L’Union Française is the oldest of the Franco-Louisiana organizations. Through 150 years of service, this organization is dedicated to its mission of promoting and preserving the French language and French and Francophone culture in the city of New Orleans and Louisiana.

L’Union Française is a non-profit organization that supports its language school on Prytania Street, recognizes outstanding high school French students with the L’Union Française Prix d’Excellence, and funds a grants program for elementary schools that teach and promote the French language.