Established in 1983, the Greater New Orleans Foundation is the regional leader of philanthropy, with assets of $192 million, of which $117 is endowed.
Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded over $100 million back into the community through grantmaking. Every day, GNOF joins other foundations, nonprofit organizations, community leaders, experts and government officials to address the needs of the community and to build consensus for solutions.
The Greater New Orleans Foundation pursues to demolish an abandoned gas station on Lee Circle and construct a three-story building.
The new building will serve as the foundation's office...more
Having a prominent center for philanthropy in the city's downtown area will also ... our skilled staff to fulfill their philanthropic goals, gain insight into community...more
rendering via Waggonner & Ball architects It's official. The Greater New Orleans Foundation will have a new home on the site of the abandoned gas station at...more
Houma CourierJennifer Amedee instructs campers how to conduct experiments to study earthworms June 25 during the Wetlands Restoration Camp at the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center in Houma....more
To the contrary, Ruesga facilitated a group of younger philanthropic careerists at a Council on Foundations program, asking them what these young people hoped to be remembered from in philanthropy....more
President of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, Albert Ruesga, states that the highhanded politeness in American philanthropy is leading nonprofits to ruin.
However, honesty, stronger advocacy...more
That's why the authors argue that the practice of social justice philanthropy – contributions made to nonprofits that work for structural change – is what is missing from the current focus of...more
TurboTax and Operation Homefront announced the start of Mission2Match, a philanthropic campaign that will benefit military families in need. People will be able to donate to Mission2Match via the...more
The Greater New Orleans Foundation has received a $600,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to help strengthen nonprofit organizations in the New Orleans area. Recipients will be picked and grants...more
The Bayou Community Foundation was launched as a new nonprofit foundation designed to attract resources and manage donations needed to improve quality of life in Terrebonne and Lafourche.
The...more
Entrepreneurs Unlocked, a Bolton-based social enterprise, has received National Lottery funding to expand its mentoring program to 200 prison inmates in the Northwest.