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.

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GNOF in the News

Times Picayune – January 19, 2012
Guide on giving is the cat’s meow

NOLA.com – December 21, 2011
Foundation awards $680,000 in grants to 33 community organizations

Times Picayune - December 1, 2011
About $2.5 million on its way to nonprofit groups aiding oil spill families

Times Picayune – November 11, 2011
Project Home Again finishes 100 homes in Gentilly — plus 1 for a lagniappe

Time Picayune – September 23, 2011
Nell Nolan’s Social Scene: Fundraising is the focus of all three events

The Chronicle of Philanthropy – September 7, 2011
Sustaining Social Change Long After Disaster Strikes

Times Picayune – July 20, 2011
$1.1 million in grants will go to charities aiding families after spill

NOLA.com – May 25, 2011
Mitch Landrieu announces creation of ‘NOLA Pay It Forward’ fund for flooding victims

The Chronicle of Philanthropy – May 5, 2011
A Grant Maker Pulls La.’s Coast Together to Fight Erosion

Louisiana Seafood News – May 4, 2011
‘Coastal 5+1′ Initiative Lifts Up Community to Restore Sinking Land

Times Picayune – March 31, 2011
Ford Foundation gives $1.5 million to fight poverty in New Orleans

NOLA.com – March 22, 2011
New Orleans entrepreneur wins Water Challenge with plan to decontaminate ground water

NOLA.com – March 21, 2011
After Japan tsunami, earthquake, we need to repay their kindness: Terri Troncale

Times Picayune – March 19, 2011
Local worshippers to pray for Japan

New Orleans Magazine – March 2011
Water – and opportunity – everywhere

NOLA.com – February 15, 2011
Detroit-New Orleans mayors unite to flight crime, blight

NOLA.com – January 21, 2011
Content centers on water issues

NOLA.com – December 30, 2010
Grants given out to nonprofit groups

NOLA.com November 11, 2010
Clean Coast Wines benefit Louisiana

NOLA.com – September 23, 2010
Philanthropy’s role in rebuilding N.O. cited

Washington Post – June 23, 2010
Add fundraising to list of challenges presented by gulf oil spill

WWLTV - June 15, 2010
Few opportunities for oil spill volunteers

Chef Chris Debarr’s Blog - June 10, 2010
Learning Curve to Help the Gulf Coast

New York Time Student Journalism Institute – May 23, 2010
Obama Appoints Commission to Investigate Oil Spill

Times Picayune – April 19, 2010
N.O. is finalist for grant program

PhilanTopic – March 5, 2010
“Who We are and What We Do”

PhilanthroMedia – February 24, 2010
Diavlogs Capture Notable Insights
Communications Is About Listening Too: One Foundation CEO’s View

WWL - February 2, 2010
Watch the video.

WWL - February 2, 2010
Watch the video.

City Business - December 23, 2009
City Business includes GNOF in their year-end wrap up

Times-Picayune – December 10, 2009
Greater New Orleans Foundation awards $1 million in grants

Times-Picayune – November 17, 2009
Giving in a downturn: A guest column by Albert Ruesga

Times-Picayune – November 4, 2009
Coastal restoration projects demand unified effort, Louisiana leaders say

Times-Picayune – October 14, 2009
New Orleans Embodies Nations New Spirit-Editorial by GNOF Chair Phyllis Taylor

New Orleans City Business – September 30, 2009
Entergy, Nike fund solar power program for public schools

Dissident Voice – September 11, 2009
Fight Heats up over Discriminatory Housing Laws in New Orleans Area

Grantwriting Blog – September 6, 2009
Greater New Orleans Foundation Launches IMPACT Program

Foundation Center Online – September 2, 2009
Greater New Orleans Foundation Launches Community IMPACT Program

Philanthropy Journal – September 2, 2009
New Orleans Foundation giving $1 million

Philanthropy News Daily – August 31, 2009
Katrina: Looking Back Four Years Later

TMC.com - August 27, 2009
Foundation Giving Priorities Shift in the Wake of the Gulf Coast Hurricane Response

Philanthropy News Digest – August 27, 2009
New Orleans: Moving from Muddle to Model

Philanthropy News Digest – August 26, 2009
Q & A with Albert Ruesga, President/CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation- Philanthropy News Digest

Neighborhood Partnership Network – August 26, 2009
Local Foundation is Pathbreaker in Use of New Social Media

Times-Picayune Business News – August 14, 2009
Greater New Orleans Foundation allocates $625,000 to five parishes

Times-Picayune – August 13, 2009
Greater New Orleans Foundation allocates thousands to outlying parishes

The Bayou Buzz – August 12, 2009
The Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) announced today that it is breaking new ground by using social media tools to listen to and interact with communities across the Greater New Orleans region.

New Orleans City Business – July 27, 2009
Work starts at 211-unit Central City apartments

Times-Picayune – July 09, 2009
New fund to accept disaster money