Funding search · EIN 720795568 · New Orleans, LA

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

89
grants reported
$1.1M
total given
2022–2023
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

service

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Pointe Coupee Historical Society2 grants · $34,500
  • River Road Historical Society1 grant · $30,000
  • East Carroll Parish Library2 grants · $30,000
  • The Imperial Calcasieu Museum2 grants · $26,800
  • Louisiana Prison Museum1 grant · $25,000
  • South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center1 grant · $25,000
  • Lafourche Parish Public Library2 grants · $25,000
  • United Houma Nation2 grants · $25,000
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States2 grants · $24,000
  • Southern Forest Heritage Museum and Research Center2 grants · $23,000

Giving over time

$666,800
2022
$444,600
2023

Grant history

All 89 reported grants, largest first.

  • $30,000

    River Road Historical Society · Destrehan, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $25,000

    South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center · Houma, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $25,000

    Louisiana Prison Museum · Angola, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $24,500

    Pointe Coupee Historical Society · New Roads, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $23,000

    Maritime Museum Louisiana · Madisonville, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $20,000

    East Carroll Parish Library · Lake Providence, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $20,000

    Acadiana Center for the Arts · Lafayette, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $20,000

    Louisiana Art & Science Museum · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $20,000

    Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $20,000

    Press Street Dba Antenna · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $20,000

    The Amistad Research Center · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $20,000

    The Robinson Film Center · Shreveport, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $19,000

    Friends of the Lsu Museum of Art · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $16,000

    Nous Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,600

    Friends of New Orleans Public Library · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Lafourche Parish Public Library · Thibodaux, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Old State Capitol Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Ascension Parish Library · Gonzales, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Bonnet Carre Historical Center · Laplace, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Chennault Aviation & Military Museum · Monroe, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Louisiana Landmarks Society · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Northeast Louisiana Childrens Museum · Monroe, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Regional Military Museum Foundation · Houma, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    Southern Forest Heritage Museum and Research Center · Long Leaf, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    The Imperial Calcasieu Museum · Lake Charles, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    The Zigler Museum Foundation · Jennings, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    United Houma Nation · Houma, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $15,000

    West Baton Rouge Historical Association · Port Allen, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $14,900

    Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana · Campti, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $14,000

    National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · Washington, DC · 2023

    Program service

  • $14,000

    Nunu Arts and Culture Collective · Arnaudville, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $12,300

    Alexandria Museum of Art · Alexandria, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $11,800

    The Imperial Calcasieu Museum · Lake Charles, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $11,300

    Xavier University of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $11,000

    Northwestern State University of Louisiana · Natchitoches, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Acadian Heritage & Culture Foundation · Lafayette, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Assumption Parish Library · Napoleonville, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Atelier De La Nature · Arnaudville, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Guardians Institute · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Leona Tate Foundation for Change · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Livingston Parish Library · Livingston, MT · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Longue Vue House & Gardens · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    National Food & Beverage Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    One Book One New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Pointe Coupee Historical Society · New Roads, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Rapides Parish Library · Alexandria, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Save Our Cemeteries · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Southeastern Museums Conference · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Southern Screen Film Festival · Lafayette, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Southern University and a&M College John B Cade Library · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    The Whitney Institute · Wallace, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana · Marksville, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    United Houma Nation · Houma, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Washington Parish Library · Franklinton, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Zydeco Historical and Preservation Society · Opelousas, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Baton Rouge Gallery · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Bayou Lafourche Folk Life & Heritage Museum · Lockport, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    East Carroll Parish Library · Lake Providence, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Friends of Beauregard-Keyes House · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Garyville Timbermill Museum Association · Garyville, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Lafayette Museum Association · Lafayette, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Lafourche Parish Public Library · Thibodaux, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Louisiana Military Museum · Abbeville, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · Washington, DC · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    New Iberia Museum Foundation Dba Bayou Teche Museum · New Iberia, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Northeast Louisiana Arts Council · West Monroe, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    River Road African American Museum and Gallery · Donaldsonville, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Terrebonne Historical & Cultural Society · Houma, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    The Woman'S Exchange Dba Hermann-Grima Gallier Historic Houses · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana · Marksville, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $10,000

    Union Museum of History and Art · Farmerville, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $8,900

    Louisiana Museum Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $8,300

    Lafayette Museum Association · Lafayette, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $8,000

    Hark · Rodessa, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $8,000

    Louisiana Folklore Society · Lafayette, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $8,000

    Louisiana Library and Book Festival Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $8,000

    New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $8,000

    Northwestern State University of Louisiana · Natchitoches, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $8,000

    Southern Forest Heritage Museum and Research Center · Long Leaf, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $8,000

    Tennessee Williams Festival · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $8,000

    West Baton Rouge Museum · Port Allen, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $8,000

    Louisiana Library and Book Festival Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $8,000

    McNeese State University Foundation · Lake Charles, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $8,000

    Tennessee Williams Festival · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $6,500

    Louisiana Folklore Society · Lafayette, LA · 2022

    Program service

  • $6,300

    University of Louisiana at Lafayette · Lafayette, LA · 2023

    Program service

  • $6,000

    Longue Vue House & Gardens · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Program service

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.