Past recipients of the Community Assistance Fund include:

2021-2022 Grant Recipients

• The 18th Ward ($3,900 for leadership seminars and $2,500 for laptops for Pathway participants)- $6,400
• Son of a Saint (mental health services for moms of their boys, to be matched by another donor)- $5,000
• Mercy Endeavors (weekend food packs, Jazzing with Juice)- $3,600
• ArcGNO (supplies for Employer Education Program)- $3,500
• KID SmART (supplies and printing for their emotional literacy program- $1,500

2020-2021 Grant Recipients

• YMCA of Greater New Orleans H2Geaux Safety Around Water Program — $7,000
• SilenceIsViolence — $4,000
• Catholic Charities Archdiocese New Orleans Bridges — $4,000

2019-2020 Grant Recipients

• Bridge House/Grace House — $5,000
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana — $10,000
• Hotel Hope — $5,000

2018-2019 Grant Recipients

• Girl Scouts Louisiana East – $7,110
• Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners – $620
• Luke’s House: A Clinic for Healing and Hope – $12,500
• Mercy Endeavors – $10,500
• Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc. – $5,000
• Operation Spark – $6,000
• Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response – $3,000
• Southern Rep – $2,770

2017-2018 Grant Recipients

• New Orleans Family Justice Center – $8,000
• SisterHearts, Inc. – $7,500
• Spirit of Charity Foundation – $10,000
• Start The Adventure in Reading – $7,500
• The New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter – $5,450
• Touro Infirmary Foundation – $12,750
• unCommon Construction – $1,125

Click here for the press release announcing the 2017-2018 Grant Recipients.

2016-2017 Grant Recipients

• Albert Schweitzer Fellowship- New Orleans – $6,113
• ARISE Schools – $3,260
• Broadmoor Improvement Association – $8,000
• Dancing Grounds – $5,000
• Dress for Success New Orleans – $5,000
• Electric Girls Inc. – $5,694
• Good Work Network – $3,340
• Gulf States Young Breast Cancer Survivor Network – $7,242
• NAMI New Orleans, Inc. – $2,350
• Operation Spark – $8,000
• Success Preparatory Academy – $6,000

Click here for the Press Release announcing the 2017 CAF Grant Recipients.

2015-2016 Grant Recipients

• Ellis Marsalis Center for Music – Girls Digital Cultural Career Development Program – $9,860
• Luke’s House – Women’s Wednesdays: A Well-Woman Clinic – $10,000
• New Orleans Council on Aging – Savvy Seniors Financial Program – $1,056
• Ochsner Clinic Foundation – Mother’s Milk Bank of Louisiana – $10,000
• YMCA – Safe Kids Car Seat Program – $10,000

Click here for the Press Release announcing the 2016 CAF Grant Recipients.

2014-2015 Grant Recipients

• Dancing Grounds – $4,000
• Grace House – $4,119
• New Orleans Ballet Association – $4,000
• New Orleans Family Justice Alliance – $3,837.59
• New Orleans Mission, Inc. – $3,500
• Operation Spark – $3,520
• YMCA of Greater New Orleans/ YES! – $3,680
• Savoir Faire New Orleans – $4,000

Click here for the Press Release announcing the Spring 2015 CAF Grant Recipients.

2013-2014 Grant Recipients

• Bastion Community of Resilience – $4,000
• Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Louisiana – $1,200
• Lowernine.org – $3,143
• Mercy Endeavors Senior Center – $4,000
• New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity – $1,500
• Providence Community Housing – $2,000
• South Broad Community Health – $4,000
• St. Michael’s Special School – $2,058
• The First Tee of Greater New Orleans – $3,250

2012-2013 Grant Recipients

• Angel’s Place – $3,000
• Children’s Bureau – $4,000
• Funny Bones Improv – $3,920
• Girls First – $1,980
• Metropolitan Center for Women and Children – $4,000
• New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) – $4,000
• North Rampart Community Center – $3,100
• Teaching Responsible Earth Education (TREE) – $4,000

2011-2012 Grant Recipients

• Evacuteer.Org – $3,500
• Girls on the Run – $3,973
• Hike For KaTREEna – $3,200
• Juvenile Regional Services – $4,000
• New Orleans Habitat for Humanity – $4,000
• New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative – $3,000
• New Orleans Neighborhood Development Foundation – $2,000
• The Good Shepard School – $4,000
• Teaching Responsible Earth Education (TREE) – $3,398

2010-2011 Grant Recipients

• Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Early Childhood Family Learning Foundation
• Girls First
• Greater New Orleans Therapeutic Riding Center
• HandsOn New Orleans
• House of Ruth
• Kedila Family Learning Center
• Operation Reach
• Metropolitan Center for Women and Children
• New Orleans Speech and Hearing
• St. Michael Special School
• TKOP
• Warren Easton Charter High School

2009-2010 Grant Recipients

• A’s & Aces
• Covenant House
• Langston Hughes Academy Charter School (Nola 180)
• LSU Health Sciences Center Foundation
• Mobile Loaves and Fishes
• New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA)
• North Rampart Community Center
• Priestly School of Architecture and Construction
• Sojourner Truth Academy
• St. Michael Special School