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Committed to responding to the immediate relief needs of the people of Louisiana quickly and responsibly, as of January 2008 LDRF has awarded $26,314,499 to the following 131 non-profit organizations more:
Acadiana Outreach Center - $240,00 to support the Displaced Family – Housing Assistance Fund that provides up to two months of rental and utility assistance to 150 displaced families to obtain housing in Lafayette, LA. (337) 237-7618
ACORN Housing Corporation - $200,000 to rehabilitate/restore homes for low-income families residing in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. www.acornhousing.org
ACORN - $124,650 for general support and organization of low and moderate income Katrina survivors to fight for respect and fair treatment for their families and communities in the relief effort and for an outreach campaign to inform evacuees about the New Orleans City Council’s August 29, 2006 deadline to place their house on a list for gutting or it will be in danger of demolition. www.acorn.org
ACORN Housing Corporation - $200,000 to rehabilitate/restore homes for low-income families residing in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. www.acornhousing.org
ACORN/PICO LIFT - $300,000 to implement voter registration drive throughout the state of Louisiana to impact the 2008 Presidential election.
Advocates For Environmental Human Rights - $10,000 to provide human rights advocacy and legal services to protect the human right of Gulf Coast residents to recover in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and to defend the human right to a healthy environment. www.ehumanrights.org
Agenda for Children - $25,000 for a Quality Child Care Coordinator who will work to ensure quality child care implementation as New Orleans transforms its dismantled child care delivery system.
www.agendaforchildren.org
Algiers Redevelopment Foundation - $25,000 for community engagement in the development of the Riverview Neighborhood Plan affected by Hurricane Katrina. joe@mccgroup.com
Alliance for Justice - $10,000 to assist with researching, writing and producing an Advocacy Monograph that speaks to the need for advocacy funding for recovery efforts due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
www.allianceforjustice.org
America Speaks $100,000 for outreach to African Americans within the Louisiana diaspora to participate in the Unified New Orleans Plan process.
www.americaspeaks.org
Baton Rouge Area Foundation - $400,000 for BRAF’s Hurricane Katrina Displaced Residents Fund that supports local nonprofits serving evacuees in the greater Baton Rouge area.
www. braf.org
Big Buddy Program - $25,000 for educational services to accommodate children who have relocated to Baton Rouge as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
www.bigbuddyprogram.org
Black Men Of Labor - $25,000 for the Building Minds of Leaders Program, which assists African American males ages 8-18 affected by Hurricane Katrina with career development and social skills training.
504-799-3040
Build Your Own Opportunities Unlimited Inc dba Terrebonne Readiness and Assistance Coalition (TRAC) - $195,000 to reconstruct and repair 15-20 homes; recruit volunteers to repair housing; and provide step-by-step advocacy and monitoring for families applying for Road Home Program and obtain reputable contractors to repair homes.
www.trac4la.com
Bunnyfriend Neighborhood Association- $20,000 to assist area residents affected by the hurricane, with grass cutting and boarding up homes in their community to help eliminate and prevent health hazards for their neighbors.
kepkat@yahoo.com
Capital Access Project - $250,000 to provide a construction contractor’s training college for skilled tradesmen and women to assist them to become state licensed construction contractors capable of participating in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort.
www.capitalaccessproject.org
Capital Area United Way - $100,000 to provide funding to transform their model to better provide for the basic needs of the Greater Baton Rouge community.www.capitalaccessproject.org
Capital Area United Way - $100,000 to provide funding to transform their model to better provide for the basic needs of the Greater Baton Rouge community.www.capitalaccessproject.org
Catholic Community Services- $150,000 to help build an affordable housing complex for very low-income families in Baton Rouge. Two of the housing units will be reserved for the exclusive occupancy of families that were displaced from their homes and evacuated to Baton Rouge because of Hurricane Katrina.
www.CCDIOBR.org
Central City Coalition - $50,000 to build a strong and effective resident voice to guide the rebuilding and redevelopment of Central City neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Katrina.
www.trinitynola.com
Coalition to Restore a Coastal Louisiana -$50,000
for a comprehensive plan to restore the coastline of Louisiana damaged or destroyed
by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
www.crcl.org
The Chamber Foundation Southwest Louisiana - $100,000 for recovery efforts of small businesses in the five parish region in Southwest Louisiana affected by Hurricane Rita.
