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2025 Impact Report
2025 Impact Report
Rob Franklin wins Ernest J. Gaines Award
Baton Rouge, LA – The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced that Rob Franklin’s debut novel Great Black Hope has won the 19th annual Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary […]
BRAF Releases New Opportunity Data Project Briefing
Report details economic mobility and family prosperity in EBR Parish. BATON ROUGE, La. — The Baton Rouge Area Foundation, in partnership with Common Good Labs, has released a new Opportunity […]
Plan Baton Rouge III Unveiled
Thousands of community voices used to shape visionary plan for downtown. Baton Rouge, La. — A new chapter in the evolution of downtown Baton Rouge begins today with the release […]
Baton Rouge Area Foundation to Assume Ownership of The Newtron Group through Supporting Organization
Unique Partnership Preserves Founder Newton B. Thomas’s Legacy, Intent Baton Rouge, LA – The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced it has officially assumed ownership of The NewtronGroup, marking the culmination of a thoughtfully designed, values-driven partnership envisioned by founder Newton B. Thomas. Structured over the course of […]
$1 million+ secured for Early Childhood Education in East Baton Rouge Parish
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Baton Rouge Area Foundation, in collaboration with the Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation and the Foundation for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, today announced that more […]
BRAF Annual Meeting 2026
BRAF announces record-breaking year of philanthropy, collaboration at Annual Meeting of Members Baton Rouge, LA – The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced that five appointees to their board of directors were formally elected during last night’s Annual Meeting of Members. Christy O. Reeves (Ochsner Health), and Lucie R. Kantrow (Bernhard […]
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 […]