Disasater: Covid-19 Response
Q3
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Urban Conservancy | 11/6/20 | French Market Place Parklet | $35,000 |
| NOLA Public Schools | 11/27/20 | District-wide COVID-19 testing | $100,000 |
| Shift Change | 11/27/20 | Hospitality business restoration | $10,000 |
Q3: Transit
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Ride New Orleans | 11/6/20 | Equitable transit for COVID and beyond | $40,000 |
Q3: Food Security
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of GNO/Acadiana | 11/13/20 | COVID-19 Food Security | $100,000 |
Environmental
The Environmental Fund is focused on building the movement to live better with the water in our region, while centering equity. Our grantmaking and programmatic work focuses on three issue areas: the management of urban water, the protection and resilience of our coastal communities in the face of climate change, and the growth of the Southeast Louisiana water economy. The Environmental Fund also aims to elevate the conversation around environmental, social, and economic sustainability as well as climate action and resilience in the Greater New Orleans region.
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Coastal Communities Consulting | 11/6/20 | General operating support | $25,000 |
| Healthy Gulf (formerly Gulf Restoration Network) | 11/13/20 | Community organizing efforts related to urban water management and coastal restoration/adaption | $25,000 |
| “Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development | |||
| Corporation (MQVN CDC)” | 11/13/20 | General operating support | $15,000 |
| WWNO | 11/13/20 | Coastal Desk ($5,000 matched by individual donations | $20,000 |
| Algiers Economic Development Foundation | 11/27/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| Alliance for Affordable Energy | 11/20/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission | 11/20/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| Gentilly Terrace and Garden Improvements Association | 11/20/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| Hollygrove Neighbors Association | 11/20/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| Keep New Orleans Beautiful | 11/27/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| Ride New Orleans | 11/20/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| Sankofa | 11/20/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| Thrive New Orleans | 11/27/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| Urban Impact Ministries | 11/20/20 | Climate Action Equity Advisory Group | $1,000 |
| Zion Travelers | 11/27/20 | General operating support | $20,000 |
| Greater New Orleans Funders Network (Foundation for Louisiana Fiscal Sponsor) | 11/20/20 | Climate Justice action Table Experimental Louisiana Restorative Justice Fund | $15,000 |
Equity: Cohort 2
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| Good Work Network | 11/27/20 | General operating support | $150,000 |
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 |
| Broad Community Connections | 11/20/20 | Equitable Executive Director Search and Post Hire Support | $18,000 |
NLE: GNOF Nonprofit Leadership & Effectiveness Program
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 |
| University of New Orleans | 11/13/20 | State of the Sector in SELA Study | $11,000 |
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 | 11/13/20 | Support launching the new entry-level green infrastructure certificate program. | $21,200 |
Competitive DAFs: Richard West Freeman Challenges
The purpose of The Richard West Freeman Endowment and Board-Restricted Cash Reserve Challenges (The Challenges) is to create endowment funds or board-restricted cash reserves for nonprofit organizations serving the Greater New Orleans thirteen-parish region. The Challenges are designed to assist nonprofit organizations in (1) establishing and/or building endowments or board-restricted cash reserves and (2) educating the nonprofit sector and the donor community on the importance of building financial independence to ensure long-term financial stability.
Board Restricted Reserve Grants: Organizations who were invited to and have completed the Board Restricted Reserve challenge.
Organization Name |
Date Awarded |
Type of Request |
Amount Awarded |
| South Louisiana Wetland Discovery Center | 10/9/20 | Raise $30,000/Match $15,000 | $15,000 |
Competitive DAFs: Selley
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 |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | 11/20/20 | Capital | $35,000 |
| Bayou District Foundation | 11/20/20 | Capital | $15,000 |
| Benjamin Franklin High School | 11/20/20 | Capital | $25,000 |
| Birdfoot Festival | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $30,000 |
| Breakthrough New Orleans | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $5,000 |
| College Beyond | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $10,000 |
| College Track | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $15,000 |
| Ed Navigator | 11/20/20 | Capital | $20,000 |
| Ellis Marsalis Center for Music | 11/20/20 | Capital | $7,500 |
| Foundation for Science and Mathematics | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $10,000 |
| Friends of Beauregard-Keyes House | 11/20/20 | Capital | $7,500 |
| Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation (WYES) | 11/20/20 | Capital | $20,000 |
| Isidore Newman School | 11/20/20 | Capital | $35,000 |
| KID smART | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $5,000 |
| KIPP New Orleans Schools | 11/20/20 | Capital | $20,000 |
| Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $5,000 |
| Le Petit Theatre | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $10,000 |
| Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra | 11/20/20 | Capital | $25,000 |
| Lousiana Museum Foundation | 11/20/20 | Capital | $15,000 |
| Loyola University New Orleans | 11/20/20 | Capital | $35,000 |
| Mount Carmel Academy | 11/20/20 | Capital | $20,000 |
| New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy | 11/20/20 | Capital | $35,000 |
| New Schools for New Orleans | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $35,000 |
| NOCHI | 11/20/20 | Capital | $35,000 |
| Posse Foundation New Orleans | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $15,000 |
| Science Teachers’ Equipment Lending Library | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $10,000 |
| Southeast Louisiana Area Council | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $20,000 |
| St. Augustine | 11/20/20 | Capital | $35,000 |
| Start in Adventure Reading | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $3,000 |
| Stuart Hall School for Boys | 11/20/20 | Capital | $35,000 |
| Teach For America | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $35,000 |
| Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival | 11/20/20 | Capital | $4,200 |
| The Good Shepherd School | 11/20/20 | Capital | $35,000 |
| The National WWII Museum | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $50,000 |
| The NOCCA Institute | 11/20/20 | Capital | $30,000 |
| WWNO New Orleans Public Radio | 11/20/20 | Capital | $15,000 |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | 11/20/20 | Capital | $33,000 |
| YMCA of Greater New Orleans | 11/20/20 | Programmatic | $20,000 |