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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker New Orleans, LA EIN: 72-0692744 Website

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc is a New Orleans, Louisiana-based public charity that supports music, culture, and heritage through festivals and cultural, educational, civic, and economic activities. Its grantmaking includes support for Louisiana schools, artists, and arts-based nonprofit organizations.

Key facts about New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc

In short: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc gave $1.3M across 37 grants in 2025 (avg $35K), mostly in Louisiana. 70% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
72-0692744
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$1,294,462
Grants made (2025)
37
Average grant
$34,985
Median grant
$10,000
New grantees (estimate)
70% first-time grantees (26 of 37, 2025)
Total assets
$57,307,875
Primary geography
Louisiana (99% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
How to apply
The Foundation directs applicants to its grant application portal for Community Partnership Grants. Full details ↓
Deadline
The 2026–2027 Community Partnership Grants deadline was July 8, 2026, at 11:00 p.m.

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology). Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$57.3M

+4.5% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.3M

+29.0% YoY

Grant Count

37

+131.3% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$35K

-44.2% YoY

Is New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc open to new grantees?

70%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 26 of 37 grantees (70%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $13K; repeat grants $86K. How we count

Medians: $8K first-time, $47K repeat.

  • 22% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 24% from 2022 to 2025. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The Foundation’s stated mission is to promote, preserve, perpetuate, and encourage the music, culture, and heritage of communities in Louisiana through festivals, programs, and other cultural, educational, civic, and economic activities.

Its Community Partnership Grants cover five areas: Education In-School, Education After-School, Jazz & Heritage Presenting, Louisiana Cultural Equity Arts & Creation, and Media: Documentation & Creation. The Foundation’s website describes these categories as supporting school-based arts instruction; nonprofit after-school and summer arts education; Louisiana-based performers at public cultural events; individual artists creating or documenting work reflecting Louisiana cultures; and nonprofit projects documenting or exhibiting work reflecting Louisiana’s indigenous culture. The Foundation also describes support for projects aligned with its mission, including cultural events, arts education, and new artistic works.

Grantees in 2025 included organizations with varied missions. Friends of WWOZ operates a noncommercial educational radio station that celebrates New Orleans and surrounding-region cultural diversity through music and information. The Preservation Resource Center describes its work as preserving and enhancing targeted historic New Orleans neighborhoods through community revitalization. National Performance Network says it works to advance racial and cultural justice in the arts and build artist power. New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation describes its work as providing musicians and tradition bearers access to health and social services. School grantees included organizations whose stated missions focus on public education, student opportunity, and college preparation.

Grantmaking

The IRS filing data lists 37 grants totaling $1,294,462 for filing year 2025. Grant amounts ranged from $6,000 to $500,000, with a median of $10,000. The Foundation’s website describes Community Partnership Grants as an annual program supporting projects aligned with its mission.

Among the largest grants listed for 2025 were $500,000 to Friends of WWOZ for assistance with broadcasting and streaming Louisiana music, concerts, and festivals; $106,000 to St. Tammany Parish School Board for arts-program access and support for artists and nonprofits; and $100,000 each to Norman Dixon 2nd Line Parade Fund for parade security and Preservation Resource Center for its Homes and Heritage program. Other listed awards included $53,500 to National Performance Network for media documentation of Louisiana culture and $50,000 to New Orleans Musicians Assistance Fund for musicians’ health care, mental health, and social services.

The Community Partnership Grants program’s five categories are available to Louisiana nonprofits and schools, as well as individual applicants in the Louisiana Cultural Equity Arts & Creation category. The website also lists eligibility for Louisiana-incorporated nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, which must use a fiscal agent if awarded, and says individuals may not use fiscal agents. For-profit entities are not eligible for Community Partnership Grants. Grant recipients must report how funds were used; the Foundation states that recipients who do not submit a report are ineligible for future funding or assistance until they comply.

The Foundation also describes a Community Outreach Ticket program that distributes Jazz Fest tickets through nonprofit social-service organizations providing direct, ongoing services to low-income Louisiana residents. Tickets are distributed based on financial need and availability. This is an access program, rather than a grant program for outside applicants.

