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2026 Annual Meeting at Shaw Center for the Arts - Manship Theatre

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 […]

Sean Elliott and Amy Province

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 […]

Photo of RAF’s Enterprise Strategy management team: Shermaine Haymer, Patience Butler-Gasper, Lauren Crapanzano Jumonville, and Devon DeShields.

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 […]

Clay Young visits the Inspiration Center as construction wraps up on the basketball court.

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. […]

impact grant awardee reception

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 […]