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The philanthropic institution that champions charitable giving, strengthens nonprofits, and leads civic initiatives in the Greater New Orleans region
New Orleans, LA
Joined November 2009
At the Greater New Orleans Foundation, we make it easy for you to make an impact on the region. Lynne Rothschild Stern's Buccaneer Fund was established in 2011 and supports a variety of organizations in the Greater New Orleans area that hold special significance to her and her
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The 16th annual @NOPDNews (NOPD) Citizen Satisfaction Survey found public satisfaction with NOPD continues to rise this year, reaching 47%, up from 40% last year. The survey also found that NOPD satisfaction has increased 16 percentage points since Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick
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ICYMI: Foundation President and CEO, Andy Kopplin, participated in a panel discussion about workforce industry sector partnerships at the Horizons Summit, presented by Jobs for the Future (@jfftweets). This plenary session explored how following Hurricane Katrina New Orleans has
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On 6/12, the Foundation’s Nonprofit Leadership and Effectiveness team hosted “Nonprofit Preparedness: Planning for Continued Operations during Extreme Weather Events,” at the Fellowship Hall at First Grace United Methodist Church. The workshop informed nonprofit leaders, staff,
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On 6/12, at the June Social hosted by the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s women’s giving circle, Impact100, @uCCNOLA announced that they will be naming their Hard Hat Lounge at their new Freret Street campus in honor of Impact 100. A 2019 winner of Impact 100’s $100,000
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Last week, the Foundation announced $100,000 in grants to 19 area nonprofits from our LGBTQ Fund. Since its inaugural year in 2016, the Foundation’s LGBTQ Fund has awarded 137 grants totaling $852,000 to 53 nonprofits across our region. The grants are recommended by the
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Today, the Foundation joins in celebrating #Juneteenth, a day that honors freedom and resilience. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned they were free, marking the true end of slavery in the
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On 5/14, @BrookingsInst published a report which specifically includes a case study highlighting Foundation’s leadership in convening Industry Sector Partnerships for Workforce Development in Health Care and Construction/Green Infrastructure. The report outlines the pillars of
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ICYMI: On 5/21 at the 2025 State of the Coast Conference, Dan Favre, Director of Environmental Programs at the Greater New Orleans Foundation, moderated a panel with Southeast Louisiana Voice of Impacted Communities and Environments (SELA VOICE) members who shared their current
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RT @EPNOla: EPNO a program of the @GNOFoundation, designed to inspire and educate our region’s next generation of philanthropists, invites….
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On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, the Greater New Orleans Foundation held its biennial meeting and presented the Spark of Philanthropy award to Christian T. Brown for his outstanding philanthropic contributions to our region. 🔗 Read about Christian T. Brown, the Spark of Philanthropy
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📢 RFP Alert: Technical Assistance Contractor Needed. The New Orleans Community Support Foundation, a supporting organization of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is seeking a technical assistance contractor to support planning and delivery of technical assistance for a new
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Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation and the New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund Steering Committee announced that they have awarded and completed the distribution of $3.05 million in compensation grants to families who lost loved ones and individuals severely impacted by the New
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On Monday, 4/21, multiple Foundation Environmental Fund grantees, including Water Wise Gulf South, Healthy Community Services, Greater Treme Consortium, and others, were featured in a @NYTimes series highlighting local solutions to environmental problems across the country.
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On Tuesday, April 15, the Foundation’s Nonprofit Leadership and Effectiveness team brought nonprofit professionals from across the region together for a workshop called Purpose and Balance: Mastering Effectiveness without Burnout. Nonprofit professionals are constantly
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ICYMI: On 4/25, the Foundation, @MayorCantrell and the Mayor’s Offices of Youth and Families (OYF) and Resilience & Sustainability (ORS) announced the 18 winning projects, led by 70 young people, selected for the second round of the @BloombergDotOrg Youth Climate Action Fund
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In April, @BioDistrictNOLA Board Chair and President and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, Andy Kopplin, was selected as a finalist for the District Champion Award given by the Global Institute on Innovation Districts (@giid_org) for his work building a dynamic, job
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The Foundation’s Nonprofit Leadership & Effectiveness (NLE) team is hosting some upcoming workshops including the following offerings:. ► June 5 – Board Governance Fundamentals (Virtual). ► June 12 – Nonprofit Preparedness: Planning for Continued Operations during Extreme
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The Foundation’s women’s giving circle, Impact 100, invites you to its June Social at a new building of the 2019 Impact 100 Winner, unCommon Construction, on Thursday, June 12. Come meet current and prospective members and learn more about Impact 100 and unCommon Construction,
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