New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Inc

Analysis

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2026. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2021, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Inc reported income of $326k and spending of $276k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2021, income fell from $1.0m to $326k (-68%), an average of -43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation for the Preservation of the Historic Millet Opera House ($326k), Ohio Shakespeare Festival ($326k) and Ocean City Theatre Company ($326k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $25k. At year end it held assets of $5.9m against liabilities of $5.3m, net assets of $527k. It reported 1 employees.