Making Waves in Mid City
THE YMCA’S MODERN TRANSFORMATIONBy Amy Alexander | Photos by Collin Richie Tammy Abshire learned how to swim one sultry New Orleans summer when she was a kid. There was that […]
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Making Waves in Mid City
THE YMCA’S MODERN TRANSFORMATIONBy Amy Alexander | Photos by Collin Richie Tammy Abshire learned how to swim one sultry New Orleans summer when she was a kid. There was that […]
The Giving Collective
A Collaborative Approach to Charitable FoundationsBy Sara Bongiorni Alexander | Photos by Darlene Aguillard Expanded back-office operations don’t usually come with a back story of hurricanes, human endurance, and transformational rebuilding […]
Inspiring Community
This novel idea is transforming Howell Park one hoop, note, and partnership at a time. By Amy Alexander | Photos by Darlene Aguillard There’s something magical about a new basketball court. […]
BRAF Announces Inaugural Impact Grant Recipients
$300,000 distributed to nonprofits working in education, safety. Baton Rouge, LA – The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced that grant funding has been issued to 19 nonprofits working locally […]
BRAF’s Opportunity Data Project reveals persistent causes of early death in EBR, recommends interventions
Baton Rouge, LA – A new brief from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s Opportunity Data Project reveals that residents of East Baton Rouge Parish live, on average, to the age […]
Early Childhood Education Report shows need for focus on increasing local coordination
BRAF tasked by city leaders with exploring implementation of report’s recommendations Baton Rouge, LA – The City-Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish School System, and Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced […]
2024 Impact Report
2024 Impact Report
BRAF hosts annual meeting of members
Organization issues awards for nonprofit and community leadership, celebrates top-5 year for philanthropy, elects new board members Baton Rouge, LA – The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced the appointment […]