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Arts Council of New Orleans

The Arts Council of New Orleans dba Arts New Orleans is a private, nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status dedicated to supporting arts and culture in the city.

$563k
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$734kYouth Development$31kCrime & Legal$14kPublic Benefit$10kEnvironment$8kHealth$5k
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 43 grants below total $519,859 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $563,415 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $43,556 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $113k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $407k
$11,536
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
New Orleans Ballet Association$23,909
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra$20,403
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music$18,943
New Orleans Film & Video Society$18,227
KID smART$17,976
Junebug Productions Inc$17,295
Dancing Grounds$16,761
Artivism Dance Theater$16,737
New Orleans African Museum$16,531
Friends of a Studio in the woods$15,973
Tennessee Williams Literary Fest$15,617
Young Audiences of Louisiana$15,268
Make Music NOLA$15,077
Antenna$14,976
ELLA Project$14,473
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 18%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 18%Ellis Marsalis Center for Music: $19k → 23%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$301k · 11 repeat orgs$502k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
13

Total granted

$301k
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+35%

Still filing today

100%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $361k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NO
    New Orleans Ballet Association
    2× · 2017–2024 · $39k · revenue +84%
  • KS
    KID SMART
    2× · 2017–2024 · $33k · revenue +176%
  • EO
    EFFORTS OF GRACE INC
    2× · 2017–2024 · $29k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • JP
    JEFFERSON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +35%
  • SR
    SOUTHERN REPERTORY THEATRE
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -82%
  • CA
    Contemporary Arts Center
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -41%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Nola Trb

At Home in New Orleans, we devoted to making work that is outsize in scope, physically evocative, socially provocative, and couched in humor as a vehicle for storytelling. We function in service of artists by putting the full weight of our…

Arts & Culture
2
Performing Arts Serving Acadiana Inc Pasa

Provide local access to performances by nationally and internationally known artists, associated educational outreach and residency activities and paid performance opportunities for local performing artists

Arts & Culture
3
Arts Council of New Orleans

The Arts Council of New Orleans dba Arts New Orleans is a private, nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status dedicated to supporting arts and culture in the city.

Arts & Culture
4
Court 13 Arts

Court 13 Arts is a New Orleans-based 501(c)3 nonprofit. Our mission is to grow and sustain New Orleans cinema culture by advancing visual literacy, fostering creative education, and inspiring community-driven collaboration.

Arts & Culture
5
New Orleans Friends of Music

New Orleans Friends of Music is dedicated to promoting the performance and appreciation of fine chamber music. The Organization has a responsibility to the community to bring music to the youth of the city and the cultivate the…

Arts & Culture
6
Createlouisiana

#CreateLouisiana champions Southern talent in the film + media space, supports the entertainment industries that are integral to the region, and fosters a sustainable creative economy for a homegrown cultural workforce. Through…

Arts & Culture
7
Bayou Playhouse Inc

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Arts & Culture
8
Keep Nola Music Alive

Keep New Orleans Music Alive preserves the city's unique legacy by providing community services and financial aid to native musicians and culture bearers.

Arts & Culture
9
Teche Center for the Arts

Present classes, workshops, programs with a focus on highlighting the talents and culture of breaux bridge st martin parish and surrounding regions of louisiana

Arts & Culture
10
Artnoir Inc

ARTNOIR is a global collective and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to celebrate and highlight the work of creatives of color from around the world while catalyzing cultural equity across the arts and culture industries.…

Arts & Culture
11
Backbeat Foundation Inc

The Backbeat Foundation's mission is to foster support of the rich New Orleans cultural heritage through the presentation of innovative arts and music programming and community based events and projects. The Foundation provides resources…

Arts & Culture
12
New Orleans Airlift

Artistic, cultural, educational and charitable purposes, including an artist-driven initiative that collaborates to inspire wonder, connect communities and foster opportunities through arts education and the creation of public artworks.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Artivism Dance Theatre. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%5%<5yr15%21%5–10yr21%21%10–20yr18%26%20–35yr9%19%35–55yr12%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%2%<5yr15%13%5–10yr21%18%10–20yr18%30%20–35yr9%22%35–55yr12%15%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%2/56
the rest of the field
18%
558/3,070

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 56 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/48
Grantees still filing
19/48
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

