IMPACT Special Funding provides special funding opportunities for organizations doing specific work in health and youth development.
Donor Name: Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF)
State: Louisiana
City: New Orleans
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Types of Grant
- Harold W. Newman, Jr. Charitable Trust (A total of $45,000 Available) – Funding for organizations that provide health care assistance to residents of New Orleans whose U.S. adjusted gross income for the preceding tax year, when added to any tax-exempt income and income from a spouse for that same year, is at least $75,000 but not more than $200,000. The health care assistance must be for cancer, heart disease, or Alzheimer’s.
- Kahn-Oppenheim Trust (A total of $145,000 Available) – Funding for the development and/or improvement of public health outreach and education programs to inform people about ways to prevent diseases like asthma, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, HIV/AIDS, and others, insofar as these programs involve physical, nutritional, or dietary regimens.
- Gulf States Eye Surgery Fund (A total of $30,000 Available) – Funding for organizations that defray the expenses of poor or indigent patients requiring or receiving eye surgery, care, or treatment.
- Michael R. Boh Fund (A total of $40,000 Available) – Funding for organizations that help children and their families who have been rejected by the institutions that most children rely on for their development.
Funding Information
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.
- Priority will be given to organizations that demonstrate one or more of the following:
- Strong leadership at the staff and board level
- Good fiscal management
- Growing track record of success
- Commitment to equity for communities and populations in high need
- Thoughtful involvement of community members as leaders and advisors
- Key contributions to the health and vibrancy of the communities they serve
- Advocacy on behalf of underserved communities at the community, legislative, judicial, and/or executive levels
- Creative engagement of multiple stakeholders to promote the creation of new public sources of support for nonprofit work
- Integration of individual, family, and community views into the assessment of needs and services as well as needed policy and advocacy initiatives.
For more information, visit GNOF.
