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Community Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members
Community Foundation of North Louisiana is excited to announce Lisa O. Childs and Stephen C. Walker as the most recent additions to CFNLA’s seven-member Board of Directors. Childs and Walker are succeeding longtime board members Terry Davis and Thomas Murphy. Lisa and...
Give For Good Raises Record $2.75M for North Louisiana Nonprofits
May 2nd was a record-breaking day for our community. In its 10th year, Give For Good, created by Community Foundation of North Louisiana, raised $2,757,092 for 209 area nonprofits. This is the greatest total raised since the event began in 2014. Give For Good is an...
2023 Competitive Grants Awards
Community Foundation of North Louisiana strives to improve the quality of life for members of our community through proactive and strategic grantmaking. Since its inception, CFNLA has granted over $120 million in grants to nonprofit organizations. Grants are awarded...
2022 Annual Report: Together For Good
Community Foundation of North Louisiana is pleased to share the 2022 Annual Report, Together For Good. A few highlights of the 2022 Annual Report include: Over $9.2 million in grants and scholarships were made to 350 nonprofits and 29 students. More than $6.2 million...
Bossier Parish ECE Initiative
In 2021, 53% of Bossier Parish kindergarten students did not have the age-appropriate skills to be prepared for school. Kindergarten readiness is measured through a child's language and literacy skills, basic numeracy concepts, as well as social and motor skills....
Teen Advisory Committee Kickoff 2023
The Teen Advisory Committee (TAC), an initiative of Step Forward, aims to improve educational outcomes for students of all ages in Northwest Louisiana. Established in 2019, TAC is a regional youth-led group, and its primary purpose is to help improve local policy...
Early Childhood Education Fund Update
CFNLA held the NWLA Early Childhood Policy Summit in the Fall of 2019 to address the needs of the nearly 60% of children in Caddo and Bossier parishes entering kindergarten unprepared. The Summit and resulting Resolution ultimately led CFNLA to create the Early...
Step Forward’s Building Futures Network
Step Forward’s Building Futures Network met Thursday, February 16 to discuss the need for students to receive workforce preparation that matches the needs of local employers to increase employment for young adults. Network partners from Volunteers of America, Career...
Financial Forecast February 2023
Investors entered 2023 with great uncertainty about what the year might bring for financial markets. On the one hand, a strong labor market, decelerating inflation, and the Federal Reserve indicating a reduction in interest rate increases boosted equity markets to a...
Give for Good turns 10 in 2023
CFNLA is thrilled to commemorate the 10th anniversary of North Louisiana's largest day of giving on May 2, 2023. Since its inception in 2014, Give for Good has inspired generosity from thousands of people like you who have given more than 70,000 donations, generating...