Louisiana · Nonprofit
Clay Center of New Orleans
Clay Center of New Orleans (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,243 to it, the largest being XCEL ENERGY FOUNDATION ($4,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $96k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $-45444
What Clay Center of New Orleans does
Mission
The Clay Center of New Orleans is a nonprofit organization that serves to grow support and elevate ceramic art and artists by bringing high-quality ceramic art exhibitions education outreach and professional opportunities to the city of New Orleans. Our vision is to expand access to professional-quality ceramic art education exhibitions and opportunities to the community of New Orleans and to provide local artists with the ceramic supplies facilities and workspace they need to develop their careers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Studio Programs: We offer classes workshops low-cost kiln firing service open studio and studio space for rent. Since opening our first studio in 2022 weve developed a thriving community of students and members of varied ages and backgrounds offered a wider range of ceramics classes and workshops for all levels of learners and hosted workshops by nationally-recognized visiting artists. in 2024 we offered 15.6% more educational offerings than in 2023. In 2024 we opened a dedicated members studio space and created semi-private studio spaces for resident artists.We continue to lower the barriers to entry into the ceramics world by offering affordable pricing and subsidized opportunities as part of our Community Education program. We offer low-cost kiln firing services to the general public a Studio Monitor program that reduces the cost of studio time low-cost studio access to more than 30 local artists per month and free recycled clay for all of our students. By constantly working to identify and remove barriers weve developed a diverse and supportive studio community that is representative of the city as a whole.
$14,005 spent84% of program spendingThe Exhibitions Program currently offers 6 exhibitions of contemporary ceramic artwork per year. Our gallery space is located in the ArtEgg Studios building in the heart of New Orleans and is the only gallery in New Orleans to exclusively show contemporary ceramic artwork. In-person exposure to exciting and innovative ceramic work being produced around the country serves to inspire our local ceramic artists and to connect our ceramics community to the vibrant national ceramics community. More exhibition opportunities in the Southeast expand opportunities for ceramic artists locally and nationally by providing new audiences for their work.
$2,751 spent16% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,756.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Michelle Swafford
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $750 → $961.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Clay Center of New Orleans’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.
How concentrated its funding is
Clay Center of New Orleans leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 81% · 2022 74% · 2023 78% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
Clay Center of New Orleans draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $743 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
Clay Center of New Orleans's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
95%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Clay Center of New Orleans: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Clay Center of New Orleans?
- Clay Center of New Orleans (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,243 to it, the largest being XCEL ENERGY FOUNDATION ($4,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Clay Center of New Orleans have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,243 in grants to Clay Center of New Orleans, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Clay Center of New Orleans?
- XCEL ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Clay Center of New Orleans 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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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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