YAYA is supported by foundations, businesses, and individuals who believe in the power of arts education for all New Orleanians. Significant support for our programs has been provided by: 

W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries, The Windgate Foundation, MaggieGeorge Foundation, The Helis Foundation, The RosaMary Foundation, Ana & Adeline Foundation, Arts Council New Orleans Community Arts Grant made possible by The City of New Orleans, Gore Family Fund, Keller Family Foundation, Kay & Robert Kerrigan


Additional support provided by: 

Boh Brothers Centennial Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation, Patricia & Vernon Brinson in honor of Kay Kerrigan, Pam & Jay Bryan, Cahn Family Foundation, Beverly and John Church, Walter & Sally Cockerham, Dathel & Tommy Coleman, Consuelo Garza Griffith Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation , CurryStone Foundation, The Garden Study Club, Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust, Mimi & Billy Groome, Hancock Whitney, Lesli Harris, Stephanie & Jeff Haynes, IBERIABANK, Jones Walker, Kabacoff Family Foundation, Peggy & Jack Laborde, Landis Construction Co., LLC, Gail and Rene Louapre, Sheldon Lykes, Rebecca Maisel & Nicky Sheldon, The Martzolf Group, Jane & Tim McCaffrey, Bobby Miles, Meg Miles, Monteleone Family Foundation, Ochsner Baptist, Pacific Gateway Concessions, Hunter Powell, Paige Royer & Kerry Clayton, Paul & Stacey Schott, Troy Scroggins, Will Sibbald & Leland Brown, Karen & Jim Ward, Wet Dog Glass,
and more than 100 others!
(as of 9.20.18)


YAYA is also deeply grateful to the more than 150 supporters who made the construction of the Arts Center possible. 

YAYA Arts Center Lead Supporters
Anonymous, aos interior environments, Clayton-Royer Family Fund, Collins C. Diboll Foundation, Ella West Freeman Foundation, Entergy Corporation, Gregor Fox, Fox Family Foundation, Goldring Family Foundation, Gore Family Fund, Keller Family Foundation, Kay & Bob Kerrigan, Elizabeth & James Landis, Landis Construction Company LLC, Milton H. Latter Educational & Charitable Foundation, MaggieGeorge Foundation, Gustaf W.McIlhenny Foundation, The Monteleone Family Foundation,
Ruth U. Fertel Foundation

YAYA Arts Center Founders
Toni & Richard Bachmann, Austen & Jonathan Bailly, Ellen & Mac Ball, Karen & Glenn Barnett, Cathy & Morris Bart, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, Glenny & Patrick Beahm, Barbara Beckman, Bellwether Technology Corporation, David Bensel, Jane & Greg Bensel, Sydney & Walda Besthoff, Linda Bjork, Anne Teague Landis & Cuyler Boad, Elizabeth Boh, Boh Brothers Centennial Fund, Carey Bond & Henry Lambert, Ashley & Edgar Bright, Patricia & Vernon Brinson, Dabney & Evan Brittain, Joey & Buzzy Brown, Robert Bruno, Barbara & Peyton Bush, Cahn Family Foundation, Storey & Anne Lynne Charbonnet, Bev & Johnny Church, Dathel & Tommy Coleman, Monique & Jamie Coleman, Mariana Cook, Angus Cooper, Mary & Bob Coyle, Margo & Clancy DuBos, Karen & Ollie Edmunds, Frances & Calvin Fayard, Ella & Walter Flower, Sally & Ron Forman, Pam Friedler, Tink Friedrichs, Ruthie & Lou Frierson, Ann & Tony Fuselier, Holli & Michael John Gaspard, Larkin & Mitchell Gaudet, Eric George, Ana & Juan Gershanik, Kevin Gillentine Gallery, Gwathmey & Fritz Gomila, Rebecca Gottsegen, Ricky Green, Mimi & Billy Groome, Henri & Terry Hall, Dana & Steve Hansel, Sissy Sullivan Hansen, Stephanie & Jeff Haynes, Helis Foundation, Beth & Axel Hester, Lisa Jo & Robert Hienz, Jane Scott & Philip Hodges, Ellinor & Doug Howard, Janet & Scott Howard, Paulette Hurdlik, IBERIABANK, Patti & Tommy Jahncke, JARE Consulting, Babs & Richard Johnson, Mary Jo & Calvin Johnson, Kabacoff Family Foundation, Kavanagh Family Foundation, Tina & Barry Kern, Robert T. Kerrigan, Thomas Kerrigan, Vivien Kerrigan, Mark Klein, Ann & John Koerner, Peggy & Jack Laborde, Laitram, Beth & Hugh Lambert, Baty Landis & Lee Arnold, David Landis, Sally & Jay Lapeyre, Mary Anne Leach, Libby-Dufour Fund, Liberty Bank, Lower Eastside Girls Club, Sheldon Lykes, Rebecca Madura, Nancy & Mike Marsiglia, Sarah Martzolf, Mary Freeman Wisdom Foundation, Ulrika Matthiessen, Sean Meenan and the Habana Family, Jane Y. & Wilbur E. Meneray, Meraux Foundation, Anne & King Milling, Louise H. Moffett Family Foundation, Sally & Dev Moring, Marianne & Alan Mumford Foundation, New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute, Charlotte & Dean Nicoladis, Marie O’Neill, Julie Oreck, Mario Padilla, Connie & Jeff Parker, Carter & Claiborne Perrilliat, Jeanie & Claiborne Perrilliat, Margo & Esmond Phelps, Hunter Powell, Steve & Kathy Price, Lanier & Paul Pursley, Ann & Larry Rabin, Raising Cane’s, Anne & Edmund Redd, Michele Reynoir & Kevin Clifford, Paulette Rivas, Rush Masonry, Inc., Susan & Shelby Russ, Pam & Bill Ryan, The Selley Foundation, Lynn & Charles Smith, Mimi & Ken Smith, Katherine Solomon, Brady Steward, Lillian Stewart, The Storper Family Foundation, The Sue Sue Foundation, Illeana & Jose Suquet, Allen Toussaint, Tom Varisco & Cindy Connick, Jones Walker LLP, Marian H. Wallis, Karen & Jim Ward, Thomas Westervelt, Wet Dog Glass, LLC, Dian & Tom Winingder, Elizabeth & Carlos Zervigón, Mary Zervigón