How much does Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities give?

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities reported 22 itemized grants totaling $224,000, out of $312,088 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 58 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.

What does Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Education (13%), Civil Rights (4%).

Who are Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana ($48k), Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc ($45k), Southern Forest Hertiage Museum ($41k).

Does Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Foundation for Louisiana, Baton Rouge Area Foundation.

Where is Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities based?

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is based in LA.

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Louisiana · Public charity

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

The LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES is a non-profit organization whose mission is to partner with communities, institutions, and individuals to explore louisiana's past, reflect on our present, and imagine our future.

$312k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 22
Itemized grants FY2025: 41
Organizations funded FY2024: 46%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $224k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $19,000
Organizations funded a year: 4 to 58; FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $14M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 46% of the organizations Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementInternationalPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	22	$224k	36%
FY2024	41	$445k	46%
FY2023	48	$667k	65%
FY2020	58	$630k	84%
FY2019	9	$65k	89%
FY2018	13	$90k	77%
FY2017	4	$20k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.4MEducation$258kCivil Rights$76kEnvironment$35kSocial Science$27kEmployment$25kPhilanthropy$15kCrime & Legal$15kOther$0

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
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana	$48,231	3	n/a
Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc	$45,000	4	2%
Southern Forest Hertiage Museum	$41,000	5	5%
United Houma Nation Inc	$40,000	4	1%
The Amistad Research Center	$39,914	3	2%
Louisiana Library and Book Festival Foundation	$39,000	7	3%
West Baton Rouge Historical Association Inc	$37,500	4	16%
Maritime Museum Louisiana	$35,540	4	32%
Public Radio Inc	$35,000	4	1%
The Whitney Institute	$35,000	5	1%

