PAR Louisiana

Name

PAR Louisiana

Legal name

Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana

Website

https://parlouisiana.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Policy Research

NAICS

Other Social Advocacy Organizations (813319)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

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Curriculum, Standards & Assessment Policy Research

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Policy, Research & Think Tanks

Keywords

• Public policy research
• Government transparency
• Nonpartisan analysis
• Fiscal policy research
• Legislative analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Baton Rouge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership program starting at $100 per individual, providing access to exclusive content and supporting the organization's independence from state funding.
2. Donations: The organization accepts donations from individuals and organizations interested in improving Louisiana government. Donors can contribute through the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PAR Louisiana is a nonpartisan, member-supported nonprofit research organization that produces and publishes independent analysis of Louisiana state and local government. Its core offering consists of research publications and educational guides covering the state budget, taxes, legislature, constitutional amendments, transparency laws, transportation, education, healthcare, and coastal policy, distributed primarily through its website, email newsletters, and an annual conference.

Product overview

PAR Louisiana (Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana) offers a portfolio of policy research publications and educational resources focused on Louisiana state and local government. The core offering consists of publications and reports covering topics including budget and taxes, legislature, transportation, education, coastal restoration, and constitutional amendments. These are distributed through multiple channels: periodic guides (such as the Guide to Constitutional Amendments and Guide to Louisiana Legislature), data snapshots, policy briefs (RESET series), and commentaries. Supporting resources include the Sunshine Headquarters for transparency law education and Fiscal Headquarters for budget analysis. The organization operates as a membership-based nonprofit, with publications available to members and selective public releases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Individual Membership
• Publications & Reports
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments
• Guide to Louisiana Legislature

Quantifiable outcome

• 221 changes to the Louisiana Constitution analyzed and tracked since 1974 ratification
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Leaders for a Better Louisiana (Joint Report)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Partners released the State of the States Report 2026, an independent assessment of Louisiana's performance across 30 benchmarks, in partnership with Leaders for a Better Louisiana.
• RESET LouisianaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024RESET Louisiana is a nonpartisan collaboration between Leaders for A Better Louisiana and PAR Louisiana to pursue public policy initiatives that will improve the state's future. The partnership focuses on tax reform analysis and research, commissioning economist Greg Albrecht to study the impacts of proposed tax changes on Louisiana households.
• Leaders for a Better LouisianaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-founder of RESET Louisiana initiative alongside PAR, focused on improving Louisiana's future through public policy research. Partnership produces joint reports including the State of the States Report assessing Louisiana's performance across 30 benchmarks.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Tax Foundation: Tax Foundation is a national nonpartisan tax policy research organization publishing state-by-state tax analyses, including Louisiana. It competes with PAR's Fiscal Headquarters in the same content category but at much larger national scale.
• Reason Foundation: Reason Foundation is a national libertarian-leaning think tank producing state-level policy analysis on taxes, infrastructure, and education. It is comparable to PAR as a publisher of state-specific policy research, but at much greater scale.
• Manhattan Institute: Manhattan Institute is a national policy research organization with growing state-focused work on fiscal, education, and government reform topics. Its broader portfolio and resources position it as a broad incumbent peer to PAR's state-level research.

Emerging players

• National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): NCSL is a nonpartisan organization serving state legislators and staff with research, publications, and convening. It directly parallels PAR's Guide to Louisiana Legislature and constitutional-amendment education function, but at national scale.
• Council of State Governments (CSG): CSG is a nonpartisan, membership-based organization serving all three branches of state government. It overlaps with PAR's Guide to Louisiana Legislature and legislative-process education work at a multi-state scale.

Direct peers

• Leaders for a Better Louisiana: Leaders for a Better Louisiana is PAR's flagship co-founder of RESET Louisiana and partner on the State of the States Report. It pursues state-level civic-policy and leadership initiatives in Louisiana, making it both a peer and a strategic partner.
• Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL): CABL is a long-running Louisiana civic and policy organization focused on education, ethics, and government performance. It directly overlaps PAR's policy-research mission within the same state geography.
• Louisiana Budget Project: Louisiana Budget Project is a nonpartisan statewide policy research organization focused on fiscal policy, tax fairness, and state budget analysis — directly overlapping PAR's Fiscal Headquarters and RESET tax-reform work in the same state.
• Pelican Institute for Public Policy: Pelican Institute is a Louisiana-based free-market think tank publishing state-level policy research on taxes, education, and government. It is the closest direct peer to PAR, operating in the same geography and policy niche but from a more ideological orientation.

Others

• Bipartisan Policy Center: Bipartisan Policy Center is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank focused on evidence-based policy across fiscal, health, and governance issues. It is thematically adjacent to PAR's nonpartisan state-policy mission, though operating at federal level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PARLouisiana
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/public-affairs-research-council-of-louisiana

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