EOF Grant: Frequently Asked Questions

If you can’t find the answer to your question below, feel free to call Lisa Picone, Grant Administrator, at (504) 895-2800, or send your question by email

  • Who is not eligible to apply?
  • Are past EOF Grant recipients eligible to apply?
  • Who can apply?
  • What is the purpose of the EOF Grant?
  • Can I have a fiscal agent if I’m a new nonprofit?
  • For companies, if we requested an extension for tax return and the CPA has not filed it yet, can we submit previous year’s report until receiving the current year’s report?
  • I am requesting $5000 as a cultural business although the total project is $10,000.
  • If I am reapplying for a grant, should I apply with the same application?
  • If my grant is rejected, can I reapply?
  • Can 2 specific opportunities be written up in the grant proposal (as options for the grant process)
  • Can I fill out the answers to my application in Microsoft Word or other word processing programs, then paste into this application?
  • Can LCEF view partially completed applications?
  • What if I need technical help or have other questions about my application?
  • What if the grant writer and the department head are two different people? What email address should you put?
  • Can an application be made contingent upon being awarded another grant?
  • What if–as a non-profit–we are in our first year of operations and do not yet have a 990 or audit?
  • If my cultural business has been operating less than a year, may I submit a partial year profit/loss statement instead of the requested 12 month profit loss statement?
  • Do you fund individual artist projects -ongoing or new?
  • What type of events will the grant fund?
  • Do these grants require a match?
  • Can the grant be used for special programs for fundraising?
  • Can the grant be used to buy specific piece of equipment and/or materials?
  • Can the grant be used for operational support in a start-up organization?
  • Can the grant be used for promotional printed material?