www.chamberswla.org
Common Ground Health Clinic - $10,000 to fund operating costs of the Common Ground Health Clinic, a free clinic providing quality primary care and diagnostic services in the hurricane affected area of Algiers , and its satellite clinics, including the Latino Health Outreach Program.
email healthagliers@yahoo.com
Community Care Outreach Center - $25,000 for comprehensive educational programs to evacuee children and to provide support to the local school system in Pointe Coupee Parish.
www.ccocdestiny.org
Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA) - $400,000 for CFA’s ongoing Hurricane Relief Fund that supports nonprofit organizations servicing Rita and Katrina evacuees in Southwest Louisiana.
www.cfacadiana.org
Community Foundation of Shreveport-Bossier (CFSB) - $500,000 for CFSB’s Hurricane Relief Fund that assist local nonprofits serving Rita and Katrina evacuees living in North Louisiana to purchase vehicles for families living in FEMA trailer communities in the Foundation’s
grantmaking area.
www.comfoundsb.org
Concerned Citizens Of Agriculture Street Landfill - $10,000 to provide crucial services for returning residents of Tickfaw, a largely populated African American neighborhood; to support environmental justice work; and to protect the rights of all returning residents to live in a healthy and safe environment.
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation - $25,000 for a paper that will coincide with equity and inclusion hurricane recovery efforts for LDRF’s session at the National Congressional Caucus Foundation.
www.cbcfinc.org
Critical Resistance New Orleans - $10,000 for the Justice for Prisoners of Katrina program, focused on winning amnesty for people who were arrested for taking care of themselves and their families after the storm, including those unfairly charged with Katrina-related offenses.
www.criticalresistance.org
Deep South Center For Environmental Justice - $10,000 for loans, grants and technical assistance to assist 300-500 small businesses and nonprofit organizations damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
email dscejinc@aol.com
Downtown Neighborhood Improvement Association - $15,000 for Fyre Youth Squad to advocate on storm recovery process on behalf of New Orleans Public School students.
Emergency Interiors- $15,000 To support the transporting and distributing of home furnishings to families affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Enterprise Corporation for the Delta for the Collaborative
for Enterprise Development - $4,645,000 for loans, grants and technical
assistance to assist 300-500 small businesses and nonprofit organizations damaged
or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
www.ecd.org
Episcopal Diocese Of Louisiana For Central City Coalition-$50,000 to build a strong and effective resident voice to guide the rebuilding and redevelopment of Central City post Katrina in partnership with All Congregations Together, the Central City Renaissance Alliance and the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana.
Family and Youth Counseling Agency, Inc. - $25,000 for counseling, direct relief, and support to families impacted by Hurricane Rita in Southwest Louisiana.
www.fyca.org
Family Foundation of Southwest Louisiana - $50,000 to continue to promote mission based advocacy on behalf of children, families and communities in Southwest Louisiana.
www.fyca.org/FFSWLA/foundation.html
Federation Of Southern Cooperatives - $25,000 to build the capacity of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives recently established Louisiana affiliate to effectively assist independent commercial fishers along the Southern Louisiana coast to maintain their livelihood and culture, which has been disrupted by Hurricane Katrina.
hreed3@aol.com
First Evangelist Housing and Community Development Corporation
- $150,000 to assist with the renovations of eight (8) affordable rental units for families displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans
First United Methodist of Baton Rouge - $25,000 for Project New Orleans Area Hope (NOAH) to rehabilitate/restore 17 homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina owned by elderly, infirm and disadvantaged individuals and families in Slidell, LA.
www.firstmethodist.org
First United Methodist of Slidell - $25,000 to assist 17-25 homeowners with repairs to their homes in Slidell, LA which were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
ajunot@tulane.edu
Friends of Grand Isle - $150,000 for loans, grants, and technical assistance to up to 90 small businesses located in Grand Isle, LA damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
www.friendsofgrandisle.org
Good Work Network - $25,000 to rehabilitate and restore small businesses in New Orleans damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
www.goodnetwork.org
Grace Harbour Church Ministries-Community Technology and Economic Development Center - $100,000 to assist ten (10) displaced low income families in southern Plaquemines Parish secure a manufactured home to replace homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
www.graceharbourchurch.com
Grace Lutheran Church for Bayou Grace Community Services - $60,000 For mental health services to families and individuals impacted by Hurricane Katrina along the five bayous south of Houma, LA.
