Albert Ruesga

New Orleans — The Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) announced today the launch of the Community IMPACT Program. The Community IMPACT Program will award $1 million in grants to nonprofit organizations serving the Greater New Orleans region.

It’s difficult to make generalizations across the 71,000 grant-making foundations in the United States, but there are enough family resemblances to make it worth hazarding a few words of advice when it comes to nonprofit/foundation relations. For more than 65 years, the Meyer Foundation has based its work on a deep respect for nonprofit organizations and the extraordinary people who lead and staff them. Many of our colleagues in the foundation world share our desire to work in creative partnership with the nonprofits we serve. The following are tips to help nonprofits build strong creative partnerships with foundations. 1. Attend to the