Review Cycle

The 2026–2027 Community Partnership Grants deadline was July 8, 2026, at 11:00 p.m. CT.

How to Apply

The Foundation directs applicants to its grant application portal for Community Partnership Grants.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The Foundation’s mission and Community Partnership Grants are centered on Louisiana. The 2025 filing data shows that 99% of grant dollars went to recipients in Louisiana and 1% to recipients in Illinois.

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 37 itemized grants.

Cities

New OrleansChalmetteHarveyThibodauxCovingtonBaton RougeChurch PointJeffersonLafitteNew IberiaNew RoadsOberlinOpelousasReserveSlidellThibodeauxWaukegan

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M24 grants2019 18 grants2020 15 grants2021 13 grants2022 13 grants2023 16 grants2024 37 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $483K (2021) to $1.6M (2019). In 2025 it made 37 grants totaling $1.3M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Friends of Wwoz: $500KFriends of Wwoz$500KSt Tammany Parish School Board: $106KSt Tammany Parish School Board$106KNorman Dixon 2ND Line Parade Fund: $100KNorman Dixon 2ND Line ParadeFund$100KPreservation Resource Center: $100KPreservation Resource Center$100KNational Performance Network: $54KNational Performance Network$54KNew Orleans Musicians Assistance Fund: $50KNew Orleans MusiciansAssistance Fund$50KKipp New Orleans Inc: $47KKipp New Orleans Inc$47KJefferson Parish School Board: $42KJefferson Parish School Board$42KSt Bernard Parish School Board: $40KSt Bernard Parish School Board$40KCollegiate Academies: $27KCollegiate Academies$27K

The largest 2025 recipient was Friends of Wwoz ($500K). Together the top 10 received $1.1M.

Grant Size Distribution

94 grants across all recorded years

67<$50K14$50–100K9$100–250K1$250–500K3$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 67 grants of 94 (71%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Friends of Wwoz New Orleans, LATo provide assistance to the organization in broadcasting and streaming the music, concerts, and festivals of Louisiana around the world.$500,000
St Tammany Parish School Board Covington, LACommunity partnership grant - to make quality arts programs accessible throughout Louisiana and support the artists and nonprofits that create them.$106,000
Norman Dixon 2ND Line Parade Fund New Orleans, LACommunity partnership grant- to provide security for the new orleans community for the black masking indians and social aid & pleasure 2nd line parades.$100,000
Preservation Resource Center New Orleans, LACommunity partnership grant - homes and heritage program funding$100,000
National Performance Network New Orleans, LACommunity partnership grant - to provide opportunities for capture of Louisiana culture via media documentation$53,500
New Orleans Musicians Assistance Fund New Orleans, LACommunity partnership grant - to provide comprehensive health care, mental health, and social services for musicians.$50,000
Kipp New Orleans Inc New Orleans, LACommunity partnership grant - to make quality arts programs accessible throughout Louisiana and support the artists and nonprofits that create them.$47,000
Jefferson Parish School Board Harvey, LACommunity partnership grant - to make quality arts programs accessible throughout Louisiana and support the artists and nonprofits that create them.$42,000
St Bernard Parish School Board Chalmette, LACommunity partnership grant - to make quality arts programs accessible throughout Louisiana and support the artists and nonprofits that create them.$39,500
Collegiate Academies New Orleans, LACommunity partnership grant - to make quality arts programs accessible throughout Louisiana and support the artists and nonprofits that create them, and class got brass award.$26,812

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants Grant count
2025 $57,307,875 $61,887,065 $62,150,446 $1,294,462 37
2024 $54,826,243 $73,745,595 $69,076,551 $1,003,500 16
2023 $45,032,172 $53,166,410 $52,274,521 $887,000 13
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$25M$50M$75M$100M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$57,307,875$54,826,243$45,032,172
Revenue$61,887,065$73,745,595$53,166,410
Expenses$62,150,446$69,076,551$52,274,521
Net Investment Income$3,893,626$704,273$573,584

