How many funders does BLACKAMERICANA FEST have?

IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to BLACKAMERICANA FEST.

Who is the largest funder of BLACKAMERICANA FEST?

GIA MAIONE PRIMA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like BLACKAMERICANA FEST find more funders?

Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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BLACKAMERICANA FEST

BLACKAMERICANA FEST (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being GIA MAIONE PRIMA FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025: $106k
Funders on record: 1
Grants received: $10k
Net assets: $6k

0/1 repeat funders

01What it does

What Blackamericana Fest does

Mission

BlackAmericana Fest is a platform to honor and celebrate the musical heritage, legacy, and contributions of Black artists making music in the Americana and Folk genres in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta region.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

BlackAmericana Fest 2025: Produced a two-day outdoor music festival on September 26-27, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana celebrating Black Americana music heritage. The festival featured live performances across two days including 20+ artists, children's programming provided by Art Camp 504, art installations including the Chitlin Circuit Gallery, a vendor market, and community programming. 1,300 persons attended in person with an additional 1,000 virtual viewers. The festival provided performance opportunities and honorariums for Black Americana artists while educating and engaging the broader New Orleans community in this important musical heritage.
$78,095 spent
91% of program spending
Southern Nights Concert Series: Produced three intimate concert events throughout 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana showcasing Black Americana artists. The series provided paid performance opportunities for local and regional musicians while connecting audiences with authentic Black Americana music traditions. 500 persons attended in person with an estimated 1,000 additional virtual viewers upon release of the virtual concert series.
$4,050 spent
5% of program spending
Community Fundraising & Educational Events: Produced two community events in New Orleans, Louisiana: the Mothers of Americana Gala and the Skeeta Hawk Open Mic. The Mothers of Americana Gala celebrated women in Black Americana music and featured live performances, an art auction, and community fundraising, benefiting 68 attendees. The Skeeta Hawk Open Mic provided a platform for emerging Black Americana artists and engaged 50 community members. Combined, these events engaged 118 persons while providing performance opportunities for local artists and raising funds to support the organization's mission.
$3,450 spent
4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $85,595.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Jennifer Jeffers

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

'25*

total

Gia Maione Prima Foundationnew

$10k

funders

From the IRS filings of BLACKAMERICANA FEST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

BLACKAMERICANA FEST draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BLACKAMERICANA FEST runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like BLACKAMERICANA FEST

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Louisiana

Threadhead Cultural Foundation78%Highland Area Partnership Inc78%New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc78%Iberia Cultural Resources Association Inc78%Ascension Proud Foundation Inc76%French Quarter Festivals Inc76%National Association of Negro Musicians Inc The76%Louisiana Americana and Folk Society76%

Nationally

Colorado Celebration of African American Arts and Culture79%New Haven Folk Inc79%The Blues & Roots Digital Archive Inc78%Threadhead Cultural Foundation78%Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues Commission Inc78%Highland Area Partnership Inc78%New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc78%Gateways Music Festival Inc78%

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

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Questions and answers

Who funds BLACKAMERICANA FEST?: BLACKAMERICANA FEST (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being GIA MAIONE PRIMA FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BLACKAMERICANA FEST have?: IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to BLACKAMERICANA FEST.
Who is the largest funder of BLACKAMERICANA FEST?: GIA MAIONE PRIMA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BLACKAMERICANA FEST find more funders?: Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing