Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$6,782,095

Total expenses

$5,847,481

Contributions and grants received

$4,984,994

Grants paid

$864,773

Program service revenue

$396,979

Investment income

$89,482

Other revenue

$1,310,640

Total assets, end of year

$10,473,367

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,323,604

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,149,763

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,561,475

Management and general expenses

$1,991,383

Fundraising expenses

$294,623

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,561,475

Program services were 60.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• GRANTS - THE LEH SUPPORTS CULTURAL EFFORTS THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA BY AWARDING GRANTS TO LOCAL CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS. THESE AWARDS SUPPORT LARGE AND SMALL-SCALE HUMANITIES PUBLIC PROGRAMS FROM UNIVERSITY EVENTS TO MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS, FROM DOCUMENTARY FILMS TO EMERGENCY RECOVERY PROJECTS. WE WORK IN EVERY PARISH AND WORK TO REACH EVERY LOUISIANAN IN LOCAL LIBRARIES, CULTURAL CENTERS AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES. OUR GRANTING PROGRAMS REPRESENT STATE-BASED PROGRAMS IN HUMANITIES THOUGH DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMS. A LIST OF PAYMENTS IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

  Expenses $864,773 · Grants $864,773

• FAMILY READING PROGRAMS THE LEH DEVELOPS, CONTINUOUSLY REFINES, NATIONALLY LICENSES, AND DIRECTLY EXECUTES A SET OF UNIQUE, HUMANITIES-FOCUSED, OUTCOMES-BASED PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE UNDERSERVED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. CREATED IN 1991, PRIME TIME READING PROGRAMS ARE PROVEN TO GENERATE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS IN FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. PRIME TIME PROGRAMS OFFER PARTNER SITES SUCH AS LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCIES RESEARCH-BASED INITIATIVES THAT ENGAGE CHILDREN, PARENTS, TEACHERS, EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE IN HIGH-QUALITY, FAMILY-FOCUSED LEARNING EXPERIENCES. PRIME TIME DIRECTLY OPERATES ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND IS LICENSED ACROSS THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

  Expenses $948,755 · Revenue $331

• PUBLISHING THE LEH PUBLISHES VIBRANT AND RELEVANT ORIGINAL WRITING, RESEARCH, ART, AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, LARGE-FORMAT BOOKS, AND THROUGH AN ONLINE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF SCHOLARSHIP ON LOUISIANA. 64 PARISHES (PRINT) IS DISTRIBUTED STATEWIDE AND SEEKS TO REACH ALL RESIDENTS OF OUR STATE THROUGH THE WORK OF OUR VIBRANT AND GROWING TEAM OF LA-BASED CONTRIBUTORS. 64 PARISHES (ONLINE) IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE AT ANY TIME AND INCLUDES SPECIAL FEATURES FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND CULTURAL TRAVELERS. 64 PARISHES (ONLINE) ALSO BRINGS TOGETHER CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALS FROM MOST OF LOUISIANA'S MAJOR ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. OUR BOOKS FOCUS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS OF HIGH INTEREST LIKE THE TRICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND ARE ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT BY RESIDENTS OF OUR STATE. IN OUR PUBLISHING WORK, WE TELL THE STORIES AND HIGHLIGHT THE ARTISTRY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH POWERFUL SCHOLARSHIP, DYNAMIC MEDIA, SCHOLAR-DRIVEN DIGITAL ARCHIVES, AND ORIGINAL CULTURAL REPORTING.

  Expenses $1,747,947 · Revenue $396,648

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• RIVER ROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $30,000

  PROGRAM SERVICE

• LOUISIANA PRISON MUSEUM

  $25,000

  PROGRAM SERVICE

• POINTE COUPEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $24,500

  PROGRAM SERVICE

• MARITIME MUSEUM LOUISIANA

  $23,000

  PROGRAM SERVICE

• ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SERVICE

• LOUISIANA ART & SCIENCE MUSEUM

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SERVICE

• MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SERVICE

• PRESS STREET DBA ANTENNA

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SERVICE

• THE AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SERVICE

• THE ROBINSON FILM CENTER

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SERVICE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• PRIME TIME FAMILY READING

  501(C)(3) · CONDUCTS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS · LA

  Directly controlled by LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES INC

• LOUISIANA HUMANITIES FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · A CENTER TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS · LA

  Directly controlled by LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES INC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

9 September 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202402549349301630

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