Community Organizations
The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) is a private, non-profit civil rights organization established in the summer of 1995 to eradicate housing discrimination throughout the greater New Orleans area. Through education, investigation, and enforcement activities, GNOFHAC promotes fair competition throughout the housing marketplace — rental, sales, lending,…
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 the resources of an established non-profit. These Resources include: A Tool Lending Library, Skilled Volunteer Recruitment, Volunteer Leader Training, Project Planning Guidance and…
Purpose: Planting trees in New Orleans. All residents benefit. Goal: To help replace the canopy of New Orleans by planting 2175 trees, Hike for KaTREEna needs support from individual and corporate sponsors. How to Get Involved: visit www.hikeforkatreena.com to donate or adopt a tree.
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.
A New Orleans Community based law firm with a focus on helping non-profit organizations attain their goals through: initial entity design and formation; assisting in tax exempt status applications; drafting effective Articles of Organization/Incorporation and Bylaws; advising on issues of annual reporting and accounting compliance. Our goal is to ensure…
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…
We are a group of students in New Orleans who want to rethink and rebuild our schools after Hurricane Katrina. Our vision is simple: a great education for every kid in our city, no matter the color of their skin, what neighborhood they stay in or how much money their…
Levees.Org is your source for information about levees and flood protection nationwide. The non partisan grassroots group’s mission is education that metro New Orleans was destroyed not by a natural disaster, but by the worst engineering failure in the world since Chernobyl.
A family centered, Pentecostal faithbased ministry that offering a number of community social services, including a residential substance abuse treatment program for homeless men, community feeding program, a back-pak program for school children, and a computer learning center.
Longue Vue House and Gardens, once the home of philanthropists Edgar and Edith Stern, is a Classical Revival-style mansion surrounded by acres of gardens, including the whimsical, interactive Lucy C. Roussel Discovery Garden. Called the most beautiful spot in New Orleans by many, Longue Vue is a destination for out-of-town…