Meeting Agenda – Board of Directors

MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ONLINE MEETING

OCTOBER 16, 2020, 9:00 AM

INFORMATION PACKET TAB 1 CHAIR’S WELCOME & AGENDA Louisiana Humanities Center at Turners’ Hall 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300 New Orleans, LA 70113 504.523.4352

MEETING AGENDA – BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MEETING INFORMATION Date: 10/16/2020 Location: Online Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Meeting Type: Online Call‐In Number: +1 (646) 558‐8656 I.D. / Passcode: 962‐5963‐3643 / 041480 Called By: Mount, Board Chair Online Access: LEH Board Zoom Link Facilitator: Mount, Board Chair Note Taker: Rambin, Staff

PREPARATION FOR MEETING Please Read: October Board Meeting packet, available online by 9/30/2020 at https://leh.org/board‐ portal/ / Password to board portal: booker (new) Please Bring: Copies of packets will be available via board portal and upon arrival.

AGENDA ITEMS PRESENTER TIME 1 Chair’s Welcome and Roll Call Mount [5 min] 2 Executive Director’s Report Restovic [40 min] a) Covid‐19 Operations Update (LA Phase 3) Restovic [5 min] b) Hurricane Laura NEH Emergency Request Restovic [5 min] c) Strategic Plan Presentation Leadership [20 min] d) Board Portal Presentation Austin [10 min] 3 Finance Committee Report Ary [40 min] a) FY20 Financial Reports Review Carrier [5 min] b) Investment Portfolio Update Brewster [15 min] Carrier [15 min] c) FY21 LEH Budget Review [5 min] d) Institutional Advancement report Bourg 4 THFJSC Committee Report Adams [10 min] a) THFJSC Construction Bid 5 Strategic Planning Committee Report Mintz [15 min] a) FY21 Governance Items 6 Outreach Committee Report Haynie [5 min] a) Bright Lights 2020 Update 7 Action Items & Adjournment Mount [10 min]

ACTION ITEMS RESPONSIBLE DUE DATE A Review/Approve FY 21 Organization Budget [Mount/Restovic] 10/9/2020 B Review/Approve FY 21 Officer Term Renewals [Mount/Restovic] 10/9/2020 C Review/Approve FY 21 Leadership Slate [Mount/Restovic] 10/9/2020 D Review/Approve New Board Member Recommendations [Mount/Restovic] 10/9/2020 E Review/Approve FY 21 Board Meeting Calendar [Mount/Restovic] 10/9/2020 F Review/Approve Rebirth and Rebirth PL Grants [Mount/Restovic] 10/9/2020 G Review/Approve June 2020 Board Meeting Minutes [Mount/Restovic] 10/9/2020

Business Meeting Agenda Template © 2011 Vertex42.com. http://www.vertex42.com/WordTemplates/meeting-agenda.html Louisiana Humanities Center at Turners’ Hall 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300 New Orleans, LA 70113 504.523.4352

OTHER NOTES OR INFORMATION New Board Member Orientation: Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ Online; 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm November Board Meeting: Friday, 11/20/2020 @ Online; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm SESSION 1‐‐PT Head Start Governance Training: Thursday, December 3, 2020; TBD @ Online SESSION 2‐‐PT Head Start Governance Training: Friday, December 4, 2020; TBD @ Online

Covid‐19 Operations Update (LA Phase 3) Hurricane Laura NEH Emergency Request Strategic Plan Presentation Board Portal Presentation TAB 3 FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT

FY 20 Financial Reports Review Investment Portfolio Update FY 21 LEH Budget Review Institutional Advancement Report Louisiana Humanities Center at Turners’ Hall 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300 New Orleans, LA 70113 504.523.4352

To: LEH Board

Subj: Finance materials for October Board Meeting

September 30, 2020

Dear LEH Board members:

This cover letter provides a brief overview of the materials following here for next week’s Board meeting..

1. FY20 Year to Date (10 months) Statements of Activity and Financial Position for LEH and PTI 2. FY21 LEH Budget 3. September 30, 2020 Investment Portfolio report from Crescent City Capital

The primary focus of the FY21 LEH Budget is the program activity of the LEH divisions (Content, Education, HFJSC) and the administrative support for those programs. However the budget presentation also includes an organization-wide snapshot (LEH + PTI) which captures the Head Start revenues/expenses and reflects the impact of the new Lafayette/Iberia Head Start grant on the larger picture.

And for the first time, the budget presentation includes (at the end) detailed informaton on the construction budget and eventual Operating Statement for the new Helis Foundation John Scott Center.

If you have limited time to devote to the financial section, I recommend focusing on the FY21 LEH budget since this does require a board vote.

Best regards,

Pat Carrier

Attachments to this letter: 1.LEH Statement of Activity Summary August 2.LEH Balance Sheet August 3.PTI Statement of Activity Summary August 4.PTI Balance Sheet August 5.Crescent City Capital Investments report LEH Statement of Activities August 31,2020

Year To Date Prior Year To Date % change Year Ending 08/31/2020 08/31/2019 FY20 v FY19 10/31/2019 Notes/Comments

Operating Revenue Fundraising Events Revenue 0.00 74,825.00 N/A 74,825.00 Bright Lights canceled; $40,000 in FY20 deposits on balance sheet Grant Revenues Grant Revenue - Other 41100 - Foundation Grant Revenue - TR 820,690.21 711,614.60 15% 657,709.59 41200 - Corporate Grant Revenue - TR 0.00 197,113.00 -100% 672,113.00 See Shell in Corp donations 41250 - Federal Grant Revenue - TR 1,137,228.70 1,087,000.51 5% 1,016,580.00 41300 - Nonprofit Grant Revenue - TR 9,000.00 0.00 4,000.00 43100 - Foundation Grant Revenue - UR 82,102.10 170,147.38 -52% 74,669.05 43150 - State Grant Revenue - UR 7,500.00 2,964.00 153% 2,964.00 43250 - Federal Grant Revenue - UR 413,090.12 0.00 0.00 PPP funds applied to payroll 43300 - Nonprofit Grant Revenue - UR 0.00 4,000.00 -100% 0.00 Total Grant Revenue - Other 2,469,611.13 2,172,839.49 14% 2,428,035.64 Total Grant Revenues 2,469,611.13 2,172,839.49 14% 2,428,035.64 Program Revenue 43700 - Licensing Revenue - UR 61,200.00 97,123.44 -37% 96,621.76 43750 - Contractual / Service / Consulting Revenue - UR 19,050.00 24,641.40 -23% 24,641.40 43800 - Advertising Revenue - UR 63,253.00 65,218.00 -3% 65,218.00 43850 - Single Copy Sales Revenue - UR 0.00 205.78 -100% 208.76 43900 - Subscription Revenue - UR 28,353.08 13,890.61 104% 8,952.22 43950 - Book Sale Revenue - UR 1,483.93 11,306.84 -87% 10,846.84 43975 - Wholesale Magazine Revenue - UR 428.40 1,206.90 -65% 1,421.10 Total Program Revenue 173,768.41 213,592.97 -19% 207,910.08 NOTE: Content/Magazine and book sales are actually slightly increased YTD Investment Income 252,988.08 234,534.39 8% 302,207.68 Contributions 41350 - Individual Contributions - TR 3,000.00 0.00 20,000.00 41400 - Board Contributions - TR 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 43200 - Corporate Donation Revenue - UR 175,005.00 17,780.40 884% 17,780.40 See note above in Corp Grants 43350 - Individual Contributions - UR 33,691.27 76,412.81 -56% 58,814.83 43400 - Board Contributions - UR 500.00 14,750.00 -97% 14,750.00 Total Contributions 222,196.27 108,943.21 104% 111,345.23 Pledge Commitments 0.00 0.00 19,587.94 Revenue - Other 44350 - Indirect Support (Ouachita) - UR 372,522.01 225,000.00 479,105.00 FY20 draws done monthly rather than quarterly 41450 - Other Revenue - TR 0.00 (2,288.40) (2,288.40) 44250 - Other Revenue - UR 299.60 246,397.78 280,192.04 FEMA Insurance Flood proceeds in FY19 Total Revenue - Other 372,821.61 469,109.38 -21% 757,008.64 Rental Income 155,885.14 197,162.63 268,488.63

Total Operating Revenue 3,647,270.64 3,471,007.07 5% 4,169,408.84

Expenditures Direct Program Expenses 50000 - Cost of Goods Sold 430.43 2,954.69 -85% 3,003.00 61080 - Publishing Contributor Expense - Text/Copy 16,344.42 31,619.88 -48% 35,575.88 61083 - Publishing Contributor Expense - Photos/Images 6,166.73 3,409.99 81% 5,723.68 61084 - Publishing Contributor Expense - Editorial 11,889.75 8,949.50 33% 8,949.50 61086 - Publishing Contributor Expense - Other 208.76 2,365.05 -91% 2,565.71 63750 - Supplies - Content/Artwork (full ownership) 0.00 480.15 -100% 480.15 63850 - Supplies - Swag 478.35 2,271.79 -79% 2,742.86 63900 - Supplies - Books 40,190.21 74,943.54 -46% 68,524.12 64200 - Supplies - PRIME TIME Program Support Stipends 82,294.49 78,218.57 5% 77,718.58 Total Direct Program Expenses 158,003.14 205,213.16 -23% 205,283.48 Covid impact on programs Personnel 1,415,871.68 1,269,540.85 12% 1,514,659.82 Occupancy 849.62 1,574.25 -46% 31,656.70 Professional Fees Total Professional Fees 332,846.28 419,109.53 -21% 521,097.38 Covid impact on programs Total Grants Awarded Expense 528,820.00 94,250.66 461% 185,916.16 NEH CARES Act plus matches from corp and indiv donors General and Administrative Expenses Advertising and Promotion 7,594.96 5,952.42 5,773.70 Amortization 0.00 627.57 627.57 Bad Debt Expenses (55.00) 3,136.48 24,147.17 Business Licenses and Permits 446.00 3,939.38 3,328.38 Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings 20,785.41 61,552.18 65,333.94 Covid impact on programs Copying and Printing 85.00 20.00 20.00 Depreciation 75,348.97 72,508.84 88,295.22 Due and Subscriptions 25,637.61 28,161.74 28,478.72 Equipment Purchase and Rental 115,856.38 103,307.51 108,083.22 Finance Charges 3,981.80 3,586.68 4,398.95 Insurance 57,774.18 36,539.16 39,615.52 Miscellaneous Expense 18,892.47 91,130.30 39,120.17 Office Supplies 58,007.17 46,301.72 49,865.53 Printing and Publications 73,402.73 76,878.04 105,416.77 Postage and Delivery 1,520.38 19,968.90 28,080.77 Repairs and Maintenance 104,135.58 125,482.96 152,078.29 Taxes 18,020.07 1,936.96 1,161.93 Telecommunication 14,607.32 13,991.66 16,665.75 Travel Expenses 50,763.74 80,493.80 105,275.30 Covid impact on programs Utilities 39,798.66 62,413.22 63,381.62 Allocated Indirect Costs 18,400.00 0.00 0.00 Total General and Administrative Expenses 705,003.43 837,929.52 -16% 929,148.52 Parent Services Expense 0.00 0.00 29.23

Total Expenditures 3,141,394.15 2,827,617.97 11% 3,387,791.29 $430K of FY20 are REGRANTS EXPENSES

Change In Net Assets 505,876.49 643,389.10 -21% 781,617.55 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Statement of Financial Position - Detail As of Date: 08/31/2020 Funding Source Group: LEH (all)

