Community Partnership Grants

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANTS
Since 1979, the Jazz & Heritage Foundation has reinvested the proceeds from Jazz Fest directly into the community — in the form of grants to arts and educational organizations — to support projects that reflect the Foundation’s mission.

More than $2 million has been donated to nonprofit event presenters, educational programs, dance troupes, theater workshops, gallery showings, film productions,  performing artists, visual artists, and much more.

By investing so much into the community, and making a concerted effort to nurture local artists and organizations, the Foundation is creating an environment in which arts and education projects can succeed over the long term.

2011-2012 GRANT CYCLE
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is now accepting grant applications in two categories:

• Jazz & Heritage Archive: Documentation and Preservation. This category, open until Jan. 31, 2012, supports the creation or exhibition of art works that document or interprest the indigenous culture of Louisiana. Activities covered in this grant must occur between Jan. 1, 2012 and Dec. 31, 2012.
• Talent Exchange Travel Assistance for Louisiana Musicians. This category, open until June 30, 2012, helps to support new employment for Louisiana musicians by assisting with the cost of air travel to overseas performance engagements. Travel covered in this grant must occur between Sept. 1, 2011 and Aug. 31, 2012.

For the guidelines and application forms for these categories, please see the Downloads section below.

The Jazz & Heritage Foundation has completed the application and grant allocation process for three other caterories in the 2011-2012 grant cycle:

• Jazz & Heritage After-School and Summer Education Programs in Music, Arts and Cultural Traditions. This category, which has been awarded in years past, supports after-school and summer educational arts programs offered by nonprofit organizations and educational institutions.
• Jazz & Heritage In-School Music & Arts Education is a new offering from the Jazz & Heritage Foundation. This category, now in its second year, supports in-school music and arts education programs at public elementary, middle and high schools in the greater New Orleans region. Schools may apply for funding to purchase or repair instruments and other supplies, or to cover part of a teacher’s salary.
• Jazz Journey Presenting: Festivals and Concerts in Music and Performing Arts. This category is open nonprofit organizations that hire Louisiana musicians or other performing artists to perform at cultural events.

For a list of the 2011-2012 grant awardees in these three categories, please see the Downloads section below.

PAST GRANT CYCLES
Earlier in the 2011-2012 grant cycle, the Jazz & Heritage Foundation awarded $200,000 to 79 recipients in three categories - two for education (one for in-school arts programs at public schools, one for after-school and summer arts education programs) and one to support nonprofits that hire Louisiana musicians to perform at cultural events.

In the 2009-2010 grant cycle, the Jazz & Heritage Foundation awarded $64,500 to 25 recipients in the Heritage School education category, and $72,500 to 36 event organizers in the Jazz Journey Presenting category, for a total of $137,000.

FINAL REPORT FORMS
Grant recipients may access our Final Report forms in the Downloads section below.You may see lists of prior grant recipients in the Downloads section below.

Please join our e-mail list to be notified when applications are available for Community Partnership Grants, or check this web site regularly. For more information, please call the Jazz & Heritage Foundation at (504) 558-6100.

Downloads:

• 2011-2012 Community Partnership Grants Winners: In-School Education, After-School Education and Non-Profit Presenting
  
• 2012 Jazz & Heritage Archive: Documentation and Preservation GUIDELINES
  
• 2012 Jazz & Heritage Archive: Documentation and Preservation APPLICATION
  
• 2011-2012 International Travel Grants GUIDELINES revised Dec. 9, 2011
  
• 2011-2012 International Travel Grants APPLICATION FORM
  
• 2011-2012 Educational Programs: After School and Summer Programs GUIDELINES
  
• 2011-2012 Educational Programs: After School and Summer Programs APPLICATION
  
• 2011-2012 Educational Programs: In-School Programs (Public schools only): GUIDELINES
  
• 2011-2012 Educational Programs: In-School Programs (Public schools only) APPLICATION
  
• 2011-2012 Cultural Event Presenters: Festivals and Concerts in Music and Performing Arts: GUIDELINES
  
• 2011-2012 Cultural Event Presenters: Festivals and Concerts in Music and Performing Arts: APPLICATION FORM
  
• 2010-2011 Jazz Journey Presenting - Grant Recipients
  
• 2009-10 Educational Program Grant Recipients
  
• 2010-2011 Jazz Journey Presenting FINAL REPORT FORM
  
• 2010-2011 Education AFTER SCHOOL Programs FINAL REPORT FORM
  
• 2010-2011 Education IN SCHOOL Programs FINAL REPORT FORM
  

Links & Downloads:

Jazz & Heritage Foundation Logo
The attached file of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation logo may be downloaded to use when acknowledging the Foundation as a funder of a project that was awarded grant funding.