Greater New Orleans Foundation December 2020 Grants

December 18, 2020

We’re proud to provide grants that create real impact.

Disaster: COVID-19 Response

Entertainment: Assistance for organizations providing relief to those in the entertainment industry  

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans 12/11/20 COVID-19 Support for Cultural Community $67,500
Jazz & Heritage Foundation 12/18/20 COVID-19 Support for Cultural Community $67,500

 

Q3: Health

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

CORE 12/11/20 Increased COVID-19 Testing Capacity $100,000
LSU Health Foundation 12/18/20 LSUHSC Contact Tracing Initiative $40,100
St. Thomas Clinic 12/18/20 Community-based free diabetes training $20,000

Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity: Cohort 2

The Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity aims to:

  1. Bolster the work of black-led nonprofits leading on racial equity: making investments to sustain the work of local nonprofits that are having an impact in eliminating inequitable systems.
  2. Close the racial wealth gap by investing in initiatives to help small, minority businesses grow their share of gross receipts in our region from a mere two percent currently to create meaningful prosperity, as well as investing in housing and other strategies that can build wealth for black families.

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Urban League 12/11/20 General operating support $150,000
Power Coalition 12/11/20 General operating support $150,000

OE/Ford Metops

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Ashe 12/18/20 Advisory Group Participation Stipend $150
DBI 12/18/20 Advisory Group Participation Stipend $150
Kingsley House 12/18/20 Advisory Group Participation Stipend $150
NOYA 12/18/20 Advisory Group Participation Stipend $150
NPN 12/18/20 Advisory Group Participation Stipend $150
Pontchatrain Conservancy 12/18/20 Advisory Group Participation Stipend $150
United Nation Houma 12/18/20 Advisory Group Participation Stipend $150
Youth Run NOLA 12/18/20 Advisory Group Participation Stipend $150

OE Earned

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

CADA 12/25/20 Webinar Participation Stipend $250.00
Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative 12/25/20 Webinar Participation Stipend $250.00

Emily’s Bloomin Youth Fund

The Emily Schoenbaum Blooming Youth fund’s mission is to provide outdoor, nature-centered programs to at-risk or disconnected youth, ages 8-18, in Orleans Parish.

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

LOOP NOLA 12/25/20 General operating support $10,000.00
Edible Schoolyard NOLA 12/25/20 General operating support $10,000.00
Grow Dat Youth Farm 12/25/20 General operating support $10,000.00
Teaching Responsible Earth Education 12/25/20 General operating support $20,000.00

IMPACT

Gulf States Eye Surgery Fund

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Health and Education Alliance of LA 12/18/20 Coordinated Care for the Whole Child $25,000

 

Harold J. Newman, Jr. Charitable Trust

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Ochsner Clinic Foundation 12/18/20 Patient Assistance $50,000

 

Kahn-Oppenheim Trust

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Youth Run NOLA 12/11/20 Youth Run NOLA Community Health Catalysts and 504k Train $20,000
Edible Schoolyard 12/18/20 Edible Education in a Pandemic $20,000
Dancing Grounds 12/18/20 Dance into Wellness Together $20,000
Friends of Lafitte Greenway 12/18/20 Lafitte Greenway: Fitness & Farmers Markets $20,000
Luke’s House 12/18/20 Virtual Health Education $20,000
Market Umbrella 12/18/20 Market Umbrella Healthy Food Access Resilience Project $20,000
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center 12/18/20 Cancer Prevention Food Boxes $10,000
Second Harvest 12/18/20 Second Harvest Food Bank & University Medical Center’s Therapeutic Food Pantry $20,000
Touro Infirmary Foundation 12/18/20 Community-based free diabetes screenings $20,000

 

Michael R. Boh Fund

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

TrainingGrounds Inc. 12/11/20 TrainingGrounds – We PLAY Center $10,000
St. Therese Academy 12/11/20 St. Therese Academy Gap Fund $10,000
Daughters Beyond Incarceration 12/11/20 General operating support $20,000
Center for Resilience 12/18/20 Start-up Support for the Prism Project $20,000
Boys Town Louisiana 12/30/20 Residential Group Homes $20,000

Fertel

The goal of The Fertel Foundation is to foster educational & cultural opportunities.

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

WWNO 12/11/20 The Reading Life $5,000
KID smART 12/11/20 General operating support $2,500

Selley Foundation Fund

The Fertel Foundation aims to improve the lives of people in the Greater New Orleans area. The Selley Trustees review grant requests in the following program areas: arts & culture, education, and the environment.

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Be Greater Capital Campaign Fund 12/25/20 $5,000
National World War II Museum 12/25/20 $2,000
Bureau of Governmental Research 12/25/20 $1,000
WYES 12/25/20 $1,000
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra 12/25/20 $1,000
YMCA of Greater New Orleans 12/25/20 $5,000

Kellogg Green Infrastructure Pathways ’18 Fund & BCM NOW Collaborative Grant 9600805

The Kellogg Green Infrastructure Pathways ’18 Fund supports the Green Infrstructure Pathways Project.

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Water Environmental Foundation 12/25/20 “Green Infrastructure Entry-level Laborer” training $5,755

Kellogg Eco Opportunity Fund

The Kellogg Eco Opportunity Fund seeks to increase employment opportunities for underserved populations by providing workforce development, direct employment connections and collabortation, with employers to incorporate employee retention supports; and expand nonprofit organizations’ capacity to integrate financial capability into their work.

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Disability Rights Lousiana 12/30/20 Financial Access Inclusion & Resources $25,000
The First 72+/Rising Foundations 12/30/20 Financial Coaching and Family Economic Security Program $25,000
Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative 12/30/20 Financial Coaching program $25,000
Kingsley House 12/30/20 Family Economic Security and Financial Coaching Programs $25,000

Gert Town Community Fund

The Gert Town Community Fund supports nonprofit organizations that directly serve the residents of Gert Town.

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Dominican Sisters of Peace – New Orleans Peace Center 12/30/20 $12,750
F&L Organizational Support Services. Inc. 12/30/20 $40,000
Second Harvest of GNO/Acadiana 12/30/20 $21,065

Louisiana Service and Hospitality Family Assistance Program

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

$35,000

Convention Center Family Assistance Program

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

$77,000