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The Greater New Orleans Foundation is the community foundation serving the 13-parish region of metropolitan New Orleans.
WE DO OUR WORK BY:
Designing and leading
initiatives to improve the region.
Connecting donors to
community needs.
Identifying and supporting
great nonprofit organizations.
Strengthening civil society.
With the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we recognized the great strides that we have made toward renewing our city. This year also marks the anniversary of another journey – one that I began 50 years ago. Most people know me as the six-year-old girl perpetually in a white dress and pigtails, [...]
Read the rest of Remembrances by Ruby Bridges »
The Women of the Storm continue to emphasize the importance of the Gulf Coast to America’s economy given the nation’s dependence on our oil, gas, and seafood.
Read the rest of Q & A with Nancy Marsiglia, Women of the Storm »
In the spring of 1977, a Dominican man named Tomás Díaz, my father, immigrated to Louisiana. Something about the climate, the people, and the food felt familiar to him, so he set up a home for his family on the West Bank of the Mississippi, a rifle shot away from Uptown New Orleans. We joined [...]
Read the rest of New Orleans: What Can’t Be Lost »
Why did Open Society Foundations (OSF) begin to invest strategically in New Orleans? Starting over a decade ago, the Open Society Foundations’ U.S. Programs focused primarily on supporting efforts [...]
Read the rest of Q & A with Erlin Ibreck, Strategic Opportunities Fund at the Open Society Foundations »
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