First Eleven Sites Receive Emergency Relief Grants
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the first emergency relief grants from the Louisiana Culture Care Fund to eleven organizations in nine parishes. See the full list below.
The Louisiana Culture Care Fund is a new grant program providing emergency relief funding to humanities organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With initial funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal CARES Act, awards range between $3,000 and $20,000, and applications are open now through June 30, or until funds are expended. Grants are reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis.
The grants are available to 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural organizations in Louisiana with a strong humanities focus, such as museums, historic sites and archives, as well as the state’s diverse array of humanities-focused media, festivals and more. For more information about the program, click here.
Louisiana Culture Care Fund Grants Recipients
Awarded Friday, May 8, 2020
Rapides Parish
Alexandria, Louisiana
$15,000
Arna Bontemps African American Museum
Rapides Parish
Alexandria, Louisiana
$3,000
Ouachita Parish
Monroe, Louisiana
$12,000
Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective
St. Landry Parish
Grand Couteau, Louisiana
$3,000
Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation
West Feliciana Parish
Angola, Louisiana
$10,000
Claiborne Parish
Homer, Louisiana
$3,000
Orleans Parish
New Orleans, Louisiana
$7,000
River Road Historical Society (Destrehan Plantation)
St. Charles Parish
Destrehan, Louisiana
$15,000
Terrebonne Historical and Cultural Society
Terrebonne Parish
Houma, Louisiana
$10,000
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Orleans Parish
New Orleans, Louisiana
$10,000
East Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
$15,000
Disclaimer: Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed by organizations receiving funds do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.