Community Partnership Grants
2021-2022 Grant Recipients
Since 1979, the Jazz & Heritage Foundation has invested proceeds from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell directly into the community with grants to fund projects that support the foundation’s mission. Over the last ten years, over $10 million has been awarded in Community Partnership Grants.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has awarded over $1.2 million in Community Partnership Grants. 93% of applicants were funded in awards of up to $5,000. As always, the Foundation funded mission-aligned funds projects: music and arts education, documentation of Louisiana cultural traditions, and presentation of local artists and performers.
2021-2022 Grant Statistics
- 98% applicants are from Louisiana
- 100% of the Education In-School applicants received funding.
- 5% of applicants identified as Indigenous or Native American
- 67% of the nonprofits that applied report they have women in senior leadership positions
- We received applications from all over Louisiana- from Caddo Parish all the way to Plaquemines parish.
- This year, awarded grants ranged from $500 to $5,000; the average grant award was $3,220.
- The budget for the Community Partnership Grants program has increased steadily each year since 2011-2012, when it was $265,000. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, grants were awarded every other year, and the budget for each cycle was only $125,000.
Broken down by category:
- In-School – 100% funded
- After-School- 99% funded
- Presenting- 99% funded
- Media & Documentation- 73% funded
- Louisiana Cultural Equity Arts – 78% funded
The Donald Harrison, Sr. Museum is a small community based one. The continuous support of the Jazz & Heritage Festival Foundation has been immeasurable in the museum’s ability to document, preserve, and present the indigenous cultural expressions of New Orleans to diverse audiences. We are most grateful for the funding of projects and programs that serve elders and children. Additionally, the application and reporting process are obviously designed to be inclusive and not burdensome to organizations and individuals who are from and work in communities that birth and nurture the unique cultural expressions that make New Orleans, New Orleans
BIG QUEEN CHERICE HARRISON-NELSON
Final Report Forms
2020-2021 grant recipients who still need to turn in final report forms can fill it out by clicking on the button labeled, “2020-2021 Final Report Form” below. This report must be received before disbursement of future grant funds.
2021-2022 grant recipients whose events haven taken place can fill out a final report form by clicking on the button labeled, “2021-2022 Final Report Form” below. This report must be received before disbursement of future grant funds.
2021-2022 Community Partnership Grant Recipients
Education In-School grants were awarded to schools providing arts instruction as part of the school day.
| Dance | Chalmette High School | Chalmette |
| Dance | KIPP Central City Academy | New Orleans |
| Dance | Young Audiences Charter (Elementary) | New Orleans |
| Media Arts/ Film | Satellite Center | Luling |
| Media Arts/ Film | Treen Technology Center | Mandeville |
| Multidisciplinary | Abramson Sci Academy | New Orleans |
| Multidisciplinary | Arthur Ashe Charter School | New Orleans |
| Multidisciplinary | Audubon Charter School – Gentilly | New Orleans |
| Multidisciplinary | Christ Episcopal School | Covington |
| Multidisciplinary | Christian Brothers School | New Orleans |
Education After-School grants were awarded to non-profits that present after-school and summer educational programs in the arts.
| Creative Writing and Literature | 826 New Orleans | New Orleans |
| Culinary Arts | Son Of A Saint | New Orleans |
| Dance | Artivism Dance Theatre | New Orleans |
| Dance | Chosen Vessels Dance and Performing Arts, Inc | New Orleans |
| Dance | Dancing Grounds | New Orleans |
| Dance | Friends of NORD, Inc. | New Orleans |
| Dance | Honeybee’s Danz | New Orleans |
| Dance | LYFE of Dance | New Orleans |
| Dance | New Hope Baptist Church | New Orleans |
| Dance | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans |
Jazz & Heritage Presenting grants were awarded to Louisiana-based non-profit arts organizations that present festivals and other cultural events and hire local performers.
| Cultural Heritage | Cervantes Fundacion Hispanoamericana de Arte | Metairie |
| Cultural Heritage | Friends of Joe W. Brown Park | New Orleans |
| Cultural Heritage | Guardians Institute | New Orleans |
| Cultural Heritage | Iberia Cultural Resources Association | New Iberia |
| Cultural Heritage | Louisiana Crafts Guild | Lafayette |
| Cultural Heritage | Mardi Gras Indians Hall of Fame/UNOLA | New Orleans |
| Cultural Heritage | The Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park Foundation | Lafayette |
| Dance | BODYART Connects | New Orleans |
| Dance | Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans | New Orleans |
| Dance | Creative Alliance of New Orleans | New Orleans |
Louisiana Cultural Equity Arts grants were awarded to Louisiana-based non-profit organizations, artists and others who create new artistic works or otherwise document or exhibit art works that reflect, interpret, document or preserve the indigenous culture of Louisiana.
| Film | Jonathan Isaac Jackson | “Streets” |
| Film | Kenneth Brown | Stop…Pause… Jubilee |
| Film | Christina Hill | Thibodauxville – The Story of the Thibodaux Massacre: Race, Riot, and Resilience |
| Film | Renee Nicole Benson | The Black Ophelia |
| Film | Saia Smith | Black Film Festival |
| Multidisciplinary | Alana Harris | “Sacred Journey of a Living Culture Bearer Intersection: Black Masking Baby Doll” |
| Multidisciplinary | Ayo Scott | Renaissance |
| Multidisciplinary | Christine Brown | House NOT For Sale NOLA (A Short Doc) |
| Multidisciplinary | Delaney George | Project Resurgence: Phase 1 |
| Multidisciplinary | Geovane Paiva Santos | The Griot Series |
Media & Documentation grants were awarded to Louisiana-based non-profit organizations, artists and others who create new artistic works or otherwise document or exhibit art works that reflect, interpret, document or preserve the indigenous culture of Louisiana.
| Archiving/Web/Oral | Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans | Frenchmennotes.com website and research project |
| Archiving/Web/Oral | The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation | A Closer Walk |
| Documentation | Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities | Telling Our Stories: Reflections on Louisiana’s Rich Musical Cultures |
| Exhibition/Performance | Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University | Core Memory: Louisiana Native American Basketry Exhibition |
| Exhibition/Performance | HARK | Vibrantly Marked: Clementine Hunter’s Work |
| Exhibition/Performance | Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University | Core Memory: Louisiana Native American Basketry Exhibition |
| Film | New Orleans Video Access Center | 50 Years of Reels |
| Film | Lilli Lewis | Dwayne Dopsie: A Portrait |
| Film | New Orleans Film Society | Louisiana Films at the New Orleans Festival |
| Film | Nous Foundation, Inc. | Voices of Renewal: Documentary on the Revitalization of Louisiana Creole |