A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 72-0798830Arts and culture

Who funds Contemporary Arts Center?

18 private foundations gave Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, LA $1.2 million across 40 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

40 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Foley Family Char FDN- TRPennington, NJ 2025

    Unrestricted general

    $5,000
  2. The Helis FoundationNew Orleans, LA 2024

    General Operating Expense, Art for All, Art of A/C

    $13,680
  3. Foley Family Char FDN- TRPennington, NJ 2024

    General operating

    $3,000
  4. Foley Family Char FDN- TRPennington, NJ 2023

    General operating

    $4,000
  5. The Helis FoundationNew Orleans, LA 2023

    General Operating Expense, Art for All, Art of A/C

    $1,000
  6. Scott R Wheaton Foundation Co Regions BankBirmingham, AL 2023

    General operating

    $750
  7. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $16
  8. The Helis FoundationNew Orleans, LA 2022

    General Operating Expense, Art for All, Art of A/C

    $125,000
  9. Sydney and Walda Besthoff FoundationNew Orleans, LA 2022

    General support

    $75,000
  10. Ahb Foundation IncKnoxville, TN 2022

    To organize, present and tour curated exhibitions, performances and programs by local, regional, national and international artists.

    $15,000
  11. Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family FoundationNew Orleans, LA 2022

    To fulfill exempt purpose

    $10,000
  12. Foley Family Char FDN- TRPennington, NJ 2022

    General operating

    $4,000
  13. The Azby FundNew Orleans, LA 2022

    Arts education

    $2,500
  14. Smallpage Family FoundationHarahan, LA 2022

    Unrestricted

    $350
  15. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $5
  16. The Helis FoundationNew Orleans, LA 2021

    General Operating Expense, Art for All, Art of A/C

    $135,180
  17. Ahb Foundation IncKnoxville, TN 2021

    To organize, present and tour curated exhibitions, performances and programs by local, regional, national and international artists.

    $20,000
  18. Goldring Family FoundationMetairie, LA 2021

    Art & culture

    $5,000
  19. The Azby FundNew Orleans, LA 2021

    Arts education

    $2,500
  20. Foley Family Char FDN- TRPennington, NJ 2021

    General operating

    $2,000
  21. Baptist Community MinistriesNew Orleans, LA 2021

    General funding

    $1,000
  22. Scott R Wheaton Foundation Co Regions BankBirmingham, AL 2021

    General operating

    $500
  23. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $5
  24. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To support interdisciplinary programming for visual and performing arts

    $500,000
  25. The Helis FoundationNew Orleans, LA 2020

    General Operating Expense, Martin Luther King Day Programming, And Other Various Events

    $80,820
  26. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNew York, NY 2020

    Exhibition program support

    $60,000
  27. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To provide emergency relief in response to the crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    $50,000
  28. Ahb Foundation IncKnoxville, TN 2020

    To organize, present and tour curated exhibitions, performances and programs by local, regional, national and international artists.

    $40,000
  29. Ella West Freeman FoundationNew Orleans, LA 2020

    Gender (in) justice

    $8,000
  30. The Azby FundNew Orleans, LA 2020

    Arts education

    $5,000
  31. Baptist Community MinistriesNew Orleans, LA 2020

    General funding

    $1,000
  32. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General operating support

    $100
  33. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $5
  34. Ahb Foundation IncKnoxville, TN 2019

    To organize, present and tour curated exhibitions, performances and programs by local, regional, national and international artists.

    $15,000
  35. Foley Family Char FDN- TRPennington, NJ 2019

    General operating

    $2,000
  36. Ahb Foundation IncKnoxville, TN 2018

    To organize, present and tour curated exhibitions, performances and programs by local, regional, national and international artists.

    $12,000
  37. Keller Family FoundationNew Orleans, LA 2018

    For general operating support

    $10,000
  38. J Edgar Monroe FoundationMetairie, LA 2018

    General Charitable Purpose

    $5,000
  39. Foley Family Char FDN- TRPennington, NJ 2018

    General operating

    $2,000
  40. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    General operating support

    $155

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in New Orleans, LA and are not among Contemporary Arts Center’s funders above.

  1. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 114 grants Preselected only $143,153 to similar organizations
  2. Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable FoundationMetairie, LA 42 grants Accepts applications $1,837,739 to similar organizations
  3. Cahn Family FoundationNew Orleans, LA 67 grants Preselected only $389,000 to similar organizations
  4. Freeman-Woollam FoundationNew Orleans, LA 55 grants Preselected only $255,400 to similar organizations
  5. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 49 grants Accepts applications $5,276,625 to similar organizations
  6. Patrick F Taylor FoundationNew Orleans, LA 31 grants Accepts applications $1,717,500 to similar organizations
  7. Wendell & Anne Gauthier Family FoundationSanta Rosa Beach, FL 31 grants Preselected only $233,320 to similar organizations
  8. Gia Maione Prima FoundationFlorham Park, NJ 32 grants Preselected only $686,183 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 72-0798830 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.