How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Louisiana?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Louisiana, currently The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Louisiana?

$388M reached 499 arts and culture organizations in Louisiana, from 1,363 funders. 42% came from funders also based in Louisiana.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Louisiana · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Louisiana

$388M reached 499 arts and culture organizations in Louisiana, from 1,363 funders, with no single one dominating.

$388M

granted

499

organizations

42%

from in-state

The short version

1,363 funders gave $388M to 499 arts and culture organizations in Louisiana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
42% of that came from funders also based in Louisiana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Louisiana is The Greater New Orleans Foundation, at $28M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is The National World War II Museum Inc, at $50M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Louisiana

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Louisiana, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Greater New Orleans Foundation$28M 2Corporation for Public Broadcasting$18M 3The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$16M 4Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation$16M 5National Philanthropic Trust$11M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 7Baton Rouge Area Foundation$8M 8Community Foundation of North Louisiana$8M 9The Helis Foundation$8M 10Friends of Louisiana Public Broadcasting Inc$8M

Arts and culture organizations in Louisiana that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

489 other arts and culture organizations$208M

The National World War II Museum Inc$50M New Orleans Museum of Art$35M National Performance Network Inc$19M Efforts of Grace Inc$19M

How to find arts and culture funders in Louisiana

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Start with the funders already active in Louisiana
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Louisiana are The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
58% of arts and culture money in Louisiana comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Louisiana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Louisiana?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Louisiana, currently The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Louisiana from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Louisiana?: The Greater New Orleans Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Louisiana, $28M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Louisiana?: $388M reached 499 arts and culture organizations in Louisiana, from 1,363 funders. 42% came from funders also based in Louisiana.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.