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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.
Recent scandals have cast a pall over the charitable sector. But if you’re wondering about the wisdom of making a donation to some established charity in our city, don’t be fooled by the media hype. My guess is that ninety-nine times out of a hundred, your mailing that check will do our community substantial good.
George McCarthy with the Ford Foundation and Ashleigh Gardere with JP Morgan Chase Foundation are co-chairs of the Neighborhood Funders Group conference meeting in New Orleans this week. NFG is a membership organization that supports community-based efforts to improve economic and social conditions in low-income communities.
What’s the line between public and private responsibility when it comes to providing healthcare, education, and other services for the poor? Is it the proper role of foundations to plug the gaps created by retreating public funds? In what domains should the government become your brother’s keeper? In public education? healthcare for the uninsured? food for the hungry?