The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is a Louisiana non-profit organization dedicated to providing educational opportunities to all Louisianians.

The mission of the LEH The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities’ mission is to provide all Louisianians with access to and an appreciation of their own rich, shared and diverse historical, literary and cultural heritage through grant-supported outreach programs, family literacy and adult reading initiatives, teacher professional development institutes, publications, film and radio documentaries, museum exhibitions, cultural tourism, public lectures, library projects, and other public humanities programming.

While that is all well and good, the real story of the LEH is one of investment and impact over more than 35 years, from Abbeville to Zwolle and everywhere in between, the LEH has explored and celebrated Louisiana’s people and places, history and culture while becoming an integral part of the state’s education landscape.

Here are just a few examples of the LEH’s investment and impact…

GRANTS PROGRAM:
Since 1971, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has invested more than $43.5 million in cultural programming throughout Louisiana. $23.5 million in grants for more than 2,100 projects in 64 parishes, including documentary films and radio programs, have reached a total audience of 69 million people.

PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME:
More than $5 million invested to develop and implement PRIME TIME, the LEH’s award-winning and nationally recognized family literacy program. 17,000 children and parents have participated in 425 programs in 61 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes.

TEACHER INSTITUTES FOR ADVANCED STUDY:
Nearly 4,000 Louisiana teachers have participated in LEH graduate-level Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study and these educators teach 500,000 students annually in Louisiana’s schools. The LEH and its partner universities have invested more than $12 million to offer 200 Institutes across Louisiana.

READINGS IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE:
The LEH-funded reading program for adults, Readings in Literature and Culture, is the most successful program of its type in the South. To date, RELIC has enrolled 87,000 readers in 62 parishes.

LOUISIANA CULTURAL VISTAS MAGAZINE:
Now in its 20th year of publication and winner of 96 awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine explores Louisiana’s rich history, arts and culture.

These figures are just the “tip of the iceberg.”

To learn more, explore the website and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and learn all that we have to offer.

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