11/01/2019 Through August 31, 2020 Current Year Balance Assets Current Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents Capital One - Operating 282,888.67 Capital One - Reserve 195,191.03 Capital One - LHC 52,727.82 Schwab Investment 3973 Sweep Account 756.91 Undeposited Funds 2,380.80 Bill.com Clearing Account - LEH (5,811.08) Total Cash and Cash Equivalents 528,134.15 Accounts Receivable, Net Accounts Receivable Accounts Receivable - General 174,995.88 Total Accounts Receivable 174,995.88 Total Accounts Receivable, Net 174,995.88 Grants Receivable 909,623.00 Pledges Receivable Pledges Receivable - ST 7,500.00 Pledges Receivable - LT 212,500.00 Discount on Pledges Receivable (22,442.66) Total Pledges Receivable 197,557.34 Other Current Assets Other Current Assets Schwab - 6870 Money Market - John C. Scott Building 248,559.93 Schwab Risk Free Inter Bearing 3666 501,723.43 Schwab Investment 3973 3,202,851.36 Endowment - GNOF 55,311.34 Endowment - CFNLA 335,010.72 Total Other Current Assets 4,343,456.78 Prepaid Expenses 64,591.54 Inventory Books Inventory 13,181.28 Total Inventory 13,181.28 Intercompany Receivable 23,603.29 Total Other Current Assets 4,444,832.89 Total Current Assets 6,255,143.26 Long-term Assets Property & Equipment Furniture & Equipment 45,782.49 Building - Turners Hall 2,082,899.65 Cooling Tower 109,018.54 Land - Turners Hall 606,673.65 Other Assets - Art 333,706.28 Leaseholder Improvements 73,635.15 Accumulated Depreciation (1,410,138.31) Construction in Progress 160,594.29 Total Property & Equipment 2,002,171.74 Other Long-term Assets Other Assets LEH - Due from PTHS 105,662.33 Total Other Assets 105,662.33 Total Other Long-term Assets 105,662.33 Total Long-term Assets 2,107,834.07 Total Assets 8,362,977.33 Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Short-term Liabilities Accounts Payable 149,806.84 Accrued Liabilities 31,969.25 Other Short-term Liabilities Total Short-term Liabilities 252,747.81 Total Intercompany Payable 190.97 Short Term Debts 87,762.07Bright Lights Donors Total Other Short-term Liabilities 340,700.85 Total Short-term Liabilities 522,476.94 Long Term Liabilities Other Long-term Liabilities Other Liabilities PPP Loan 184,837.61 Total Other Long-term Liabilities 184,837.61 Total Long Term Liabilities 184,837.61 Total Liabilities 707,314.55 Net Assets Net Assets Unrestricted Net Assets 3,699,116.44 Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 3,443,957.33 Total Net Assets 7,143,073.77 Change In Net Assets 512,589.01 Total Net Assets 7,655,662.78 Total Liabilities and Net Assets 8,362,977.33

Created on: 09/17/2020 1:29 PM CDT PTFR Statement of Activities August 31,2020

Year To Date Prior Year To Date Year Ending 08/31/2020 08/31/2019 10/31/2019 Notes/Comments

Operating Revenue Grant Revenues Grant Revenue - Other 5,312,386.74 5,107,172.60 5,962,841.94 Food costs dropped due to Covid Total Grant Revenues 5,312,386.74 5,107,172.60 5,962,841.94 Investment Income 1,175.15 3,085.95 161.60 Revenue - Other 0.00 339.78 339.78

Total Operating Revenue 5,313,561.89 5,110,598.33 5,963,343.32

Expenditures Direct Program Expenses 61083 - Publishing Contributor Expense - Photos/Images 640.55 0.00 0.00 63850 - Supplies - Swag 573.24 4,723.02 4,723.02 63900 - Supplies - Books 258.37 4,510.55 5,315.09 64100 - Supplies - Head Start Medical + Dental 857.75 7,406.58 7,982.44 Total Direct Program Expenses 2,329.91 16,640.15 18,020.55 Personnel 2,504,986.12 1,997,599.21 2,451,973.12 Increase reflects Stubbs plus change in Shine Occupancy 51,519.00 61,000.00 72,100.00 Stubbs Total Professional Fees 915,469.55 1,136,834.72 1,365,137.80 change in Shine relationship General and Administrative Expenses Advertising and Promotion 86.49 0.00 881.65 Business Licenses and Permits 2,410.25 2,808.63 4,341.13 Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings 10,143.48 7,173.75 25,405.40 Depreciation 78,806.00 76,714.53 75,986.50 Due and Subscriptions 2,468.80 1,050.00 4,017.00 Equipment Purchase and Rental 64250 - IT Expense 994.04 12,242.63 14,228.18 64300 - Furniture Expense 299.89 0.00 8,938.21 64400 - Copier Expense 19,634.22 29,162.98 31,568.44 64450 - Equipment Expense - Other 162,979.61 12,086.90 2,204.88 Total Equipment Purchase and Rental 183,907.76 53,492.51 56,939.71 Finance Charges 75.00 0.00 0.00 Insurance 34,733.40 27,965.85 25,302.60 Contracted Food Services 240,068.11 198,308.23 259,975.30 Miscellaneous Expense 5,119.17 3,887.54 6,210.38 Office Supplies 103,388.39 424,852.09 487,045.53 Printing and Publications 808.81 0.00 0.00 Postage and Delivery 1,081.32 0.00 559.80 Repairs and Maintenance 64800 - Repairs & Maintenance - General 79,510.37 119,056.64 73,416.57 64850 - Custodial + Maintenance Supplies 49,069.51 45,675.44 63,029.12 64900 - Pest Control 0.00 1,005.00 781.98 64950 - Janitorial Services 12,270.00 10,500.00 10,500.00 64960 - Security Services 5,839.28 1,591.45 1,732.43 Total Repairs and Maintenance 146,689.16 177,828.53 149,460.10 some expenses reclassed in FY19 Taxes 50.00 75.00 1,478.75 Telecommunication 23,013.17 18,900.18 26,665.83 Travel Expenses 2,205.89 5,621.06 20,910.20 Utilities 67,772.32 43,122.09 61,206.02 Allocated Indirect Costs 372,522.01 317,124.27 479,105.00 Total General and Administrative Expenses 1,275,349.53 1,358,949.26 1,685,515.90 Parent Services Expense 8,116.61 2,701.12 19,640.52

Total Expenditures 4,757,770.72 4,573,724.46 5,612,387.89

Change In Net Assets 555,791.17 536,873.87 350,955.43 Prime Time Family Reading Statement of Financial Position - Detail As of Date: 08/31/2020 Funding Source Group: PrimeTime (all)

11/01/2019 Through August 31, 2020 Current Year Balance Assets Current Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents Capital One - PTHS 270,714.55 Bill.com Clearing - PTHS 38,621.00 Total Cash and Cash Equivalents 309,335.55 Other Current Assets Other Current Assets Schwab Risk Free Inter Bearing 9921 205,702.92 Total Other Current Assets 205,702.92 Prepaid Expenses Prepaid Expenses 997.50 Total Prepaid Expenses 997.50 Intercompany Receivable Inter-Entity Receivable 190.56 Total Intercompany Receivable 190.56 Total Other Current Assets 206,890.98 Total Current Assets 516,226.53 Long-term Assets Property & Equipment Furniture & Equipment 335,603.93 Building - Thomas 162,975.00 Leaseholder Improvements 1,314,052.86 Accumulated Depreciation (235,275.32) Construction in Progress 576,011.77 Total Property & Equipment 2,153,368.24 Other Long-term Assets Other Assets PTHS - Due from LEH 240,272.81 Total Other Assets 240,272.81 Total Other Long-term Assets 240,272.81 Total Long-term Assets 2,393,641.05 Total Assets 2,909,867.58 Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Short-term Liabilities Accounts Payable 418,265.82 Accrued Liabilities 39,034.01 Other Short-term Liabilities 254,879.94 Total Short-term Liabilities 712,179.77 Long Term Liabilities Other Long-term Liabilities 196,472.27 Total Long Term Liabilities 196,472.27 Total Liabilities 908,652.04 Net Assets Net Assets Unrestricted Net Assets (9,574,749.79) Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 11,089,443.14 Total Net Assets 1,514,693.35 Change In Net Assets 486,522.19 Total Net Assets 2,001,215.54 Total Liabilities and Net Assets 2,909,867.58

Created on: 09/17/2020 4:06 PM CDT Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

QUARTERLY SNAPSHOT

1 Quarterly Snapshot Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Executive Summary 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Allocation by Asset Class Market Value vs. Net Additions

Ending Value Allocation Performance (Cumulative)

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (CR) 4,087,695 100.0% Domestic Equities 1,336,287 32.7% Large Cap Value 402,894 9.9% Large Cap Growth 641,532 15.7% Small Cap Core 291,861 7.1% International Equity 696,879 17.0% Int’l Equity 696,879 17.0% Domestic Fixed Income 823,666 20.1% FI - Aggregate 823,666 20.1% Alternative Investments 273,119 6.7% REITS 132,563 3.2% Public Real Assets 140,556 3.4% Cash 957,744 23.4% Cash 957,744 23.4%

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The information provided herein or attached is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be an official statement of your account(s). Please refer to the statement(s) provided by your custodian(s) for official market value information. Information contained in this correspondence was obtained from sources deemed to be reliable and accurate but has not been independently verified by Crescent Capital Consulting, LLC. Indices mentioned in this correspondence remain the copyrighted property of their respective owners. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. Data Source: Black Diamond Performance Reporting, LLC 2 Quarterly Snapshot Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Summary of Accounts 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Manager Performance

Quarter To Date Year To Date Last 12 Months Since Inception

Start Date Ending Value Return Return Return Return

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (CR) 2/16/2018 4,087,695 4.53% 1.07% 5.90% 5.73%¹

LEH - Cash Management (NB) 5/30/2018 501,727 0.00% 0.28% 0.64% 1.34%¹ ² 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 1.55%¹ ²

LEH - Investment Acct 2/16/2018 3,131,700 5.89% 1.06% 7.33% 6.75%¹ Policy Benchmark 4.69% -0.72% 5.39% 4.39%¹

LEH - John Scott Center (NB) 7/25/2019 248,564 0.00% 0.28% 0.64% 0.78%¹ ² 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 0.90%¹ ²

LEH - Prime Time Family Reading (NB) 6/5/2018 205,705 0.00% 0.28% 0.64% 1.35%¹ ² 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 1.55%¹ ² ¹ Annualized return, ² Not held for the entire period

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The information provided herein or attached is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be an official statement of your account(s). Please refer to the statement(s) provided by your custodian(s) for official market value information. Information contained in this correspondence was obtained from sources deemed to be reliable and accurate but has not been independently verified by Crescent Capital Consulting, LLC. Indices mentioned in this correspondence remain the copyrighted property of their respective owners. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. Data Source: Black Diamond Performance Reporting, LLC 3 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Invest Acct

2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT

1 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Invest Acct Executive Summary 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Allocation by Asset Class Ending Value Allocation

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Invest Acct 3,131,700 100.0% Domestic Equities 1,336,287 42.7% Large Cap Value 402,894 12.9% Large Cap Growth 641,532 20.5% Small Cap Core 291,861 9.3% International Equity 696,879 22.3% Int’l Equity 696,879 22.3% Domestic Fixed Income 823,666 26.3% FI - Aggregate 823,666 26.3% Alternative Investments 273,119 8.7% REITS 132,563 4.2% Public Real Assets 140,556 4.5% Cash 1,748 0.1% Cash 1,748 0.1%

Market Value vs. Net Additions Portfolio Performance (Cumulative)

Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. 2 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Invest Acct Summary of Portfolio Investments 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Manager Performance Quarter To Year To Last 12 Since Date Date Months Inception

Start Date Ending Value Allocation Return Return Return Return

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Invest Acct 2/16/2018 3,131,700 100.0% 5.89% 1.06% 7.33% 6.75%¹ Policy Benchmark 4.69% -0.72% 5.39% 4.39%¹

Domestic Equities 2/16/2018 1,336,287 42.7% 8.82% 3.58% 12.62% 9.95%¹

Large Cap Value 3/2/2018 402,894 12.9% 5.53% -11.69% -5.21% 1.73%¹ ²

iShares Russell 1000 Val (IWD) 3/2/2018 402,894 12.9% 5.53% -11.69% -5.21% 1.73%¹ ² Russell 1000 Value 5.59% -11.58% -5.01% 1.68%¹ ²

Large Cap Growth 3/2/2018 641,532 20.5% 13.22% 24.20% 37.06% 20.48%¹ ²

iShares Russell 1000 Gr (IWF) 3/2/2018 641,532 20.5% 13.22% 24.20% 37.06% 20.48%¹ ² Russell 1000 Gr 13.22% 24.33% 37.36% 20.36%¹ ²

Small Cap Core 2/16/2018 291,861 9.3% 4.39% -6.02% 1.91% 3.25%¹

GW&K Small Cap (GWEIX) 3/2/2018 291,861 9.3% 4.39% -6.02% 1.91% 2.66%¹ ² Russell 2000 4.93% -8.69% 0.39% 0.77%¹ ²

International Equity 2/16/2018 696,879 22.3% 8.70% 13.64% 24.85% 12.29%¹

Int’l Equity 3/2/2018 696,879 22.3% 8.70% 13.64% 24.36% 14.68%¹ ²

WCM Focused Gr Int'l (WCMIX) 3/2/2018 696,879 22.3% 8.70% 13.64% 24.36% 14.68%¹ ² MSCI ACWI(X-US) (TRN) 6.34% -5.36% 3.08% -0.01%¹ ²

Domestic Fixed Income 2/16/2018 823,666 26.3% 1.79% 1.86% 3.31% 3.86%¹

FI - Aggregate 2/16/2018 823,666 26.3% 1.79% 1.86% 3.31% 3.87%¹

Doubleline Core Fixed Inc (DBLFX) 3/2/2018 346,436 11.1% 1.84% 3.80% 4.10% 4.99%¹ ² Bbg BC US Agg Bond 0.62% 6.79% 6.96% 6.83%¹ ²

