Community Organizations
Community Organizations Who Provide Education
Arts Council of New Orleans
The Arts Council of New Orleans is a private, non-profit organization designated as the City’s official arts agency. Now in its 32nd year, the Arts Council serves as one of eight regional distributing agencies for state arts funds and administers available municipal arts grants and the Percent For Art program…
Berean Presbyterian Church/Covenant Presbyterian Urban Ministries Institute (CPUMI)
Berean/CPUMI is a partnership of Berean Presbyterian Church and the outreach agency Covenant Presbyterian Urban Ministry Institute which has its office in the the Berean Community Center on 2128 Felicity Street. CPUMI is the outreach for Berean Presbyterian Church. It provides a food bank two times a month, helps the…
Capital One-UNO Charter School Network
The Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter Network is a seamless pre-kindergarten through college learning community. Schools in the Network are operated by UNO’s College of Education & Human Development. Teachers focus on the individual needs of every child, every day and prepare children for the next educational level. This…
CCANO/HACS English as a Second Language (ESL) Services
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans (CCANO)/ Hispanic Apostolate Community Services (HACS), in collaboration with the Office of Catholic Schools, offers various social services to the Hispanic population of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area. Services include free legal consultation regarding immigration, workers rights, and employment assistance. This program offers English…
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of GNO
Mission Statement: To further the financial well-being of individuals and families in the communities we serve through education, counseling and debt management. Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater New Orleans, Inc., is a non-profit community service agency dedicated to educating consumers in the wise and proper use of credit, and…
Early Childhood and Family Learning Foundation - Mahlia Jackson Neighborhood Place
The Mahalia Jackson Neighborhood Place provides prenatal services and birth to five early education, Adult Basic Education and GED, Social Services, Job Training, Physical Fitness and Nutrition. To Volunteer: Call the agency at 504 – 301 -9800 Ext. 176
Family Resources of New Orleans
The mission of the agency is to enable and empower families to become self-sufficient, by building wealth through homeownership. Family Resources of New Orleans has operated a family resource center in Historical Treme’ since 1997. The Family Resources Center was established shortly after the “Welfare to Work” legislation, mandating that…
First Pilgrims Baptist Church JEDC
Our organizations provides community service to the St Roch and surrounding neighborhoods. Since February 2006, we have coordinated over thirteen or more Housing Expos & Housing Fairs that included FEMA, Road Home, SBA, Corps of Engineers, Banks, Mortgage Companies, Credit Counseling Agencies, Contractors, Home Inspectors, United Way, Rebuild Agencies, Habitat…
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) is a private, non-profit civil rights organization established in the summer of 1995 to eradicate housing discrimination throughout the greater New Orleans area. Through education, investigation, and enforcement activities, GNOFHAC promotes fair competition throughout the housing marketplace — rental, sales, lending,…
Juvenile Justice Project of LA (JJPL)
Mission: “To transform the juvenile justice system into one that builds on the strengths of young people, families and communities in order to instill hope and to ensure children are given the greatest opportunities to grow and thrive.” see more at http://jjpl.org
Kids ReThink New Orleans' schools - The ReThinkers
We are a group of students in New Orleans who want to rethink and rebuild our schools after Hurricane Katrina. Our vision is simple: a great education for every kid in our city, no matter the color of their skin, what neighborhood they stay in or how much money their…
Latino Farmers Cooperative of Louisiana, Inc
MISSION LFCL is a demand-driven service agriculture organization providing access to farmland, resources, education and training so members can grow/eat healthy food in urban sustainable farms, create entrepreneurship and address the socioeconomic issues of the Latino community in Louisiana. THE FARMERS INCUBATOR PROJECT The Farmers Incubator Project is our venue…
Levees.org
Levees.Org is your source for information about levees and flood protection nationwide. The non partisan grassroots group’s mission is education that metro New Orleans was destroyed not by a natural disaster, but by the worst engineering failure in the world since Chernobyl.
Louisiana Center for Workforce Recovery
The Louisiana Center for Workforce Recovery is a non profit organization. Our focus is to recruit interested persons into paid training programs for careers in the construction trades. We have counselors located at the Career Development Centers in New Orleans, and the east bank of Jefferson Parish.
Magnolia Project
The Magnolia Project at University of California, Berkeley is Cal’s response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Magnolia Project consists of three distinct initiatives: a 3-week summer service trip (late-May to mid-June); an 8-week summer internship program; and a developing semester-long exchange program with the University of New Orleans.
National Society of Black Engineers
National Society of Black Engineers is the largest student run organization in the United States. NSBE’s mission is to increase the number of Culturally Responsible Black Engineers who Excel Academically, Succeed Professionally and Positively Impact the Community!
New Orleans Parent Organizing Network
New Orleans Parent Organizing Network supports parents to organize for excellent public schools. Our vision is of a healthy New Orleans in which every parent and every child has access to an excellent public school in their community.
New Schools for New Orleans (NSNO)
The mission of New Schools for New Orleans is to achieve excellent public schools for every child in New Orleans by: attracting and preparing talent to teach and lead, launching and supporting open-enrollment public charter schools, and advocating for accountable and sustainable high-quality public schools. Visit our website to view…
Operation REACH, Inc.
Since 1999, Operation REACH, Inc. has supported children, youth and families in succeeding in school and life by providing learning opportunities that unleash the magic of learning, leadership and increased social consciousness. Operation REACH is a national non-profit community education resource that assists individuals and communities in reaching new heights…
Rebuilding Information Station
A collaborative effort of the LSU AgCenter, UNO-CHART, Tulane City Center, and The Road Home that provides information and guidance to help homeowners build or restore a safer, stronger, more energy-efficient home. We assist homeowners in managing the rebuilding of their hurricane-damaged homes through information, education, and outreach.
Save Our Schools NOLA
Mission: SOS NOLA was founded by public school parents to help ensure every child has access to high quality public schools in New Orleans. SOS NOLA works toward this goal by supporting parents and citizens as decision-making partners and leaders in the rebuilding process, providing accessible and up-to-date information about…
Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans
SENO’s mission is to build a powerful community and ecosystem of support for social entrepreneurs so that social entrepreneurship will thrive and all citizens can act as agents of change. Just as Silicon Valley has become known as the center for technological innovation, New Orleans will become the hub of…
Start the Adventure in Reading`
STAIR is a volunteer-based, non-profit children’s literacy organization that provides free reading tutors for public school second and third graders. To Our knowledge, STAIR is the only program in the Greater New Orleans Community that offers this desperately needed service of providing volunteer tutors to second and third grade students…
Trinity Christian Community
Our services include: Housing rehab, construction, after school programs, youth programs, senior services, AmeriCorps.
Tulane University
Tulane’s purpose is to create, communicate, and conserve knowledge in order to enrich the capacity of individuals, organizations and communities to think, to learn, and to act and lead with integrity and wisdom. Tulane pursues this mission by cultivating an environment that focuses on learning and the generation of new…
Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (VAYLA-NO)
We offer the following services and programs: Youth Development Programs – Structured Workshop Sessions, Drop-IN computer laboratory, and After-school Tutoring. College Preparatory – Higher Education Program such as College Admission prep, ACT Prep Course, FAFSA Workshop and Assistance, College Tours, Financial Aid/Scholarship Support Recreational – Sports Teams (Basketball, Football, and…
Xavier University of Louisiana
Xavier University of Louisiana is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the University is the promotion of a more just and humane society. To this end, Xavier prepares its students to assume roles of leadership and service in society. This preparation takes place in a pluralistic teaching and…
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