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MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION
MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $917,769 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($293,251). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $367k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $918k
- Net assets
- $123k
What Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans Nonprofit Corporation does
Mission
We collaborate with organize and build the civic capacity of the New Orleans music and cultural community to preserve and nurture the citys culture to translate community vision into policy change and to create a more just and equitable city and region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cultural Assistance: In 2025 we continued our work with other individuals and small cultural organizations to provide grant writing assistance and also serve as a fiscal sponsor to allow them additional access to fincial support. Projects and groups supported include; the Original Creole Wild West Black Masking Indians; New Orleans Society of Dance Baby Doll Ladies; Montralize a program dedicated to providing opportunities for young people in music production; the Association for Better Communities Old and Nu Style Fellas Socal Aid and Pleasure Club; the Crown Legacy Project; Louisiana Cultures Camp the Free Agents Brass Band Box Studios and several others.
$173,236 spentof which $34,410 as grants$85,294 earned by the program72% of program spendingDevelop and Advocate for Culture Friendly Policies and Procedures: In 2025 our advocacy work had several aspects all continuations of our work in previous years. We maintained our support street musicians which included ensuring their voices were included in any decisions made regarding changes to the French Quarter after the January 1 terrorist attacks. In particular there was a proposal that would have eliminated pedestrian only areas that are famous for street performance-we succesfully pushed for those plans to be reconsidered and dropped. We also continued our monthly column in ANTIGRAVITY magazine and advocacy for the expansion of fair musician pay using the city ordiance from 2024 as a baseline.
$35,691 spent$20,000 earned by the program15% of program spendingResearch and Direct Assistance: Our ongoing work on the Frenchmen Notes website continued this year and we continued our direct work with street performers hosting several meetings that attracted over 100 performers and artists. We also worked directly with cultural community members to connect them with other support systems assistance and funding mechanisims. Notably we also launced our Makin Gardens program which works with neighborhood elders and young people to establish backyard edible gardens using culturaly appropriate methods and produce. Towards the end of the year we began development of our Mobile University which uses small group settings to develop skills related to grant writing financial mangement leadership and civic engagement.
$30,611 spentof which $750 as grants$30,000 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $239,538.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $28k to $95k (+238%).
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: 2020 5% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 16% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Ethan Ellestad
Executive Director
Board chair
Nate Cameron Jr
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $18k → $305k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION’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
MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
73% 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 MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 77% · 2019 62% · 2020 94% · 2021 100% · 2022 42% · 2023 40% — 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
43% of MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 40% 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
MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $307k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION?
- MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $917,769 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($293,251). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $917,769 in grants to MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION?
- THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $293,251 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSIC AND CULTURE COALITION OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT CORPORATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 10 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