Pimco Total Return ESG (PTSAX) 6/24/2020 119,086 3.8% 1.65% —² —² 1.78%² Bbg BC US Agg Bond 0.62% —² —² 0.84%²

Western Core Plus Bd (WACPX) 12/27/2019 358,145 11.4% 1.80% 6.07% —² 6.00%² Bbg BC US Agg Bond 0.62% 6.79% —² 6.64%²

Alternative Investments 3/2/2018 273,119 8.7% -0.23% -17.95% -14.53% 0.26%¹ ²

REITS 3/2/2018 132,563 4.2% 1.29% -12.75% -12.23% 7.29%¹ ²

Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. Portfolio and managed account returns are reported net of all fees. Fund returns are reported net of fund fees and expenses. Class and segment returns are reported gross of fees. 3 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Invest Acct Summary of Portfolio Investments 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Manager Performance Quarter To Year To Last 12 Since Date Date Months Inception

Start Date Ending Value Allocation Return Return Return Return

Vanguard REIT (VNQ) 3/2/2018 132,563 4.2% 1.29% -12.75% -12.23% 7.29%¹ ² FTSE NAREIT All Eq Price Return 0.36% -14.61% -15.24% 3.48%¹ ²

Public Real Assets 3/2/2018 140,556 4.5% -1.62% -9.04% -5.61% 5.90%¹ ²

Lazard Glbl Infrastr (GLIFX) 3/2/2018 140,556 4.5% -1.62% -9.04% -5.61% 5.90%¹ ² CPI Core + 5% 1.83% 4.43% 6.22% 6.83%¹ ²

Cash 2/16/2018 1,748 0.1% 0.01% 0.60% 0.74% 0.98%¹

CASH 2/16/2018 1,748 0.1% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%¹ 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 1.57%¹ ¹ Annualized return, ² Not held for the entire period

Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. Portfolio and managed account returns are reported net of all fees. Fund returns are reported net of fund fees and expenses. Class and segment returns are reported gross of fees. 4 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Invest Acct Policy Benchmark 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Portfolio Policy Benchmark

Start Date End Date Name Component Description

LEH Benchmark (3/20/20 - 5.0% 90 Day T-Bill, 25.0% Bbg BC US Agg Bond, 5.0% CPI Core + 5%, 5.0% FTSE NAREIT All Eq Price Return, 20.0% MSCI ACWI(X-US) (TRN), 3/20/2020 — Current) 30.0% Russell 1000, 10.0% Russell 2000 LEH IPS Benchmark (12/20/2019 25.0% Bbg BC US Agg Bond, 5.0% CPI Core + 5%, 5.0% FTSE NAREIT All Eq Price Return, 5.0% Lipper Global Nat Res Index, 20.0% MSCI 12/20/2019 3/19/2020 - 3/19/20) ACWI(X-US) (TRN), 30.0% Russell 1000, 10.0% Russell 2000 LEH IPS Benchmark (Inception - 25.0% Bbg BC US Agg Bond, 5.0% CPI Core + 5%, 5.0% FTSE NAREIT All Eq Price Return, 5.0% Lipper Global Nat Res Index, 15.0% MSCI ACWI(X- — 12/19/2019 12/19/2019) US) (TRN), 5.0% MSCI Emg Mkts, 30.0% Russell 1000, 10.0% Russell 2000

Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. 5 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Invest Acct Asset Allocation by Style and Manager 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

By Style Ending Value Allocation

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Invest Acct 3,131,700 100.0% Domestic Equities 1,336,287 42.7% Large Cap Value 402,894 12.9% iShares Russell 1000 Val (IWD) 402,894 12.9% Large Cap Growth 641,532 20.5% iShares Russell 1000 Gr (IWF) 641,532 20.5% Small Cap Core 291,861 9.3% GW&K Small Cap (GWEIX) 291,861 9.3% International Equity 696,879 22.3% Int’l Equity 696,879 22.3% WCM Focused Gr Int'l (WCMIX) 696,879 22.3% Domestic Fixed Income 823,666 26.3% FI - Aggregate 823,666 26.3% Doubleline Core Fixed Inc (DBLFX) 346,436 11.1% Pimco Total Return ESG (PTSAX) 119,086 3.8% Western Core Plus Bd (WACPX) 358,145 11.4% Alternative Investments 273,119 8.7% REITS 132,563 4.2% Vanguard REIT (VNQ) 132,563 4.2% By Manager Public Real Assets 140,556 4.5% Lazard Glbl Infrastr (GLIFX) 140,556 4.5% Cash 1,748 0.1% Cash 1,748 0.1% CASH 1,748 0.1%

Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. 6 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Invest Acct Return Analysis 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Risk-Return Analysis (Since Inception)

Benchmark Comparison

Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. 7 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Invest Acct Asset Allocation Drift 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Portfolio Asset Allocation

Alternative Asset Allocation Detail

Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. 8 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Invest Acct Portfolio Activity 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Activity Summary

Quarter To Date Year To Date Last 12 Months

Beginning Value 2,957,461 3,098,885 2,917,013 Net Additions 0 0 0 Income 10,460 33,457 81,466 Fees -3,717 -10,729 -14,405 Market Change 167,495 10,086 147,626 Ending Value 3,131,700 3,131,700 3,131,700

Quarterly Activity Detail

Beginning Value Net Additions Net Gain Ending Value

Q1 2018¹ 0 1,915,839 21,798 1,937,636 Q2 2018 1,937,636 0 37,289 1,974,925 Q3 2018 1,974,925 0 52,613 2,027,539 Q4 2018 2,027,539 0 -201,546 1,825,993 2018¹ 0 1,915,839 -89,846 1,825,993 Q1 2019 1,825,993 281,000 192,331 2,299,324 Q2 2019 2,299,324 2,382 96,107 2,397,813 Q3 2019 2,397,813 503,000 16,200 2,917,013 Q4 2019 2,917,013 0 181,873 3,098,885 2019 1,825,993 786,382 486,510 3,098,885 Q1 2020 3,098,885 0 -557,520 2,541,366 Q2 2020 2,541,366 0 416,095 2,957,461 Q3 2020 2,957,461 0 174,238 3,131,700 2020¹ 3,098,885 0 32,814 3,131,700 Since 2/16/2018 0 2,702,221 429,479 3,131,700 ¹ Partial period

Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. 9 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Invest Acct Capital Markets 2/16/2018 - 9/30/2020

Month To Quarter To Year To Last 12 Last 3 Last 5 Last 7 Last 10 Date Date Date Months Years Years Years Years

Benchmark Start Date Return Return Return Return Return Return Return Return

Domestic Equities S&P 500 TR 1/30/1970 -3.80% 8.93% 5.57% 15.08% 12.30% 14.16% 12.69% 13.75% Aggregate Equity S&P 500 TR 1/30/1970 -3.80% 8.93% 5.57% 15.08% 12.30% 14.16% 12.69% 13.75% Large Cap Core Russell 1000 1/31/1979 -3.65% 9.47% 6.40% 15.95% 12.39% 14.11% 12.55% 13.77% Large Cap Value Russell 1000 Value 12/29/1978 -2.46% 5.59% -11.58% -5.01% 2.64% 7.66% 7.36% 9.96% Large Cap Concentrat Dow Jones Industrial Avg 10/30/1987 -2.18% 8.22% -0.91% 5.68% 9.99% 14.03% 11.74% 12.70% Large Cap Defensive 0.6 Beta S&P500 1/31/1985 -2.24% 5.37% 4.86% 10.62% 8.55% 9.24% 8.18% 8.69% Large Cap Growth Russell 1000 Gr 12/29/1978 -4.71% 13.22% 24.33% 37.36% 21.71% 20.12% 17.40% 17.27% Small Cap Core Russell 2000 12/29/1978 -3.34% 4.93% -8.69% 0.39% 1.77% 8.01% 6.43% 9.86% SMID Cap Core Russell 2500 12/29/1978 -2.59% 5.88% -5.82% 2.21% 4.46% 8.97% 7.70% 10.82% Global Equity MSCI ACWI World (USD)(TRN) 1/3/2001 -3.65%¹ 7.66%¹ 0.93%¹ 9.92%¹ 6.97%¹ 10.21%¹ 7.78%¹ 8.51%¹ International Equity MSCI ACWI(X-US) (TRN) 1/3/2000 -2.38%¹ 6.34%¹ -5.36%¹ 3.08%¹ 1.19%¹ 6.25%¹ 3.19%¹ 4.02%¹ Dev Intl Eqty Blend MSCI EAFE 1/30/1970 -2.60% 4.80% -7.09% 0.49% 0.62% 5.27% 3.01% 4.62% Emerging Mkts Equity MSCI Emg Mkts 3/30/2001 -1.60% 9.56% -1.16% 10.50% 2.42% 8.98% 3.75% 2.51% Balanced 60% S&P 500/40% BC AG BOND 3/31/1976 -2.26% 5.62% 7.61% 13.43% 10.19% 10.61% 9.58% 10.06% Domestic Fixed Income Bbg BC US Agg Bond 3/31/1976 -0.05% 0.62% 6.79% 6.96% 5.25% 4.18% 3.97% 3.64% US Fixed Inc. Bbg BC US Agg Bond 3/31/1976 -0.05% 0.62% 6.79% 6.96% 5.25% 4.18% 3.97% 3.64% FI - Aggregate Bbg BC US Agg Bond 3/31/1976 -0.05% 0.62% 6.79% 6.96% 5.25% 4.18% 3.97% 3.64% US Long-term Gov Bds Bloomberg Barclays Long Govt Bd 2/28/1973 0.40% 0.13% 21.13% 16.14% 11.81% 8.19% 8.73% 7.18% Corp Bnd - Inv Grade Bloomberg Barclays Credit Bond 2/28/1973 -0.27% 1.50% 6.39% 7.47% 6.20% 5.75% 5.26% 4.92% TIPS Bloomberg Barclays US TIPS 2/28/1997 -0.37% 3.03% 9.22% 10.04% 5.80% 4.61% 3.38% 3.58% Municipals Bloomberg Barclays Muni Bond Index 2/29/1980 0.02% 1.23% 3.33% 4.08% 4.28% 3.85% 4.32% 4.00% Convertibles Lipper Conv Sec Funds 12/31/1987 -1.80% 11.63% 22.93% 31.24% 15.21% 13.06% 9.89% 9.74% High Yield Bonds Bloomberg Barclays US Corp High Yield 1/29/1993 -1.03% 4.60% 0.62% 3.24% 4.21% 6.80% 5.33% 6.47% US Short-Term Gov Bds Bloomberg BC US Short Treas Idx 1/31/1989 0.01% 0.05% 0.92% 1.42% 1.83% 1.31% 0.97% 0.74% International Fixed Income Bloomberg Barclays Global Agg Bond 2/28/1990 -0.36% 2.66% 5.72% 6.21% 4.10% 3.93% 2.48% 2.36% Developed Intl FI Bbg BC Glbl Bd Major ex-US 2/27/1987 -0.21% 4.01% 5.12% 4.55% 3.41% 3.68% 1.43% 1.10% Emerging Market Bond Lipper Emg Mkts Debt Funds 12/29/1995 -3.47% 1.07% -2.91% 0.16% 1.90% 5.92% 4.14% 4.20% Alternative Investments 6% Absolute Return 1/29/1988 0.48% 1.48% 4.45% 5.98% 6.00% 6.00% 6.00% 6.00% REITS FTSE NAREIT All Eq Price Return 8/31/2007 -3.17% 0.36% -14.61% -15.24% -0.38% 2.61% 3.69% 5.20% Commodities S&P Sector Natural Res Index 5/31/2001 -9.57% -7.56% -31.90% -26.72% -12.52% -3.84% -6.99% -2.64% Hedge Fund HFRI Fund of Funds Index 1/31/1990 —¹ 4.43%¹ 2.81%¹ 5.95%¹ 2.97%¹ 3.14%¹ 3.10%¹ 2.91%¹ MLP Alerian MLP 12/29/1995 -13.62% -16.26% -46.16% -48.22% -20.78% -11.59% -11.86% -4.17% Public Real Assets CPI Core + 5% 1/31/1990 —¹ 1.83%¹ 4.43%¹ 6.22%¹ 6.98%¹ 7.04%¹ 7.01%¹ 7.00%¹ Cash 90 Day T-Bill 1/31/1985 0.01% 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 1.54% 1.12% 0.80% 0.58% ¹ Not held for the entire period Performance is not correlated to portfolio holding period.

Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. 10 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Cash

5/30/2018 - 9/30/2020

QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT

1 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Cash Executive Summary 5/30/2018 - 9/30/2020

Allocation by Asset Class Ending Value Allocation

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Cash 955,996 100.0% Cash 955,996 100.0% Cash 955,996 100.0%

Market Value vs. Net Additions Portfolio Performance (Cumulative)

2 Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Cash Summary of Portfolio Investments 5/30/2018 - 9/30/2020

Manager Performance Quarter To Last 12 Year To Date Since Inception Date Months

Start Date Ending Value Allocation Return Return Return Return

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Cash 5/30/2018 955,996 100.0% 0.00% 0.28% 0.64% 1.34%¹ 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 1.55%¹

Cash 5/30/2018 955,996 100.0% 0.00% 0.28% 0.64% 1.34%¹

CASH 5/30/2018 2 0.0% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%¹ 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 1.55%¹

Schwab Family Gvt M Mkt (SNVXX) 6/4/2018 955,994 100.0% 0.00% —² —² 1.36%¹ ² 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% —² —² 1.55%¹ ² ¹ Annualized return, ² Not held for the entire period

3 Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. Portfolio and managed account returns are reported net of all fees. Fund returns are reported net of fund fees and expenses. Class and segment returns are reported gross of fees. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Cash Summary of Portfolio Investments 5/30/2018 - 9/30/2020

Manager Performance Quarter To Last 12 Year To Date Since Inception Date Months

Start Date Ending Value Allocation Return Return Return Return

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Cash 5/30/2018 955,996 100.0% 0.00% 0.28% 0.64% 1.34%¹ 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 1.55%¹

54693666 - LEH - Cash Management (NB) 5/30/2018 501,727 52.5% 0.00% 0.28% 0.64% 1.34%¹ 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 1.55%¹

27446870 - LEH - John Scott Center (NB) 7/25/2019 248,564 26.0% 0.00% 0.28% 0.64% 0.78%¹ ² 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 0.90%¹ ²

44129921 - LEH - Prime Time Family Reading (NB) 6/5/2018 205,705 21.5% 0.00% 0.28% 0.64% 1.35%¹ ² 90 Day T-Bill 0.03% 0.32% 0.71% 1.55%¹ ² ¹ Annualized return, ² Not held for the entire period

4 Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Cash Portfolio Activity 5/30/2018 - 9/30/2020

Activity Summary

Quarter To Date Year To Date Last 12 Months

Beginning Value 855,976 946,783 933,359 Net Additions 100,000 6,600 16,575 Income 23 2,613 6,644 Fees 0 0 0 Market Change -4 0 -582 Ending Value 955,996 955,996 955,996

Quarterly Activity Detail

Beginning Value Net Additions Net Gain Ending Value

Q2 2018¹ 0 920,000 1,023 921,023 Q3 2018 921,023 0 3,665 924,688 Q4 2018 924,688 0 4,533 929,222 2018¹ 0 920,000 9,222 929,222 Q1 2019 929,222 -231,000 4,663 702,885 Q2 2019 702,885 0 3,717 706,601 Q3 2019 706,601 222,777 3,981 933,359 Q4 2019 933,359 9,975 3,449 946,783 2019 929,222 1,752 15,809 946,783 Q1 2020 946,783 0 2,527 949,309 Q2 2020 949,309 -93,400 67 855,976 Q3 2020 855,976 100,000 20 955,996 2020¹ 946,783 6,600 2,613 955,996 Since 5/30/2018 0 928,352 27,644 955,996 ¹ Partial period

5 Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Cash Return Analysis 5/30/2018 - 9/30/2020

Risk-Return Analysis (Since Inception)

Benchmark Comparison

6 Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Quarterly Performance Report Cash Capital Markets 5/30/2018 - 9/30/2020

Month To Quarter To Year To Last 12 Last 3 Last 5 Last 7 Last 10 Date Date Date Months Years Years Years Years

Benchmark Start Date Return Return Return Return Return Return Return Return

7 Please see end of report for important disclosures and disclaimers.

LEH FY21 Budget Review

Finance & Executive Committees

Contents Comments ...... 2 Overview of LEH FY21 & FY20 Budgets -Ouachita...... 3 Overview of LEH FY21 & FY20 Budgets -Ouachita & Lafayette ...... 3 REVENUE SNAPSHOT (LEH only) ...... 4 EXPENSE SNAPSHOT (LEH only) ...... 5 CHANGE IN NET ASSETS AND CAPITAL EXPENSES ...... 7 LEH/PTFR COMBINED BUDGET SUMMARY (LEH/Ouachita only) ...... 8 EXHIBIT A: ...... 10 REVENUE DETAIL ...... 10 FY21 POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES ...... 11 The Helis Foundation John Scott Center Construction Budget ...... 13 HFJSC Year1 Draft Operating Budget ...... 15

Comments Revenue Recognition: The proposed FY21 LEH budget presented in this document is a GAAP based revenue & expense budget. As a reminder, non-profit accounting uses GAAP to guide revenue recognition. As a result, multi-year grant awards are recognized in the year awarded (not the year the funds are spent).

Potential Projects: The Institutional Advancement and Finance teams review pending and anticipated grant applications for the forthcoming year and assign a “probability” scale for how likely LEH will be awarded the grant. The gross amount of the grant application is then discounted by that probability percentage. Historically, LEH’s success rate has exceeded this projection. In FY20’s budget, LEH identified those grants whose probability was 25% or less. In recognition of a potentially more challenging marketplace in FY21, the FY21 forecast has increased the amount flagged to 35% or less. While the discounted amounts of these “longer shot” grants are still included in the revenue forecast, identifying them allows management and the board to assess the overall exposure in these assumptions.

LEH Quarterly Financial Contingency Plan: Since last March when Covid-19’s economic impact became clear, LEH’s executive team prepared an initial quarterly Financial Contingency Plan which is cash-based (non-GAAP) in order to provide management and the board with a snapshot of LEH’s reliable short-term revenue streams and make expense adjustments as necessary. This quarterly forecast was updated in July (projecting through October). LEH’s executive team will continue this practice throughout FY21. The next scheduled update will be ready for the next Executive Committee meeting.

Head Start: The organization-wide view on page 4 in this report offers a high level snapshot which includes the Prime Time Head Start entity with both the Ouachita & Lafayette grants (LEH/PTI received the Notice of Award for Lafayette on 9/29/20).

The Helis Foundation John Scott Center construction and operating budgets are on pages 16-18.

Overview of LEH FY21 & FY20 Budgets -Ouachita & Lafayette

(With Lafayette) FY21 Budget FY20 Budget Revenues LEH+Building 4,841,287 3,925,876 Head Start 17,636,701 6,270,433 Whole Org 22,477,988 10,196,309

Expenses LEH+Building 4,380,408 3,637,441 Head Start 17,636,701 6,270,433 Whole Org 22,017,109 9,907,874

LEH Change in Net Assets from Operations 455,004 288,435

The large increase in both revenues and expenses for Head Start reflects the impact of the Lafayette grant on the PTI budget forecast. In addition, the Lafayette grant impacts the LEH budget by adding over $750,000 in “indirect revenue” which would cover the increased administrative overhead for LEH (HR, Finance, other high level admin support). The finance committee was presented with the draft Lafayette budget at its last meeting (the committee referred the proposal on to the Executive Committee).

Once the Notice of Award for Lafayette is received, the LEH Executive Team will be working with relevant board members on evolving a leadership structure to ensure that 1. LEH has adequate resources to administer both Head Start grants and 2) that we maintain adequate resources to continue to support the growth of LEH programs and activities

The following pages provide some breakout analysis.

REVENUE SNAPSHOT (LEH only)

Account LEH FY21 Budget LEH FY20 Budget RESTRICTED GRANTS AND GIVING 2,490,941 2,769,715 Potential Projects with 35% or less probability 436,500 UNRESTRICTED GIVING 120,000 150,000 EVENTS 121,000 120,000 EARNED 466,134 431,160 Indirect Support (Ouachita+Lafayette) - UR 1,206,712 455,001 IN-KIND Total Revenues 4,841,287 3,925,876 • LEH FY21 Revenue budget: a. The FY21 budget projects an increase in revenue over the FY20 budget b. FY21 Revenue includes both known and expected new grant revenues. Some multi-year grants were booked as revenue in previous years, but actually fund programs in the FY21 year. Funds booked as revenue in previous years are not reflected in the FY21 revenue even if they are funding programs. c. The FY21 Indirect Support income reflects the additional $800,000 in indirect funds from the Lafayette Head Start program. d. Potential Projects: Institutional Advancement and Finance teams work together to compile a forecast of grant applications in the pipeline and apply a “probability estimate” of how likely it is that LEH will win the award. The forecast projects a net % that is then included in the relevant revenue class (i.e., Earned). However, the table above specifically isolates Potential Projects/grant applications whose probability is 35% or less.

For reference on revenue assumptions details, see these exhibits at the end of this document: o Exhibit A: Revenue Detail: the line item details for each revenue category. o Exhibit B: Potential FY21 Funding Sources assumptions

EXPENSE SNAPSHOT (LEH only)

Budgeted Expenses LEH FY21 Budget LEH FY20 Budget Wages 1,542,901 1,381,495 Benefits 395,025 350,651 Consulting total 460,691 504,300 Consulting - Admin & Operations 178,700 Consulting - Programatic 281,991 Insurance 67,844 55,000 Office Expense 76,400 82,848 Marketing/Collateral Expense 9,500 10,950 Supplies 300,400 230,114 Equipment 94,375 200,000 Postage & Shipping - General Office 128,730 130,339 Occupancy & Construction Expenses 179,914 125,000 Travel 58,450 132,039 Meeting Expense 62,520 97,826 Regrants 150,000 96,000 Depreciation & Amortization 95,000 95,051 New Projects? (Rebrand in FY20/Lafayette FY21) 758,658 50,000 Head Start Construction Startup Potential Project Expense - 95,828 TOTAL EXPENSES 4,380,408 3,637,441 Comments on the FY21 Budget Expenses: Personnel: The LEH has already informed staff that there will be no wage increases or bonuses in FY21 due to the ongoing uncertainties tied to Covid-19, the fundraising landscape, and the general economy. Wage forecast is nearly flat – with the exception of the three new HFJSC staff that will be phased in during the year, as operational funds are raised for the Center, and some additional support in fundraising. While the table below breaks out at a high level functional categories, it does not allocate actual time/costs across the organization. An example would be the various direct program activities that the finance team provides and which are captured in the ADP timecard system on a real time basis.

FY21 Wage/Bonus/Fringe FTE Program 923,817 14 Admin 727,309 8 Fundraising 277,500 3 Total 1,928,626 25

FY21 Wage/Bonus/Fringe FTE Total $ % Notes Content 301,501 4.25 16% includes pt intern Education 309,920 5 16% some partial year salaries Fundraising 277,500 3 14% has new FTE HFJSC 128,647 3 7% has partial year salaries CEO 468,528 4 24% HR 127,481 2 7% Finance/Admin 315,050 4 16% Total 1,928,626 25

“New Projects”/Lafayette support: this line item reflects the use of the additional indirect funds to cover administrative overhead tied to the Lafayette grant. LEH management will consult with relevant board committees on the plan to deploy these funds for additional human resources.

Total Expenses are budgeted to be flat with FY20’s budget to align with the uncertainties in the coming 12 months.

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS AND CAPITAL EXPENSES

• Change in Net Assets LEH FY21 Budget LEH FY20 Budget Change in Net Assets 455,004 288,435 Although the “Change in Net Assets” is projected to increase over the FY20 budget, the total for FY21 is closely aligned to the Potential Projects revenue deemed to have low probability.

• Capital Expenditures in FY21 Budget Estimated funds Spend available Balance Sheet/Capital Expenditures TOTAL 1,357,000 1,710,000 The Helis Foundation John Scott Center Construction Phase II 1,100,000 1,400,000 Turner Building FEMA flood mitigation/prevention 200,000 250,000 • Capital Expenditure (Building) 57,000 60,000 The HFJSC phase II expenses will be fully committed when the RFP contract is approved by the state in October. LEH will return to the board with a budget for phase III when the cost estimates are complete (likely in December). See pages 16-18 for the construction and operating budgets.

Separate from the The Helis Foundation John Scott Center project, LEH will be dedicating the proceeds from the flood insurance to any specific flood mitigation required and, more importantly, to engineering solutions to reduce the building’s exposure to street flooding. Any unspent insurance funds will be held in reserve for future flood projects.

Turner Hall Building capital expenses represent continuing implementation of the long- term capital improvements plan the Finance Committee board members put in place in 2019. This year includes a new boiler, heat pumps and 3rd floor painting along with some tenant suite refreshes.

