New Orleans Partner Organizations

Louisiana Appleseed solves our state's toughest problems at the root cause by advocating for access to justice, opportunity, and education

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is a non-profit organization whose mission is to drive bold, science-based action to rebuild coastal Louisiana through outreach, restoration and advocacy.

The mission of Communities In Schools® is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Mission: To build a more equitable and inclusive South, uprooting the barriers that have long divided the region by race and class.

The mission of First Grace Community Alliance (FGCA) is to work with and for people in need, especially women and their children, by meeting food, housing, and other emergency needs, while simultaneously challenging systemic poverty in the greater New Orleans area.

Dignity. Justice. Hope.

We fight for our clients by providing excellent client-centered representation, reforming the system and partnering with the community.

Vision

An environmentally sustainable, prosperous, and resilient region

Mission

Pontchartrain Conservancy’s mission is to drive environmental sustainability and stewardship through scientific research, education, and advocacy.

The Pontchartrain Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization consisting of a 14-member board of directors representing Basin parishes and regulatory agencies.

The Lake Pontchartrain Basin is a 10,000 square mile watershed encompassing 16 Louisiana parishes. The land use of the region is both rural and urban and is the most densely populated region in Louisiana, including metro New Orleans and the state capital, Baton Rouge. It is one of the largest estuarine systems in the Gulf of Mexico containing over 22 essential habitats. The Basin's topography ranges from rolling woodlands in the north to coastal marshes in the south, with the 630 square mile Lake Pontchartrain as its centerpiece.

Saul's Light is a New Orleans-based nonprofit that provides support and community to families with babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

We work to pursue the full liberation of BIPOC across all intersectional identities in vulnerable communities in Southern Louisiana.
Together with community partners, our justice work encompasses climate, food, education, housing, workforce, as well as culture and arts.

Fostering high-quality active learning by providing teachers and students with access to equipment and support to drive academic success.