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Odyssey House Louisiana Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker New Orleans, LA EIN: 72-0743677 Website

Odyssey House Louisiana Inc at a glance

Total assets
$21,221,662
-10.5% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$44,160,305
+19.0% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$412,882
+16.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$45,056,392
+29.6% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Odyssey House Louisiana Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Cities

Washington

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2K$4K$6K$8K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 Total only2021 0 grants2022 1 grant2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2021 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2021) to $7K (2023). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $7K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Treatment Communities of America Washington, DCGeneral Donation$7,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$21,221,662$44,160,305$45,056,392——$412,882
2024$23,702,531$37,124,246$34,758,362——$355,665
2023$20,854,663$35,866,373$31,226,826$7,0001$989,361
2022$14,620,693$25,545,869$24,958,659——$35,821
2021$14,124,407$24,434,700$22,970,060$2,000Total only$16,259
2020$14,285,362$20,722,276$19,682,844——$-6,558
2019$9,487,897$12,213,324$12,048,376——$24,708

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Odyssey House Louisiana Inc

Based on IRS filings

Odyssey House Louisiana Inc is a public charity focused on Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, based in New Orleans, LA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $21.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $413K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Odyssey House Louisiana Inc is led by Edward C. Carlson, CEO on every filing since 2021; 7 of 22 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Edward C. Carlson

    CEO

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $298K (2021) → $369K (2025)

  • Robert Matheney

    President

    Board Member → Vice President, 2021

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vanessa Caliste-Swafford

    Chair

    Vice President → President, 2022

    President → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Markethia Nelson

    Accounting Director

    Director - Accounting → Accounting Director, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $113K (2022) → $156K (2025)

  • Ashley Riley

    Program Director

    Director - Inpatient Services → Program Director, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $131K (2023) → $160K (2025)

  • Amy Bosworth

    COO

    Program Director → COO, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $106K (2019) → $227K (2025)

  • Mia M. Dejan

    CFO

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $205K (2019) → $272K (2025)

  • Richard Carr

    CMO

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $117K (2022) → $436K (2025)

  • Kareem Neal

    Psychiatric Nurse Practioner

    Psychiatric Nurse Practitione → Psychiatric Nurse Practioner, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $170K (2024) → $172K (2025)

  • Cara Hall

    Vice President

    Board Member → Vice President & Chief Counsel, 2022

    Vice President & Chief Counsel → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darryl Harrison

    1st Vice President

    Board Member → Secretary, 2020

    Secretary → 1st Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jarrod Broussard

    Board Member

    Board Member → Member, 2022

    Member → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lucinda Degrange PhD

    Secretary

    Member → Board Member, 2024

    Board Member → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Miller

    Board Member

    Board Member → Member, 2022

    Member → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Moffett

    At-Large

    Chairman → At Large, 2020

    At Large → At-Large, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Derrick Freeman

    Board Member

    Board Member → Member, 2022

    Member → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Linda Tresemer

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Harris

    Board Member

    Member → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ken Roy

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Madison Omalley

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Hildebrand

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Samuel Brantley

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (27)
  • Former: Beverly Nichols (2019–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Angela Jo Strohm (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Richard Morgain (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Brittanii Wade (2024) — Director of Compliance Risk
  • Former: Elena Likaj (2023) — Director - Health Center
  • Former: Renata Weatherspoon (2023) — Nurse Practitioner
  • Former: Curt Bruss (2019–2022) — Board Chair
  • Former: Mary Antee McCullough (2019–2022) — Member
  • Former: Shawndra Robey (2021–2022) — COO
  • Former: Ann Tucker (2022) — Director - Communications
  • Former: Lynn Bernal-Green (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Jeffrey Goldfarb (2020–2021) — At Large
  • Former: Ellen Washington (2021) — Nurse
  • Former: Jared Broussard (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Johnathan C. Smith (2021) — Nurse Practitioner
  • Former: Rosa Thomason (2021) — Program Manager
  • Former: Candace McKenna (2019–2020) — Nurse Practioner
  • Former: Ed Carlson (2019–2020) — CEO
  • Former: Arvin Singh (2020) — COO
  • Former: Drlucinda Lagrange (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Ronald Engberson (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Alexis Butler (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Andrea Theodore (2019) — Nurse Practioner
  • Former: Arvinjit Singh (2019) — COO
  • Former: Eric A. Johnson (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Kathy Laborde (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Leo Schott (2019) — Board Member

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

Richard Carr — CMO: $436KRichard CarrCMO$436KEdward Carlson — CEO: $369KEdward CarlsonCEO$369KMIA Dejan — CFO: $272KMIA DejanCFO$272KAmy Bosworth — COO: $227KAmy BosworthCOO$227KKareem Neal — Psychiatric Nurse Practioner: $172KKareem NealPsychiatric Nurse Practioner$172KAshley Riley — Program Director: $160KAshley RileyProgram Director$160KMarkethia Nelson — Accounting Director: $156KMarkethia NelsonAccounting Director$156K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $436K, to Richard Carr (CMO). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Odyssey House Louisiana Inc

How large is Odyssey House Louisiana Inc?

Odyssey House Louisiana Inc reported $21.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $44.2M.

What is Odyssey House Louisiana Inc?

Odyssey House Louisiana Inc is a public charity focused on Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, based in New Orleans, LA. It holds $21.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Odyssey House Louisiana Inc operate?

Odyssey House Louisiana Inc has awarded grants in District of Columbia.

What is Odyssey House Louisiana Inc's EIN?

Odyssey House Louisiana Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 72-0743677. 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

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 18, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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