Efforts of Grace Inc.

Efforts of Grace Inc. is a community-based organization that advocates for cultural programs, “emphasizing the contributions of people of African descent.” 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Founded:

2001

Co-Founder and Executive Director:

Carol Bebelle

Location: New Orleans, LA View on map
Tax ID: 72-1266819
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $7,597,988 Revenue: $3,228,671 Expenses: $4,310,711

Efforts of Grace Inc. is a community-based organization that advocates for cultural programs, “emphasizing the contributions of people of African descent.” 1

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $7,597,988 $3,228,671 $4,310,711 View
2023 $7,944,422 $3,427,244 $4,610,286 View
2022 $8,095,250 $2,501,281 $4,310,656 View
2021 $9,750,115 $6,712,838 $2,718,398 View
2020 $5,653,455 $2,440,146 $1,915,379 View

Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

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Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 45

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Asali DeVan EcclesiastesCEO$130,000

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $31,114,176
  • Number of Grants: 232
  • Number of Funders: 66

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$1,450,0002021 The Ford FoundationGeneral support for the Ash Cultural Arts Center, and project support for the Architecting Sustainable Futures project to address financial sustainability in New Orleans-based small museums and community-based archives
$1,000,0002023 SURDNA FOUNDATION INCThe purpose of this grant is for general operating support.
$1,000,0002022 Moore Impact IncTO SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: CLAIBORNE CORRIDOR CULTURAL INNOVATION DISTRICT, HOTEL ASH AND CULTURAL CONVENING CENTER, RIGHT-TO-STAY APP AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT POLICY, AND COMMUNITY SPREAD ARTIST CHWS & EQUITY TOOLKIT FOR HOSPITALS
$1,000,0002021 MacKenzie ScottMacKenzie Scott made an unrestricted grant of $1,000,000 to Ashé Cultural Arts Center. Mission: Ashé Cultural Art Center uses art and culture to foster human development and civic engagement, maintaining 30,000 square feet of performance/exhibition space, producing 350 multi-disciplinary events annually. As paradigm-shifting ecosystem builders, we deliver programming and services to support, leverage, and celebrate the people, places, and philosophies of the African Diaspora.
$1,000,0002021 National Philanthropic TrustCULTURE & ARTS
$1,000,0002021 Moore Impact IncProgram Support
$900,0002022 New Venture FundARTS, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES
$800,0002020 The Ford FoundationGeneral support for work to advance indigenous New Orleans arts and cultural organizations, and core support for institutional strengthening.
$600,0002022 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundationto continue support for the Ashé Racial Justice and Healing Initiative
$585,0002020 SURDNA FOUNDATION INCThe purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support to Efforts of Grace, Inc. In alignment with Thriving Cultures's strategy to support communities in imagining and practicing racially just systems and structures, translating those ideas into shareable knowledge, and connecting knowledge and community members to opportunities to affect local policy.
$500,0002024 The Ford FoundationGeneral support for work to advance indigenous New Orleans arts and cultural organizations
$500,0002024 Moore Impact IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$475,0002024 New Venture FundARTS, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES
$450,0002026 SURDNA FOUNDATION INCThe purpose of this grant is general operating support
$400,0002025 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
$350,0002024 SURDNA FOUNDATION INCGeneral Support
$350,0002020 W.K. Kellogg FoundationImprove early life outcomes for infants and their mothers by building a network of community supports and improve young children's readiness for and success in school through culturally relevant training supports to teachers and students
$300,0002025 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$300,0002025 W.K. Kellogg FoundationPromise of an Equitable Future
$300,0002025 SURDNA FOUNDATION INCGENERAL SUPPORT
$300,0002023 W.K. Kellogg Foundationprovide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of utilizing art and culture to foster equitable human and community development and to demonstrate the positive contributions people of African descent make to their communities
$300,0002021 The Kresge FoundationThis general operating grant will support Efforts of Grace and its participation in the Creative Practice cohort.
$300,0002020 The Andrew W. Mellon FoundationTo continue support for the Ash Racial Justice and Healing Initiative
$200,0002023 Warner Music Group Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice FundCLAIBORNE CORRIDOR CULTURAL INNOVATION DISTRICT.HOTEL ASHE & COLTURAL CONV. CENTER.APPS & ANTI-DISPLACEMENT POLICY & EQUITY TOOLKIT.
$200,0002021 Warner Music Group Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice FundCLAIBORNE CORRIDOR CULTURAL INNOVATION DISTRICT.HOTEL ASHE & COLTURAL CONV. CENTER.APPS & ANTI-DISPLACEMENT POLICY & EQUITY TOOLKIT.

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References

1. “Efforts of Grace Inc.” GuideStar, Accessed February 10, 2023. https://www.guidestar.org/profile/72-1266819