The Greater New Orleans Foundation

“Upon completion of a final draft of form 990, a copy of the draft is sent to members of the audit committee. The committee is then convened with the representatives of the foundation's outside cpa firm to discuss the form and to review the public support test. After acceptance by the committee, the form is sent to all members of the board before being filed with the applicable agencies.”

“The foundation annually requires all employees and trustees to disclose any potential personal or business associations which could be perceived as a conflict of interest. Throughout the year trustees are reminded to disclose any new relationships where a conflict of interest may be present. New trustees and new employees are also required to attend an orientation where this specific topic is discussed.”

“The executive committee of the board of the greater new orleans foundation meets annually to review the compensation of the president and ceo as well as senior management of the foundation. The review conists of comparisons to other non profits in the area, review of annual compensation surveys, and a review of overall markets trends in the industry. This information is contemporaneously documented in the written minutes.”

“The foundation's determination letter and forms 990 are available on its website. These documents, as well as various policies, are also made available to the general public upon request. The foundation notifies the public of this option in various mailing and publications throughout the year.”

“The greater new orleans foundation is a civic leader across a 13 parish (county) region, supporting our community's future through fund management, nonprofit effectiveness training, programmatic initiatives, and by promoting philanthropy itself. With more than $325 million in assets and a recent history of granting an average of $24 million to nonprofits per year, the foundation is the cornerstone of social justice work in southeast louisiana. The foundation's knowledgeable staff works closely with donors and high-performing organizations that seek to create a vibrant, just, and sustainable greater new orleans region for all. By working with the foundation, charitable individuals are guaranteed high-quality donor services and fund management. By partnering with the foundation, organizations receive wrap-around services that help them achieve their missions while remaining financially stable and sustainable. In its extensive disaster response and recovery efforts, public education initiatives, workforce development programming, environmental initiatives, and nonprofit effectiveness work, the foundation stands as the neutral ground for people across southeast louisiana to come together and solve the region's most pressing challenges.”

“The greater new orleans foundation is a civic leader across a 13 parish (county) region, supporting our community's future through fund management, nonprofit effectiveness training, programmatic initiatives, and by promoting philanthropy itself. With more than $325 million in assets and a recent history of granting an average of $24 million to nonprofits per year, the foundation is the cornerstone of social justice work in southeast louisiana. The foundation's knowledgeable staff works closely with donors and high-performing organizations that seek to create a vibrant, just, and sustainable greater new orleans region for all. By working with the foundation, charitable individuals are guaranteed high-quality donor services and fund management. By partnering with the foundation, organizations receive wrap-around services that help them achieve their missions while remaining financially stable and sustainable. In its extensive disaster response and recovery efforts, public education initiatives, workforce development programming, environmental initiatives, and nonprofit effectiveness work, the foundation stands as the neutral ground for people across southeast louisiana to come together and solve the region's most pressing challenges.”

“Because the foundation seeks to improve the quality of life for all, we promote philanthropy as a solution to our community's pressing issues. Below is a complete listing of the foundation's work. Fund management: by workingwith a diverse set of individuals, the foundation helps donors of all types do their part to solve the challenges that keep them up at night. The foundation works with individuals, businesses and corporations, local and national foundations, and government agencies to support our region. With over 800 funds under management, fundholders are provided with expert guidance and concierge service-all from its home in the center for philanthropy, in the heart of new orleans. Nonprofit effectiveness: training nonprofit leaders to be effective, savvy, and responsible stewards of their organizations, the foundation annually serves in excess of 1,000 individuals. Whether a nonprofit leader needs entry-level training in board governance, fundraising, or financial management; or in-depth, targeted training or coaching, the foundation provides these wrap-around services. By providing these services, the foundation is both protecting and leveraging the investment made in these organizations by generous donors. Program initiatives: the foundation's programs reflect its aproach to creating a thriving community for all. With a diverse portfolio, the foundation invests in partners that range from grassroots organizations to anchor institutions. Some of the foundation's most popular programs are highlighted below. Impact, the foundation's annual discretionary grantmaking program, supports health and human service, arts and culture, education and youth development organizations. New orleans works, the foundation's signature workforce development program, does exactly that: it works. Unlike similar workforce development programs, new orleans works uses an employer-led model that guarantees employment for low-to-middle skilled workers upon successful completion of targeted training. Through new orleans works, the foundation has been able to: employ over 350 individuals and impact nearly 1,000 workers through training and access to career pathways; work with every major healthcare employer in the new orleans region; implement shared training practices and policies between healthcare employers; and help human resource departments at healthcare institutions implement progressive hiring and promotion practices to allow more individuals to qualify for and gain employment and promotion. Launch the second chance fund, which supports organizations that give micro-grants to formerly incarcerated returning citizens, allowing them to remove small barriers that stand in between them and meaningful employment. Second chance fund micro-grants helped nearly 300 people in the program's first year (2016), by providing items like construction tools, identification cards, glasses, work boots, and tools. Urban water series, the foundation's approach to helping new orleans live with water, has helped city and regional officials, national experts, nonprofit organizations, and citizens come together to learn how to responsibly manage storm water in the nation's third rainiest city. Because of the urban water series, the city of new orleans adopted article 23 to its comprehensive zoning ordinance. Article 23 ensures that new construction must incorporate progressive water management and green infrastructure. The environmental fund is the foundation's grantmaking program to support coastal communities. From collaborating with the united houma nation to help native communities gain clear titles to their land in advance of climate-migration to working with the environmental defense fund to help re-design the lower end of the mississippi river, the environmental fund is a catalyst for the protection and restoration of coastal communities. Lgbt fund, louisiana's first dedicated source of foundation funding for lgbtq-led and -serving organizations, supports”

“Change in value of split-interest agreements 694,100.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”