Each EPNO Class is divided into impact teams that build a focus statement aligned with a nonprofit mission area.
Nonprofits then submit applications for funding and grantmaking decisions are made by the impact team.
Please note, impact team focus areas change annually.
Additionally, beginning in 2023, EPNO grants are restricted to organizations with a budget under $1,000,000 and organizations cannot receive a grant in sequential years.
For organizations interested in being notified when applications open, please email the epno@gnof.org with the subject line “Applications Open”.
2023
| Organization |
Impact Area |
Grant |
| The COOL Cooperative |
Arts & Culture |
$5,500 |
| Make Music NOLA |
Arts & Culture |
$5,500 |
| Central City Community OutReach, Inc. |
Housing |
$2,000 |
| First Grace Community Alliance/Hagar’s House |
Housing |
$9,000 |
| WAKE |
Human Rights & Justice |
$11,000 |
2022
Programming and grantmaking was paused in 2022.
2021
| Organization |
Impact Area |
Grant |
| Be Loud Studios |
Arts & Culture |
$5,000 |
| ricRack |
Arts & Culture |
$2,000 |
| Dinerral Shavers Education Fund |
Health |
$6,000 |
| The Beautiful Foundation Incorporated |
Health |
$3,000 |
| Home by Hand, Inc. |
Housing |
$6,500 |
| Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative |
Housing |
$2,500 |
| LOOP NOLA |
Environment and Sustainability |
$4,500 |
| Ripple Effect Water Literacy Project |
Environment and Sustainability |
$4,500 |
| FREE ALAS |
Human Rights & Justice |
$9,000 |
2020
| Organization |
Impact Area |
Grant |
| Second Line Arts Collective |
Arts & Culture |
$1,000 |
| Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans |
Arts & Culture |
$4,500 |
| Compost NOW |
Environment |
$2,225 |
| Water Leaders |
Environment |
$3,250 |
| ReEntry Mediation Institute of Louisiana |
Human Rights |
$5,000 |
| Saul’s Light Foundation |
Healthcare |
$2,500 |
| Luke’s House Clinic |
Healthcare |
$2,500 |
2019
| Organization |
Impact Area |
Grant |
| Dancing Grounds |
Arts & Culture |
$8,500 |
| Tennessee Williams Foundation |
Arts & Culture |
$1,500 |
| LOUD |
Arts & Culture |
$10,000 |
| STEM Library Lab |
Early Childhood Education |
$10,000 |
| Louisiana Green Corps |
Environment |
$10,000 |
| Ripple Effect |
Environment |
$10,000 |
| Luke’s House |
Health |
$20,000 |
| Neighborhood Development Foundation |
Housing |
$10,000 |
| Lowernine |
Housing |
$10,000 |
| First 72+ |
Human Rights & Justice |
$20,000 |
2018
| Organization |
Impact Area |
Grant |
| The Ella Project |
Arts & Culture |
$5,000 |
| NolaVie |
Arts & Culture |
$5,000 |
| NOVAC |
Arts & Culture |
$10,000 |
| Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies |
Education & Youth Development |
$7,000 |
| The Center for Resilience |
Education & Youth Development |
$5,000 |
| Whole Village Art Therapy |
Education & Youth Development |
$8,000 |
| Sankofa |
Environment |
$10,000 |
| Backyard Gardener’s Network |
Environment |
$10,000 |
| Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights |
Juvenile Justice |
$10,000 |
| Ubuntu |
Juvenile Justice |
$10,000 |
| New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice |
Poverty Alleviation |
$15,000 |
| Kingsley House |
Poverty Alleviation |
$5,000 |
| Launch NOLA |
Economic Development |
$10,000 |
2017
| Organization |
Impact Area |
Grant |
| St. Roch CDC |
Workforce Development |
$10,000 |
| Louisiana Green Corps |
Workforce Development |
$10,000 |
| Sprout NOLA |
Health |
$10,000 |
| Youth Run NOLA |
Health |
$10,000 |
| Rethink |
Juvenile Justice |
$10,000 |
| Operation Restoration |
Juvenile Justice |
$10,000 |
| Project Peaceful Warriors |
Education/Youth Development |
$10,000 |
| Health Education Alliance of Louisiana (HEAL) |
Education/Youth Development |
$7,000 |
| Raintree Children & Family Services |
Education/Youth Development |
$7,000 |
| HousingNOLA |
Housing |
$15,000 |
| Travelers Aid Society |
Housing |
$5,000 |
2016
| Organization |
Impact Area |
Grant |
| Antenna |
Arts & Culture |
$3,000 |
| Upturn |
Arts & Culture |
$3,000 |
| Rising Foundations |
Arts & Culture |
$4,000 |
| LOOP NOLA |
Education/Youth Development |
$7,500 |
| Operation Pathways |
Education/Youth Development |
$2,500 |
| Travelers Aid Society |
Housing |
$5,000 |
| United Saints Recovery Project |
Housing |
$5,000 |
| BreakOUT! |
Racial Equity |
$10,000 |
| New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC) |
Ripple Effect |
$8,500 |
| Public Laboratory |
Ripple Effect |
$3,050 |
2015
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2012
2011
2010
| Organization |
Impact Area |
Grant |
| Artist Corps New Orleans |
Arts & Culture |
$6,000 |
| Tennessee Williams – New Orleans Literary Festival, Inc. |
Arts & Culture |
$1,000 |
| Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation |
Economic Development |
$2,000 |
| Start on Success at O. Perry Walker |
Education |
$5,000 |
| A’s & Aces |
Education |
$2,000 |
| Girls First |
Education |
$2,000 |
| Roots of Music |
Education |
$4,000 |
| Latino Farmers Cooperative |
Environment |
$8,000 |
| Tulane University’s Tulane City Center Grow Dat |
Environment |
$1,000 |
2009
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