Louisiana · Nonprofit
THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC
THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,099 to it, the largest being Platt Family Foundation Inc ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $158k
- Net assets
- $-33082
What The Louisiana Music & Heritage Experience Inc does
Mission
The mission of the louisiana music and heritage experience, inc. Is to provide dynamic, multi-dimensional exhibits and music programming that tells the story of louisiana's many music forms; to celebrate the legacies of its greatest music innovators in an inspirational manner; to provide educational resources for teachers, academics, and students; to initiate educational and public programs that provide access to and, seek to help inform our audience as, to the importance and value of louisiana music; to explore the creative process of those artists whose contributions to american music are significant; and to complement existing music-related institutions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
First annual nola funk fest which supports the louisiana music & heritage experience, highlighting louisiana's musical heritage while promoting the development of a dedicated museum.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Raising awarness in support of the development of the louisiana music & heritage experience, which celebrates and interprets the rich musical legacy of new orleans and greater louisiana by way of thought-provoking exhibitions, dynamic public programs and performances, and engagin education workshops, tours, and seminars.
$441,438 spent45% of program spendingNola funk fest supports the louisiana music & heritage experience, highlighting louisiana's musical heritage while promoting the development of a dedicated museum. The 2023 festival featured exhibits, symposiums on louisiana music history, and three days of performances by top funk acts. The event aims to raise awareness for preserving louisiana's evolving music history.
$541,843 spent$374,039 earned by the program55% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $983,281.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $16k to $395k (+2341%).
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: 2022 0% · 2023 65% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Board chair
Christopher Beary
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE 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
THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 4 states 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.
Against its field
THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE 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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Northshore Radio Inc · exempt
- Grace at the Greenlight Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE 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 THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC?
- THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,099 to it, the largest being Platt Family Foundation Inc ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $158,099 in grants to THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE INC?
- Platt Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LOUISIANA MUSIC & HERITAGE EXPERIENCE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 4 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