Louisiana · Public charity
Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc
Fostering art and culture in acadiana - the aca provides education and outreach activities to all ages, grant funds and assistance to nonprofits, and visual art exhibits and performances in a state-of-the-art facility.
- $190k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $98k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,869
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,938
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $98k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $96k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $97k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $73k | 82% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $48k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $43k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Arts | $67,007 | 4 | 11% |
| Louisiana Folk Roots Inc | $65,246 | 7 | 14% |
| Childrens Museum of Acadiana | $64,034 | 5 | 3% |
| Southern Screen Film Festival Inc | $43,153 | 4 | 19% |
| Acadiana Living History Foundation Inc | $40,806 | 5 | 38% |
| Chorale Acadienne | $38,077 | 5 | 17% |
| Louisiana Crafts Guild Inc | $35,670 | 5 | 2% |
| Cite Des Arts | $19,408 | 3 | 5% |
| Atelier de la Nature | $18,938 | 3 | 8% |
| Lafayette Art Association | $16,963 | 3 | 71% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Arts | $67,007 | 4 | 11% |
| Louisiana Folk Roots Inc | $65,246 | 7 | 14% |
| Childrens Museum of Acadiana | $64,034 | 5 | 3% |
| Southern Screen Film Festival Inc | $43,153 | 4 | 19% |
| Acadiana Living History Foundation Inc | $40,806 | 5 | 38% |
| Chorale Acadienne | $38,077 | 5 | 17% |
| Louisiana Crafts Guild Inc | $35,670 | 5 | 2% |
| Cite Des Arts | $19,408 | 3 | 5% |
| Atelier de la Nature | $18,938 | 3 | 8% |
| Lafayette Art Association | $16,963 | 3 | 71% |
| True Friends Society of Lafayette | $11,701 | 2 | n/a |
| Asociacion Cultural Latino Acadiana | $11,576 | 2 | n/a |
| Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective | $11,156 | 2 | n/a |
| Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society | $10,880 | 2 | n/a |
| NuNu Arts and Culture Collective | $10,614 | 2 | 4% |
| Iberia Performing Arts League Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | $7,126 | 1 | n/a |
| Heritage Parc | $7,031 | 1 | n/a |
| Canneci Tinne Apache Tribe | $6,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Freetown Studios Inc | $6,140 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermilion Arts Council Inc | $5,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Iberia Cultural Resources Association Inc | $5,625 | 1 | 3% |
| Evangeline Parish Library | $5,229 | 1 | n/a |
| Rural African American Museum Cultural Tourism Center | $5,016 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Acadiana · Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities · Haynie Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc
- How much does Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc give?
- Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $98,476, out of $189,799 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (90%), Environment (6%), Public Benefit (3%).
- Who are Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Basin Arts ($67k), Louisiana Folk Roots Inc ($65k), Childrens Museum of Acadiana ($64k).
- Does Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Acadiana, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Haynie Family Foundation.
- Where is Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc based?
- Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc is based in LA.
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