GNOF Sponsors Talk by Harvard Sociologist Professor Wilson
Distinguished Harvard professor Dr. William Julius Wilson spoke last week at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center about his most recent book “More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City” [...]
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Q&A with Joann Ricci on the Needs Scan Report
1) What is the purpose of the Needs Scan Report? Capacity building within an organization begins with its leaders taking an honest look at their operations and management practices. Nonprofits can use [...]
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Why College Students are Going Back to High School
All across New Orleans, Tulane University students are going back to high school. They’re working at four schools to establish advanced placement courses, part of a college-readiness program called [...]
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Skillman Foundation Site Visit
The connection between the city Cities of Detroit and New Orleans was strengthened last week when members of Detroit’s philanthropic community visited New Orleans to learn more about the many common challenges both cities face including workforce development [...]
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Capital Support for a Community Center
Established in 1963, the Albert N. & Hattie M. McClure Fund is a supporting organization of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. The fund supports the emergency bricks and mortar [...]
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Greater New Orleans Foundation Releases Needs Scan Report of Local Nonprofit Sector
Organizational Effectiveness Initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation released its first Needs Scan Report, an in-depth look [...]
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Beyond Cash
What do gold bullion, a Paris condo, and a stuffed elephant have in common? The answer according to Bryan Clontz, who describes his job as someone who helps rich people give weird stuff to charity. Of the $300 billion given to charities last year [...]
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We’re your Greater New Orleans Foundation
Maybe you know us. Maybe you don’t. But you should know what [...]
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‘New Orleans Now’ Celebrates Philanthropy
On September 15, GNOF celebrated the transformative impact of philanthropy in our community at our biennial event, New Orleans Now. The celebration [...]
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Attracting New Philanthropic Investments
In 2009, the Greater New Orleans Foundation awarded $1 million to 49 organizations through our IMPACT program. The following year, we started tracking a mechanism by which our grants can have an even greater impact: leverage [...]
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