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Nonprofit Spotlight
Every year, we come in contact with numerous nonprofits working tirelessly for the good of our region. Here, we shine the spotlight on a few, as a way of spreading the word and saying thank you for making a difference.
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julia | 15 April 2012
Introducing Connect for a Cause: an innovative way for nonprofits to fundraise. Connect for a Cause provides nonprofits a way to promote meetings with their supporters, Board members, and [...]
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julia | 25 October 2011
The Posse Foundation is opening in New Orleans and bringing with it a remarkable promise. It will match, dollar-for-dollar, up to $1.5 million in gifts made to support the first five years of this initiative. This fall New Orleans public high school students will be given the opportunity [...]
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julia | 7 October 2011
Since 1971, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the state’s leading non-profit humanities organization, has invested over $55 million in humanities programs that, with funds invested by collaborative partners, represents an investment of over $95.7 million. These programs provide Louisianians with access to their own [...]
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julia | 30 September 2011
A powerful quote by Marian Wright Edelman, Founder of the Children’s Defense Fund is, “A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back — but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.” [...]
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julia | 17 August 2011
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill impacted not only the waters and the sea-life of the Gulf of Mexico, but also affected the coastal and estuarine habitat that provides refuge and breeding grounds for wildlife and fisheries and the lives and livelihood [...]
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julia | 31 January 2011
If one surgery would give a child the promise of a normal life, would you want to provide that surgery? Because of congenital heart disease, one of every 100 children born in the developing world will never see his or her first birthday. Now operating in four U.S. cities [...]
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julia | 11 November 2010
Ronaele Homberg with Nurse Family Partnership is providing life skills to 24 first-time mothers. Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a voluntary, evidence-based program that empowers low-income, first-time mothers to become more knowledgeable and confident parents and stronger women. Highly educated nurses …
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julia | 20 July 2010
Local arts-in-education nonprofit KID smART is a growing presence in the dynamic local public education sector. Rather than reform of school finance and governance, KID smART’s emphasis is on reform of curriculum and pedagogy. Its core value is that the arts …
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julia | 19 July 2010
Ms. Betty Lou Thomas returned to her home in the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans, LA, after Hurricane Katrina to find the exterior intact, but the interior totally destroyed. She used insurance money to start the repairs for her home. …
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julia | 2 June 2010
The Mahalia Jackson Center received a Community IMPACT grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundat ion. The Center is a project of the Central City Funders Collaborative, of which GNOF is a member.
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