Month: June 2022

  • Foundation Awards $93,000 in New Grants from its LGBTQ Fund

    Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation announced $93,000 in grants to 13 area nonprofits from its LGTBQ Fund. Since its inaugural year in 2016, the Foundation’s LGBTQ fund has made over $552,000 in grants to 41 nonprofits across our region.

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  • LGBTQ Fund Spotlight: The LGBT Community Center of New Orleans

    In launching the LGBTQ Fund in 2016, the Greater New Orleans Foundation was moved by the Out in the South Report, which had been released by Funders for LGBTQ Issues a few years prior. The report shared that while the South had more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adults than any other part of the country, the region received just 3-4% of domestic funding for LGBTQ issues. LGBTQ people in the South were also among the most likely to be experiencing poverty.

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  • Propeller Water Challenge Pitch Competition Grand Prize Winner

    The $10,000 Grand Prize will support Flourish Horticulture’s environmentally conscious lawn, garden, and landscape construction company. 

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  • LGBTQ Fund Spotlight: LOUD – New Orleans Queer Youth Theater

    In launching the LGBTQ Fund in 2016, the Greater New Orleans Foundation was moved by the Out in the South Report, which had been released by Funders for LGBTQ Issues a few years prior. The report shared that while the South had more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adults than any other part of the country, the region received just 3-4% of domestic funding for LGBTQ issues. LGBTQ people in the South were also among the most likely to be experiencing poverty.

     

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