Community Organizations
Community Organizations Who Provide Youth Engagement
"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…
Adams St Cultural Development Center
Adams St. Cultural Development Center, in East Carrollton provides a facility to house all types of Cultural Events, Programs and Celebrations. Offering food to the needy through Second Harvest Food Bank, providing a Safe Haven to the Community, with heavy concentration on the Youth and Elderly. Striving to transform the…
All Citizens Together
Mission: To help combat violence and crime in the schools and community. The purpose of this program is to give incentive awards to students with good behavior and to encourage students with behavior problems to get on task. Our goal is to encourage all students who want to learn to…
Alpha Coffee Shop: A Service Leadership Program
Alpha Coffee Shop and Service Leadership Program is dedicated to the development of future service leaders: through Barista, Community Service, Life Skills, Vocational, and Food Service Training.
Arts Council of New Orleans
The Arts Council of New Orleans is a private, non-profit organization designated as the City’s official arts agency. Now in its 32nd year, the Arts Council serves as one of eight regional distributing agencies for state arts funds and administers available municipal arts grants and the Percent For Art program…
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…
Birthing Project
African-American infants are nearly two and a half times more likely to die before their first birthday than other infants. The Birthing Project keeps more babies of color alive by recruiting, training and supporting community Sister Friend volunteers who provide direction, emotional support and education to pregnant mothers that continues…
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
Respecting the dignity and potential of each human person, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans collaborates with the wider community to serve those in need. Impelled by the love and teaching of Jesus Christ, we offer life-giving programs, advocate for the voiceless, and empower the poor and vulnerable to foster…
Childhood & Family Learning Foundation
Every New Orleans student deserves the same chance at success — the same opportunity to be a vibrant, healthy, and motivated young scholar. Only a coordinated, unified effort that addresses the educational and health-related barriers to success can offer each child a true chance at that.
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…
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…
Development Services International
Maintain excellence in providing Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and Community-Based Organizations (CBO) with specialized capacity building, fiscal management and outreach strategy development to strengthen programs targeting underserved populations: 1. CAPACITY BUILDING AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP A) Provide training and technical skill development for sponsored organizations seeking to improve capacity in information literacy,…
Idea Village
The Idea Village is a 501© (3) economic development organization whose mission is to ignite innovation by providing strategy, talent and resources to entrepreneurial ventures. Since 2002, we have engaged a powerful network of talented individuals committed to developing a vibrant entrepreneurial community in New Orleans.
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…
Jefferson Community Action Programs
Jefferson Community Action Programs (JEFFCAP) is Jefferson Parish’s agency dedicated to fulfilling its mission of empowering as many families of Jefferson Parish including our elderly, disabled, economically disadvantaged and youth through our various programs. Linkages have been built with federal, state, local and private agencies to provide a wide array…
Juvenile Justice Project of LA (JJPL)
Mission: “To transform the juvenile justice system into one that builds on the strengths of young people, families and communities in order to instill hope and to ensure children are given the greatest opportunities to grow and thrive.” see more at http://jjpl.org
KID smART
KID smART�s mission is to work with the arts to engage children in learning about themselves and the world in which they live. We strive to teach positive life skills and increase student learning in all subjects by teaching the visual and performing arts. Working with professional arts educators, KID…
Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools
Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools (Rethink for short) is a network of students rethinking their schools. Some students participate in a citywide group that meets during the summer and on weekends; others join Rethink clubs at public schools. Rethink challenges youth to step fully into their power as leaders for…
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…
Leah Walbourne
NOLA Veggie Fest Will be held at the New Orleans Healing Center May 11th & 12th 2013 NOLA Veggie Fest is a non-profit organization spearheading the vegan revolution in New Orleans. The festival is a project of the Humane Society of Louisiana, a locally operated non-profit charity leading the fight…
LINCNewOrleans
LINCNewOrleans is a networking group of interconnected organizations and individuals across New Orleans quite literally linking together to engage in and impact their communities. Our Vision: Stronger Communities = neighborhoods with less crime and poverty, higher employment rates and educational expectations. Our Mission: Connecting a network of missional leaders that…
Longue Vue House and 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 Green Corps
Conservation Corps providing green job skills training to unemployed, under-employed, court involved or otherwise disadvantaged residents through the completion of impactful environmental restoration and conservation projects.
