LSU Foundation
The LSU Foundation cultivates and invests in philanthropic partnerships to support and advance lsu's academic priorities.
LSU Foundation at a glance
In short: LSU Foundation gave $39.5M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $39.5M), mostly in Louisiana. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $39,511,139
- -45.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $39,511,139
- -45.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $39,511,139
- Total assets
- $1,007,615,738
- +9.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Louisiana (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who LSU Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Louisiana State University ($39.5M).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How LSU Foundation gives
- Giving grew 42% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $21.7M (2019) to $71.8M (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $39.5M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA | University academic and research support, including scholarships, graduate fellowships and faculty chairs and professorships. | $39,511,139 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,007,615,738 | $121,135,454 | $70,419,739 | $39,511,139 | 1 | $36,795,941 |
| 2024 | $921,921,854 | $81,861,028 | $99,446,823 | $71,811,933 | 1 | $15,022,913 |
| 2023 | $881,698,914 | $107,404,676 | $54,939,937 | $30,613,221 | 1 | $45,676,453 |
| 2022 | $825,892,605 | $173,876,806 | $48,702,677 | $27,872,280 | 1 | $52,983,397 |
| 2021 | $804,249,383 | $72,730,367 | $42,757,228 | $26,449,796 | 1 | $9,451,916 |
| 2020 | $667,744,086 | $64,814,717 | $48,658,847 | $24,046,724 | 1 | $21,364,376 |
| 2019 | $660,756,126 | $61,243,606 | $46,854,439 | $21,739,867 | 1 | $19,952,118 |
About LSU Foundation
Based on IRS filings
LSU Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Baton Rouge, LA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.0B in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $39.5M. Net investment income was $36.8M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
LSU Foundation is led by Robert M. Stuart Jr., President & CEO since 2021 (on filings since 2019); 10 of 46 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Robert M. Stuart Jr.
President & CEO
Immediate Past Chairperson → Past Chair, President & CEO, 2020
Past Chair, President & CEO → President & CEO, 2021
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$283K (2021) → $423K (2025)
Tracy Evans
Executive Director of Development
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$178K (2025)
Beau Fournet
Chair-Elect to & Chair
Director → Chair-Elect, 2023
Chair-Elect → Chair-Elect to & Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roger W. Jenkins
Director & Chair to
Chair-Elect → Chairperson, 2023
Chairperson → Director & Chair to, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lindsey Romanowsky
Senior Director of Development
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$129K (2022) → $155K (2025)
Michael McCarty
Director of Its
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$145K (2024) → $157K (2025)
Jordan Jopling
Senior Director of Development
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$156K (2025)
Clarence P. Cazalot Jr.
Director
Director & Immediate Past Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2022
Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
D. Martin Phillips
Director
Treasurer → Director & Treasurer, 2020
Director & Treasurer → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George E. Robinson III
Director
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura L. Dauzat
Director
Director & Corporate Secretary → Corporate Secretary, 2022
Corporate Secretary → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark K. Anderson
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary T. Neal
Director
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roger H. Ogden
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bradie G. James
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jyric Sims
Director
Director & Treasurer → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Director, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christel Slaughter
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John M. Engquist
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Wampold
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah R. Borders
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Suzette Kent
Director
On filings since 2021
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anil Punyapu
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Sutton
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rhoman Hardy
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Reeves
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas J. Adamek
Director & Treasurer
Director → Director & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Deborah Grant
Director
On filings since 2023
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rene Joyce
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rip Reeves
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Valencia Sarpy Jones
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William Tate
Executive Officio Director to
Executive Officio Director → Executive Officio Director to, 2025
On filings since 2024
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Art Farve
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Maurin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Klein Kirby
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leonard Lemoine
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Richard
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Lee
Executive Officio Director
New on the 2025 filing
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roy Martin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kate Spikes
Chief Financial Officer
CFO → Chief Financial Officer, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$158K (2019) → $261K (2025)
Krista Allen Raney
Executive Vice President of Development
Vice President Development → Senior Vice President of Development, 2022
Senior Vice President of Development → Executive Vice President of Development, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$137K (2019) → $288K (2025)
Leu Anne Greco
Vice President & General Counsel
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$169K (2019) → $206K (2025)
Sara Whittaker
Assistant Vice President Communications & Market
Assistant Vice President - Communications & Mar → Assistant Vice President Communications & Marketing, 2024
Assistant Vice President Communications & Marketing → Assistant Vice President Communications & Market, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$139K (2020) → $177K (2025)
Sonja Yvette Marsh
Assistant Vice President of Talent Management
Assistant Vice President of Talent Management → Assistant Vice President of Talent Man, 2023
Assistant Vice President of Talent Man → Assistant Vice President of Talent Management, 2024
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$165K (2021) → $189K (2025)
Frank W. Billy Harrison III
Past Chair to
Immediate Past Chair → Past Chair, 2024
Past Chair → Past Chair to, 2025
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth H. Ronn
Treasurer to & Chair-Elect
Director → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → Treasurer to & Chair-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2020
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lori Garrison
Corporate Secretary
Director → Corporate Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2021
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (34)
- Former: Charles A. Landry (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Jeffrey N. Springmeyer (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Sean E. Reilly (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Paige Carter (2021–2024) — Executive Director - Industry Engagement
- Former: Scott R. Brakebill (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Antonio Lucio (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Kelin Queen (2022–2024) — Crm Conversion Director
- Former: Marty Phillips (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: T. Cass Gaiennie (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Greg Byrd (2023) — Controller
- Former: Deborah A. Elam (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Rachel Veron (2021–2022) — Director of Business Intelligence
- Former: Daniel Bozard (2019–2021) — Vice President Development
- Former: J. Bryan Benchoff (2019–2021) — President & CEO
- Former: Adrian Owen (2020–2021) — Assistant Vice President of Adv Services
- Former: Andre Greene (2021) — Controller
- Former: Robert S. Dampf (2021) — Director
- Former: Thomas C. Galligan Jr. (2021) — Executive Officio Director
- Former: Alexander McDermott (2019–2020) — Director of Investments
- Former: Ann Marie Marmande-Frenzel (2019–2020) — Senior Vice President Principal Gifts
- Former: David B. Means III (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Gary L. Laborde (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: J. Herbert Boydstun (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jack Rettig (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: John F. Shackelford III (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Keith Evans (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: S. Yvette Marsh (2019–2020) — Executive Director Talent Management
- Former: Sue W. Turner (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: F. King Alexander (2020) — Ex-Officio Director
- Former: Tom Galligan (2020) — Executive Officio Director Begin
- Former: Anne Elizabeth Schmitz (2019) — Senior Donor Relations Director
- Former: Frederick E. Wolfert (2019) — Director
- Former: Gina M. Dugas (2019) — CFO
- Former: James Convington (2019) — Senior Director of Development
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $423K, to Robert M Stuart Jr (President & CEO). 10 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about LSU Foundation
How much does LSU Foundation give each year?
LSU Foundation gave $39.5M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $71.8M across 1 grant.
How large is LSU Foundation?
LSU Foundation reported $1.0B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $121.1M.
What is LSU Foundation?
LSU Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It holds $1.0B in total assets as of 2025.
Where does LSU Foundation operate?
LSU Foundation has awarded grants in Louisiana.
What is LSU Foundation's EIN?
LSU Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 72-6020969. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 12, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 1, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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