LEH/PTFR COMBINED BUDGET SUMMARY (LEH/Ouachita only) FOR REVIEW AND VOTE

Combined Statement of Activities

(With Lafayette) FY21 Budget FY20 Budget Revenues LEH+Building 4,841,287 3,925,876 Head Start 17,636,701 6,270,433 Whole Org 22,477,988 10,196,309

Expenses LEH+Building 4,380,408 3,637,441 Head Start 17,636,701 6,270,433 Whole Org 22,017,109 9,907,874

LEH Change in Net Assets from Operations 455,004 288,435 Proposed Capital Expenditures of temporarily restricted funds (*on hand or pledged)

Restricted Funds Capital Expenditures Available* FY21 expenses Helis John Scott Center Construction Phase II 1,400,000 (1,100,000)

Turner Building FEMA flood mitigation/prevention 250,000 (200,000) Capital Expenditure (Building) 60,000 (57,000) Action steps:

1. Executive Committee reviews and recommends FY21 budget to Finance Committee with any requests for research or revision 2. Finance Committee reviews and recommends FY21 budget to the LEH Board 3. LEH Board reviews and votes on budget

EXHIBIT A:

REVENUE DETAIL

Account LEH FY21 Budget RESTRICTED GRANTS AND GIVING 2,490,941 Revenue for Endowment - Pledge Income - TR - Discounts - Pledges - TR - Foundation Grant Revenue - TR 720,007 Corporate Grant Revenue - TR 571,616 Federal Grant Revenue - TR 1,611,618 Nonprofit Grant Revenue - TR - Individual Contributions - TR - Board Contributions - TR 11,200 Other Revenue - TR - EndowmentCFNLA - Disbursement 13,000 Potential Projects with 35% or less probability 436,500 UNRESTRICTED GIVING 120,000 Individual Contributions - UR 100,000 Board Contributions - UR 20,000 EVENTS 121,000 Sponsorship Income - UR 50,000 Table Income - UR 35,000 Ticket Income - UR 11,000 Auction Income - UR 25,000 Other Event Revenue - UR - EARNED 466,134 Licensing Revenue - UR 50,000 Contractual / Service / Consulting Revenue - UR - Advertising Revenue - UR 65,000 Single Copy Sales Revenue - UR 1,200 Subscription Revenue - UR 30,000 Book Sale Revenue - UR 1,000 Rent Income - UR 318,934 Interest - Savings/CDs - UR - Other Revenue - UR - In-kind Revenue - UR - INDIRECT 448,054 Total Revenues 4,082,629

EXHIBIT B:

FY21 POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES

The Institutional Advancement team compiles a schedule of all funding applications that are either in process or anticipated. The tables below cite the “original ask” and then apply a probability % of receiving.

By Division:

Division Original Ask Probability % Projected Net 1. HFJSC $ 1,535,425 48% $ 732,964 2. Education $ 838,491 54% $ 451,396 3. Content $ 362,317 65% $ 235,881 4. Head Start $ 1,050,000 36% $ 375,000 5. Cross-Divisionsal $ 815,000 29% $ 233,000 $ 4,601,233 44% $ 2,028,241

By Funding Type:

Funding Type Original Ask Probability % Projected Net Foundation Grant Rev $ 1,897,511 38% $ 720,007 Corporate Grant Rev $ 1,355,291 42% $ 571,616 Federal Grant Rev $ 1,348,431 55% $ 736,618 TOTAL $ 4,601,233 44% $ 2,028,241

EXHIBIT B

By Funder:

Grant/Funding Source Application Date FY21 $ Probability % Discounted $ Program Applied For

Jazz & Heritage 7/24/2020 $ 5,000 80% $ 4,000 Content Julia Child LOI 3/13/2020 $ 7,511 60% $ 4,507 Content NEH HCRR 7/3/2020 $ 349,806 65% $ 227,374 Content Entergy 9/30/2020 $ 65,000 70% $ 45,500 Cross - PRIME TIME/Content Ford Foundation 11/30/2020 $ 750,000 25% $ 187,500 Cross - PRIME TIME/Content, JSC? BCBSLA LOI 12/1/2020 $ 1,000,000 35% $ 350,000 Head Start Scott Foundation LOI 11/15/2020 $ 50,000 50% $ 25,000 Head Start American Honda Foundation 7/30/2020 $ 63,491 40% $ 25,396 PRIME TIME Beaird Family Foundation Winter/Spring Cycle $ 40,000 60% $ 24,000 PRIME TIME Caplan Foundation 9/30/2020 $ 25,000 50% $ 12,500 PRIME TIME CFNLA Stage 2 11/15/2020 $ 65,000 70% $ 45,500 PRIME TIME CFNLA-WPN 2/14/2021 $ 60,000 35% $ 21,000 PRIME TIME Fanny Edith Winn Educational Trust Spring $ 25,000 40% $ 10,000 PRIME TIME GPOA (GNOF) 11/1/2020 $ 25,000 60% $ 15,000 PRIME TIME Grayson 10/15/2020 $ 25,000 60% $ 15,000 PRIME TIME Institute of Mental Hygiene 1/2/2021 $ 25,000 40% $ 10,000 PRIME TIME International Paper Company 4/1/2021 $ 50,000 35% $ 17,500 PRIME TIME Keller Phase 2 3/25/2020 $ 10,000 80% $ 8,000 PRIME TIME NEH Public Humanities - PT 1/8/2021 $ 300,000 45% $ 135,000 PRIME TIME Shell Oil 8/18/2020 $ 125,000 90% $ 112,500 PRIME TIME Almar Foundation 10/31/2020 $ 25,000 50% $ 12,500 THFJSC Andrew Mellon Foundation Spring $ 100,000 40% $ 40,000 THFJSC Andy Warhol Foundation 10/31/2020 $ 100,000 30% $ 30,000 THFJSC Bollinger Family Foundation Spring $ 100,000 40% $ 40,000 THFJSC Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust Spring $ 25,000 50% $ 12,500 THFJSC Henry Luce Foundation LOI 10/31/2020 $ 100,000 40% $ 40,000 THFJSC IMLS African American History and Culture 11/16/2020 $ 200,000 50% $ 100,000 THFJSC Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Spring $ 100,000 60% $ 60,000 THFJSC NEH Public Humanities 9/8/2020 $ 498,625 55% $ 274,244 THFJSC - Phase II & III Luther & Zita Templeman Foundation 4/29/2020 $ 10,000 30% $ 3,000 THFJSC - Phase II Schlieder LOI 2/19/2020 $ 100,000 50% $ 50,000 THFJSC - Phase II Sydney & Walda Besthoff LOI 1/28/2020 $ 50,000 50% $ 25,000 THFJSC - Phase II Wells Fargo 9/21/2020 $ 51,800 40% $ 20,720 THFJSC - Phase II Kabacoff Family Foundation 9/30/2020 $ 25,000 40% $ 10,000 THFJSC - Phase II & III Surdna Foundation 9/30/2020 $ 50,000 30% $ 15,000 THFJSC - Phse III Totals $ 4,601,233 0.440803726 $ 2,028,241

The Helis Foundation John Scott Center Construction Budget

Total Budget PHI and II $1,610,000 Expenses Actual $ Running total $ left Demo $ 93,400.00 $ 93,400.00 $ 1,516,600.00 Architect $ 103,000.00 $ 196,400.00 $ 1,413,600.00 $ 196,400.00 $ 1,413,600.00 $ 196,400.00 $ 1,413,600.00 $ 196,400.00 $ 1,413,600.00 Bids - Ph2 $ Running total Colmex $ 997,000.00 $ 1,193,400.00 $ 416,600.00 Project Curator $ 19,950.00 $ 1,213,350.00 $ 396,650.00 Administrative Overhead $ 120,000.00 $ 1,333,350.00 $ 276,650.00 $ 1,333,350.00 $ 276,650.00 $ 276,650.00 Estimates PH 3 $ Running total Total Budget PHIII $ 473,240.00 $ 473,240.00 $ (196,590.00) Budget Areas Phase I & II Architectural Fees Demolition Project Curator Foundation & Structural Steel Stack Window Wall Door Construction General Contracting Expense Art-Safe System Electrical Upgrade HVAC Upgrade Carpentry Fire Security Door System ADA Compliance Administrative Overhead Sub-total Phase I & II Budget Areas Phase III John Scott Book Manuscript Development John Scott Book Layout/Design FF&E Interactives design and installation John Scott Book Printing Exhibit Installation Front Lobby Door/flood wall Exhibit Catalogue

Funding Source Amount Payout Schedule

The Helis Foundation $500,000 200,000 pd 7/19, 200,000 7/20, 100,000 7/21 State of Louisiana Captial Outlay $500,000 Draw down with reimbursable expenses National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant $250,000 Draw down with reimbursable expenses National Endowment for the Arts 25,000.00 Draw down with reimbursable expenses Josef Sternberg Memorial Fund $10,000 Paid Board Member $2,000 Paid Board Member $2,000 Paid Board Member $1,000 Paid Mr. John McCall $10,000 Paid Board Member 25,000.00 25000/Verbal $5,000 pd $5,000 12/20, 12/21, 12/22, 12/23 Board Member 15,000.00 5,000 10/19, $5,000 to be paid 10/20, 10/21 Board Member 10,000.00 Verbal Board Member 5,000.00 $5,000 due 12/20 Aunt Dorothy 10,000.00 Paid Board Member 10,000.00 Paid Board Member 10,000.00 3333.33 to be paid 12/20, 12/21, 12/22 Entergy 25,000.00 Verbal over three years FEMA 200,000.00 Paid $1,610,000

Toler Foundation $ 30,000.00 Pending Libby-Dufour Fund $ 25,000.00 Pending

HFJSC Year1 Draft Operating Budget Income Total % of total revenue Earned Revenue Admissions $ 18,000 Event rentals $ 12,000 Merchandise sales $ 30,000 Licensing fees $ - Total Earned Revenue $ 60,000

Total Grants Unrestricted $ 50,000

Total Grants - Restricted $ 175,000

Donations Individual $ 15,000 Board $ 10,000 Corporate $ 20,000 Total Donations $ 45,000

Total Income $ 330,000

Cost of Goods Sold $ (15,600)

Net Operating Revenue $ 314,400

Expenses Total % of total revenue

Total Personnel $ 195,000 62%

Total Building CAM $ 51,680 16%

Other Expenses Supplies $ 5,000 Equipment $ 2,500 Maintenance/Repair $ 2,500 Inventory shrinkage $ 900 Telephone $ 1,000 Indirect/LEH admin $ 33,000 Total Other Expenses $ 44,900 14%

TOTAL EXPENSES $ 291,580 93%

Net Change in Assets $ 22,820 7%

Capital Expenses Art acquisitions $ 7,500 exhibit upgrades $ 10,000 Staff technology $ 2,500 TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENSES $ 20,000

Net cash flow $ 2,820

Turner Hall CAM

Building gross square footage $ 30,000 HFJSC $ 5,000 factors out common area entrances etc % HFJSC of total 17%

Line item Detail Building total % variable HFJSC $ Notes Utilities $ 75,000 17% $ 12,500 Entergy, SWB, Trash Building staff personnel $ 120,000 10% $ 12,000 Dani and Henry/only allocate 10% Cogent/Internet $ 28,800 10% $ 2,880 Custodial Services $ 31,200 17% $ 5,200 Equipment/M&R $ 25,000 17% $ 4,167 $ - Fire alarm $ 3,600 17% $ 600 Property Taxes? $ 16,000 17% $ 2,667 Depends on how assessor treats first floor Security/Lobby Guard $ 40,000 17% $ 6,667 Security overnight company $ 10,000 17% $ 1,667 Building Insurance $ 20,000 17% $ 3,333

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT REPORT TO THE LEH BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LEADER: Mike Bourg, VP of Institutional Advancement | [email protected] | 504‐620‐2482

Giving for FY 2020

 Through September 23, 2020, we have Page | 1 a. 312 gifts/grants representing b. $1,544,664.59 in donations & pledges

The Helis Foundation John Scott Center Campaign

 We had five construction companies bid for the work of constructing The Helis Foundation John Scott Center.  The top three bidders are presently having their credentials verified – in particular, insurance requirements are being reviewed.  The lowest winning bid, which has been vetted, goes to Colmex Construction.  We have submitted an operations proposal to the NEH Public Humanities Grant for THFJSC in the amount of $498,625.00.

Regular Grants

Over the past month we have been working on ‘regular’ grants to the following foundations:

 We have submitted a $150,000 Emergency Grant to the NEH to assist with the relief for Hurricane Laura’s devastation across the state. If granted we will run this through the LCCF.  NEH Public Humanities Grant for PRIME TIME Expansion in concert with MOMS/Smithsonian Institution. It will be focused on the celebration of our country’s 250 Anniversary of our independence – to be submitted in January for $300,000  Blue Cross Blue Shield – Application for Head Start in Monroe to bring resources to support the health outcome goals more fully – to be submitted in December for $900,000‐1,000,000.  We have been building the grants calendar for the next 9‐12 months – matching it to programming needs.

