IMPACT is the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s discretionary grants program. Its goal is to promote a resilient, vibrant, and equitable region in which the special character of the Greater New Orleans region and its people is preserved, celebrated, and given the means to thrive.
Donor Name: Greater New Orleans Foundation
State: Louisiana
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/10/2022
Size of the Grant: $20,000
Details:
By providing nonprofit organizations general operating support for multiple years, they are giving organizations what they need most — time and money. In collaboration with their nonprofit partners, they will be able to devote more attention to their community’s most pressing problems. Organizations that receive general support IMPACT grants will be eligible to renew their grants for an additional two years. This will create a rolling cohort of organizations working to help the Greater New Orleans Foundation achieve its programmatic goals.
IMPACT will support:
- General operations
- Programs
- Advocacy, including legislative, judicial, or executive advocacy; community organizing; community leadership development; and policy development.
Priority Areas
- Arts & Culture
- Support is available to organizations and programs that help preserve and grow Greater New Orleans’ unique, rich cultural heritage.
- Social Services
- Support is available to organizations that form and promote strategic partnerships to meet the needs of low-income individuals and families and help them move towards self-sufficiency.
- Health
- Support is available to organizations that increase access to healthcare services for low-income, disabled, and older adult individuals and organizations that work to increase access to mental health services.
- Youth Development
- Support is available to organizations that ensure youth have access to high-quality programs that extend learning beyond the classroom and build connections to caring adults, education, and employment.
- Education
- Support is available to organizations that ensure all young people enrolled in public K-12 schools receive a rigorous, high-quality education that prepares them for post-secondary education and entering the workforce. GNOF also supports organizations that advocate for adult literacy.
Funding Information
Funding for IMPACT comes from a portion of their assets, the field of interest funds, and unrestricted funds. They are committed to increasing the dollars they have available for IMPACT through their fundraising efforts; however, at this time the IMPACT funding remains limited. The average grant size is $20,000; grants may be larger or smaller.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that serve the Greater New Orleans region are eligible to apply for funding. Organizations that are not tax-exempt but have a fiscal agent relationship with a 501(c)(3) organization are also eligible.
Nonprofit organizations with a current IMPACT renewal grant are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit GNOF.
