[StBernard] St. Bernard, Plaquemines philanthropic groups receive grants

[Westley Annis]

Does anyone know who is on the board for St. Bernard?

JLY



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	St. Bernard, Plaquemines philanthropic groups receive grants
	Posted by St. Bernard bureau May 17, 2007 11:34AM
	The Greater New Orleans Foundation will donate $500,000 each to St.
Bernard
	and Plaquemines parishes to create affiliate foundations.
	
	The GNOF, a non-profit public charity serving donors in a 13-parish
region
	of southeast Louisiana, made the announcement Thursday morning. The
	affiliate foundations created in St. Bernard and Plaquemines
parishes will
	help serve those respective parishes, the GNOF said in a news
release.
	
	"The significance of our investment in these new community
foundations is
	vital to our mission of fostering regional philanthropy in two
parishes that
	were devastated by Katrina,'' Dr. Myron Moorehead, chairman of the
Board of
	Trustees for the GNOF, said in the news release.
	
	The GNOF will "seed'' the St. Bernard Community Foundation and
Plaquemines
	Community Foundation with $500,000 each over a five-year period. Ten
percent
	of the money will be set aside as an endowment in each parish.
	
	The mission of the affiliate foundations is to improve the quality
of life
	for all citizens of the respective parishes, the GNOF news release
said. The
	board of each organization will identify current and emerging needs
and
	address those needs through grants. The groups also will foster
	relationships with donors to build permanent endowments.