We have also entered reporting season for many of our larger grants. It is in these reports that we have formally requested the movement of funds to cover some of the LEH COVID 19 responses/program shifts. To date, we have been fortunate to receive positive responses to these requests.

Annual Fund

The summer Annual Fund mailing went out to 5,400 homes across the state. The returns are just starting to come in with a low, but steady stream of gifts. We have new incentives that are sporting the new LEH logo.

Institutional Advancement Report Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities For the next FY we have met with the Content Team to work on a more integrated social media calendar for IA that not just ask for money but more systematically build a case for support across the year.

Planned Giving Page | 2 We have met with the folks at Crescendo Software a couple of times to negotiate a full package of planned giving marketing and informational tools that will be integrated into our new website, social media presence, and mail campaigns. We have accepted their offer and will be moving forward.

It will include stories of donors, creation of a legacy society, gift calculators for prospects to use, etc. and target lawyers/financial planners as well with useful information.

Louisiana Culture Care Fund

We met with board members to continue strategizing next steps to find a way to get state support of this fund.

Institutional Advancement Report Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities TAB 4 THFJSC COMMITTEE REPORT

(no documents)

Louisiana Humanities Center at Turners’ Hall 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300 New Orleans, LA 70113 504.523.4352

Board of Directors

Willie Landry Mount Lake Charles, Chair

Randy Haynie Lafayette, Vice-Chair RESOLUTION FOR THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE HELIS FOUNDATION JOHN SCOTT CENTER Elizabeth “Liz” Ary New Orleans, Treasurer

Elaine Garvey New Orleans, Asst. Treasurer On September 25, 2020, the Executive Committee of the Louisiana Endowment for the

Janet V. Haedicke Humanities’ Board of Directors, being duly authorized to work in the stead of the full Monroe, Secretary board in months when the full board does not meet, has approved by unanimous vote

Brad Adams the following: New Orleans, Past Chair ` Dorian M. Bennett 1. The board approves the negotiation of a contract between Colmex Construction New Orleans LLC and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to build out Phase II of Ty Bromell The Helis Foundation John Scott Center in line with the Colmex Construction Baton Rouge LLC’s winning bid of $997,000. Christopher Cenac Houma 2. The board approves the signing of the contract by Miranda Restovic, Executive

Becky Collins Director/President, once the contract is fully negotiated and has been reviewed New Iberia by LEH legal counsel.

Stewart Ewing Monroe

Melinda F. Anderson Signed on September 25, 2020 by: Alexandria

Faye Flanagan Alexandria

Mark Gremillion Lafayette

Sherry Guarisco Baton Rouge Willie L. Mount Miranda Restovic Chairman of the Board President & Executive Director Linda Holyfield Monroe Ex Officio Member of the Board

Saundra Levy New Orleans

Liz Mangham Baton Rouge

Melinda Mintz Monroe

Jody Montelaro Baton Rouge

Marie Moyse Schlesinger Metairie

Roderick P. Olson Gonzales

Monica Ramirez-Montagut New Orleans

Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir New Orleans

Mary Ann Sternberg Baton Rouge

Drew Tessier Baton Rouge

Sharonda Williams New Orleans

Miranda Restovic President/Executive Director Fax: 504.529.2358 LA toll-free: 1.800.909.7990 www.leh.org TAB 5 STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT

FY21 Officer Term Renewals FY21 Leadership Slate New Board Member Recommendations FY21 Board Meeting Calendar

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Recommended Slate FY 20‐21

LEADERSHIP SLATE FOR FY 20‐21 WILLIE MOUNT Board Chair RANDY HAYNIE Board Vice‐Chair LIZ ARY Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair ELAINE GARVEY Assistant Treasurer & Finance Committee Vice‐Chair JANET HAEDICKE Secretary & Education Committee Chair SHERRY GUARISCO Education Committee Vice‐Chair MELINDA MINTZ Str. Planning Resource Growth Committee Chair MARK GREMILLION Outreach Committee Chair MIMI MOISE‐SCHLESINGER Outreach Committee Vice‐Chair SHARONDA WILLIAMS Str. Planning Resources Growth Committee Vice‐Chair BRAD ADAMS Immediate Past Chair & Cap. Campaign Committee Chair

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS FOR FY 20‐21 Brad A. Adams, 1st 1‐year Term Ending 10/31/2020 Ty Bromell, 1st 3‐year Term Ending 10/31/2020 Mark Gremillion, 1st 3‐year Term Ending 10/31/2020 Janet V. Haedicke, Ph.D., 3rd 3‐year Term Ending 10/31/2020

RETIRING BOARD MEMBERS as of Oct. 31, 2020 ROD OLSON MONICA RAMIREZ‐MONTAGUT

VACANCIES TO FILL: 5 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities FY 2021 Candidates for Board Membership

Kellen Mathews, Baton Rouge Kellen Mathews is a partner at Adams & Reese in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Millsaps College in 2004, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University in 2008.

In the community, Kellen is a board member of the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, which assists more than 130 charitable agencies in Baton Rouge and 11 surrounding parishes in feeding the area’s residents. In 2018, Kellen joined the Executive Committee of the board for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.

Kellen serves on the associate board of City Year Baton Rouge and, since 2015, he has served as a member of the host committee for City Year Baton Rouge’s signature fundraising event, the School House Rock Gala.

David R. Rockett, Jr. (Rocky), Shreveport David has served as the Executive Director of the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation since 2005. As a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma, David couples his experience in commercial real estate and construction to promote and manage industrial and commercial development in Bossier. He is also a lieutenant in the Krewe of Louisianians—WMG.

Anna Rita Scott, New Orleans Anna Rita Scott was the wife of artist and educator John T. Scott for 41 years. She and John are the parents of Maria Scott-Osborne, Tyra Joseph, Lauren Scott-Cannady, Alanda Scott, and Ayo Scott.

In addition to raising five children with her husband, Mrs. Scott was a chief supporter of her husband’s art. She is an alumnus of Xavier Preparatory High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Xavier University in New Orleans. Mrs. Scott is a retired elementary school teacher. BOARD CALENDAR FY 20 ‐ 21

Full Board Meetings: Quarterly Friday, November 20, 2020; 9:00 am-Noon @ LEH (Board Committee Structure / Capital Campaign) Friday, March 5, 2021; 9:00 am-Noon @ LEH (Investment Update / Audit Review) Friday, June 4, 2021; 9:00 am-Noon @ LEH (Mid‐Year Strategic Plan Checkpoint) Friday, October 8, 2021; 9:00 am-Noon @ TBD (Annual Meeting / FY 2021 Budget Presentation)

Executive Committee Meetings: Monthly Friday, January 29, 2021; 11:00 am-Noon @ Online (Focus: Investment / Audit Update) Friday, February 19, 2021; 11:00 am-Noon @ Online (Focus: PTI Waiver Review & Approval) Friday, April 16, 2021; 11:00 am-Noon @ Online (Focus: PTI Upcoming School Calendar / Selection Criteria) Friday, May 21, 2021; 11:00 am-Noon @ Online (Focus: Mid‐Year Strategic Plan Checkpoint Preview / NEH Compliance Report) Friday, July 23, 2021; 11:00 am-Noon @ Online (Focus: PTI Renewal / Baseline Application) Friday, August 27, 2021; 11:00 am-Noon @ Online (Focus: PTI ISP’s / Humanities Awards Slate) Friday, September 24, 2021; 11:00 am-Noon @ Online (Focus: Upcoming Leadership Slate / Budget Review)

Events: New Board Member Orientation: Thursday, November 19, 2020; 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm @ Online *SESSION 1—Head Start Governance Training: Thursday, December 3, 2020; TBD @ Online *SESSION 2—Head Start Governance Training: Friday, December 4, 2020; TBD @ Online Bright Lights Annual Awards Dinner: TBD @ TBD in New Orleans, LA *please choose one of these dates

Committee Meetings: To be determined

TAB 6 OUTREACH COMMITTEE REPORT

(no documents)

TAB 7 ACTION ITEMS

F. Rebirth and Rebirth PL Award Summary

2020 Rebirth Grant Award Summary

22 awards in 12 parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge (2), Iberia, Lafayette (2), Natchitoches, Ouachita, Orleans (7), Sabine, St. James, St. John the Baptist, Union, Vermilion, for a total of $108,236.

Acadian Heritage & Culture Foundation, Inc. The Frenchie Podcast Parish: Vermilion $4,800.00 20‐RebirthCARES‐008 MSA: 3 – Lafayette Senate: 26 – Senator Bob Hensgens House: 49 – Blake Miguez

The Frenchie Podcast features stories from World War II veterans in south Louisiana who used their French language abilities overseas.

Friends of Fort Jesup Historic Site, Inc. Settlers and Soldiers of "No Man's Land" Parish: Sabine $4,618.00 20‐RebirthCARES‐03 Non‐MSA Senate: 31 ‐ Senator Louie Bernard House: District: 24 ‐ Rodney Schamerhorn

Multi‐format project will explore the history of the people who settled in the seven parishes left out of the Louisiana Purchase and the soldiers who worked to open the region for settlement.

Louisiana State Archives Oral Histories of Agricultural Festival Pageant Queens Parish: East Baton Rouge $2,700.00 20‐680‐005 MSA: 2. Baton Rouge Senate: 16 ‐ Senator Franklin Foil House: District: 68 ‐ Markham Scott McKnight

This project will gather interviews from Louisiana agricultural festival queens on their unique experiences, their knowledge of their festival's particular crop, and their understanding of the evolving aspects of their respective festival.

Gulf Communities Research Institute Discovering the Lived Experience of Slavery at Evergreen Plantation, St John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, using Geophysical Survey and Archaeological Excavation Parish: St. John the Baptist $6,980.00 20‐157‐031 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 3 ‐ Senator Joseph Bouie House: District: 99 ‐ Candace N. Newell

This archaeological project studies the lived experiences of slavery and plantation lifeways and foodways at Evergreen Plantation and communicates these findings to academic and public audiences.

Laura Center for Creole Heritage Louisiana Creole Voices: Preserving recordings of descendants of enslaved people along the Mississippi River Parish: St. James $6,560.00 20‐680‐011 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 2 ‐ Senator Ed Price House: District: 58 ‐ Ken Brass

Project will digitize cassette tapes of almost‐extinct Louisiana Creole. Through a series of public lectures, the initiative will familiarize audiences with the historical, linguistic and social significance of these varieties of Louisiana Creole.

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum Olympian Lecture Series Parish: Natchitoches $2,888.00 20‐680‐013 Non‐MSA Senate: 31 ‐ Senator Louie Bernard House: District: 23 ‐ Kenny R. Cox

The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum will bring four world‐ class Olympians, elite members of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, to the museum as part of a month‐long lecture series.

Louisiana State Museum Mystery in Motion: African American Spirituality in Mardi Gras Parish: Orleans $7,000.00 20‐680‐009 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 4 ‐ Senator Jimmy Harris House: District: 93 ‐ Royce Duplessis

This exhibition will explore African and Afro‐diasporic spiritual traditions in New Orleans carnival and feature three dozen suits and masking components alongside African artifacts, video projections, and interviews with culture bearers.

Louisiana Trans Advocates The Louisiana Trans Oral History Project Parish: East Baton Rouge $4,236.00 20‐RebirthCARES‐04 MSA: 2. Baton Rouge Senate: 14 ‐ Senator Cleo Fields House: District: 67 ‐ Larry Selders

The Louisiana Trans Oral History Project (LaTOHP) documents the transgender communities of Louisiana. Materials collected will be donated to the T. Harry William Center for Oral History at LSU.

Leona Tate Foundation for Change, Inc. Principal's Office Exhibit in the Tate Etienne & Prevost Interpretive Center Parish: Orleans $6,000.00 20‐RebirthCARES‐06 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 3 ‐ Senator Joseph Bouie House: District: 99 ‐ Candace N. Newell

This exhibition development project will re‐create the Principal’s Office of McDonogh #19, and include associated educational materials on the McDonogh 3 and the larger history of Civil Rights Movement.

National Trust for HIstoric Preservation/Shadows‐on‐the‐Teche The Shadows: Telling the Full History Lecture Series Parish: Iberia $2,540.00 20‐680‐003 MSA: 3. Lafayette Senate: 22 ‐ Senator Fred Mills House: District: 96 ‐ Marcus Anthony Bryant

This project will bring four respected Louisiana historians to present public programs on Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights history for southern Louisiana and Iberia Parish in particular.

