Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana

About Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana

Disaster recovery and home rebuilding show up as a defining thread in Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana’s recent giving. The foundation awarded $250,000 to Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc. for repairs to and building of homes in Calcasieu and Jeff Davis parishes, and another $100,000 to St Bernard Project Inc. for rebuilding homes in Southwest Louisiana. It also granted $100,000 to Apostolic Christian Harvestcall to support building supplies for roughly 17 homes in Jeff Davis Parish, tying charitable capital directly to housing recovery work. That same regional focus reaches into civic and community infrastructure. In 2025, the foundation gave $640,079 to Oak Crossing Foundation for general support, along with $235,171 to the City of Westlake and $170,000 to Trinity Baptist Church, both for general support. Other grants supported a wide range of local institutions, including McNeese State University Foundation, Autism Services of Southwest Louisiana Inc., and living faith communities in Lake Charles. The pattern points to a funder that uses endowed and discretionary dollars to support both major recovery needs and ongoing community institutions across Southwest Louisiana.

What Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana Funds

Housing repair and disaster recovery are among the clearest themes in the foundation’s recent grants. It gave $250,000 to Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc. to repair and build homes in Calcasieu and Jeff Davis parishes, and $100,000 to Apostolic Christian Harvestcall for building supplies to repair about 17 homes in Jeff Davis Parish. A separate $100,000 grant to St Bernard Project Inc. supported rebuilding homes in Southwest Louisiana. The foundation also backs education and scholarship work. In 2025, it awarded $155,202 to Scholarship America Inc. for general scholarship fund support, and its active scholarship programs include endowed scholarship funds and the Richard O. and Frances E. Boisture Scholarship. Arts and heritage remain part of the portfolio through the Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Fund, which supports arts, cultural initiatives, and historic preservation projects in Southwest Louisiana. Parks and outdoor space also appear through the Partners in Parks Fund, which supports parks, trails, maintenance, and programming.

How Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana Gives