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.
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, …
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Meet Carla L. Major, the Foundation’s newest employee. We have asked her some questions about the program formerly known as the “New Orleans Regional Workforce Funders Collaborative.” [...]
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Is grantmaking getting smarter? According to a survey recently released by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, the answer appears to be ‘not by much’ or at least not fast enough. Last conducted in 2008 [...]
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It’s an image that’s impossible to forget: a massive black wall of water looming over a seaside city. Within seconds, everything is swept [...]
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The art scene is flourishing in Louisiana’s coastal parishes. On any given day, in almost every small community there are classes being offered in duck decoy carving, quilting, drawing, storytelling, photography, and much more [...]
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What do community foundations, oysters, beer, parades, and economic development have in common? This was the question a delegation from the Greater New Orleans Foundation set out to answer as it attended the 2012 Washington Mardi Gras celebrations [...]
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We would like to send our condolences to the family of Dan Forman, director and founder of the Louisiana Outdoors Outreach Program (LOOP). What Dan taught can’t be found in the classroom [...]
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