About Louisiana Project Grants (LPG)
Louisiana Project Grants fund innovative arts projects that address local needs and create lasting impact in communities across the state. Administered in partnership with the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Arts New Orleans manages the program for Region 1, serving Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaquemines parishes.
Eligibility Requirements
- Open to nonprofit arts organizations, nonprofit organizations, public and private schools, school boards, colleges and universities, and local government agencies
- Must apply in the region in which the organization is domiciled and incorporated
- Must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number (Apply for a UEI here. Click here to read more about the federal government transition from DUNS to UEI.)
- Must be an ART project involving culinary arts, dance, design arts, folklife, literature, media, music, theatre, or visual arts for the purpose of performance, exhibit, presentation, series or workshop
Read guidelines for the complete requirements. Please note that individual artists are no longer eligible for LPG funding.
Act No. 693 from the 2014 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature took effect on August 1st. Act No. 693 enacted La. R.S. 24:523.1, which provides, in part, that:
Every auditee shall post and keep posted in conspicuous places upon its premises a notice, prepared by the legislative auditor and located on his website, setting forth information concerning the reporting of the misappropriation, fraud, waste, or abuse of public funds.
La. R.S. 24:523.1(B) requires that “Every auditee shall also post such notices on the website of the auditee.”
“Auditee” is defined by La. R.S. 24:513(A)(1)(a) and includes all public bodies and quasi-public agencies.