Category: Press Release
At the Celebration, the Foundation announced the 30 Black-led organizations chosen to receive the Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity's 2023 renewal grants totaling $550,000
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Foundation Holds 4th Annual Celebration of Black Philanthropy, Achieves Goal of Distributing $3M in Grants to Black-Led Nonprofits
As we round out the end of Black History Month, the Greater New Orleans Foundation (Foundation) is looking back at our fourth annual Celebration of Black Philanthropy that was held on February 7. At the Celebration, the Foundation proudly announced that we have achieved our goal of distributing $3 million to Black-led nonprofits through our Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity. Launched in 2020, the Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity awards funding to Black-led organizations leading the fight for racial justice in our region and working to build wealth in the African American community.
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Foundation Activates Disaster Response & Restoration Fund for December 2022 Tornado Recovery Efforts
The Greater New Orleans Foundation (Foundation) announced it has activated its Disaster Response & Restoration Fund and will be awarding a total of $75,000 in grants to six local nonprofits that serve Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Charles, and Orleans parishes in response to the tornadoes which hit on Wednesday, December 14.
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Foundation Announces $1 Million Grant to Community Lighthouse Project
The award is the Foundation’s largest single grant from its disaster response and restoration fund and will build commercial-scale solar power and back-up battery capacity for nonprofits that respond to disasters across the region.
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Foundation Activates Fund for Tornado Recovery
The Foundation has announced it has activated its Disaster Response & Restoration Fund in response to yesterday’s tornados. The fund provides grants that support local nonprofits leading short, medium, and long-term response and recovery efforts. The Foundation has also provided immediate grants totaling $50,000 to five organizations that are coordinating their response with emergency managers.
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Greater New Orleans Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants from the Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity
New Orleans, LA (February 22, 2022) – Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation (Foundation) announced renewal grants totaling $1 million to 31 Black-led organizations as part of its Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity. These grants support organizations that provide leadership in eliminating inequitable systems and building wealth for African American families.
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Greater New Orleans Foundation Awards $188,000 Disaster Response & Restoration Fund Grants to 31 Nonprofits of Southeast Louisiana
Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) announced round two of its COVID-19 Disaster Response and Restoration Fund grants totaling $188,000.00 to 31 nonprofits. Since the start of this pandemic, GNOF’s Disaster Response and Restoration Fund has awarded $228,000.00 to nonprofits in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany Tangipahoa, and Washington Parishes.
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GNOF Launches the Louisiana Service and Hospitality Family Assistance Program
The Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) launched the Louisiana Service and Hospitality Family Assistance Program, an initiative to support negatively impacted Louisiana service and hospitality workers who are supporting their dependent children and elderly parents and need help to continue meeting their basic needs during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Greater New Orleans Foundation Activates Disaster Response & Restoration Fund for the New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation announced the activation of its Disaster Response and Restoration Fund in response to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. The outbreak of the COVID-19, now declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, is on everyone’s mind. With community transmission having occurred in the Greater New Orleans region, the time for action is now.
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Greater New Orleans Foundation Activates Response & Restoration Fund for Earthquakes in Puerto Rico
Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation announced the activation of its Response and Restoration Fund in response to the series of earthquakes affecting the United States territory of Puerto Rico.
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The Greater New Orleans Foundation Welcomes Eric Seling as the New Vice President of Finance & Administration
The Greater New Orleans Foundation Welcomes Eric Seling as the New Vice President of Finance & Administration, Lauren King and Sherina Clavier hired as Directors at the Foundation
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