New Orleans Ballet Association — $38,909 · Arts & CultureNew Orleans Ballet AssociationTHE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA — $35,403 · Arts & CultureTHE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAKID SMART — $32,976 · Arts & CultureKID SMARTEFFORTS OF GRACE INC — $29,180 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION — $29,172 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS OPERA ASSOCIATION — $29,172 · Arts & CultureDANCING GROUNDS — $25,761 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF WWOZ INC — $25,500 · Arts & CultureJEFFERSON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY — $25,000 · Arts & CultureOGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART — $20,547 · Arts & Culture+26 more — $291,280 · Arts & Culture+26 moreTennessee WilliamsNew Orleans Literary Festival — $22,117 · OtherTennessee WilliamsNew …NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC — $18,227 · OtherNEW ORLEANS FILM & VID…SOUTHERN REPERTORY THEATRE — $15,000 · OtherSOUTHERN REPERTORY THE…TIPITINAS FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · OtherTIPITINAS FOUNDATION I…NEW ORLEANS VIDEO ACCESS CENTER INC — $12,280 · OtherNEW ORLEANS VIDEO ACCE…CREOLE WILD WEST INC — $11,486 · OtherCREOLE WILD WEST INCYOUNG ASPIRATIONS YOUNG ARTISTS INC — $10,500 · OtherYOUNG ASPIRATIONS YOUN…MUSICIANS FOR MUSIC — $9,399 · OtherMUSICIANS FOR MUSICMOSCOW NIGHTS INC — $9,000 · OtherMOSCOW NIGHTS INCCRIPPLE CREEK THEATRE — $8,000 · OtherCUBANOLA COLLECTIVE — $7,086 · OtherMAMACITA SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUB — $6,900 · OtherOriginal Big Seven Social Aid and Pleasure Club — $6,297 · OtherNEW RESONANCE ORCHESTRA INC — $6,000 · Other+1 more — $5,337 · OtherELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC — $18,943 · Human ServicesAntenna — $14,976 · EducationONE BOOK ONE NEW ORLEANS — $9,880 · Public BenefitFriends of Lafitte Corridor Inc — $7,981 · Community ImprovementWHOLE VILLAGE ART THERAPY INC — $5,250 · Health
Arts & Culture$582,900Other$162,629Human Services$18,943Education$14,976Public Benefit$9,880Community Improvement$7,981Health$5,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNew Orleans Ballet Association — $38,909 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA — $35,403 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKID SMART — $32,976 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEFFORTS OF GRACE INC — $29,180 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION — $29,172 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNEW ORLEANS OPERA ASSOCIATION — $29,172 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDANCING GROUNDS — $25,761 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WWOZ INC — $25,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEFFERSON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTennessee WilliamsNew Orleans Literary Festival — $22,117 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetOGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART — $20,547 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC — $18,943 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC — $18,227 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJUNEBUG PRODUCTIONS INC — $17,295 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetARTIVISM DANCE THEATRE — $16,737 over 1y, 30% of budgetNEW ORLEANS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF ART CULTURE AND HISTORY — $16,531 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF A STUDIO IN THE WOODS — $15,973 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetYoung Audiences of Louisiana Inc — $15,268 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAKE MUSIC NOLA — $15,077 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSOUTHERN REPERTORY THEATRE — $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetContemporary Arts Center — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTIPITINAS FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELLA PROJECT — $14,473 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetKREWE OF RED BEANS — $14,193 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCommunity Works of Louisiana Inc — $14,172 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNEW ORLEANS VIDEO ACCESS CENTER INC — $12,280 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUS Biennial Inc — $12,030 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGOAT IN THE ROAD PRODUCTIONS — $11,536 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLYRICA BAROQUE — $11,193 over 1y, 10% of budgetYOUNG ASPIRATIONS YOUNG ARTISTS INC — $10,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION — $10,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetONE BOOK ONE NEW ORLEANS — $9,880 over 1y, 12% of budgetMUSICIANS FOR MUSIC — $9,399 over 1y, 17% of budgetRIVERS INSTITUTE — $8,650 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMondo Bizarro Productions — $8,487 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetStage to Stage Inc — $8,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetFriends of Lafitte Corridor Inc — $7,981 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE NOLA PROJECT INC — $7,655 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetNEW ORLEANS ARTS & CULTURAL HOST COMMITTEE — $7,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetMarigny Opera House Foundation — $6,780 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNEW ORLEANS BALLET INC DBA NEW ORLEANS BALLET THEATRE — $6,780 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS — $5,250 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetWHOLE VILLAGE ART THERAPY INC — $5,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater New Orlea…New Orleans Theatre A…Keller Family Foundat…New Orleans Community…Goldring Family Found…Foundation for Louisi…Baptist Community Min…South Arts IncBaton Rouge Area Foun…Ruth U Fertel Foundat…New Orleans Jazz & He…The Helis Foundation
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA73.7× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · New Orleans Theatre Association Inc · Keller Family Foundation · New Orleans Community Support Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · Foundation for Louisiana · Baptist Community Ministries · South Arts Inc · Baton Rouge Area Foundation · Ruth U Fertel Foundation · New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc · The Helis Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Arts Council of New Orleans funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 56 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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