Community Organizations
Community Organizations That Are Project Specific
"From The Ground Up" on WGSO 990 AM
Thursdays on WGSO 990 AM radio at 5:00 PM Central “From the Ground Up”, a Live Topical Radio Discussion Series hosted by Brian Opert, Focusing on Reducing Crime in Greater New Orleans. “From The Ground Up” hosted is sponsored by the Legacy Coalition of the Gulf Coast. In addition to…
Bayou St. John Conservation Alliance
The Bayou St. John Conservation Alliance was formed by 19 organizations sharing a common concern that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state and local authorities are prepared to make decisions regarding the flood protection sector gate that will adversely affect the health of Bayou St. John. The Alliance…
City Year Louisiana Young Heroes
City Year Louisiana’s Young Heroes Program is a leadership development and community service program for middle school students. Our program addresses social issues affecting the community, as well as engages students in service learning opportunities throughout the New Orleans Parish. The program ran its first Saturday in December, and since…
Community Mediation Services
Community Mediation Services is a non profit that promotes non violent approaches to resolving conflict. CMS offers training in mediation and restorative justice practices for schools, the criminal justice system, neighborhoods, and other organizations. Mediators are available on a sliding scale. Restorative justice practitioners help organizations institute restorative practices such…
EXCELth Primary Care Network
EXCELth, Incorporated is a private, not-for-profit organization founded in 1991, governed by a consumer board of directors. EXCELth is funded as a Community Health Center by the Bureau of Primary Health Care, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Its…
Felicity Street Redevelopment Project Inc.
As a CDC we have: Twenty-five blighted properties renovated and returned to commerce Fifty new permanent residents in the Lower St. Charles Corridor $2,500,000.00 in construction in the Lower St. Charles Corridor Recruited 10 first-time homeowners in the Lower St. Charles Corridor Sponsored two community concerts in the Lower St.…
Georgetown Law Spring Break Team
We are a group of 21 Georgetown Law Students who are coming to New Orleans March 7-15. We are performing volunteer services through the Student Hurricane Network at a variety of locations in the city. We are looking for free or very inexpensive housing.
Green Light New Orleans
Green Light New Orleans is a non-profit organization that installs energy efficient light bulbs in homes and businesses around New Orleans. Andreas Hoffman founded Green Light New Orleans in 2006 to assist in the sustainable rebuilding of New Orleans and at the same time offset the pollution of his touring…
Institute for Sustainable Communities
At the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), we give passionate, committed people around the world the tools, skills, and resources they need to make their communities better places to live. In February 2009, ISC launched the Gulf Coast Sustainable Communities Network that connects coastal communities to one another, helping them…
Jean
Parkway Partners empowers volunteers to improve green spaces in New Orleans: neutral ground adoptions; community gardening; tree planting; schoolyard gardens to support curriculum; parks. The agency has done so since 1982 without government funding.
Jeanie C. Linders Fund
There’s No Place Like Home National, a program of the Jeanie C. Linders Fund, fulfills the hopes and dreams of families who have lost their homes to a natural disaster. Help us rebuild America one yellow brick at a time by donating. Visit www.jclfund.org These homes are for families that…
Latino Farmers Cooperative of Louisiana, Inc
MISSION LFCL is a demand-driven service agriculture organization providing access to farmland, resources, education and training so members can grow/eat healthy food in urban sustainable farms, create entrepreneurship and address the socioeconomic issues of the Latino community in Louisiana. THE FARMERS INCUBATOR PROJECT The Farmers Incubator Project is our venue…
LatiNola
LatiNola, a program of Puentes, is a city wide civic engagement and cultural awareness program aimed at increasing volunteerism and civic participation among the city’s Latinos. LatiNola has several components; the LatiNola Youth Leadership Council (LYLC), LatiNola Votes – a voter registration campaign-, the Welcoming Louisiana Campaign, aimed at making…
Longue Vue House & Gardens
Longue Vue’s mission is to preserve and use the historical and artistic legacy of Longue Vue and its creators to educate and inspire people to pursue beauty and civic responsibility in their lives. Longue Vue, once the home of philanthropists Edgar and Edith Stern, is a Country Place Era estate…
Louisiana Center for Workforce Recovery
The Louisiana Center for Workforce Recovery is a non profit organization. Our focus is to recruit interested persons into paid training programs for careers in the construction trades. We have counselors located at the Career Development Centers in New Orleans, and the east bank of Jefferson Parish.
Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
The Louisiana Office of Cultural Development is a state agency within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism under the direction of Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu. Cultural Development is comprised of four agencies, Arts, Archaeology, Historic Preservation and the Council for the Development of French In Louisiana. Through these programs,…
Metro Bicycle Coalition
Founded in 2003, Metro Bicycle Coalition (MBC) is dedicated to improving commuting and recreational cycling conditions in and around New Orleans. MBC works to increase transportation choice, mobility, and infrastructure by establishing a safe network of bicycle lanes, paths and facilities, educating cyclists and drivers on safety and the rules…
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 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.
Operation REACH, Inc.
Since 1999, Operation REACH, Inc. has supported children, youth and families in succeeding in school and life by providing learning opportunities that unleash the magic of learning, leadership and increased social consciousness. Operation REACH is a national non-profit community education resource that assists individuals and communities in reaching new heights…
Orleans Public Education Network
The mission of the Orleans Public Education Network (OPEN) is to bring the full New Orleans community together for a respectful and informed dialogue about the future of public education in the city. Beginning with the basic questions of what quality education means and does in New Orleans, this process…
Parkway Partners
Established in 1982, Parkway Partners is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower residents to improve quality of life through the preservation, maintenance and beautification of neutral grounds, green spaces, playgrounds, parks, community gardens and the urban forest in New Orleans.
Puentes New Orleans, Inc.
The mission of Puentes New Orleans, Inc. is to build assets and create access for the Latino community of the Greater New Orleans area. What does this mean? It means that we aspire to create an integrated New Orleans region in which the Latino community is a vital, vibrant, and…
Sierra Club
Sierra Club is a national environmental advocacy organization and one of the oldest conservation groups in the country. Sierra Club has over 700,000 members nationally and approximately 4,000 members in the state of Louisiana. Sierra Club’s primary purpose is to preserve and protect the natural environment of Louisiana and the…
Start the Adventure in Reading`
STAIR is a volunteer-based, non-profit children’s literacy organization that provides free reading tutors for public school second and third graders. To Our knowledge, STAIR is the only program in the Greater New Orleans Community that offers this desperately needed service of providing volunteer tutors to second and third grade students…
Tulane University Prevention Research Center
The Prevention Research Center works to build healthier communities in New Orleans and beyond. As one of 37 Prevention Research Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, our focus is on the impact of the physical and social environment on obesity. Our research seeks to understand how…
Young Leadership Council
The Young Leadership Council is a non-profit, non-partisan civic organization created to develop leadership through community projects. Our volunteers run 17+ community projects that aim to improve the quality of life in New Orleans. Some of our most visible projects include: YLC Wednesday at the Square; One Book, One New…
