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Coaching, Correcting, Connecting

April 1, 2013

‘Wave Robber’ Wins Third Annual Water Challenge Award

March 21, 2013

For Webster Pierce of Pierce Industries, saving the Louisiana coast is personal. Pierce won the 2013 Water Challenge Award for an invention he hopes will sav... Read More

OE Upcoming Workshops

March 7, 2013

Board Governance 101 The Greater New Orleans Foundation is pleased to offer a Board Governance 101 workshop on March 21, 2013 from 8:15... Read More

Kellie Chavez Greene Joins the Staff of the Foundation

February 18, 2013

New Orleans, LA | February 19, 2013 - Kellie Chavez Greene joins the staff of the Greater New Orleans Foundation as program officer for the Foundation’s Or... Read More

Helping Residents in Coastal Communities to Adapt to Land Loss

January 18, 2013

New Orleans, LA | January 18, 2013 – With support from a partnership between the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) and the Ford Foundation, the Center... Read More

The Oz: There’s No Place Like Home

January 17, 2013

Due to the recent sweep of the homeless living under the Pontchartrain Expressway, local shelters have seen an increase in residents, fluctuating between 10... Read More

Hurry! Time is Running Out in 2012 to Open a Donor Advised Fund

December 21, 2012

Alice Parkerson, vice president of development at GNOF, answers why: Q: Why are donor advised funds so popular? A: It’s because they’... Read More

Greater New Orleans Foundation awards $830,423 to 38 organizations

December 13, 2012

"The awards were part of the foundation's IMPACT Program, which consists of investments with groups in four categories: arts and culture, education, health... Read More