25 leaders selected to receive training in the field of development Baton Rouge, Louisiana – The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced the 2024 cohort of Development Fellows, a program of the Foundation’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence. One of the Foundation’s signature programs, Development Fellows is a workshop series that teaches fundraising fundamentals to enhance […]
2018 Annual Report
By Jeff Roedel The patio fills quickly as residents lean in for better views of poster boards showing BREC’s renderings and proposals for improvements to Spain Street Park. A community garden, a picnic pavilion and playground, and park benches that wiggle and curve like ocean waves are on display. William Doran and Lynley Farris are […]
New Orleans writer Ladee Hubbard’s novel, “The Talented Ribkins,” has been named winner of the 2017 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Now in its 11th year, the Gaines Award is a nationally acclaimed $10,000 prize given annually by Baton Rouge Area Foundation and its donors to recognize outstanding work from rising African-American fiction […]
A conversation with the new CEO of The Water Institute By David Jacobs Justin Ehrenwerth was named president and CEO of The Water Institute of the Gulf early this year. Founded in 2011, the nonprofit Institute researches coastal, deltaic, river and water resource systems to help governments, businesses and residents prepare for an uncertain future. […]
Currents Q4 2017
Baton Rouge – The Newtron Group and its founder Newton B. Thomas have committed $1.5 million to the Water Campus, ensuring that the 35-acre development is built to the highest standards in the world for research facilities. Located on riverfront land in downtown Baton Rouge, the Water Campus will number among the best science campuses […]
A Pointe Coupee couple spent 50 years gathering French Louisiana material culture and putting it “all together” By C.E. Richard Visitors arriving at Maison Chenal might be left a little disoriented. The 18th century Creole cottage in Pointe Coupee is quite unlike the houses we’re accustomed to these days. Coming out from under the moist […]
Contact: Mukul Verma, mverma@braf.org, (225) 387-6126 Parents and caregivers throughout Louisiana can now easily find services they need to support their children of all ages with autism and other developmental disabilities. A free interactive website provides two things for them. One, step-by-step “how-to” guides to maneuver through complicated and often overwhelming processes that affect all […]
Currents Q3 2017
By Mukul Verma Librarians are pioneers. Smart and adventurous, they willingly try new ideas and technologies before employees of other government agencies do. Baton Rouge’s library system, for instance, will tag its entire collection with RFID chips. At a cost of more than $1.5 million, the tiny chips and readers will be good for patrons […]