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Nonprofit organizations across the New Orleans region offer important community services in a diverse array of areas. Most are dependent on financial support from businesses and individuals to continue their operations. But during the COVID-19 pandemic that financial support has been under strain. How community groups are coping is the focus of the next installment of the continuing WYES series Living in the New Normal: Challenges for Nonprofits.
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In the News: Living in the New Normal: Challenges for Nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations across the New Orleans region offer important community services in a diverse array of areas. Most are dependent on financial support from businesses and individuals to continue their operations. But during the COVID-19 pandemic that financial support has been under strain. How community groups are coping is the focus of the next installment of the continuing WYES series Living in the New Normal: Challenges for Nonprofits.
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Your Generosity in Action!
Because of the previous generosity of our community to the Greater New Orleans Foundation, our team worked quickly at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to get funds flowing to people and families in desperate need of help. Let me tell you more about the programs you helped fund—and introduce you to people who were helped because of your generosity and compassion.
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Greater New Orleans Foundation November 2020 Grants
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.
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In the News: GNOF Awards $100,000 Grant to DCHC for COVID-19 Rapid Testing Program
NEW ORLEANS, LA – DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) recently received a $100,000 grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s (GNOF) Response and Restoration Fund to conduct COVID-19 virus rapid testing for both patients and staff. Dr. Michael G. Griffin, President and CEO of DCHC, believes that GNOF’s financial support is timely.
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Greater New Orleans Foundation Awards $450,000 in Grants from Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity
The Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) announced $450,000 in grants from its new Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity. The announcement was made during a virtual event that can be viewed here.
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GNOF Announces $3 Million Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity at Celebration of Black Philanthropy
Greater New Orleans Foundation Announces $3 Million Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity at Celebration of Black Philanthropy
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Impact 100 2020
Impact 100, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, announced on November 17 that its $100,000 transformative grant will be awarded this year to Eden House. Impact 100 is a group of one hundred local women who have committed to giving $1,100 per year for the purpose of making a single transformative grant to a local nonprofit every year. These transformative grants will be game-changers for the recipient nonprofits. Over time, these nonprofits also will be game-changers for our city and region.
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In the News: Guest Column – COVID-19 Exposed Failures in Affordable Housing
Guest Column: COVID-19 Exposed Failures in Affordable Housing. NEW ORLEANS – A few weeks ago, the Centers for Disease Control moved to protect our nation’s health by calling for a pause on most COVID-19-related evictions through the end of the year. This was sorely needed because supplemental federal unemployment benefits have expired and Congress has not renewed this critical assistance at any level.
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In the News: Donors and Foundations are Increasingly Supporting Movements
In the News: Donors and Foundations are Increasingly Supporting Movements. The Greater New Orleans Foundation is investing $3 million in racial equity work through its Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity.
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Greater New Orleans Foundation Adds Hurricane Zeta to Disaster Response & Restoration Fund Activation
Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) announced that it will accept donations to its Disaster Response & Restoration Fund in response to the Emergency Declaration for New Orleans and other parts of Southeast Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Zeta.
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