www.gracehouma.org
Grand Bayou Community Fund - $10,000 to establish a co-operative that will enable its members to rebuild the local fishing community in Port Sulphur destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
email rpatakapa@yahoo.com
Greater New Orleans Education Foundation - $10,000 to establish a co-operative that will enable its members to rebuild the local fishing community in Port Sulphur destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
email rpatakapa@yahoo.com
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center- $125,000 to support national, state and local policy, advocacy and media campaigns for right-of-return of low-income evacuees to safe, decent affordable housing.
Mr. Frank Williams
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Committee - $100,000 to support GNOFHAC's Hurricane Relief Project which will assist at least 75 needy families with legal counseling and services to resolve insurance, succession, and Road Home problems so they can avoid Hurricane Katrina related evictions and property seizures.
Greater New Orleans Foundation- $10,800 to support a cross-sector education planning meeting to explore the public education system post Katrina.
www.gnof.org
Greater Treme' Consortium - $200,000 to renovate seven affordable rental properties in the Treme' area of New Orleans. These properties will be rented to low-income families (80% and below of AMI) that were displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Gulf Coast Funders for Equity - $150,000 to support the pilot of GCFE's small grants fund and for general operating support.
Gulf South Photography Project (The) - $25,000 for GSPP’s photography programs and workshops for residents and communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to document the rebuilding of their communities.
H.O.P.E. Ministry of Pointe Coupee, Inc. - $15,000 for comprehensive family services, rental, and utility assistance to displaced families in Pointe Coupee.
225-618-830
Hands of Hope Ministry for Mount Olive Baptist Church
- $100,000 to rehabilitate 40 homes in southern Plaquemines Parish that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Idea Village (The) - $150,000 for the Katrina Business Relief Fund that provides grants and loans for equipment, staffing, and other critical expenses necessary for small businesses to rebuild New Orleans.
www.ideavillage.org
Initiative For Regional And Community Transformation - $12,500 to assist IRCT with the Gulf Mid South Young Leaders Presidential Forum, which will provide a venue for Gulf Mid South young leaders to question, listen, interact and engage in dialogue concerning hurricane recovery efforts with 2008 presidential candidates and other key national elected officials.
mlittles@gmail.com
Institute Of Women And Ethnic Studies - $10,000 for the Youth Academy of Healthy Community, to provide mental health services that are culturally sensitive and relevant to the social context of New Orleans youth; and to identify and address post-Katrina stress disorders.
email: lrichrds@aol.com
Interfaith Sponsoring Committee - $25,000 for organizing interfaith, multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and multi-issue organizations that serve as a voice for low and moderate income displaced persons in South Louisiana.
email lrichrds@aol.com
Interfaith Worker Justice Center of New Orleans - $35,000 for support of a Worker Justice Center in New Orleans during the post-Katrina rebuilding phase that will assist low-wage workers in job training, safety training and work-place rights.
email: interfaithfunders@yahoo.com
Kids Rethinking New Orleans’ School- $25,000 to organize and develop leadership among low income youth of color living in New Orleans affected by Hurricane Katrina.
email: jane@esopusemedia.com
Lafayette Restoration Center - $25,000 to
provide mental health services to 60 youth ages 7 to 15 living in FEMA trailer communities
in Lafayette.
Living Witness Community Social Service -
$250,000 to renovate four rental units of transitional housing in the Central City area of New Orleans. These properties will be rented to low-income individuals (50 - 80% of AMI) that were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and are participating in LWCSS' substance abuse treatment program.
