

  support Relay for Life for cancer survivors event and SWLA Men Wear Pink for breast cancer awareness

• $4,500

  Arts Humanities Council · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  support for ChuckFest - free music and culture festival

• $4,000

  Fusion Five · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  connecting & engaging young professionals in SWLA

• $4,000

  Fusion Five · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  connecting & engaging young professionals in SWLA

• $4,000

  West Cal Cam Hospital · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  provide financial assistance to graduating high school students & provide financial assistance to breast cancer patients in the community

• $3,000

  Big Brother Big Sisters · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  youth mentoring programs in SWLA

• $3,000

  Calcasieu Area Councilboy Scouts · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  support local events in the SWLA area

• $3,000

  Calcasieu Council On Aging · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  sponsorship of SWLA Senior District Games-providing recreation and activities for aging population in SWLA.

• $3,000

  Big Brother Big Sisters · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  youth mentoring programs in SWLA

• $2,500

  American Cancer Society · Baton Rouge, LA · 2025

  support Relay for Life for cancer survivors event and SWLA Men Wear Pink for breast cancer awareness

• $2,500

  Autisum Services of Swla · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  supports local adults in the 5 parish area that have autism diagnosis

• $2,500

  Black Heritage Festival of Louisiana · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  support festival that honors Black American heritage and culture

• $2,500

  Families for Inclusion · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  sponsorship for 2025 programming that advances accessibility inclusion and community engagement for individuals with disabilities and their families in SWLA.

• $2,500

  McNeese Foundation · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  donation for campus emergency fund and the cowboy closet

• $2,500

  Sulphur Christian Comm Coalition · Sulphur, LA · 2025

  support annual Christmas Store for financially struggling families

• $2,500

  This Is Home Fest · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  community support of art music and culture through free event

• $2,500

  Autisum Services of Swla · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  supports local adults in the 5 parish area that have autism diagnosis

• $2,500

  Calcasieu Council On Aging · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  sponsorship of SWLA Senior District Games-providing recreation and activities for aging population in SWLA.

• $2,500

  Family Youth Counseling Agency · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  partnership for Tasting on the Terrace Event that raises funds for victim advocacy to children

• $2,500

  Project Build a Future · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  counsel clients to help them achieve financial stability and home ownership

• $2,500

  Smoke Barrel · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  sponsor event to raise funding for worthy local charities

• $2,500

  This Is Home Fest · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  community support of art music and culture through free event

• $1,500

  Gamma Lambda Sigma Chapter of Sigma · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  support youth symposium event that mentors and guide youth to develop skills dealing with financial literacy career choices and civic responsibility.

• $1,500

  Oasis · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  general operation of the agency to provide safe shelter crisis intervention group support services

• $1,500

  Vines and Tynes Incorporated · Jennings, LA · 2025

  provide one time stipends to area citizens who are down on their luck

• $1,500

  Oasis · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  general operation of the agency to provide safe shelter crisis intervention group support services

• $1,500

  Vines Tynes · Jennings, LA · 2024

  provide one time stipends to area citizens who are down on their luck

• $1,200

  The Salvation Army of Lake Charles · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  sponsorship of annual Empty Bowl event that is the fundraising initiative to support programs and services that address hunger homelessness and emergency needs within our community.

• $1,000

  Averi Thibodeaux · Jennings, LA · 2025

  Scholarship recipient

• $1,000

  Brooklyn Gannt · Dequincy, LA · 2025

  Scholarship recipient

• $1,000

  Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2025

  Great Strides Lake Charles event supporting research for cure of Cystic Fibrosis.

• $1,000

  Evergreen Life Services · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  Forevergreen Flower Festival logistics accessibility accommodations and interactive experiences

• $1,000

  Holdens Hope · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  assist with loss of baby and funeral assistance in the SWLA area and supporting local NICU in SWLA

• $1,000

  Imperial Calcasieu Museum · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  assist in funding the Education Outreach Initiative

• $1,000

  John Vining · Sulphur, LA · 2025

  Scholarship recipient

• $1,000

  Lainey Bland · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  Scholarship recipient

• $1,000

  Lighthouse Child Residential Center · Reeves, LA · 2025

  support services for unwed teen moms and their babies

• $1,000

  The Down Syndrome Association of Southwest Louisiana · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  support of summer swim camp

• $1,000

  With You · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  Providing access to mental health therapies for first responders.

• $1,000

  Alzheimer'S Association · Metairie, LA · 2024

  provide education and support while advancing critical research

• $1,000

  Baily Walters · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  Scholarship

• $1,000

  Imperial Calcasieu Museum · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  assist in funding the Education Outreach Initiative

• $1,000

  Lainee Landry · Lacassine, LA · 2024

  Scholarship

• $1,000

  Lake Charles Symphony · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  support of music arts

• $1,000

  Michael O'Brien · Jennings, LA · 2024

  Scholarship

• $1,000

  Tova Husers · Jennings, LA · 2024

  Scholarship

• $800

  Calcasieu Area Council-Boy Scouts · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  support local events in the SWLA area

• $750

  Merryvill Historical Society and Museum · Merryville, LA · 2025

  community investment through support of annual christmas celebration in town.

• $500

  Stacies Stargazers · Lake Charles, LA · 2025

  support services for mental health and families of suicide victims

• $500

  Culture Art Music Association · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  support local Dia De Los Muertos festival

• $500

  Evergreen Life Services · Lake Charles, LA · 2024

  Forevergreen Flower Festival logistics accessibility accommodations and interactive experiences

• $500

  Sulphur Christian Comm Coalition · Sulphur, LA · 2024

  support annual Christmas Store for financially struggling families

• $100

  Deridder Rodeo Association · Deridder, LA · 2024

  support for local high school rodeo cowboy and cowgirls