Private foundation · Great Neck, NY

Louis Armstrong Educational Foundat

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Typical grant size
$5K – $10K – $50K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
25
Repeat grantees
16
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2023 990-PF

Leadership · from 2023 990-PF

Jackie Harris
EXECUTIVE DI
$100K
Robin Bell-stevens
VICE-PRESIDE
Howard Schain
TREASURER
David Chevan
SECRETARY
Lisa Cohen
DIRECTOR
Jeffrey Rosenstock
DIRECTOR
Jonathan Raskin
DIRECTOR
Michael Mossman
DIRECTOR
Susan Devens
DIRECTOR
Kenneth Alleyne
DIRECTOR
Deborah Ross
DIRECTOR
Wynton Marsalis
PRESIDENT
Alvin Benjamin Carter III
DIRECTOR
Jon Batiste
DIRECTOR
Josh Mayer
DIRECTOR
Regina Bain
DIRECTOR

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2023
7.3%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'16
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
202
Total grants awarded
$6.5M
Total amount
$32K
Average grant
$245K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2023
$966K
32 grants
2022
$790K
25 grants
2021
$663K
19 grants
2020
$467K
18 grants
2019
$476K
20 grants
2018
$722K
22 grants
2017
$668K
17 grants
2016
$589K
14 grants
2015
$465K
14 grants
2014
$654K
21 grants

Top recipients

Louis Armstrong House
6 grants · NY
$1.2M
Columbia University - Center for
7 grants · NY
$777K
Louis Satchmo Armstrong Summer
10 grants · LA
$665K
10 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$630K
10 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$615K
2 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$430K
Louis Armstrong Dept of Music
4 grants · NY
$300K
Louis Armstrong Center for Music
4 grants · NY
$275K
Mt Sinai Beth Israel - Louis
2 grants · NY
$150K
New Orleans Musicians' Assist Fd
3 grants · LA
$134K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Louis Armstrong House Museum
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$210K
Queens College Foundation
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$131K
Louis Satchmo Armstrong Summer
GENERAL
LA · TY 2023
$100K
Jazzmobile Inc
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$90K
Mt Sinai Beth Israel - Louis
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$75K
Ascap Foundation
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$75K
New Orleans Musicians' Assist Fd
GENERAL
LA · TY 2023
$45K
Mind-builders Creative Arts Center
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$20K
Newark Public Radio
GENERAL
NJ · TY 2023
$15K
Harlem Stages
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$15K
Jazz Power Initiative
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$15K
Louis Armstrong Middle School
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$15K
Mama Foundation of the Arts
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$15K
Manhattan School of Music
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$15K
Kupferberg Center for Arts
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$10K
National Jazz Museum in Harlem
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Chicago Yth Symphony Jazz Orchestra
GENERAL
IL · TY 2023
$10K
Jazz Wahi
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Jazz House Kids
GENERAL
NJ · TY 2023
$10K
Harlem School of the Arts
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Queens Library Foundation
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Herbert Lehman College Foundation
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Gwendolyn Black Arts
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$7K
Music on the Inside Inc
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$5K
Central New York Jazz Arts Fd
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$5K
People Music School
GENERAL
IL · TY 2023
$5K
Bloomingdale School of Music
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$5K
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
GENERAL
LA · TY 2023
$5K
Flushing Town Hall
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$4K
Joseph Ave Arts & Culture Alliance
GENERAL
NY · TY 2023
$3K
Second Line Arts Collective
GENERAL
LA · TY 2023
$2K
Louis Armstrong House Museum
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$220K
Louis Satchmo Armstrong Summer
GENERAL
LA · TY 2022
$100K
Jazzmobile Inc
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$90K
Ascap Foundation
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$75K
Mt Sinai Beth Israel - Louis
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$75K
New Orleans Musicians' Assist Fd
GENERAL
LA · TY 2022
$45K
Rising Tide Music & Arts Inc
GENERAL
FL · TY 2022
$25K
Mind-builders Creative Arts Center
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$15K
Flushing Town Hall
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$15K
Harlem Stages
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$15K
Manhattan School of Music
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$15K
Chicago Yth Symphony Jazz Orchestra
GENERAL
IL · TY 2022
$10K
Jazz Power Initiative
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$10K
Louis Armstrong Middle School
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$10K
National Jazz Museum in Harlem
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$10K
Mama Foundation of the Arts
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$10K
Queens Library Foundation
GENERAL
NY · TY 2022
$10K
Jazz House Kids
GENERAL
NJ · TY 2022
$8K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.