Louisiana Assistive Technology Access -
$25,000 for refurbishing and installing donated, used, and recycled assistive technology to clients whose equipment was damaged, destroyed, or abandoned as a result of the hurricanes.
www.latan.org
Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations - $125,000 for organizational triage, assessment, planning, and technical assistance to help rebuild the nonprofit sector in the aftermath of Katrina and Rita.
www.lano.org
Louisiana Bar Association Foundation - $400,000 for assistance to Louisiana based legal service agencies to provide legal services to displaced persons throughout Louisiana and to fund a toll-free call center to provide legal consultation/referrals to evacuees throughout the United States.
www.raisingthebar.org
Louisiana Community Reinvestment Coalition - $25,000 to build the capacity of a coalition that works with financial institutions to increase access to funds for home and small business loans for African American, Latino American and Native Americans who fled from Hurricane Katrina and relocated to the Mandeville area.
www.faireconomy.org
Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation - - $250,000 to stabilize and support the recovery of 100 individual cultural workers, organizations, and small businesses disrupted by the impact of Hurricane Katrina. Email: culturaleconomy@gmail.com
Louisiana Environmental Action Network - $10,000 for purchase of protective gear to be distributed to displaced residents returning to clean their homes, and for general support for their work protecting the health of the ecosystems and communities of Louisiana.
www.leanweb.org
Louisiana Family Recovery Corps (LFRC) - $3,750,000 for case management and direct assistance to displaced families throughout the state of Louisiana.
www.recoverycorps.org
Louisiana Housing Alliance - $75,000 to support the 2008 programmatic and capacity building activities which includes implementing a legislative policy agenda as well as building capacity of nonprofit organizations across the state to advocate for housing needs of constituents.
Louisiana Housing Community & Economic Development Collaborative - $15,000 to support the Collaborative’s Hurricane Katrina and Rita related policy agenda.
225-295-3583
Louisiana Justice Institute – $35,000 to conduct trainings and outreach throughout Louisiana to inform displaced residents of housing rights and opportunities, and enable residents to fully access state and federal assistance resources; and to foster social justice campaigns across Louisiana for communities of color, concentrating in the Gulf Coast region affected by the hurricanes.
www.naacp.org.
Louisiana Recovery Authority Support Foundation – $500,000 to support the development of a comprehensive rebuilding plan for the state of Louisiana that ensures equity and inclusion of all citizens in the rebuilding process.
www.lrasupportfoundation.org.
Louisiana Restaurant Association – $25,000 to provide grants to at least 50 small restaurants located in New Orleans French Quarter to help them to recover from the economic disruption caused by Hurricane Katrina and continue to employ New Orleans residents.
504-454-2777.
Louisiana State Museum (Baton Rouge) -$2,500 for general operating support.
www.crt.state.la.us
Lower 9th Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Association - $35,000 to engage and mobilize current and former residents of the Lower Ninth Ward to advocate for supportive local policies around rebuilding; and to create a comprehensive planning process that addresses residents’ housing, employment, and other needs.
www.lower9thwardnena.com
Mary Queen Of Vietnam Community Development Corporation - $15,000 to purchase translation headsets and equipment to increase language access and encourage immigrant community members to participate in post-Katrina rebuilding activities and processes.
www.mqvncdc.org
Moving Forward Gulf Coast, Inc. - $25,000 for the Recover and Restore Episode, a DVD series providing Gulf Coast residents with information relating to key issues in rebuilding from the hurricanes.
colette@movingforwardgc.org
My Sister’s House of the Felicianas - - $15,000 to build the social service capacity for rural victims of violence who are homeless that relocated to East and West Feliciana Parishes due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. mysisters_house@yahoo.com
National Community Development Institute - $13,700 to provide leadership institutes in hurricane affected New Orleans to build the capacity of nonprofits.
www.ncdi.net
National Community Reinvestment Coalition - $150,000 to educate and train New Orleans-based congregations and community-based organizations on how the federal Community Reinvestment Act can be used to leverage resources from financial institutions to help rebuild communities damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina www.ncrc.org
NAACP Gulf Coast Advocacy Centers - $10,000 to conduct trainings and outreach in Louisiana to inform displaced residents of housing rights and opportunities, and enable residents to fully access state and federal assistance resources.
www.naacp.org
Neighborhood Development Foundation - $28,000 for an e-business that provides information on housing options, free credit reports, and housing counseling in collaboration with Total Community Action and HOPE Credit Union.
www.ndf-neworleans.com
National Council of Churches for Churches Supporting Churches - $45,000 for a series of two-day Retreat/Institutes for New Orleans pastors and
families for spiritual and physical reconstruction and development of a policy framework.
www.councilofchurches.org
National Housing Partnership Foundation - $1,000,000 to construct 209 units of new affordable housing in New Orleans East to replace housing destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and to rehabilitate 284 units of affordable rental housing in the Algiers community that were damaged by Katrina.
