Public Charity

MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE

MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW ORLEANS, LA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $3.5M revenue, $1.7M expenses, $15.2M total assets. 54 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 823442378 NEW ORLEANS, LA Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.5M
Total Expenses$1.7M
Total Assets$15.2M
Grant Records54
Funding Total$3.3M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE EXPLORES THE MANY WAYS THAT JEWS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH INFLUENCED AND WERE INFLUENCED BY THE DISTINCT CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE UNIQUE AND REMARKABLE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN JEWS, THE MUSEUM ENCOURAGES NEW UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPRECIATION FOR IDENTITY, DIVERSITY, AND ACCEPTANCE.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Arnie Fielkow
BOARD MEMBER Deborah Lamensdorf Jacobs
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Emma Herr
BOARD MEMBER Janis Rabin
BOARD MEMBER Jay Silverberg
CHAIR Jay Tanenbaum

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Top Grant Purposes

GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
$1,325,940 12 grants
CULTURE & ARTS
$1,289,020 4 grants
ARTS/CULTURE
$156,619 3 grants
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$153,015 6 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$124,663 6 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $3.5M $1.7M $15.2M
2023 $1.4M $1.7M $14.2M
2022 $1.3M $1.4M $13.7M
2020 $1.5M $416K $4.1M
2019 $1.6M $630K $3.1M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.6M to $3.5M (+122%), with total assets most recently reported at $15.2M.

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