With New Orleans facing a budget calamity and its workforce under furlough, a major industrial facility in the state, Folgers Coffee, is asking to be exempted from paying $25 million in property taxes.

1. THE FOLGERS’ EXEMPTION REQUESTS
AND WHY THEY MATTER

2. SINCE 2000 FOLGERS COFFEE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS RECEIVED 41
PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS COSTING ORLEANS PARISH $121 MILLION
Source:
LED Fastlane Database, Folger
ITEP contracts, 2000 - 2017.

3. Source:
LED Fastlane Database, Folger
ITEP contracts, 2000 - 2017.
SINCE 2000 FOLGERS COFFEE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS RECEIVED 41
PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS COSTING ORLEANS PARISH $121 MILLION
$121M
TOTAL COST:

4. A HEAVY COST: FOLGERS’ EXEMPTIONS SINCE 2000
- $35M
- $15M
- $4.5M
- $2M
- $23M
- $5M
- $2.2M
- $12.7M
OPSB
NOPD / NOFD
SHERIFF
STREETS &
INFRASRUCTURE
LEVEES
SEWERAGE &
WATER BOARD
- $9.6M
- $11.8M
$121M
OTHER CITY
SERVICES

5. Source:
Louisiana Tax Commission, 2018
ORLEANS PARISH
$219 M (67%)$108m (33%)
Use of company brands does not
imply support or endorsement
for the information provided.
Taxable property Tax-exempt property
TOTAL PROPERTY VALUE: $327 MILLION

6. NOW, Folgers wants to be exempted from paying school and city
property taxes on $162 million MORE of its property.
-$25M
(10 yrs)
-$12M
(2021)

7. Folgers’ exemption
request has “only
murky connections to
economic
development.”
(New Orleans Agenda)
2 of 6 projects for which Folgers
wants “an incentive” have
The other 4 of 6 projects for which
Folgers wants “an incentive” have

8. THE FISCAL EMERGENCY: 2021 General Budget
Departments % of Personal
Services cut
Cuts to salary, pension,
healthcare & benefits
Health Department -20.2% -$5,236,953
Police Department -5.7% -$9,867,882
Fire Department -9.7% -$11,598,078
Library -7.7% -$1,094,054
Coroner’s Office -17.5% -$485,082
City Planning Commission -35.8% -$795,599
Sanitation -30.5% -$1,274,028
Historic District Landmark
Commission
-34.8% -$359,234
Inspector General -35.8% -$1,249,161
Mosquito Control Board -25.8% -$782,298
Parks and Parkways -11.3% -$967,005
Public Works -22.8% -$2,686,006

9. $2,267
(3 X LOWER than
avg N.O. business)
If all 6 exemptions
are rejected
(still 20% lower than
avg N.O. business)
Average New Orleans
business
CURRENT
in property tax per
$100K property
$707 in property tax per
$100K property
$1,857 in property tax per
$100K property
Source:
Orleans Parish Assessor, 2019

10. HOW MUCH NEW FOLGER EXEMPTIONS WOULD COST:
- $7M
- $3M
- $1M
- $300K
- $5M
- $1M
- $400K
- $2.6M
OPSB
NOPD / NOFD
SHERIFF
STREETS &
INFRASRUCTURE
LEVEES
SEWERAGE &
WATER BOARD
- $2M
- $2.4MOTHER CITY
SERVICES
?
$25M

11. - $7M
- $3M
- $1M
- $300K
- $5M
- $1M
- $400K
- $2.6M
OPSB
NOPD / NOFD
SHERIFF
STREETS &
INFRASRUCTURE
LEVEES
SEWERAGE &
WATER BOARD
- $2M
- $2.4M
$25M
OTHER CITY
SERVICES
?IS THISTHE BEST USE OF
TAXPAYER MONEY AT THIS TIME
 for NO new jobs that don’t
already exist
 to “incentivize” projects that
ALREADY. ARE. COMPLETE.

12. THESE 15 PEOPLE DECIDE
(EACH BODY FOR ITS OWN TAX REVENUE)
SHERIFF
MARLIN GUSMAN

13. To start an email to the City Council, Mayor, Sheriff and School Board, CLICK HERE.
Suggestions for the email:
● Use your own words!
● Be respectful
● State succinctly why you're opposed to granting the Folger exemptions -- why it
matters to you personally that our local officials don't give away revenue we need to
corporations and a specific example or two of what we need that revenue for instead.
● Give the email a clear subject that states why you're writing. e.g. "Please reject the
Folger exemptions," "Say no to corporate welfare," "Public workers over corporate
welfare," "It's already complete!" etc.
TO EMAIL LOCAL OFFICIALS

14. ACTION STEPS
2. Call your
Council
Member
3. Submit
testimony
1. Sign &
share the
petition
4. Attend
the press
conference
and rally
Dec. 11th