Greater New Orleans Foundation January 2021

January 26, 2021

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

IMPACT

The goal of the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s IMPACT Funds is to support the region in the following categories: arts & culture, education, youth development, health, and social services.

Kahn-Oppenheim Trust

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

American Heart Association 1/8/21 Improving Food Security at ReFresh Farmer’s Market $20,000.00

The Fertel Foundation

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

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

The Public Concern Foundation 1/15/21 General Operating Support $5,000.00

Maternal and Child Health Fund (KELMCH)

The goal of the Maternal and Child Health Fund is to improve the health of vulnerable mothers and infants by building and leveraging an expanded, informed, and coordinated philanthropic presence that will better target resources to achieve structural policy change in vulnerable communities.

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Ashé Cultural Arts Center 1/21/21 To support the BirthRite: The Art of Mothering During COVID project $35,750.00

Kellogg Economic Opportunity Fund

The goal of the Kellogg Economic Opportunity Fund is to increase employment opportunities for underserved populations by providing workforce development, direct employment connections and collaboration 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

New Orleans Women and Children’s Shelter 1/22/21 To support building financial capacity and financial wellness among homeless clients $25,000
Catholic Charities Archdiocese 1/29/21 CCANO Financial Literacy Project Year 2  $25,000

The Environmental Fund

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

Waterwise Gulf South 1/22/21 Implementation of the Green Infrastructure Challenge in partnership with the Every Drop Makes A Difference campaign. $62,000

Taylor: New Orleans College Prep Scholarship Fund

To benefit a graduate of New Orleans College Prep.

Organization Name

Date Awarded

Type of Request

Amount Awarded

University of Notre Dame 1/22/21 Daut’e Martin Scholarship $2,316.66

Greater Together Fund for Racial Equity

The Racial Equity Fund’s goals are 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

Ashe Cultural Arts Center 1/31/21 Providing leadership in ending institutional racism, working to eliminate inequitable systems and/or working to close the racial wealth gap. $35,000.00
Junebug Productions Inc. $35,000.00
New Orleans African American Museum $35,000.00
No Dream Deferred NOLA $25,000.00
ACLU of Louisiana $20,000.00
Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children $50,000.00
TrainingGrounds Inc $50,000.00
Daughters Beyond Incarceration $50,000.00
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music $25,000.00
Our Voice Nuestra Voz $50,000.00
The 1881 Research Institute $50,000.00
Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development $25,000.00
Made in New Orleans Foundation $30,000.00
Grow Dat Youth Farm $35,000.00
Birthmark Doula Collective $35,000.00
Familias Unidas en Accion $40,000.00
House of Tulip $50,000.00
Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative $30,000.00
Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center` $35,000.00
Operation Restoration $20,000.00
The First 72+ $20,000.00
Home by Hand, Inc $25,000.00
Thrive New Orleans $50,000.00
Ujamaa Economic Development Corporation $25,000.00
Citizen SHE $25,000.00
Corporate Internship Leadership Institute $50,000.00
Groundwork New Orleans $30,000.00
Sankofa CDC $50,000.00