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Hotel Hope Awarded $100,000

Impact 100, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, announced on November 17 that its $100,000 transformative grant will be awarded this year to Hotel Hope.

  • Impact 100 2021

    On November 17, 2021, Impact 100, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, announced that its $100,000 transformative grant will be awarded this year to Hotel Hope. Impact 100, a giving circle now in its ninth year, is a group of over one hundred local women who committed to giving $1,100 for the purpose of making a single transformative grant to a local nonprofit. Recipient nonprofits will use the grant to deepen their impact and grow their network of supporters. Since its inaugural year, Impact 100 has granted out more than 1 million dollars to nonprofits across our region.

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  • 2021 Impact 100 Initiative Awards Grant to Hotel Hope

    Impact 100, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, announced that its $100,000 transformative grant will be awarded this year to Hotel Hope. Impact 100, a giving circle now in its ninth year, is a group of over one hundred local women who committed to giving $1,100 for the purpose of making a single transformative grant to a local nonprofit.

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  • Five Things to Know: Blue Bikes

    You’ve seen them around town so you already know: Blue Bikes are back! With this warm winter weather we’ve been having, now is the perfect time to take these bikes for a spin. On December 30th and January 1st, these bikes were checked out over 1,000 times each day!

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  • Recent Greater New Orleans Foundation Grants

    We’re proud to provide grants that create real impact. That’s why we’re the steward of more than 900 donor-advised and donor-designated funds. Our donors make between $20 million and $30 million in grants to diverse nonprofits throughout the Greater New Orleans region, based on their specific areas of interest. View our most up-to-date list of current and upcoming grant opportunities here.

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  • Foundation Releases Study on The State of Nonprofits in Southeast Louisiana 2021

    The study found that nonprofits successfully adapted to meet the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and that many even expanded their services to support the people of our region. The study also found that while a sizable percentage of nonprofits in Southeast Louisiana have Black and BIPOC executive directors, executive team members, board chairs, and board members, there is still a racial leadership gap within the region’s nonprofit sector, particularly in arts and culture organizations. 

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  • Upcoming Events: Leadership-Focused Learning Opportunities

    There are many different ways to lead. Strategic planning, financial leadership, and board governance are great ways to strengthen an organization’s adaptability to unforeseen events. Nonprofit leaders are encouraged to register for these three leadership-focused learning opportunities that will help them steer and support their organizations.

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  • Foundation Announces $1,315,000 in New Hurricane Ida Relief Grants

    The Foundation has announced $1,315,000 in immediate assistance grants to local nonprofits leading disaster response and has now distributed over $3.2 million in four rounds of grantmaking. 

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  • Hurricane Ida Disaster Response & Restoration Fund Grant Updates

    Hurricane Ida made landfall in SE Louisiana as a Category 4 Hurricane, wreaking havoc all along its path, particularly in the Lafourche and Terrebonne parish, but causing damage extending into Jefferson, Orleans, St. Tammany, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and other parishes. To make these grants, the Foundation team has taken guidance from parish officials, conducted due diligence and prioritized ongoing grassroots responses led by people who are native to the impacted parishes  and know their communities best. To date, we have awarded $3,182,000 in grants to our nonprofit partners.

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  • Artist Aron Belka Named the Inaugural COHN | GNOF | NOLA | ARTS Award Program Winner

    The Greater New Orleans Foundation has announced artist Aron Belka as the inaugural COHN | GNOF | NOLA | ARTS Award program winner. As the winner, Belka will receive $10,000 and be honored at a special reception at the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s Center for Philanthropy.

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  • Foundation, Benson Announce New Grants in Hurricane Ida Relief

    The Greater New Orleans Foundation and Mrs. Gayle Benson announced $1,117,000 in immediate assistance grants to local nonprofits leading disaster response. Generous matching funds were provided by Mrs. Gayle Benson ($466,000) and the Dick J. Guidry Fund ($150,000). 

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