Louisiana Public Health Institute
The Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) is an independent, statewide 501©(3) nonprofit organization established in 1997. We are part of a growing movement of public health institutes across the country. LPHI’s mission is to promote and improve health and quality of life in Louisiana through diverse public-private partnerships with government,…
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…
Mahalia Jackson Center Arts Council
Mahalia Jackson Center Arts Council serves as the designated Arts & Humanities advisory group to guide the development, adoption, and implementation of arts/humanities related programs and special events at the Center and in the extended Central City community. This Council actively pursues collaborative relationships that result in generating programs and…
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…
National Society of Black Engineers
National Society of Black Engineers is the largest student run organization in the United States. NSBE’s mission is to increase the number of Culturally Responsible Black Engineers who Excel Academically, Succeed Professionally and Positively Impact the Community!
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.
NOLA TimeBank
The NOLA TimeBank offers a city wide system that elevates volunteerism and strengthens community ties through reciprocal service exchanges. Individual members and member organizations both give and receive services. NOLA TimeBank oversees the web-based program for posting offers and requests for services then logging hours when the services are provided.…
NOLAJUNETEENTH
Studies show that over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in Ameica have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. The numbers are higher in African American and Hispanic communities, where nearly 40% of the children are overweight or obese. If we…
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…
Partnership for Youth Development
Partnership for Youth Development is the intermediary organization leveraging resources to programs that serve children and youth in New Orleans. Our Mission: Partnership for Youth Development helps school age youth in New Orleans maximize their learning opportunities and educational experiences during out of school time. The Partnership maintains strong connections…
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…
Raven Ministries International, Inc.
Raven Ministries exist to provide relief and care during times of great need and nurture and support during times of growth and rebuilding. We are able to provide hot-meal support during natural disasters and for volunteers and for the homeless and displaced in a mobile fashion. We also offer grief,…
River of Hope
River of Hope Mental Resource Center River of Hope Mental Health Resource Center is sponsored by Headwaters, a non-profit relief organization. We are a free walk-in clinic offering counseling, referral and support services to anyone in need. Hours Weds. 8:30am-5:30pm Thurs. 1pm-9pm Fri. 9am-9pm Sat. 8:30am-5:30pm We are located at…
Save Our Schools NOLA
Save Our Schools New Orleans Louisiana was founded by public school parents to help ensure that every child has access to high quality public schools in New Orleans. SOSNOLA believes that when parents and community members are informed and connected around common concerns and a shared vision, they will be…
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…
Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans
SENO’s mission is to build a powerful community and ecosystem of support for social entrepreneurs so that social entrepreneurship will thrive and all citizens can act as agents of change. Just as Silicon Valley has become known as the center for technological innovation, New Orleans will become the hub of…
St. Anna's Episcopal Church
St. Anna’s Episcopal Church was founded in 1846, and has long been a center of community life in the historic downtown neighborhoods of New Orleans. Our mission is to articulate the call for justice and defend those who are hurt or abused because of their social location or history of…
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…
The Infinity Initiative
The Infinity Initiative provides positive youth development programs and events for underserved females ages 12-21.
The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL)
The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living offers comprehensive tobacco control initiatives with the goal of preventing and reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. Our programs/initiatives are available to all Louisiana residents and include initiatives such as: Community outreach/education/event sponsorship, Community Advocacy Grants (CAGs), Youth Initiative – Defy, Young…
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…
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan mission is to help people live healthier lives by ensuring access to high quality health care services for the underserved. We accomplish that mission through innovative strategies like our Winning Priorities approach, and through innovative programs such as the Personal Care Model, Healthy First Steps, and effective…
Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (VAYLA-NO)
The Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (VAYLA-NO) is a youth-led, youth organizing and development, community-based organization in New Orleans dedicated to the empowerment of Vietnamese American and underrepresented youth through services, cultural enrichment, and positive social change. Young community leaders founded VAYLA-NO in 2006 as a means…
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…