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 9, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 12, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 13, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 11, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 14, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 10, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 15, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Rachel F Cousin as president and JR Pegues as second vice president. Directors listed include Candice Bates Anderson, David Torkanowsky (through September 2024), Gerald Billes, Julie Wise Oreck, Cecil CJ Blache, Skipper Bond, Virginia Miller, and Deborah D Harkins.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc is led by Blake-Anthony A. Johnson, CEO on the 2025 filing; 33 of 34 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Blake-Anthony A. Johnson

    CEO

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donald K. Marshall

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $145K (2019) → $189K (2025)

  • Rachel F. Cousin

    President

    Second Vice President → First Vice President, 2024

    First Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    $4K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Tara Carter Hernandez

    President

    Second Vice President → First Vice President, 2022

    First Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    $8K (2023) → $7K (2025)

  • Cecil Cj Blache

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    $8K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • David A. Kerstein

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • David Torkanowsky

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    $7K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Deborah D. Harkins

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Gerald Billes

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    $4K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Howard L. Rodgers III

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    $7K (2023) → $9K (2025)

  • Jay H. Banks

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    $3K (2023) → $11K (2025)

  • Julie Wise Oreck

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    $8K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Karen Solomon

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Katy Roubion

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    $8K (2023) → $9K (2025)

  • Leonard Smith III

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    $5K (2023) → $6K (2025)

  • Richard F. Cortizas

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    6 hrs/week

    $7K (2023) → $11K (2025)

  • Ronald P. McClain

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Sarita M. Carriere

    Director of Finance

    Director of Finance & Human Resource → Director of Finance & Human Resources, 2020

    Director of Finance & Human Resources → Director of Finance, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $124K (2019) → $170K (2025)

  • Skipper Bond

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Candice Bates Anderson

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Virginia Miller

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    6 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Brittany Major

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    4 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Caryn Rodgers-Battiste

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    4 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Courtney Slatten Katzenstein

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    $9K (2024) → $12K (2025)

  • Monique Morial

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    $4K (2023) → $6K (2025)

  • Jonathan S. Solari

    Director of Development

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $117K (2024) → $136K (2025)

  • Lakia Robinson

    Director of Mktg, Programs & Comms

    Director of Marketing, Programs & Communications → Director of Mktg, Programs & Comms, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $104K (2024) → $120K (2025)

  • Flozell Daniels Jr.

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    $4K (2025)

  • Ellen M. Lee

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Director → Secretary & Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    8 hrs/week

    $8K (2023) → $11K (2025)

  • Jr Pegues

    2nd Vice President

    Treasurer → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024

    Secretary & Treasurer → 2nd Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    9 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Judge Sidney H. Cates IV

    1st Vice President

    Treasurer → Secretary, 2022

    Secretary → 1st Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    8 hrs/week

    $9K (2023) → $12K (2025)

  • Jarrod M. Remetich

    Accountant

    Development Associate → Accountant, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $105K (2023) → $112K (2025)

  • Rachel Lyons

    Archivist

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $102K (2024) → $106K (2025)

  • Shanna E. Hudson-Stowe

    Development Associate

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $101K (2024) → $105K (2025)

Former officers (14)
  • Former: Sidney Cates (2024) — Second Vice President
  • Former: David Francis (2019–2023) — President
  • Former: Barbara Lacen Keller (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Parker S. Robinson (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Shanna E. Hudson Stowe (2023) — Accountant
  • Former: Jeff Goldring (2019–2022) — President
  • Former: Mickey Caplinger (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Clifford V. Johnson (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Douglas Hammel (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Kathleen Turner (2019–2020) — President
  • Former: Parker Sternbergh (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Barbara Herman (2019) — Director
  • Former: Donna Santiago (2019) — President
  • Former: Scott Aiges (2019) — Director of Comunication, Marketing & Public Relat

