New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Orleans, LA · EIN 72-0692744. Reported 94 grants totalling $4,714,178 to 50 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A6C0) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 50 distinct organizations, with 41% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 62% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Wwoz Inc | New Orleans, LA | $1,950,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Norman Dixon SR Annual Second Line Parade Fund | New Orleans, LA | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| St Tammany Parish School Board | Covington, LA | $377,827 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jefferson Parish Public School System | Harvey, LA | $284,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Arts Education Alliance | New Orleans, LA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Orleans Musicians Assistancefoundation | New Orleans, LA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Bernard Parish School Board | Chalmette, LA | $183,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| KIPP New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Orleans Musicians Clinic & Assistance Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Preservation Alliance of New Orleans Incorporated | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of KIPP New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $89,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Performance Network Inc | New Orleans, LA | $77,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Collegiate Academies | New Orleans, LA | $76,312 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Lafourche Parish School Board | Thibodaux, LA | $72,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Firstline Schools Inc | New Orleans, LA | $63,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Algiers Charter School Association Inc | New Orleans, LA | $21,989 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Antenna | New Orleans, LA | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mondo Bizarro Productions | New Orleans, LA | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Efforts of Grace Inc | New Orleans, LA | $13,350 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Allen Parish School Board | Oberlin, LA | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inspirenola Charter Schools | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Community Support Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Cultured Vegan | Waukegan, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans Nonprofit Corporation | New Orleans, LA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crescent City Schools | New Orleans, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lafourche Parish School District | Thibodaux, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lagniappe Baking Co LLC | New Orleans, LA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra | New Orleans, LA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parish of East Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save Our Soul Coalition | New Orleans, LA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arts Council of Pointe Coupee | New Roads, LA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guidry's Cake Shop Inc | New Iberia, LA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Krewe of Red Beans | New Orleans, LA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Orleans College Preparatoryacademies | New Orleans, LA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Versipel New Music | New Orleans, LA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| You Will Live Project | Metairie, LA | $6,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 2BROTHERS1LOVE LLC | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aritza's Kitchen LLC | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cherie's Catering | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Magasin Vietnamese Caf | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Passion Lille | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of the New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Illuminating the Youth | New Orleans, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Liberty City Cdc | New Orleans, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Musicians for Music | New Orleans, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rockets LLC | New Orleans, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
17 of 50 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Friends of Wwoz
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE ORGANIZATION IN BROADCASTING AND STREAMING THE MUSIC, CONCERTS, AND FESTIVALS OF LOUISIANA AROUND THE WORLD. - St Tammany Parish School Board
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT - TO MAKE QUALITY ARTS PROGRAMS ACCESSIBLE THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA AND SUPPORT THE ARTISTS AND NONPROFITS THAT CREATE THEM. - Norman Dixon SR Annual Second Line Parade Fund
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT- TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THE NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY FOR THE BLACK MASKING INDIANS AND SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE SECOND LINE PARADES. - Norman Dixon 2ND Line Parade Fund
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT- TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THE NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY FOR THE BLACK MASKING INDIANS AND SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE 2ND LINE PARADES. - New Orleans Musicians Clinic & Assistance Foundation
TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR MUSICIANS. - New Orleans Musicians' Clinic & Assistance Foundation
TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH/SOCIAL SERVICES FOR MUSICIANS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 26 of 50 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15 | $483,172 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 13 | $1,046,044 | $47,500 |
| 2022 | 13 | $887,000 | $35,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $1,003,500 | $26,750 |
| 2024 | 37 | $1,294,462 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Louisiana.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 37 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 5 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1205 N Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA, 70116.
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