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Foundation Grants $1.6 Million in First Round of Flood Relief
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has distributed more than $1.6 million to local nonprofits that have been assisting thousands of people pushed out of their homes by historic flooding. The […]

Capital One donates $250,000 to Flood Relief Fund
Capital One today donated $250,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s Flood Relief Fund, one of the largest donations to the fund since it was started earlier this year. The […]

Foundation Recruits Leader for Crisis Center Efforts
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has recruited Rob Reardon to organize and establish a crisis intervention center in partnership with leaders of East Baton Rouge Parish. Reardon is the first […]

Currents 2Q 2016
Currents 2Q 2016

BRAF Assets Rise; Board Members Elected
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation announced that three nonprofit leaders have won the 2016 John W. Barton Sr. Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award. At its annual meeting of members Wednesday […]

First Marcia Kaplan Kantrow Award Winner Named
Friends and family of Marcia Kaplan Kantrow chose the leader of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation as the first winner of the Marcia Kaplan Kantrow Baton Rouge Visionary Award. John […]

Consultants offer plan for mental health treatment center
In a report issued today, a health consulting firm engaged by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation offers a plan to create a treatment center for East Baton Rouge residents suffering […]

Report: Start Treatment Center for Mental Illness, Substance Abuse
In a report issued today, a health consulting firm engaged by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation offers a plan to create a treatment center for East Baton Rouge residents suffering […]

Currents 1Q 2016
Currents 1Q 2016

2016 Annual Report
2016 Annual Report