ANNUAL
REPORT

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Our full annual report for FY2025 (July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025) will be published on September 1, 2025. In the meantime, we want to invite you to discover some key takeaways from FY2025 — our most successful year so far. We were so thrilled to support so many artists and community members this year — and to benefit from your support in return. If you’d like to learn more about our activities, we also invite you to check out our latest Form 990 on the IRS website.

FINANCES

  • $300,000 raised.
    +35% compared to FY2024.
    $60,000 raised through our gala.
    $15,000 raised on GiveNOLA Day (top 10%).
    We received 56% of the grants we applied for (twice the national average).

  • $250,000 spent.
    +40% compared to FY2024.
    2/3 of our budget spent on direct programming for our community.
    Supported employment for 50 artists, musicians, and other creatives from across Louisiana.

KEY SUCCESSES

  • As part of a collaboration with the Historic New Orleans Collection, we opened our new space at 602 Toulouse St and began renovations to turn the space into a bookstore, gallery space, and offices.

  • The Library of Congress hosted a sold-out concert in Washington D.C. for the launch of Musique(s), L’Album with Grammy-winning musicians Louis Michot and Leyla McCalla.

  • Our cofounder Rudy Bazenet joined Louisiana’s delegation to the Summit of the International Organization of the Francophonie in Paris and Villers-Cotterêts.

  • We received press coverage including twelve articles, two television interviews, and seven radio and podcast interviews in four different countries