National Low Income Housing Coalition - $10,000 for 10 LDRF grantees who assist displaced citizens affected by the hurricanes to attend the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s conference in Washington, DC.
National Policy And Advocacy Council On Homelessness - $5,000 for the Gulf South Housing Stability Project to address emergency housing needs, recover critical social services and advocacy capacity, and provide technical assistance, leadership development and enhanced coordination in Louisiana affected by the hurricanes.
www.npach.org
Neighborhood Housing Services - - $250,000 to assist 30 teachers in New Orleans to rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans Affordable Home Ownership - $220,000 to make minor repairs and façade improvements to 35- 40 homes in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood which were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. www.nolainc.org
New Orleans Clergy Caucus - $10,000 to assist a group of local churches affected by Hurricane Katrina with visits to progressive churches in other parts of the country to view models of housing projects that could help address the housing needs of their constituents. dpbtte@yahoo.com
New Orleans Interfaith Sponsoring Committee (All Congregations Together) - $25,000 for organizing grassroots leaders to fight for pro-family policy changes in New Orleans, with a focus on early childhood education and environmental clean up, post Katrina. www.actnola.org
New Orleans Museum of Art - $10,000 for general operating support for museum recovery efforts due to Hurricane Katrina. www.noma.org
New Orleans Parents’ Corner - - $25,000 to research best models and develop a parent organizing network for parents affected by the storm. 504-274-3619
New Orleans Women's Health And Justice Initiative - $10,000 for the Women’s Health Clinic in the historic African American neighborhood of Treme, to provide a wide range of preventative health services and ensure that women and girls of color have access to affordable and safe health care services post-Katrina. email theapatterson@yahoo.com
Northern Louisiana Interfaith Sponsoring Committee - $10,000 for the Northern and Central Louisiana Katrina Survivors Network, to build a network of evacuees who can advocate for the needs of their families and communities, and collaborate with local organizations and networks throughout Louisiana. email PerkyP51@aol.com
Operation Hope - $220,000 to provide technical assistance and grants to assist and stabilize 50 small businesses in the Houma, LA area that were disrupted by Hurricane Katrina. www.operationhope.org
Options Foundation
- $20,000 to provide mental health services to evacuees throughout Louisiana.
www.optionsfoundation.net
People's Institute For Survival And Beyond - $10,000 to support their work building networks of displaced and returning residents; and continuing to provide “Undoing Racism” trainings and workshops that help individuals, communities, and institutions address the causes of racism and create a more just and equitable society. www.pisab.org
People's Institute For Survival And Beyond For Leave No Evacuee Behind Coalition - $25,000 for a two day training session to provide a common strategic vision and teach effective tactics in the execution of the work to organize a network of Hurricane Katrina and Rita evacuees. www.pisab.org
Porch 7th Ward Cultural Organization - $5,000 to develop the organization’s capacity to engage the hurricane affected community in New Orleans through arts and cultural activism. Email: hregis1@lsu.edu
PICO LIFT (Louisiana Interfaith Together) - $25,000 for organizing displaced residents to have a voice in the rebuilding of their communities locally, statewide, and federally.
www.picolouisiana.org
PolicyLink - $100,000 for 2nd year funding of Loan Executive for the City of New Orleans for equitable development and equitable development communication strategy.
www.policylink.org
PolicyLink for New Orleans Redevelopment Authority - $5,000 to support strategic planning for the Board of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority. www.noraworks.org
Political Economic Research Council - $100,000 to support research and publication of data that accurately track the pace of small business recovery in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast through quarterly surveys to identify opportunities and impediments that have an impact on small business recovery and surface policy recommendations.
Project Rebuild Plaquemines - $1,123,350 to support the post-Katrina recovery in Plaquemines Parish by rebuilding four parks in the communities of Boothville/Venice, Buras, Davant and Diamond. Email:emily.b.campbell@conocophillips.com
Public Affairs Research Council - $50,000 to develop public policy recommendations on how to rebuild Louisiana’s healthcare system. Research would have a statewide impact with a focus on the hurricane affected areas of New Orleans and Southwest LA.