New Orleans Healing Center, Inc. Daring Discussions: LEH Lecture Series From Climate Change In Louisiana To Art Influenced By Black Live Matter Parish: Orleans $4,696.00 20‐RebirthCARES‐07 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 4 ‐ Senator Jimmy Harris House: District: 99 ‐ Candace N. Newell

This four‐part lecture and discussion series will explore a variety of timely subjects: the cultural legacy of Ronald Lewis, the price of climate change in Louisiana, art influenced by Black Lives Matters, and art in and about a pandemic.

Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University Louisiana Reimagines Parish: Orleans $5,000.00 20‐680‐012 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 5 ‐ Senator Karen Carter Peterson House: District: 98 ‐ Aimee Adatto Freeman

Louisiana scholars, artists and culture bearers will interpret upcoming Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 exhibitions, NOT Supposed 2‐Be Here by New Orleans artist Brandan “Bmike” Odums and Transcommunality by Mexico‐born artist Laura Anderson Barbata.

One Book One New Orleans 2020 Book Distribution and Public Programming Parish: Orleans $4,224.00 20‐RebirthCARES‐01 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 3 ‐ Senator Joseph Bouie House: District: 97 ‐ Matthew Willard

OBONO will distribute its 2021 selection, "The Yellow House" by Sarah Broom, along with a curriculum, to adult basic and juvenile justice education programs. Twelve community events will also be held as part of this project.

River Road African American Museum Our Roots Run Deep Parish: Ascension $7,000.00 20‐RebirthCARES‐05 MSA: 2. Baton Rouge Senate: 2 ‐ Senator Ed Price House: District: 58 ‐ Ken Brass

This project will develop an online virtual educational tour of the history of African Americans in nine rural River Parishes that represent three respective topics: slavery and plantation life; Black inventors and doctors; and benevolent societies.

TELE‐LOUISIANE LLC Louisiana Virtual Immersion : Language, Culture & History en Français Parish: Lafayette $7,000.00 20‐680‐004 MSA: 3. Lafayette Senate: 23 ‐ Senator Page Cortez House: District: 44 ‐ Vincent J. Pierre

This project will produce six educational modules focusing on French language, history, and culture for French immersion students in Louisiana and the general public.

Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, 35th annual event, March 24 ‐ 28, 2021. Parish: Orleans $4,000.00 20‐680‐008 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 5 ‐ Senator Karen Carter Peterson House: District: 93 ‐ Royce Duplessis

The TW/NOLF program includes Pulitzer Prize winners to first‐time authors sharing ideas and experiences with audiences from all backgrounds. Funding will support virtual implementation of programs.

Union Museum of History and Art Establishing “Discovering the Uplands Indians: First People of Union Parish” permanent exhibit Parish: Union $2,444.00 20‐157‐032 MSA: 7. Monroe Senate: 33 ‐ Senator Stewart Cathey House: District: 12 ‐ Christopher Turner

This project, “Discovering the Uplands Indians: First People of Union Parish” will establish and launch the first permanent publicly accessible collection and display of indigenous Native American artifacts in Union Parish.

University of Louisiana at Lafayette ‐ The Hilliard Art Museum Increasing Accessibility to the Humanities for Education and Inspiration Parish: Lafayette $5,000.00 20‐680‐006 MSA: 3. Lafayette Senate: 23 ‐ Senator Page Cortez House: District: 45 ‐ Jean‐Paul Coussan

This digital initiative will provide increased public access to the Hilliard's upcoming exhibitions and associated educational programming; all content created will be evergreen and available to the general public.

University of Louisiana Monroe Preserving Frozen Memories Parish: Ouachita $2,200.00 20‐RebirthCARES‐009 MSA: 7 – Monroe Senate: 34 ‐ Senator Katrina Jackson House: 16 – Frederick Jones

This project entails the digitization of the ULM school newspaper (1931‐1980). The newspapers will be uploaded to our school's institutional repository and the LDL.

Vermilionville Living History Museum Culture Days at Vermilionville Parish: Lafayette $5,350.00 20‐680‐007 MSA: 3. Lafayette Senate: 23 ‐ Senator Page Cortez House: District: 43 ‐ Stuart J. Bishop

This series of festivals explores cultures and stories of the Acadians, the Creoles and people of African descent, and the Native Americans. Virtual programming will be implemented if necessary.

Woman’s Exchange d/b/a Hermann‐Grima + Gallier Historic Houses Artisans of the Iconic: The Ironworkers of New Orleans Parish: Orleans $6,000.00 20‐RebirthCARES‐02 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 4 ‐ Senator Jimmy Harris House: District: 93 ‐ Royce Duplessis

This research/exhibition project will examine the history, design, and production of New Orleans ironwork, focusing on people of African descent who largely created these pieces. The exhibition will travel to two NOPL library branches.

WWNO New Orleans Public Radio The Reading Life with Susan Larson, Broadcast on WWNO and WRKF Parish: Orleans $7,000.00 20‐680‐010 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 4 ‐ Senator Jimmy Harris House: District: 97 ‐ Matthew Willard

Funding will support production of The Reading Life and BookMark programs, hosted by Susan Larson, the prominent local and national books journalist. These programs promote reading and encourage thought about wide‐ranging humanities topics.

2020 Rebirth PL Grant Award Summary

11 awards in 11 parishes: Ascension, Beauregard, Bossier, Concordia, East Carroll, Jefferson, Orleans, Ouachita, Rapides, West Feliciana, Terrebonne for a total of $55,490.00.

Asciension Parish Library Photographic History of Ascension Parish Parish: Ascension $6,000.00 MSA: 2. Baton Rouge Senate: 18, Senator Eddie Lambert House: 88, Kathy Edmonston

The Ascension Parish Library will solicit photographs from the public related to the peoples and history of Ascension Parish. The photographs will be scanned and made available for public viewing via the web.

Beauregard Parish Library Louisiana Historic Tool and Craft Series Parish: Beauregard $7,000.00 20‐RebirthPLCARES‐009 MSA: 10. Non‐MSA Senate: 30, Senator Mike Reese House: 30, Charles Owen

The series will occur in four parts with artisans creating a historic tool or craft with in‐person and virtual attendance, and virtual presentations by scholars.

Bossier Parish Library Bossier’s Virtual History Tour Parish: Bossier $3,206.00 MSA: 4 Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto Senate: 37, Senator Barrow Peacock House: 4, Mike Johnson

Bossier Parish Libraries History Center staff will film videos at historic locations around our parish, including businesses, churches, cemeteries, and parks. These videos will be available for patrons to view on social media channels.

Concordia Parish Library Italians of Northeast Louisiana and Mississippi as Settlers and Immigrants Parish: Concordia $2,545.00 20‐RebirthPLCARES‐001 MSA: 7. Monroe Senate: 34, Senator Katrina Jackson House: 21, Travis C. Johnson

A virtual presentation demonstrating the contributions of the Italians who settled in northeast Louisiana and the Natchez area.

East Carroll Parish Library "Where We Came From" Parish: East Carroll $4,010.00 20‐RebirthPLCARES‐006 MSA: 10. Non‐MSA Senate: 34, Senator Katrina Jackson House: 21, C. Travis Johnson

This project will provide scholarly lectures and discussions focused on African ancestry and history, culture and religion.

Jefferson Parish Library A History Of Jefferson Parish Parish: Jefferson $2,800.00 20‐RebirthPLCARES‐002 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 9, Senator Cameron Henry House: 80, Polly Thomas

The Jefferson Parish Library will work with local historians to produce seminars on this history of Jefferson parish.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library African American Resource Collection Virtual Lecture Series Parish: Orleans $7,000.00 20‐RebirthPLCARES‐008 MSA: 1. New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Senate: 5, Senator Karen Carter Peterson House: 93, Royce Duplessis

Virtual lecture and discussion series will explore the field of African American history and cultural studies while covering a broad range of topics relating to current affairs, race and racialization.

Ouachita Parish Police Jury Historic Hasley: Secrets from the Grave Parish: Ouachita $3,700.00 20‐RebirthPLCARES‐003 MSA: 7. Monroe Senate: 35, Senator Jay Morris House: 14, Michael Charles Echols

Project will provide a virtual tour of the historic Hasley Cemetery with video and accompanying brochure with map.

Rapides Parish Library Rapides Reads ‐ Bontemps Beaucoup Parish: Rapides $7,000.00 20‐RebirthPLCARES‐004 MSA: 8. Alexandria Senate: 29, Senator Jay Luneau House: 26, Ed Larvadain III

The Rapides Parish Library will host "Rapides Reads," using the short stories and poetry of Louisiana (Alexandria) native Arna Bontemps. Keynote speaker will be author and Louisiana native, Jericho Brown.

Terrebonne Parish Library System Swamp Stories: Louisiana Myths and Legends Parish: Terrebonne $5,298.00 20‐RebirthPLCARES‐007 MSA: 5. Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Senate: 21, Senator R. L. Bret Allain House: 52, Jerome Zeringue

“Swamp Stories: Louisiana Myths and Legends,” is a virtual series based on regional folklore and paranormal mythology. The project will create accessible digital content that will explore the myths and legends associated with South Louisiana.

West Feliciana Parish Library West Feliciana Parish Digital History Archive Parish: West Feliciana $6,931.00 20‐RebirthPLCARES‐005 MSA: 2. Baton Rouge Senate: 32, Senator Glen Womack House: 62, Roy Daryl Adams

This project will collect, digitize, catalog, and make publicly available original historical records, documents, and photographs, chronicling West Feliciana’s cultural heritage, history, genealogy, and traditions. G. June 2020 Board Meeting Minutes

Board of Director’s Annual Business Meeting

TEAM: LEH Board Members and Leadership DATE: 6/5/2020 TIME: 9 AM to 11 AM LOCATION: Zoom MEETING FACILITATOR: Willie Mount, Board Chair RECORDER: Lesli Rambin, Staff

Members in Attendance (Yes) or Absent (No)

Willie Mount, Chair Yes No Mark Gremillion Yes No Randy Haynie, Vice‐Chair Yes No Sherry Guarisco Yes No Liz Ary, Treasurer Yes No Linda Holyfield Yes No Elaine Garvey, Assistant Treasurer Yes No Saundra Levy Yes No Janet Haedicke, Secretary Yes No Liz Mangham Yes No Miranda Restovic, Executive Director Yes No Melinda Mintz Yes No Brad Adams Yes No Jody Montelaro Yes No Melinda Fitzgerald Anderson Yes No Rod Olson Yes No Dorian Bennett Yes No Monica Ramirez‐Montagut Yes No Ty Bromell Yes No Marie Moyse Schlesinger Yes No Chris Cenac Yes No Sharlene Sinegal‐DeCuir Yes No Rebecca Collins Yes No Mary Ann Sternberg Yes No Stewart Ewing Yes No Drew Tessier Yes No Faye Flanagan Yes No Sharonda Williams Yes No

Staff Members in Attendance (Yes) or Absent (No)

Shantrell Austin, SI Yes No Sarah DeBacher, Ed Yes No Mike Bourg, IA Yes No Erin Greenwald, Cont Yes No Stalanda Butcher, HS Yes No Jared White Yes No Pat Carrier, Fin. Yes No Amy Ricke, HR Yes No Lesli Rambin Yes No

# Agenda Follow‐Up/Owner/ Discussion/Outcomes/Decisions Vote Item Deadline

1 Mount opened the meeting at 9:02am.

Chair’s She passed it over to Restovic for roll call. There is a quorum. Welcome

Section closed at 9:04am. 2 Section opened at 9:04am. Report Ary opened and stated that we will start with Bourg’s presentation.

a. Instuonal Advancement Report Bourg stated that we reassessed all our asks of and relationships with our present funders at the beginning of the pandemic. He Committee then shared some good news: Shell stepped up and awarded $175,000; CFNLA awarded us a little over $63,000 for PT programming in Northwest LA; we received a $25,00 grant from the NEA for the JSC. He then noted some challenges: regular funders, such as Selley, Keller, and Rosamary have asked us to wait until the fall for a decision; a few other funders have delayed Finance submissions. Some present funders have allowed us to shift money around. The LCCF had 3 wins: Helis, Keller and the Sternberg memorial fund all donated, so this increased the amount of money we could give out. On the topic of Bright Lights, he stated that we are still monitoring the situation and when we know more, we will regroup. Ary asked if we have final numbers from GiveNOLA Day: Bourg replied that we had 34 donors, 10 of whom were new.

b. FY 20, Q2 Financial Review Ary stated that we are in the 3rd quarter. She noted a lot happened in the 2nd quarter. We received a PPP loan of $790,000. The NEH Care grant came in ($516,000) and we received matches from 3 generous donors. The team has been working on regranting these funds. The matching finds put us over $600,000. She then moved on to federal grants for Head Start, noting that we received a COVID grant for Head Start of $443,798, which was almost $283,000 more than what was expected. We also have a request out for almost $250,000 that will cover cost of living award for fiscal year 2020 and along with funds for quality improvement. Event revenue for Bright Lights cannot be recognized until we have the event. We slowed down on our restricted grant draw down on the NEH operating grants in order to preserve cash. This was part of the plan that the leadership team put together. We drew $300,000 less year to date than in 2019. Regarding investment income, Ary stated that under nonprofit accounting standards, unrealized gains and losses are to be included on statement of activity. She noted that it looks like we are down revenue because we have an unrealized loss of approximately $200,000. She noted that the markets are behaving in an unprecedented way, stating that this looks like a negative number, but it is actually unrealized. Regarding the occupancy line item, we have had high utility bills (water and property tax, and repairs to façade of building). Insurance has been booked as a pre‐paid expense in other years, but this year we paid number of policies up front and this is reflected on the statement of activity right away. She noted there is clean up needed in miscellaneous expense items. Carrier added that we finally resolved our slow credit card posting problem and it will now sync on a weekly basis. Credit card expenses are down this year from last due to virtually no travel after mid‐March.

