Faith Ministries International was founded in 2007, and is located in Gray, Louisiana.
Mission: To provide hunger relief, offer emergency services, and educational resources. Address hunger needs in poverty stricken communities. Provide emergency assistance to at-risk and underprivileged families. Assist residence affected by Covid-19. Communities affected by hurricanes, fires, lay-offs, Senior Citizens, Veterans, and other emergency needs.
Top Goal: Providing food, personal hygiene, and other resources to our residents of Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes with our food pantry, our Hunger Relief/ Back to School Project that will provide 200 residents with healthy food basic supplies, and other resources.
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WHEN: Thursday, June 20th | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
WHERE: Hampton Inn Convention Center, 1201 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans
REGISTER HERE: https://afpneworleans.wildapricot.org/event-5553640
AFP Baton Rouge Chapter is excited to announce that nominations for National Philanthropy Day are now open! This is your opportunity to recognize and celebrate the outstanding individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to our community.
Do you know an exceptional donor, volunteer, fundraiser, or board member who deserves to be honored? Whether you are part of a company, organization, nonprofit, or an alliance, nominating a deserving individual or organization is a wonderful way to uplift your members and highlight the incredible impact they have made.
Please submit your nominations for awardees by June 14. To nominate,https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8Mh-lX1FNbViOmFJDyzwZqAw1Vwt50OVllmQpdDgmVR9exA/viewform.
Let’s celebrate our hardworking community members and the spirit of philanthropy that drives positive change in our community. We look forward to your participation!
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has announced significant revisions to the Uniform Guidance, promising big changes in how organizations access federal funds. For many nonprofits, this will mean easier application and reporting processes and more funding for indirect costs/overhead. The networks of the National Council of Nonprofits are hosting a free webinar on Thursday, May 30 from 3:30 – 4:30 pm Eastern, as OMB officials Deidre Harrison and Steven P. Mackey and additional experts discuss the latest revisions, implementation timelines, and real-life implications for charitable nonprofits.
Register for the webinar
Cybersecurity is mission-critical for nonprofits as cyber incidents can lead to exposure of sensitive information about a nonprofit’s employees and the people the nonprofit serves. They can also cripple an organization’s ability to carry out its core mission. With limited resources, many nonprofits are unable to hire information security professionals or implement costly enterprise-level cybersecurity solutions. To aid with those issues, the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, through the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), just released a series of materials that can help nonprofits with limited resources bolster their cybersecurity. These resources include:
Project Upskill: A series of guides designed to empower non-technical staff with the knowledge and ability to protect themselves – and by extension, their organization – from cyber threats.
Cybersecurity Resources for High-Risk Communities: A collection of tools and resources offered by JCDC and its partners to support cybersecurity for nonprofits.
Cyber Volunteer Resource Center: A database of cyber volunteer programs that provides information on how qualifying organizations can seek cybersecurity assistance from their local cyber volunteer program.
Written by: The National Council of Nonprofits
With many Louisiana nonprofits operating on slim budgets capacity building projects can get pushed to the backburner. Your nonprofit’s work is important. It shouldn’t be so hard to get the resources to tackle the kinds of capacity building projects that will help your organization grow and thrive!
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana partnered with the Taproot Foundation for the Team Blue Preaux Bono Day — a high impact, in-person event where talented teams of high-performing employee volunteers from BCBSLA will help six Louisiana nonprofits to develop a custom solution or set of recommendations for an organizational challenge.
They're looking for six projects in Marketing and Communications, Strategy, Human Resources, IT, or finance for their pro bono consultants to take on.
It’s easy:
1. BRAINSTORM
2. APPLY
3. SHOW UP
Break out that wish list and select up to two priority projects. (Pro tip: The PDF below has suggestions.)
Complete a quick online application to submit your project idea by April 24, 2024.
If chosen, show up to Baton Rouge on Tuesday, June 25. You’ll spend the event collaborating with your team to develop solutions that fit your organizational need.
Apply now for early consideration!
Still not sure what to expect from the session? Click on these attachments for some sample challenges and potential projects that a small team of BCBSLA volunteers could work with you to accomplish. Here are the questions in the application so you can prepare to apply. BCBSLA will not accept written or emailed applications.
All applications must be submitted online using THIS LINK
Kubota Tractor Corporation’s Fourth Annual Kubota Hometown Proud Grant Program opened today, with 20 grants available across the country to projects meant to revitalize or refresh communities!
All entries will be considered and can be submitted March 1 through April 12, 2024.
United Way of Southwest Louisiana was founded in 1940.
Mission Statement: Positive Community Impact
Top Goal: Every Southwest Louisiana community member have access to all of the building blocks needed to thrive and support their family.
From the organization: "We just finished a new Initiative – Lasagna-Fest – where we fed 8,400 community members lasagna prepared by over 100 volunteers. We would love to share the story with other nonprofits as it was such a successful event and kicked our year off with so many positive outcomes. Our partner agencies, corporate volunteers and team members hope to share the idea with other nonprofits!"
Video/recap: https://vimeo.com/904149479?share=copy
PDF recap: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/5655d28de9.html
KPLC news story: https://www.kplctv.com/2024/01/10/lasagna-fest-helps-tackle-food-insecurity/
Attendee quotes:
“Westlake UMC’s Food Pantry is so thankful to receive several pans to serve and give! Thank you so much.” - Amy Duhon Castro
“Thank you so much. Vinton Senior Center is serving lasagna love Thursday for our Seniors.” - Anita Nunez
The Kevin Love Fund offers a free arts-based mental health program that is designed for middle, high school and college students. Kevin Love is an NBA basketball player who has been vocal about his own mental health challenges, and he brought together mental health and education experts to help young people learn skills to share stories from their lives through creative activities.
You can hear more about Kevin’s story and what inspired him to create this program here.
Activities are designed to be flexible and additive if nonprofits are already using a mental health program with their students, or if you have very little time.
The Kevin Love Fun activities are already being delivered to more than 55,000 students, and have seen very positive results from initial research; for example, 85% of students participating in the pilot said they felt an increased feeling of belonging in the classroom after completing the curriculum. 83% of students felt they are more likely to reach out to their teacher if they are struggling.
With the help of Dak Prescott who is from Louisiana, the Kevin Love Fund is launching a focused expansion and is working with other Louisana nonprofits including AmeriCorps. To access the free program, educators attend a one-hour virtual training (also free) that is scheduled around the educator’s availability.
SOLA Giving Day is May 2 and it's time to gear up! Registration for nonprofits opens on January 30.
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This annual giving movement, an event of Community Foundation of Acadiana, exists to support nonprofits, churches, and schools across South Louisiana.
Over the past six years, SOLA Giving Day has resulted in $8.47 million for 425+ organizations!
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