Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 58-1714586 · since 1987hawilsonfoundation.org·Ascension Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Iberville Parish, Livingston Paris…·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$5.8M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$10,000 to $150k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$40,050

Typical grant (median)

104 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work is in one of the listed areas (Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, West Baton Rouge or West Feliciana) and touches human services, education, healthcare, prison reentry or housing, it is worth a look.
Most of its grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $150,000, and across its three most recent filings half were $50,000 or less, so a request in the lower part of that band fits its usual giving; the band is typical rather than a ceiling, as its largest grant was about $1,000,000.
The filing shows 80% of grant dollars to organisations in its most recent year went to groups it had funded before, which suggests a relationship-led pattern, though that is no reason not to approach it as a new applicant.
Empower opens in January each year with an online Letter of Intent, and it asks for resident voice, working with rather than for the community, and clear evaluation measures; Engage judges past results, approach, capability, cost relative to gain, and collaboration.
Its fixed deadlines mean you should plan your timing around the Letter of Intent.

Overview

Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation is a US private foundation based in Baton Rouge, LA.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Foundation centres its work on human services, education, healthcare and prison reentry, with particular attention to people living in poverty, people with chronic health conditions or disabilities, and people returning from incarceration. Its programmes address the root causes of adversity for youth and families, including food and housing insecurity, and support access to care, education and prevention. Through place-based work it supports housing, education, community wellness and economic vitality in North Baton Rouge, while its Equip pillar invests in nonprofit leaders and organisational capacity. Its approach emphasises collaboration, resident voice, measurable outcomes and sustainable change, seeking to improve the lives of people and families and strengthen community systems.

Themes

Human services
Education
Healthcare
Prison reentry
Housing
Community wellness
Nonprofit capacity building

Geographic Focus

Ascension; East Baton Rouge; East Feliciana; Iberville; Livingston; Pointe Coupee; St. Helena; St. James; West Baton Rouge; West Feliciana.

How to apply

The Foundation uses different applications for each programme. For Empower, prospective partners submit a Letter of Intent online; those selected are invited to submit a full grant application by the submission deadline.

Deadlines: The Empower application cycle opens in January each year.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 80% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 313 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

For Empower, organisations should prioritise resident voice and work with, rather than to, the community they serve.
For Empower, organisations should have the capacity and evaluation measures to deliver and assess the proposed work.
For Engage, the Foundation assesses the organisation’s past results, programme approach, capability and project leadership when judging whether results are likely.
For Engage, the Foundation considers cost relative to gain and values collaboration, systemic change and the potential to replicate work.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Louisiana100%

The largest single recipient received 6% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 80% of grant dollars went to organisations Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

104 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $40,050

How much do they typically give?

Share of 104 grants in tax year 2024 by size

Under $1k13%

$1k–$2.5k2%

$2.5k–$5k5%

$5k–$10k0%

$10k–$25k15%

$25k–$50k18%

$50k–$100k33%

$100k–$250k12%

$250k–$500k1%

$500k–$1M1%

Median $40,050 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge · General support
$628,0002024 tax year
Envisionbr · General support
$305,0002024 tax year
American Red Cross · General support
$200,0002024 tax year
Louisiana Alliance for Nonprofits · General support
$175,0002024 tax year
Youth Oasis · General support
$150,0002024 tax year
Front Yard Bikes · General support
$150,0002024 tax year
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council · General support
$149,7002024 tax year
One Touch Ministry · General support
$141,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Donna M Saurage — Trustee
Andrea Doming — Trustee
J Gerard Jolly — Trustee
JH Campbell JR — Trustee
Cornelius A Lewis — Trustee
Perry Franklin — Trustee
George Rolfe Miller — Trustee
Renee G Joyal — Trustee
Daniel J Bevan — Trustee
David Beach — President

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$8,988,695	$7,246,400	$145,647,799	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$8,845,275	$7,163,100	$157,754,242	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$7,537,191	$5,803,450	$170,470,452	Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.