Disaster: COVID-19 Response
Round 5 – Grassroots Community Health Outreach
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Bastion Community of Resilience | 9/11/2020 | Telehealth Program | $20,000 |
Round 5 – Support For Incarcerated And Returning Citizens
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights | 9/11/2020 | Rapid Response Community Connections Program | $10,000 |
Round 5 – Opportunity Youth Serving Organizations
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Operation Spark | 9/11/2020 | Coding a New Future | $20,000 |
Q3: Health
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Urban League of Louisiana | 9/11/2020 | COVID-19 Contact Tracing Public Awareness Campaign. | $75,000 |
Disaster: Hurricanes Laura and Sally and Tropical Storm Marco Response
Hurricane Laura: Noah’s Wish
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Louisiana SPCA | 9/18/2020 | Hosting pets, transporting pets, finding foster homes | $20,000 |
| Northshore Humane Society | 9/18/2020 | Hosting pets, transporting pets, finding foster homes | $20,000 |
Hurricane Laura: New Orleans Area Response
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Hands On New Orleans | 9/18/2020 | Volunteer coordination and donation management in N.O. and SWLA | 20,000 |
| NOLA Breastfeeding Center | 9/18/2020 | Emergency feeding kits, support for new mothers | 10,000 |
| NOLA Tree Project | 9/18/2020 | Volunteer coordination | 10,000 |
| Junior League Diaper Bank | 9/18/2020 | Emergency diaper supplies | 10,000 |
| Catholic Charities of New Orleans | 9/18/2020 | Case management | 10,000 |
| Operation Restoration | 9/18/2020 | Case management for women and girls | 10,000 |
| New Orleans Council on Aging | 9/18/2020 | Case management for seniors | 10,000 |
| United Way of Southeast Louisiana | 9/18/2020 | Donation and volunteer management | 10,000 |
Hurricane Laura: Southwest Louisiana Response
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| SBP | 9/18/2020 | Working in Lake Charles on debris removal, tarping, running education campaign on how to of FEMA self-assessments | 20,000 |
| World Central Kitchen | 9/18/2020 | Feeding responders and residents in SWLA | 20,000 |
| Catholic Charities Southwest Louisiana | 9/18/2020 | Case management and distribution of relief supplies | 20,000 |
| Team Rubicon | 9/18/2020 | Debris removal and road clearing | 15,000 |
| Rebuilding Together Acadiana | 9/18/2020 | Debris removal, mucking, and gutting | 25,000 |
| Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana | 9/18/2020 | General support for Laura response | 20,000 |
| Community Foundation of Acadiana | 9/18/2020 | General support for Laura response | 20,000 |
| Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank | 9/18/2020 | Food assistance for SW LA | 25,000 |
NLE: Mission Acceleration
Capacity-building grants enable organizations to hire consultants to help their board and staff accomplish work that requires time, energy, expertise, and innovative thinking beyond everyday operations. In general, the most successful capacity-building projects: Address operational, management, or governance issues that affect the organization as a whole, rather than a single department or program. Focus on a single core challenge or opportunity, rather than a patchwork of unrelated issues. Are critical to the organization’s long-term success in achieving its mission.
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Efforts of Grace/Ashé Cultural Arts Center | 9/25/2020 | Board Development Plan | $25,000 |
| Blue Krewe | 9/25/2020 | Business Planning, Organizational Development, and Executive Coaching | $25,000 |
New Orleans Works (NOW)
The New Orleans Works collaborative (NOW) was established over 9 years ago with the purpose of building the capacity of the local workforce system while fostering public policy and coordinating opportunities for robust and long-lived relationships among employers, workers, education, and training/service providers to enhance a cohesive pipeline to front-line jobs and career ladders. To achieve its goal of creating an environment with opportunities for higher wages, better benefits, and career advancement for the region’s workforce, NOW used the vehicle of the healthcare sector. In an effort to continually innovate, NOW has expanded its focus to include the emerging field of green infrastructure and is committed to identifying new training opportunities that will position New Orleanians to take advantage of new careers that are introduced in the region.
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Delgado Community College | 9/18/2020 | In partnership with the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS), provide fundamental skills training for twenty-five low and middle-skilled incumbent workers (grades GS 1-6) in order to prepare these employees for upward mobility within the SLVHCS system. | $60,000 |
Class of Electric Ratepayers
Scholarships to Orleans Parish residents meeting requirements.
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Loyola University | 9/4/2020 | 2020-2021 Scholarships | $11,342 |
| Tulane University | 9/4/2020 | 2020-2021 Scholarships | $33,685 |