Carrier asked if there were any questions. He then thanked Schlesinger for catching a small labeling error on the column that reads “previous fiscal year.” At this point, Mintz asked if we are sure we get to keep all the extra money we got for the Covid grant for the Head Start program. Carrier answered yes, noting that this is different from the PPP loan. He then clarified that we submitted the original COVID request for around $160,000 and we had to specify what we were spending the money on. Then last week on a phone call, we learned that the Office of Head Start sent back everyone’s request and asked all to resubmit because they reallocated additional funds to the program. He noted that we only had to tell them in general terms how we plan to spend the money, and that we do not have to do a nonfederal match on those funds. Mintz asked what we are doing to prepare for the storm in terms of insurance. Carrier said Butcher will discuss Monroe, but that we do have flood insurance in place for both the LEH building and the Monroe property located in a flood zone. Butcher stated that we will make sure to have sandbags in place, and that we are also keeping tabs on the MLK site. Carrier noted that because of first floor demo in preparation for the JSC, we had Woodward to come back in and redeploy some of the flood barriers we had in place, so we are protected.

Carrier said, in terms of the Head Start side, if you look at net change in assets a lot of the expenditures occur on the balance sheet and not on the statement of activity. Although we show half a million positive, it is really tied to various construction projects we have going on. Carrier did generate an expenses to date for the Thomas & Wilson property; he noted that this gives a good idea of the scale of money we are spending here. The playground installation is nearly complete and the additional building we are installing is due to arrive in a week or so. We were instructed by the Office of Head Start that we cannot lay anyone off, so it has been great to keep everyone on board.

Section closed at 9:24am.

3 *Mount skipped to the education committee report first, and then returned to the strategic planning committee report. Report Section opened at 9:27am.

Mintz said that we have been busy. The committee determined we would not do a typical call for new board members. Last year we had 9 new board members. We decided we would check with present board members and ask those who were up for it to Committee renew. This is already covered in the bylaws. All but one board member decided to renew.

Mintz’s connection timed out, so Mount skipped around to the outreach committee report, and then returned to this one. Planning

Mintz then continued that we will miss Olson as his term is ending. One of our new board members is moving out of state so she will be replaced. We are looking at replacements along the lines of a candidate’s area of expertise and will consider new board members as ideal candidates pop up. We want to increase representation for Northwest LA. We are also trying to support the Strategic Executive Director in ensuring compliant human resources practices. Mintz stated that we are fully staffed at the LEH. We offered 12 positions to Shine staff to move over to our Head Start program; they accepted. We are also working to ensure that we are supportive of staff in relation to Covid issues. She stated that we have been examining participation across committees to ensure that board members are content with their committee assignments and are still feeling engaged with the work.

Section closed at 9:36am. 4 Section opened at 9:25am. Report Haedicke is not present, so Guarisco gave the update. She gave kudos to the staff for all their hard work. PT has received funding and we have enjoyed hearing that the interest is still there to continue the PT activity. She noted that the work with Head Start is phenomenal, and that the realignment transition kicked off June 1st. Eleven Shine members are now part of our staff. The virtual summer session kicked of June 3rd with 87 students participating. Committee

Section closed at 9:27am. Education

5 Section opened at 9:30am. Report Gremillion noted we shifted focus during the pandemic since we are usually focused on holding events; he stated that these are cancelled for now. We are also focused on raising awareness. He gave kudos to the staff for their work on the LCCF. This work has raised our profile across the state. He encouraged all board members to consider donating to this fund. Haynie and others are working to get the Lieutenant Governor to provide additional grant funds for programmatic grants. Committee

Section closed at 9:32am. Outreach 6 Section opened at 9:36am. Report Adams said that the construction project has been divided into three phases: demo, build out, and installation. Phase 1 is completed. Woodward Design did a good job and finished a week ahead of schedule. Phase 2: we submitted an RFP, which should be out soon. The bid period is for 25 days. Adams said we are hoping to start construction in July (and this will probably last 3 months). Dr. Sarah Clunis will be the project curator and will lead phase 3. Adams noted that we are also in discussion with the Committee Solomon Group to provide support. We are also working on operational support grants for the JSC. The goal is to have funds secured before early Spring.

Section closed at 9:41am. Campaign

Capital

THFJSC 7 Section opened at 9:41am. Report Restovic gave two quick updates. She stated that the LCCF work is something that we should be proud of, noting that in less than 3 weeks the team has issued more than $450,000 worth of grants across our state, covering approximately 19 parishes. This is a monumental task. She thanked Greenwald, Robert, Rambin and Brown, noting that we cross‐trained team members for this task. Restovic then moved on to stating that every 5 years we participate in a site visit from the NEH. We just submitted the interim Director's report from our 2017 site visitlast Friday. It is now on the board portal for anyone would like to read it.

Restovic stated that she and the leadership team have put together presentation for the board about contingency plan focused on

Executive programming.

a. Programming Contingency Plan Presentation Restovic stated that our initial concerns were health and safety. We had to consider immediate budget impacts and shift to remote work and reorganize our meeting structure to keep all supported. We started some of this planning immediately. We openly discussed with staff that this is a moment to be proactive and emphasized the need for staff to be flexible and commit even more time to seize opportunities. Restovic noted that who we are will not change, but what will change is how we deliver on our mission. She pointed to a slide that showed how the LEH is organized in 2 buckets: operational support (finance and admin); and program delivery (education, head start, and content).

Erin began by walking the board through the programmatic contingency planning for content, noting the immediate response was to make sure we were attentive to audiences during this critical time. We began to deliver timely content for the web and social media. We ended up producing 15 digital‐only stories and reached 135,000 people through 14 stories. There was a 12,000 page view increase on 64 Parishes.org. We worked with the Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith to create a new video series featuring Louisiana Poet Laureates past and present. Smith’s video had over 10,000 views on facebook. Last year we had about $6,000 in subscription revenue; this year we have $18,000 in subscription revenue. We went forward with the summer print run, but significantly reduced it mainly because some places like visitor centers and hotels would not be open yet, so we shifted our focus to a subscription push and reduced the print run. Our focus for last month has been the LCCF. We surveyed organizations across the state before we received these funds to find out how organizations are being impacted and what they need. In a normal year, LEH content awards between 17‐23 regrants. In the last month, with help from Robert, Rambin, and Brown, we have awarded 50 grants totaling over $450,000. This fund is almost out of money (we have about $28,000 left). On July 1st we will open the Rebirth stream (programmatic grants). We are going to ask that grant applicants really pay attention to how to provide humanities programming in this new world. We are also paying attention to the future: we have built a lot of goodwill and visibility in the last month through the LCCF work. We will increase new content on 64 Parishes website. Greenwald then stated that the Louisiana department of education and the Louisiana Digital Library has partnered with us on an NEH grant application to get phase 2 of the encyclopedia up and running. She stated that the Louisiana Digital Library wants to see their digital collections disseminated in a responsible way. She then noted that we learned that 64parishes.org is the top resource for 8th grade Louisianan history teachers and students across the state. We are included in the state’s scope & sequence document. In the midst of the pandemic, the Louisiana department of education contacted LEH for permission to print materials form 64parishes.org to send home in distance learning packets.

DeBacher stated that the pandemic hit when PT programs were in full swing or just beginning, so our immediate response was to think about how we can support those site teams and how we can partner with families to continue to have an impact. There were 51 programs in the works when the pandemic hit so we paid them for the work that they completed. We surveyed families to inquire about their needs; they asked for books, activities, and resources like food. We asked site teams to spend their $1,000 support stipends to meet those needs. We had 2 programs that successfully piloted virtual PT programs. The immediate response was based upon the idea of partnership. We are offering what we are calling PT first aid kits; this is based on programming built after the Baton Rouge floods. She emphasized how parents have been thrust into the role of the educator and noted that this has become a primary focal point. She stated that education is also thinking about refreshing PT’s content, noting that they are developing PT Cares, which explores how people respond to times of emergency and disaster. DeBacher stated that education is also looking ahead for funding to support the PT Family Channel. She stated that there were 51 programs funded in the spring, and there will be 52 programs funded in the fall.

Butcher stated that PTHS launched a marketing campaign of “dreaming big.” This is up on billboards and bus benches in Monroe. She noted that “big” is an acronym. The “B” stands for getting back to basics. We assessed basic needs of our families; the survey had a 96% completion rate. Three tornadoes recently touched down in Monroe. PTHS worked to connect families and staff with mental health services, etc. She stated that we converted our recruitment process to digital. We obtained 80 new applications from interested families. She stated that PTHS also launched Google Classroom. Butcher then noted that the “I” in “Big” stands for information technology. PTHS launched a summer virtual session that has 87 participants which will last until July 22nd. Participating families will receive Chromebooks as well as educational packets. She noted that attendance and participation will be tracked throughout the process. The “G” in “Big” stands for goal attainment. She stated that PTHS is now a single employer model, and there is now a total of 103 PT members. She stated that PTHS is planning for both onsite and virtual offerings for the 505 full‐ day students.

Bourg stated that we are working on determining the actual opening gate for THFJSC. It may be delayed a bit, but we are monitoring the situation. He stated that the most exciting part of moving forward right now is developing the interpretive plan and creating the traveling exhibits that will utilize the Museums on Main Street model. Locally, we are looking at foundations like Surdna and Kabacoff for operational support grants. Nationally, we are looking at the Henry Luce Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation.

Austin noted that the admin team consists of her Restovic Ricke White Anderson and Rambin Our work is tied to goal 5 of our Austin noted that the admin team consists of her, Restovic, Ricke, White, Anderson, and Rambin. Our work is tied to goal 5 of our strategic plan. In light of the pandemic, we needed to develop more intensive planning and support. We are supporting operational continuity, human resources, and providing additional division support. We ensure that the staff has access to and understands new digital platforms, such as Zoom, Vonage, Sharepoint, and Teams. We are establishing clear communication and accountability tools through things such as daily logs, weekly staff meetings and biweekly leadership team meetings. We are also revisiting the succession plan dashboard to support continuity of work. We are also ensuring timely communication to the team through #GoHRGo emails.

Schlesinger asked about the status of our branding. Restovic said that this work has continued. We finalized our logo and color scheme and are in the process of revamping our website. She noted that this work will be complete sometime in June. Sternberg said she was impressed with what we are doing, but she wants clarity on the following: with the regranting project, we received $516,000 from NEH and we received $151,000 in matching funds, of which $150,000 was dedicated to Orleans parish. Restovic clarified that we received 101,000 in matching, $100,000 of which was designated for Orleans parish. Sternberg asked about the recent notification of an additional $50,000. Restovic stated that this was from Kellogg and the press release was delayed. Sternberg then asked if that $50,000 gift was included in the $100,000. Restovic said yes, it was dedicated to Orleans parish. Greenwald noted that we did not receive any applications from the greater New Orleans area, but instead from Orleans and St. Tammy parishes and other communities on the north shore. Sternberg asked if the $516,000 from the NEH also went to Orleans parish or only to other applicants. Greenwald responded that we prioritized applicants from outside Orleans parish, and noted that we did fund some entities from Orleans parish with this fund, but only after we focused on the rest of the state. Sternberg thanked her for this clarification.

Section ended at 10:27am.

8 Section opened at 10:27am. Action Item A: Review/Approve 3/6/2020 meeting minutes Items Section closed at 10:29am. Gremillion moved; Holyfield seconded;

Action the motion passed. 9 Section opened at 10:29am. Schlesinger moved to enter executive session; Mintz seconded; motion passed. exits) Section closed at 10:48am. Schlesinger moved to exit executive (staff session; Gremillion seconded; motion passed. Session

Executive

10 Mount adjourned the meeting at 10:52am. Adjournment

Janet Haedicke, LEH Board Secretary