Reconcile New Orleans - - $150,000 to assist 12 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina secure new affordable housing units in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans.
Safe Streets Strong Communities - $10,000 to build power in New Orleans’s communities of color and bring the voices most affected by the failures of the criminal justice system to the forefront; to reform and improve the criminal justice system in New Orleans and establish independent monitoring and oversight post-Katrina.
www.safestreetsnola.org
Save Our Sons - $25,000 for after-school services to African-American youth displaced by the storms and now attending schools in West Baton Rouge Parish.
225-343-1090
Shalom Zone Community First Street United Methodist Church - $100,000 to gut and rehabilitate homes and apartments of 40 seniors, disabled and low income residents in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Email: JoannCook322@yahoo.com
Sierra Club - $50,000 for the Gulf Coast Environmental Restoration Campaign that deals with land loss due to the hurricanes.
maura.wood@sierraclub.org
Sisters Of The Holy Family - $150,000 to help rehabilitate 200 units of senior assisted housing located throughout Orleans Parish that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
504-241-3734
Society of St. Vincent de Paul - $15,000 for filling prescriptions at the community pharmacy and to provide direct aid for utility bills and rent for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
www.svdpbr.com
Southern Mutual Help Association - $1,250,000 to restore 150 homes and 25 businesses impacted by Hurricane Katrina in specific parishes in rural Louisiana.
www.southernmutualhelp.org
Southern University School of Business - $200,000 to implement the Effective Leadership Program which will create a cadre of mid-career professionals that will remain in the state and impact the overall recovery.
St. Margaret's - $25,000 to complete the business plan needed to help open a worker-owned cooperative of food service, janitorial and maintenance workers at rebuilt assisted-living facility for seniors at St. Margaret’s senior residence in the Ninth Ward that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. lstansberry@stmargaretsno.org
St. Mary’s Community Action Agency - $11,000 to provide intensive case management outreach to seniors in hurricane affected St. Mary and Vermilion Parish. 337-828-5703
Sunshine Village - $25,000 to complete the rehab of a 22 unit apartment complex damaged by Hurricane Katrina for developmentally disabled individuals living in Slidell, Louisiana.email charles@vandercook.net
Terrebonne Association For Retarded Citizens (TARC) - $170,000 to assist TARC with gap funding to purchase a home to re-house displaced disabled clients and to reopen its crate manufacturing business destroyed during Hurricane Katrina.
Trinity Episcopal Church - $5,000 to provide support for a peer-to-peer learning opportunity for a promising community engagement model, America Speaks.
www.trinitynola.com
White Boot Brigade - $10,000 for White Boot Brigade, a project of Market Umbrella housed at Loyola University’s Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice, formed by southern Louisiana’s fishing families that is helping them recover from Hurricane Katrina by providing fair and local markets for their catch, and demonstrating best practices in sustainable shrimp-harvesting.
email richard@marketumbrella.org
United Houma Nation - $25,000 for general support and to provide at least 15 housing rehab loans to tribal members affected by Hurricane Katrina.
www.unitedhoumanation.org
Urban League Of New Orleans - $50,000 to support the Katrina Help Center, a national network case management system that identifies and provides resources that will lead displaced citizens back to New Orleans.
nrollins@urbanleagueneworleans.org
Working Interfaith Network - $25,000 to organize
parents, teachers, community volunteers and administrators to assure the academic
success of children displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
www.br-win.org
Youth Inspirational Connection - $10,000 for support for Katrina House of Care, a project providing crucial services to low-income and African American residents of New Orleans, with a particular focus on providing safe and affordable housing for displaced seniors; and advocating for safe and healthy environments for all of New Orleans’ low-income communities.
www.katrinashouseofcare.org
Youth Service Bureau of St. Tammany - $25,000 for comprehensive mental health services to children, adolescents, and families deeply affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
www.ysbworks.org
YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge - $25,000 to provide comprehensive health services and screenings to displaced women impacted by the storms.
www.ywca-br.org
Zion Travelers Cooperative Center - $125,000 to assist with the renovation of the homes of nine low-income or senior citizen families located on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
