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“We have been leaning in to raise the money and get it out the door as quickly as we can,” Greater New Orleans Foundation CEO Andy Kopplin said. “But it’s impossible for philanthropy to close the massive gap that would come from the expiration of federal unemployment assistance.”

COVID-19 has brought with it great trauma. In New Orleans, we’ve lost loved ones, jobs, and a world in which we could shake hands with neighbors and go outside without masks. Our children feel these losses. And for many of them, while this crisis is unprecedented, trauma is not. Many of our young people carry heavy weights that just got heavier; COVID-19 compounds existing pain and reopens old wounds.

Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation announced the award of $505,000 to nonprofits in Southeast Louisiana providing assistance to families with young children, grassroots community health outreach, support for incarcerated and returning citizens, opportunity youth serving organizations, and supports for workers and small minority-owned business in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We’re proud to provide grants that create real impact. That’s why we’re the steward of more than 900 donor-advised and donor-designated funds. Our donors make between $20 million and $30 million in grants to diverse nonprofits throughout the Greater New Orleans region, based on their specific areas of interest. View our most up-to-date list of current and upcoming grant opportunities here.

Greater New Orleans Foundation, Gayle Benson, McIlhenny Company Announce $547,000 in New Grants from the Louisiana Service & Hospitality Family Assistance Program. $1.2 Million Awarded to Date to Service and Hospitality Workers Round III Application Close on Wednesday, July 15 at 5 pm.

Back in March, when health officials confirmed that the coronavirus was at large and spreading across the country, community foundations were among the first to respond, establishing special funds to ensure that frontline local nonprofits could stay in business and continue their essential services.

We’re proud to provide grants that create real impact. That’s why we’re the steward of more than 900 donor-advised and donor-designated funds. Our donors make between $20 million and $30 million in grants to diverse nonprofits throughout the Greater New Orleans region, based on their specific areas of interest. View our most up-to-date list of current and upcoming grant opportunities here.

Of the $1,178,000 GNOF gave from its Disaster Fund as of June 15, the majority went to health equity. GNOF invested heavily in Federally Qualified Health Centers hoping to aid uninsured people in their area — a population whose health vulnerabilities likely contributed to the high death rate among African Americans in Southeast Louisiana.

Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) announced recent grants from its LGBTQ Endowed Fund totaling $70,000 to area nonprofits. The Greater New Orleans Foundation LGBTQ Endowed Fund provides grants to organizations and programs that increase the quality of life and access to opportunity for LGBTQ individuals and families, particularly the most marginalized members of the community, including elders, transgender youth and adults of color, low-income LGBTQ people, and LGBTQ youth of color.

Two-thirds of nonprofits in southeast Louisiana are worried about cash-flow problems as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study commissioned by the Greater New Orleans Foundation finds.