Claiborne Avenue: Past, Present, and Future

This video is a look at what once was along Claiborne Avenue, what exists today, and what hope there is for the future. The goal of this work is not only to take down the overpass [...]

Turning the Tide: Saving a Way of Life in Coastal Louisiana

Understanding New Orleans One Issue at a Time

Inside is a recap of our 2012 bus tour series where we explored issues such as education, criminal justice, and the arts—as well as learning more about the Greater New Orleans Foundation [...]

Just Say New Orleans

While dining at the Riverbend bistro, Dante’s Kitchen, you may be surprised to see at the bottom of the menu – Just Say New Orleans – a giving option created by Chef Eman Loubier [...]

Project LAST

The nonprofit Children’s Bureau works with a wide spectrum of mental health issues, from individuals with severe mental illness, to families going through a divorce, to an entire school coping with a violent incident [...]

The Map of Many Services

Twenty one-year-old New Orleans native Nathaniel Jackson is working his way through college, holding down a restaurant job and helping run a new, online community resource called NOLAYouthMap.org [...]

Connecting Donors to Community Needs

Imagine spending 27 years in prison for a crime you didn’t commit. Imagine spending 14 years on death row for a murder you didn’t commit. Meet Norris Henderson and John Thompson, two men who were exonerated after spending decades in Angola [...]

The Lens Wins Award for Story About 9th Ward Homeowner

IMPACT grantee The Lens was honored as the best regional online news operation for audio investigative reporting by the Radio Television Digital News Association. The regional award considers entries from radio, TV, and online news operations in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, …

Connect for a Cause: Help Your Nonprofit Fundraise

Introducing Connect for a Cause: an innovative way for nonprofits to fundraise. Connect for a Cause provides nonprofits a way to promote meetings with their supporters, Board members, and [...]

City Park: What’s Growing On

In a corner of New Orleans City Park, tucked between the interstate and a bayou, new vegetable rows are sprouting up thanks to a diverse group of local high school students who work at the nonprofit Grow Dat Youth Farm. One of them is 17-year-old Ace Shields [...]