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Foundation Announces BR Bikeshare plan

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 […]

Autism Spectrum Disorder Report, Comprehensive Study of Resources in the Capital Region

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 […]

Entergy grants $300,000 to BRAF Flood Relief Fund

Entergy Corporation has contributed $300,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s Louisiana Flood Relief Fund, which will be granted by the Foundation to local nonprofits that are responding to the biggest rainstorm in modern Louisiana history. “We are grateful for Entergy’s gift to South Louisiana,” said John G. Davies, CEO and president of the Baton […]

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 Foundation was able to make the grants because contributions of more than $2.5 million have poured in from private donors around the country to 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 bank, which offers a broad array of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients and has branches across Louisiana and other […]

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 executive director of The Bridge Center, a nonprofit created by the Foundation to take better care of people with mental illness and substance abuse problems. […]

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 evening, the Foundation also elected new directors and reported on its finances. On the strength of its real estate portfolio, the Foundation’s assets climbed to […]

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 G. Davies, Foundation CEO and president, accepted the award from the Kantrow family at the Foundation’s annual meeting of members Wednesday evening. Miriam Kantrow del […]