Deadline: 5-Aug-22
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is now accepting requests for Community Partnership Grants Program to support music and art education programs, cultural events put on by Louisiana arts-based nonprofits, new artistic works that interpret Louisiana culture, and other projects that support the Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s mission.
Through the Community Partnership Grants program, the Foundation provides grants to schools, artists, and arts-based nonprofit organizations throughout the state. Over the last decade, more than $12 million in grants have been distributed to Louisiana communities.
The purpose of this grant category is to support organizations whose after-school and summer education programs create greater understanding and appreciation for the unique culture of Louisiana. Education programs eligible for funding in this category include work within the following disciplines:
- Music
- Dance
- Theater
- Visual Arts/Photography
- Cultural Heritage/ Folk life
- Media Arts/Film/Web
- Culinary Arts
- Creative Writing/Literary/Spoken Word
- Multidisciplinary
After School arts enrichment programs, and summer arts enrichment programs, are eligible in this category.
Funding Information
The Community Partnership Grants program offers grant awards of up to $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- This grant category is open to 501(c)(3) organizations and registered Louisiana nonprofits who may use a 501(c)(3) nonprofit as a fiscal agent.
- Commercial organizations are not eligible.
- Only applications to fund programs and activities that align with the mission of the Jazz & Heritage Foundation will be considered. Mission: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. promotes, preserves, perpetuates and encourages the music, culture and heritage of communities in Louisiana through festivals, programs and other cultural, educational, civic and economic activities
- All Jazz & Heritage grant funds must be spent in Louisiana.
For more information, visit New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.
For more information, visit https://www.jazzandheritage.org/2022-2023-community-partnership-grants/