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All grantees of Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana	$48,231	3	n/a
Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc	$45,000	4	2%
Southern Forest Hertiage Museum	$41,000	5	5%
United Houma Nation Inc	$40,000	4	1%
The Amistad Research Center	$39,914	3	2%
Louisiana Library and Book Festival Foundation	$39,000	7	3%
West Baton Rouge Historical Association Inc	$37,500	4	16%
Maritime Museum Louisiana	$35,540	4	32%
Public Radio Inc	$35,000	4	1%
The Whitney Institute	$35,000	5	1%
Pointe Coupee Historical Society Inc	$34,500	4	15%
Hark	$33,000	4	n/a
Northeast Louisiana Arts Council	$32,000	4	4%
Antenna	$32,000	2	4%
Friends of the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum of Louisiana Inc	$30,385	3	3%
The Woman's Exchange Dba Hermann-Grima Gallier Historic Houses	$30,000	4	n/a
East Carroll Parish Library	$30,000	3	n/a
River Road Historical Society	$30,000	3	3%
Louisiana Art & Science Museuminc	$30,000	4	1%
Friends of the LSU Museum of Art	$29,000	2	10%
Alexandria Museum of Art LLC	$27,300	4	2%
Northwestern State University	$27,000	3	n/a
Imperial Calcasieu Museum Inc	$26,800	3	6%
Nous Foundation Inc	$26,000	3	12%
One Book One New Orleans	$25,000	4	25%
La State Penitentiary Museum Foundation Inc	$25,000	2	8%
Friends of South Louisiana Wetlands	$25,000	1	4%
Lafourche Parish Public Library	$25,000	3	n/a
Alliance Francaise de la Nouvelle-0rleans	$25,000	3	7%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States	$24,000	3	0%
The Louisiana Museum Foundation	$23,900	4	2%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	$23,000	4	0%
Createlouisiana	$22,000	4	n/a
Old State Capitol Foundation	$22,000	3	7%
Leona Tate Foundation for Change Inc	$22,000	2	10%
Regional Military Museum Foundation	$21,931	4	5%
Ascension Parish Library	$21,000	2	n/a
Red River Film Society Inc	$20,000	1	2%
Zigler Museum Foundation	$20,000	4	10%
Baton Rouge Gallery Inc	$20,000	3	1%
River Road African American Museum and Gallery	$20,000	2	9%
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience	$20,000	2	1%
Southeastern Louisiana University	$20,000	1	n/a
Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana	$20,000	2	n/a
Lafayette Museum Association Inc	$18,300	2	8%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	$17,300	3	n/a
Acadian Heritage & Culture Foundation Inc	$17,000	3	15%
McNeese State University Foundation	$16,000	3	0%
Longue Vue House & Gardens	$16,000	2	0%
Tennessee Williams Festival	$16,000	2	n/a
Friends of the New Orleans Public Library	$15,600	1	4%
Louisiana Landmarks Society Inc	$15,000	2	5%
Bishop Blue	$15,000	2	n/a
Emy Lou Biedenharn Foundation	$15,000	2	2%
Bonnet Carre Historical Center	$15,000	1	n/a
The Gulf Communities Research Institute	$15,000	1	n/a
Operation Restoration	$15,000	2	0%
Tangipahoa African-American Heritage Museum	$15,000	1	n/a
Schepis Foundation Inc	$15,000	2	n/a
Tennessee WilliamsNew Orleans Literary Festival	$15,000	4	3%
Northeast la Childrens Museum	$15,000	2	2%
Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana	$14,900	1	n/a
Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana Inc	$14,762	2	4%
Louisiana Folklore Society	$14,500	3	n/a
East-West Foundation	$14,350	2	8%
NuNu Arts and Culture Collective	$14,000	2	13%
Friends of Fort Jesup Historic Site Inc	$14,000	1	n/a
US Biennial Inc	$12,000	2	1%
Louisiana Museum Foundation	$11,808	1	n/a
Efforts of Grace Inc	$11,500	1	0%
Xavier University of Louisiana	$11,300	2	0%
The Zigler Museum Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Terrebonne Historical & Cultural Society Inc	$10,000	3	5%
Preservation Alliance of New Orleans In	$10,000	2	0%
Southern University-Baton Rouge	$10,000	1	n/a
Friends of the Lsu Rural Life Museum Inc	$10,000	1	11%
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians	$10,000	1	n/a
Livingston Parish Library	$10,000	1	n/a
Union Museum of History and Artinc	$10,000	1	7%
Iberia Cultural Resources Association Inc	$10,000	2	7%
Zydeco Historical and Preservation Society Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Washington Parish	$10,000	1	n/a
Friends of Beauregard-Keyes House Inc	$10,000	2	3%
Southeastern Museums Conference	$10,000	1	2%
Keyes Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Atelier de la Nature	$10,000	1	14%
Garyville Timbermill Museum	$10,000	1	n/a
Rapides Parish Library	$10,000	1	n/a
New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	5%
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum	$10,000	1	9%
The Black School	$10,000	1	n/a
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art	$10,000	1	n/a
Bayou Lafourche Folk Life & Heritage Museum Inc	$10,000	2	n/a
Save Our Cemeteries Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
The Woman's Exchange Dba Hermann-Grima Gallier Historic House	$10,000	3	1%
Acadiana Living History Foundation Inc	$10,000	2	19%
Guardians Institute	$10,000	2	n/a
National Food and Beverage Foundation	$10,000	2	2%
Southern Screen Film Festival Inc	$10,000	1	11%
International Petroleum Museum and Exposition Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Louisiana Military Museum	$10,000	2	27%
Assoc for Preservation of Historic Natchitoches	$10,000	2	8%
New Iberia Museum Foundation	$10,000	2	7%
Assumption Parish Library	$10,000	2	n/a
Lgbt Archives Project of Louisiana Inc	$9,000	2	n/a
Festivals Acadiens Et Creoles	$8,000	1	3%
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury	$8,000	1	n/a
Friends of Wwoz Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Kemper and Leila Williams Foundation In	$7,000	2	n/a
Louisiana Preservation Alliance	$7,000	1	7%
Beauregard Parish Library	$7,000	1	n/a
Imperial Calcasieu Mardi Gras Museum Inc	$7,000	1	n/a
Neighborhood Story Project	$7,000	1	n/a
Gulf Communities Research Institute	$6,980	1	n/a
Ogden Museum of Southern Art	$6,560	2	0%
Opelousas Mayor's Office	$6,000	2	n/a
Denham Springs Main Street	$5,000	2	n/a
Peoples Institute For Survival and Beyond	$5,000	1	n/a
Pirates Alley Faulkner Society Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
National Council of Jewish Women Greater New Orleans Section Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Friends of the Jeanerett Bicentennial Museum	$5,000	1	n/a
Twin City Art Foundation	$5,000	2	9%
Creativesurge Louisiana	$5,000	1	n/a
Action Cadienne	$5,000	1	n/a
Louisiana 4-H Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Laura Center for Creole Heritage	$5,000	1	n/a
The Strand Theatre of Shreveport Corporation	$5,000	1	n/a
The Foundation for Historic Louisiana dba Preserve Louisiana	$5,000	1	n/a
Regional Military Museum Foundation	$5,000	2	n/a

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 72.

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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.

The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA56.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Foundation for Louisiana · Baton Rouge Area Foundation · Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundationinc · Community Foundation of Acadiana · Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda · Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc · Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Inc · Freeman-Woollam Foundation · The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Community Foundation of North Louisiana

How this is measured

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

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About Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

How much does Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities give?: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities reported 22 itemized grants totaling $224,000, out of $312,088 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 58 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Education (13%), Civil Rights (4%).
Who are Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana ($48k), Acadiana Center for the Arts Inc ($45k), Southern Forest Hertiage Museum ($41k).
Does Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Foundation for Louisiana, Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
Where is Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities based?: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is based in LA.