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 […]
By Mukul Verma Dyke Nelson and David Weinstein are winning at calculated gambles. They have profited from redevelopments in challenged areas. Seeing the promise in Mid City, for instance, Nelson moved his architecture practice into a warehouse he converted on 14 Street. The duo is redeveloping the Entergy warehouses around the corner from Nelson’s office. […]
Currents Q2 2017
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation announced winners of its annual nonprofit management awards, and that its assets surpassed $600 million to reach a record at year-end 2016. At its annual meeting Wednesday evening, the Foundation’s members also elected Rodney C. Braxton to the board for a first, three-year term, while re-electing Mark C. Drennen, Perry […]
Frustration is no match for the drive to find out new things.” — DR. WILLIAM HANSEL Editor’s note: this story, written by Mary Ann Sternberg, appeared in the Fourth Quarter 2009 issue of Currents, the Foundation’s magazine. Dr. Hansel died at 98 in January 2017. The cancer drug he invented with other LSU researchers is […]
Currents 1Q 2017
2017 Annual Report
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation, with support from a W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant, is underwriting a program to help people clear property titles, potentially making them eligible for thousands of dollars in federal grants for repairing their flood-damaged houses. Thousands of people live in homes that they don’t own outright because properties were passed on […]
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation today released a report that details a bikeshare plan, including locations for the first stations, and announced the creation of a nonprofit that is charged with implementing bikeshare in Baton Rouge. Bikeshare systems are advancing in large and mid-size cities, offering another option in moving around and reducing the amount of […]
Currents 4Q 2016-The Great Flood
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation and the Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation presented a report on autism spectrum disorder resources in the capital region today at the Manship Theatre. The Foundation thanks parents, civic leaders and autism professionals who provided ideas and recommendations over the past two years. The report would not have been possible […]