The LSU Health Sciences Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation with the sole purpose of supporting LSU Health Shreveport. Often, there’s a difference between the way the state can use funds and the way a private nonprofit foundation can use funds. That is why it’s a good idea to donate to the Foundation; the faculty and staff at LSU Health Shreveport will benefit more, and more quickly, from gifts given to the Foundation. Our mission is to inspire donors to invest in LSU Health Shreveport and steward contributions toward its support.