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Donald K Marshall — Executive Director (Thru 12/2024): $189KDonald K MarshallExecutive Director (Thru…$189KSarita M Carriere — Director of Finance & HR: $170KSarita M CarriereDirector of Finance & HR$170KJonathan S Solari — Director of Development: $136KJonathan S SolariDirector of Development$136KLakia Robinson — Director of MKTG, Programs & Comms: $120KLakia RobinsonDirector of MKTG, Programs &…$120KJarrod Remetich — Accountant: $112KJarrod RemetichAccountant$112KRachel Lyons — Archivist: $106KRachel LyonsArchivist$106KShanna E Hudson-Stowe — Development Associate: $105KShanna E Hudson-StoweDevelopment Associate$105KCandice Bates Anderson — Director: $12KCandice Bates AndersonDirector$12KDavid Torkanowsky — Director (Thru 09/2024): $12KDavid TorkanowskyDirector (Thru 09/2024)$12KGerald Billes — Director: $12KGerald BillesDirector$12KJulie Wise Oreck — Director: $12KJulie Wise OreckDirector$12KCecil CJ Blache — Director: $12KCecil CJ BlacheDirector$12KRachel F Cousin — President: $12KRachel F CousinPresident$12KSkipper Bond — Director: $12KSkipper BondDirector$12KVirginia Miller — Director: $12KVirginia MillerDirector$12KDeborah D Harkins — Director: $12KDeborah D HarkinsDirector$12KJr Pegues — 2ND Vice President: $12KJr Pegues2ND Vice President$12KKaren Solomon — Director: $12KKaren SolomonDirector$12KBrittany Major — Director: $12KBrittany MajorDirector$12KCaryn Rodgers-Battiste — Director: $12KCaryn Rodgers-BattisteDirector$12KJudge Sidney H Cates IV — 1ST Vice President: $12KJudge Sidney H Cates IV1ST Vice President$12KRonald McClain — Director: $12KRonald McClainDirector$12KCourtney Slatten Katzenstein — Director: $12KCourtney Slatten…Director$12KDavid Kerstein — Director: $12KDavid KersteinDirector$12KRichard F Cortizas — Director: $11KRichard F CortizasDirector$11KEllen M Lee — Secretary/Treasurer: $11KEllen M LeeSecretary/Treasurer$11KJay H Banks — Director: $11KJay H BanksDirector$11KKaty Roubion — Director: $9KKaty RoubionDirector$9KHoward Rodgers III — Director: $9KHoward Rodgers IIIDirector$9KTara Carter Hernandez — President (Thru 09/2024): $7KTara Carter HernandezPresident (Thru 09/2024)$7KMonique Morial — Director: $6KMonique MorialDirector$6KLeonard Smith III — Director: $6KLeonard Smith IIIDirector$6KFlozell Daniels Jr — Director: $4KFlozell Daniels JrDirector$4K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $189K, to Donald K Marshall (Executive Director (Thru 12/2024)). 33 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Contact

Mailing address: 1205 N Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
Phone: (504) 558-6100
Website: https://jazzandheritage.org

Frequently asked questions about New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc

How much does New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc give each year?

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc gave $1.3M across 37 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.0M across 16 grants.

What is New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc's typical grant size?

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $34,985, across 37 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc that year got $13K on average.

Where does New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc give grants?

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc gives mostly in Louisiana: 99% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were New Orleans, LA (28 grants).

Does New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 37 grants with a stated purpose on New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Community Partnership Grant - Sponsorship" (6 grants).

Who are New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Friends of Wwoz ($500,000), St Tammany Parish School Board ($106,000) and Norman Dixon 2ND Line Parade Fund ($100,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 55% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc?

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc reported $57.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $61.9M.

What does New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc fund?

The Foundation’s stated mission is to promote, preserve, perpetuate, and encourage the music, culture, and heritage of communities in Louisiana through festivals, programs, and other cultural, educational, civic, and economic activities. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc?

The Foundation directs applicants to its grant application portal for Community Partnership Grants. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑

What is New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc's EIN?

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 72-0692744. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.

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Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Baton Rouge, LA

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation supports nonprofits and community projects addressing needs such as education, health, human services, economic opportunity, and community resilience, primarily in Baton Rouge and Southern Louisiana. In 2024, its grants ranged from $5,100 to $2,201,762, with a median award of $21,000. It offers competitive funding opportunities, but the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests generally.

Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Assets

$342.7M

Grants

340

Total Given

$31.1M

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