Two Caddo Parish nonprofits have received grants from the Louisiana Culture Care Fund
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities with support from the State of Louisiana awarded more than $450,000 in grants to 49 humanities organizations in 27 parishes − including two in Caddo.
The Louisiana Culture Care Fund (LCCF) gave 45 organizations general operating grants and four organizations received Strategic Partnership grants.
The LCCF launched in 2020 in an effort to help organizations mitigate impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and keep them financially solvent. With support from the State of Louisiana, this year's fund provided Louisiana's cultural nonprofits with money to help pay operational expenses like staff payroll and benefits, rent, mortgage, insurance and utilities.
The grants were awarded to 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural organizations, public libraries and state and federally recognized Tribes with strong humanities focus, like museums, historic sites and archives. Humanities-focused media, festivals and more are also included in these grants.
"Cultural organizations across our state continue to struggle to reach pre-pandemic levels of support and engagement, further exacerbated by hurricane impacts," said LEH Director of Grants Eric Voisin. "The organizations these grants support engage the public in programming about our shared human experience. They create access points for learning and growing that enable us to connect with our histories, ourselves and one another."
The Robinson Film Center in downtown Shreveport was the recipient of one of those grants. RFC is a nonprofit independent movie theater that provides the community with opportunities to see indie films, provides educational programming and more. They host various series that shine spotlights on local filmmakers, important films focused on current social issues and more.
The Caddo Pine Island Oil & Historical Society and LA Oil & Gas Museum also received a grant. This energy education resource is dedicated to preserving the Louisiana petroleum history at Caddo Lake. It's located about 20 miles north of Shreveport. It is the first public museum in Louisiana dedicated to the petroleum industry and maintains an extensive local history library and collected photographic archives.
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Acadiana Center for the Arts - $15,000
Lafayette - Lafayette Parish
Ascension Parish Library - $15,000
Gonzales - Ascension Parish
Alexandria Museum of Art - $10,000
Alexandria - Rapides Parish
Amistad Research Center - $15,000
New Orleans - Orleans Parish
Backstreet Cultural Museum - $5,000
New Orleans - Orleans Parish
Baton Rouge Gallery - $10,000
Baton Rouge - East Baton Rouge Parish
Bayou Lafourche Folklife and Heritage Museum - $5,000
Lockport - Lafourche Parish
Brimstone Historical Society - $5,000
Sulphur - Calcasieu Parish
Caddo Pine Island Oil & Historical Society (LA Oil & Gas Museum) - $5,000
Oil City - Caddo Parish
Dorcheat Historical Association and Museum, Inc. - $5,000
Minden - Webster Parish
East Carroll Parish Library - $10,000
Lake Providence, LA - East Carroll Parish
Friends of the Battle of New Orleans - $5,000
Chalmette - St. Bernard Parish
Friends of the Beauregard-Keyes House - $5,000
New Orleans - Orleans Parish
Friends of the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum - $10,000
Monroe, LA - Ouachita Parish
Friends of the Delta Music Museum - $5,000
Ferriday - Concordia Parish
Friends of the LSU Museum of Art - $10,000
Baton Rouge - East Baton Rouge Parish
Friends of the New Orleans Public Library - $10,000
New Orleans - Orleans Parish
Imperial Calcasieu Museum - $10,000
Lake Charles - Calcasieu Parish
Lafayette Museum Association - $10,000
Lafayette - Lafayette Parish
LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana - $5,000
New Orleans - Orleans Parish
Louisiana Anthology - $5,000
Ruston - Lincoln Parish
Louisiana Art & Science Museum - $15,000
Baton Rouge - East Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana Landmarks Society - $10,000
New Orleans - Orleans Parish
Louisiana Military Museum - $5,000
Abbeville - Vermilion Parish
Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation - $10,000
Angola - West Feliciana Parish
Maritime Museum Louisiana - $10,000
Madisonville - St. Tammany Parish
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience - $15,000
New Orleans - Orleans Parish
New Iberia Museum Foundation (Bayou Teche Museum) - $10,000
New Iberia - Iberia Parish
Northeast Louisiana Children's Museum - $10,000
Monroe - Ouachita Parish
Northeast Louisiana Arts Council - $10,000
Monroe - Ouachita Parish
Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center - $5,000
Opelousas - St. Landry Parish
Pointe Coupee Historical Society - $10,000
New Roads - Pointe Coupee Parish
Press Street (Antenna) - $15,000
New Orleans - Orleans Parish
Regional Military Museum Foundation - $10,000
Houma - Terrebonne Parish
River Road African American Museum - $10,000
Donaldsonville - Ascension Parish
River Road Historical Society (Destrehan Plantation) - $15,000
Destrehan - St. Charles Parish
Robinson Film Center - $15,000
Shreveport - Caddo Parish
Saint Luc French Immersion and Cultural Campus - $5,000
Arnaudville - St. Landry Parish
Shadows-on-the-Teche - $10,000
New Iberia - Iberia Parish
Southern Forest Heritage Museum - $10,000
Longleaf - Rapides Parish
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana - $10,000
Marksville - Avoyelles Parish
Union Museum of History and Art - $5,000
Farmerville - Union Parish
United Houma Nation, Inc. - $10,000
Houma - Terrebonne Parish
West Baton Rouge Historical Association (West Baton Rouge Museum) - $15,000
Port Allen - West Baton Rouge Parish
Zigler Art Museum Foundation - $10,000
Jennings - Jefferson Davis Parish
For more information on the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities visit their website.
Meredith G. White is the arts and culture reporter for the Shreveport Times. You can find her on Facebook as Meredith G. White, on Instagram and Twitter as @meredithgwhite, and email her at mgwhite@gannett.com.
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