Our Lady of the Lake Foundation

About Our Lady of the Lake Foundation

Our Lady of the Lake Foundation’s largest recent grants are recurring general-support awards to two Baton Rouge institutions: Our Lady of the Lake Hospital and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. Those awards point to a funder that backs the health system’s core operations and related education rather than narrow project grants. The foundation’s stated mission is to build a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education, and its giving aligns with patient care, community health, health education, and blood donation centers. The recent record shows a foundation with substantial operating scale. Annual grants were $4,333,243, and the asset base was $32,675,123 in the latest 990 year on file. Its typical awards range widely, from five-figure community grants to nearly seven-figure institutional support. The major grantee pattern also suggests a system-oriented grantmaker: one hospital and one university account for the largest awards, while smaller grants extend to local health and community partners. The foundation’s grantmaking is local and strongly Louisiana-centered, with most grants flowing to recipients in Baton Rouge and other Louisiana communities.

What Our Lady of the Lake Foundation Funds

Health care is the clearest throughline in Our Lady of the Lake Foundation’s giving. In 2024, it gave $17,728 to Health Care Centers in Schools in Baton Rouge for general support, showing that school-linked health access sits within its community-health portfolio. General operating support is a recurring part of the foundation’s approach. The Baton Rouge Area Foundation received $33,000 in 2023 for general support, and the same unrestricted pattern appears across larger institutional awards as well. Education is also part of the grant mix. Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University received both a $1,078,000 grant in 2023 and an $869,683 grant in 2024, each marked general support. That pairing links the foundation’s health mission with education and workforce development for the local system. The foundation also supports broader community benefit work. Its active Community Contributions Committee accepts requests that benefit the region and align with FMOL Health’s mission and core values, with geography covering Louisiana, Mississippi, and greater Baton Rouge and surrounding service areas.

How Our Lady of the Lake Foundation Gives