Impact 100
We support women by expanding the impact of their giving.
Across the country and across the globe women are taking their rightful place at the table where decisions are made. Nowhere is their presence more powerfully felt than in philanthropy, where women’s values and visions are reshaping our world. Registration for 2023 is now open.
What is Impact 100?
Impact 100 is a group of over one hundred local women who have committed to giving $1,100 for 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.
Why Impact 100?
Because, as Margaret Mead said, it really only takes a small group of committed individuals to change the world. In recent years, as women have stepped into their power—including their earning power—women’s giving circles have become influential change agents in communities across the country.
We believe it’s time for a women’s giving circle to transform some of the pressing issues facing the New Orleans region. By pooling our resources and focusing our efforts, we can be the change agents few of us can afford to be alone. Together, we can demonstrate the power of collaborative giving. $1,100 is your passport to Impact 100. To learn more information about Impact 100 please read the Q&A.
Women Making an Impact
Impact 100, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, awarded a $100,000 transformative grant to TrainingGrounds, Inc. Impact 100, a women’s giving circle now in its tenth year, is a group of over one hundred local women who commit to giving $1,100 for the purpose of making a single transformative grant to a local nonprofit. Recipient nonprofits will use the grant to deepen their impact and grow their network of supporters.
Since its inaugural year ten years ago, Impact 100 has granted out more than $1 million to nonprofits across our region.
On November 10, 2022, members heard presentations from the selected nonprofits. The women of Impact 100 voted to hear pitches from the categories of Education, Women & Girls, Youth Development, and Workforce Development. The membership heard pitches from TrainingGrounds, Inc., Daughters Beyond Incarceration, The Roots of Music, and Louisiana Green Corps. Each of the runners up received a $5,000 grant as well as pitch training and a profile video created by our nonprofit partner NOVAC – which can be viewed, along with each nonprofit’s pitch, on our YouTube page.
On November 14, 2022, staff members of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, alongside Villere & Co. and members of this year’s Impact 100 advisory committee, went to TrainingGrounds’ headquarters to notify the nonprofit that they were the $100,000 grant winner. View the winner notification video here.
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Learn more about Impact 100's Previous Years
For membership questions or to learn more about Impact 100, please contact Dr. Kenneth St. Charles, Ph.D., Vice President for Philanthropy, at kenneth@gnof.org or at 504.598.4663.
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Impact 100 2022 Membership
Peggy Adams*
Victoria Adams Phipps
Karen Aron
Nancy Aronson
Carol Asher
Aimee Aysenne
Judy Barrasso
Dawn Barrios
Margaret Benjamin
Terese Bennett
Otylia Benson
Julie Benson
Donna Betzer
Elizabeth Boh
Katherine Boh
Bridget Bories
Brenda Breaux
Christine Briede
Ashley Bright
Kia Brown
Florence Brown
Vanessa Brown Claiborne
Lynne Burkart
Celeste Cahn
Elise Cahn
Marie Cahn*
Sharon Cassiere
Lorraine Chotin
Lynn Coatney
Sarah Cockerham
Ciara Coleman
Jeanie Coleman
Kaye Courington
Christine Couvillon
Jennifer Couvillon
Mia Couvillon
Susan Couvillon*
Kathleen Crowley
Mathilde Currence
Karen DeBlieux
Nina Dhurandhar
Susan Dill*
Florence Djoleto
Aleicia Donald
Marjorie Esman
Beth Favrot
Amy Flower*
Catherine Freeman
Ellen Frischhertz
Jennifer Gardener*
Kimberly George
Maureen Gershanik
Katie Gibert
Kathy Gray
Kathy Gootee
Elinor Gregory
Sue Guarisco
Michele Guerin*
Allison Hartman
Kathy Hebert
Susan HessGail Hester Louapre
Katherine Holcomb
Lanier Hosford
Andrea Huseman*
Elizabeth Ingram*
Anita Marshall Jefferson
Mary Johnson
Lori Keefe
Debby Kuhner
Martha Landrum
Patti Lapeyre
Sally Lapyere
Betty Lauricella
Katherine Lauricella
Halima Leak Francis**
Gay LeBreton
KiTani Lemieux
Lynn Long
Geneva Longlois-Marney**
Diana Mann
Shelley Massengale
Kenyatta Miles
Susan Moody Prieto
Leann Moses*
Alyson Mount
Kieta Mutepfa*
Carole Neff
Janice Parmelee
Adair Parr
Renee Pastor*
Chantelle Pierre
Laura Politz
Mary Beth Reiling
Katharine Roberts
Dielda Robertson
Jennifer Rosen
Laura Russo
Courtney Anne Sarpy
Adrienne Savant
Susan Schadt
Peggy Schleiff
Penny Selber Autenreith
Erica Severan-Webb
Jackie Shreves*
Jackie Silverman
Nannette Smith
Randye Snyder
Claire Stahel*
Jane Steiner
Stephanie Stokes
Onika Tamara
Allison Tiller
Jacqueline “J.C.” Tuthill
Melissa Tyler
Valerie Uccellani
Kristin Van Hook Moore
Kristen van Meerveld
Tricia Weeks
Madeline West
Sarah Young
Jennifer Zurik* 2022 Advisory Committee Members
** 2022 Advisory Committee Co-Chairs
Want to know more?
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