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The 2023 class of Emerging Philanthropists of New Orleans (EPNO), the first EPNO class since the program became a part of the Greater New Orleans Foundation family, culminated on December 5 with the presentation of checks to five area nonprofits. Totaling $33,000, the grants included donations from participant contributions. The 2023 grantees are Central City Community Outreach, The COOL Cooperative, Hagar’s House, Make Music NOLA, and Wake.

On Monday, November 13, 2023, Impact 100, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, awarded its $100,000 transformative grant to local nonprofit Split Second Foundation. Impact 100, now in its 11th year, is a group of over 100 local women who committed to giving $1,100 each for the purpose of making a single transformative grant to a local nonprofit. Recipient nonprofits use the grant to deepen their impact and grow their network of supporters. Since its inaugural year, Impact 100, sponsored by Villere & Co., has granted more than $1.3 million to nonprofits across our region.