Community Organizations
Alphabetical List
New Orleans Food & Farm Network
New Orleans Food & Farm Network works on food justice issues in New Orleans. We believe that everyone should have access to fresh, healthy and sustainably produced food for the long-term health of our environment, economy, and communities. We work with individuals, communities, consumers, and growers to support sustainable growing…
New Orleans Initiative - Bard College
The New Orleans Initiative is a student-initiated response to the storms of 2005 and the long aftermath faced by the city of New Orleans. The Initiative seeks to explore and develop the many capacities of the liberal arts institution for collaborative engagement with the neighborhood revitalization process in New Orleans.…
New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival
New Orleans artists and activists founded our festival, and we are dedicated to nurturing community, supporting the work of local organizers and organizations involved in social justice struggles, and linking local issues to international issues. Our goal is to raise awareness and provide a forum for artistic expression of these…
New Orleans Jazz Celebration
The New Orleans Jazz Celebration is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1994. Our mission is to preserve, promote, and perpetuate jazz as an original American art form, along with other related roots music, through educational outreach.
New Orleans Mission
Meals, Showers, Over-night Emergency Shelter, and Day Room Services for men and women, Transitional Housing for women with children, and various supportive services as required. All services are provided free to the homeless and poor within the local community.
New Orleans Parent Organizing Network
New Orleans Parent Organizing Network supports parents to organize for excellent public schools. Our vision is of a healthy New Orleans in which every parent and every child has access to an excellent public school in their community.
New Orleans Women's Shelter
The New Orleans Women’s Shelter seeks to provide a safe, resource rich space to empower residents on their paths towards independent, sustainable living. We offer food, shelter, and intensive case management, directing residents to the resources they need including health care, job training, education, childcare, and housing.
New Orleans Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals Initiative (NOLA YURP)
Mission: Our mission is to create a support and resource network to connect, retain and attract young professionals from diverse backgrounds for a sustainable New Orleans. We have a social networking website where people can look for jobs, find out about events going on around the city, and allows members…
New Schools for New Orleans (NSNO)
The mission of New Schools for New Orleans is to achieve excellent public schools for every child in New Orleans by: attracting and preparing talent to teach and lead, launching and supporting open-enrollment public charter schools, and advocating for accountable and sustainable high-quality public schools. Visit our website to view…
