2025 Impact Report
2025 Impact Report
News & Publications
Baton Rouge Area Foundation expands services to nonprofits with establishment of new division
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence will provide capacity building programs and services to nonprofits while engaging the community in the work of nonprofits. BATON ROUGE, La. – The Baton […]
Q+A with 2023 Rising Star Winner: Levar Robinson
Levar Robinson was awarded the Rising Star Award at the Foundation’s Annual Meeting in March. We asked him a few questions to learn more about his journey to nonprofit leadership. […]
Q+A with 2023 Barton Award Winner: Maxine Crump
Maxine Crump was awarded the John W. Barton Sr. Excellence in Non-Profit Management Award at the Foundation’s Annual Meeting in March. We asked her a few questions to learn more […]
Q+A with 2023 Kantrow Award Winner: John Spain
John Spain was awarded the Marcia Kaplan Kantrow Baton Rouge Visionary Award at the Foundation’s Annual Meeting in March. We asked him a few questions to learn more about his […]
Submission Window Opens for 17th Annual Gaines Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 4, 2023 Contact: Travis Hutchins, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, THutchins@braf.org, (225) 381-7081Sarah Gardner, Baton Rouge Are Foundation, SGardner@braf.org, (225) 387-6126 Baton Rouge Area Foundation opens entries for 17th […]
Baton Rouge Area Foundation shares updates at 2023 annual meeting.
BRAF elects new Board Members, issues awards for nonprofit and community leadership, and hosts discussion with Special Advisor Mitch Landrieu and Congressman Garret Graves during annual meeting. Baton Rouge, […]
Baton Rouge Area Foundation launches new strategic framework.
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation announced this week they have concluded a detailed planning process that involved participation from hundreds of community members during much of last year. The full […]
Baton Rouge Area Foundation Announces newest cohort of Development Fellows
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced the newest cohort of its Development Fellows program. The selected participants represent a diverse cross-section of the Capital Region’s non-profit organizations. Development Fellows […]
Jacinda Townsend wins 16th Annual Ernest Gaines Book Award for Mother Country
Jacinda Townsend’s second novel, Mother Country, has won the 2022 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, presented annually by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to support an emerging African […]
Building Trust: An experiment could juice NBR development
By Sara Bongiorni Build Baton Rouge is conducting a first-of-its-kind experiment in urban redevelopment. It’s incubating a hybrid land bank and trust to advance the redevelopment of blighted lots on […]