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 […]
Currents 3Q 2019
HOW IT BEGAN Bikeshare in Baton Rouge began as a project of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and turned into a collaboration with public agencies and private companies. Partners on […]
Contact: Mukul Verma, mverma@braf.org, 225-362-9260 The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has approved a $75,000 grant to Tulane University and The Water Institute of the Gulf to support their work in […]
Collaboration aims to prevent people from using at all Brice Mohundro, Opioid Stewardship Task Force chair By Maggie Heyn Richardson The opioid epidemic continues to be a challenge for communities […]
A charismatic yellow bird worth saving By Sara Bongiorni GeoDad was more or less standard issue as Prothonotary Warblers go. Bright-eyed, blunt-tailed and just five inches long, the songbird with […]
A project to reclaim Plank Road would link the area to downtown, LSU with rapid transit By Sara Bongiorni Planned redevelopment of Plank Road in north Baton Rouge centers on […]
Currents Q2 2019
The Foundation has hired a coordinator for a Safety and Justice Challenge project. Chris Csonka will collaborate with local justice officials to reduce the local jail population. The goal is […]
Serena Pandos is the new executive director and president of Louisiana Art and Science Museum, replacing Carol Gikas, who retired after 39 years. Pandos was president and executive director of […]
New Schools for Baton Rouge offers radical reform model, the country is watching New Schools for Baton Rouge CEO Chris Meyer By Sara Bongiorni The stakes were always high for […]