Community Organizations
Community Organizations Who Provide Neighborhood Beautification
Beacon of Hope Resource Center
Leading the way home, Beacon of Hope Resource Center provides a model for recovery in neighborhoods devastated by Hurricane Katrina, as well as other areas affected by disaster. Providing information and resources, encouraging civic action, and fostering repopulation form the foundation on which we build and grow. Beacon of Hope…
Berean Presbyterian Church/Covenant Presbyterian Urban Ministries Institute (CPUMI)
Berean/CPUMI is a partnership of Berean Presbyterian Church and the outreach agency Covenant Presbyterian Urban Ministry Institute which has its office in the the Berean Community Center on 2128 Felicity Street. CPUMI is the outreach for Berean Presbyterian Church. It provides a food bank two times a month, helps the…
Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal and New Orleans Rebirth Volunteer Program
The Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal, a secular nonprofit 501©(3) organization, exists to contribute to the holistic rebirth of Greater New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Region through programs and services that promote social, racial and economic justice. The Center strives to empower, inform and help build…
Common Ground Relief, Inc.
Common Ground Relief, Inc. supports a free Legal Clinic, Construction Skilled Volunteer Recruitment, Resident Job Training, Leadership Development, Project Planning Guidance,Food Science/Nutrition and Wetland Education Programs, Region wide wetland restoration projects and rain garden installations for rebuilt and newly constructed houses and New Home Construction and elevations as part of…
Early Childhood & Family Learning Foundation
ECFLF conducts most of its work in Central City, New Orleans. ECFLF is heaquartered at its pilot project, Mahalia Jackson Center, which provides top level birth-to-five early education, complemented by many services for children and their families, all under one roof. Services include adult education, job training and placement, teen…
HandsOn New Orleans
HandsOn New Orleans transforms communities through volunteer service and leadership development. We train community members to identify and lead their own service projects and equip them with resources such as: A Tool Lending Library, Skilled Volunteer Recruitment, Volunteer Leader Training, Project Planning Guidance and Resources, Volunteer Recruitment and more.
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.
Kenilworth Civic Improvement Association
The mission of the Kenilworth Civic Improvement Association is to work together with the residents of the Kenilworth Subdivision ensuring that the quality of life is preserve within our neighborhood. Our neighborhood consist of 700 homes. We also are a security district.
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 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,…
Love Impact, Inc.
Love Impact, Inc. (Impact) was founded and established in November 2009 by Lester Love and Chery Harrison. They currently serve as President and Vice President respectively. The Mission of Love Impact, Inc. is to positively impact the New Orleans community through love and positive social action. We will consistently develop…
Magnolia Project
The Magnolia Project at University of California, Berkeley is Cal’s response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Magnolia Project consists of three distinct initiatives: a 3-week summer service trip (late-May to mid-June); an 8-week summer internship program; and a semester-long exchange program with the University of New Orleans.
Mahalia Jackson Early Childhood & Family Learning Center
MJC brings the services families need, together under one roof, right in their neighborhood, with a focus on care and education for Central City’s youngest residents, from birth to age 5, and their families. All families with Central City addresses qualify for full, free membership to Mahalia Jackson Center. Non-residents…
New Orleans Area Habitat For Humanity
New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH), an independent affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, is a 501© 3 non-profit organization. NOAHH builds new homes and rebuilds existing homes in partnership with sponsors, volunteers, communities, and homeowner families to eliminate poverty housing in the New Orleans area while serving as…
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.…
Phoenix of New Orleans
PNOLA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the recovery of the residents of Lower Mid-City New Orleans and its surrounding neighborhoods by rebuilding quality affordable housing and by developing the community assets necessary for a vital neighborhood.
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…
Radio Talk Show Host Brian Opert
On WGSO 990 AM radio, Thursdays at 5:00 PM Central, “From the Ground Up”, a Live Topical Radio Discussion Series Focusing on Reducing Crime in Greater New Orleans. The show helps listeners eliminate the confusion and fill in knowledge gaps with localized how-to information and advice to effectively address and…
Rebuilding Together New Orleans
Who we are: Rebuilding Together New Orleans (RTNO) is a program of the Preservation Resoruce Center of New Orleans and an affiliate of the national non-profit organization Rebuilding Together, Inc. Utilizing both professional services and volunteer labor, Rebuilding Together helps low-income families in neighborhoods throughout New Orleans live in warmth,…
S.M.C.L. Foundation & Associates, Inc.
Through our strong faith and trust in GOD, we will create a healthy atmosphere that sparks neighborhood improvement projects involving affordable housing for low and moderate income families and promote economic development that includes, jobs, health, fitness, recreation, and all purpose training facilities for use by disadvantaged or under privileged…
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…
The Phoenix of New Orleans (PNOLA)
PNOLA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the recovery of the residents of the Lower Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans by providing direct assistance as well as developing community assets that ensure a vital neighborhood. PNOLA began in 2005 to help in the recovery of New Orleans after Hurricanes…
The Social Project
The Social Project is a social change evolution. We are striving to be self-sustained non-profit, supporting social change agents, inspired to pursue their professional passions to make a difference in New Orleans. We have been building a community of innovators, who can offer their expertise and assistance to current New…
Trinity Christian Community
Our services include: Housing rehab, construction, after school programs, youth programs, senior services, AmeriCorps, volunteer recruitment and deployment, blight reporting, neighborhood project management.
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…
YOUTHanasia Foundation, Inc.
YOUTHanasia Foundation Inc. engages teenagers in creating teen-friendly, comprehensive prevention and intervention programs to eradicate teen violence from the streets of Greater New Orleans. All programs are designed to consume the deadly idle time of teenagers while using “edutainment” to meet the emotional, educational, and entertainment needs of Greater New…
