Louisiana · Nonprofit
FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC
FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $942,239 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($573,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $942k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What French Quarter Festivals Inc does
Mission
French quarter festival is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the vieux carre and the city of new orleans through high quality special events and activities that showcase the culture and heritage of this unique city, contribute to the economic well being of the community, and instill increased pride in the people of new orleans.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
French quarter festival is the largest showcase of louisiana music in the world. The event, which celebrates new orleans' unique culture, is hosted annually in the spring. The festival's mission is to promote the vieux carre and the city of new orleans, contribute to the economicwell-being of the community, and instill an increased sense of pride in the people of new orleans.
$4,979,794 spent$4,616,896 earned by the program88% of program spendingSatchmo summerfest is dedicated to celebrating the life, legacy, and music of louis armstrong. The festival's mission is to promote the vieux carre and the city of new orleans, contribute to the economic well-being of the community, and instill an increased sense of pride in the people of new orleans.
$508,038 spent$402,937 earned by the program9% of program spendingHolidays new orleans style features all of the unique ways new orleans celebrates the holidays including free holiday concerts. The event's mission is to promote the vieux carre and the city of new orleans, contribute to the economic well-being of the community, and instill an increased sense of pride in the people of new orleans.
$150,043 spent$93,631 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,637,875.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.4M to $3.6M (+50%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2020 10% · 2021 5% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 5% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Emily Madero
President & CEO
Board chair
Sharonda Williams
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $15k → $166k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $136k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Greater New Orleans Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC’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
FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
71% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 67% · 2019 80% · 2020 68% · 2021 90% · 2022 83% · 2023 60% — 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.
How long its funders stay
56% of FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
71% of FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $275k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from funders outside Louisiana, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $667k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$30k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC: 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 FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC?
- FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $942,239 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($573,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $942,239 in grants to FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $573,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVALS INC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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