[StBernard] Entergy Charitable Foundation awards grants to south Louisiana groups

[Westley Annis]

Entergy Charitable Foundation awards grants to south Louisiana groups
by The Times-Picayune 
Thursday May 15, 2008, 12:33 PM
The Entergy Charitable Foundation has awarded more than $2.1 million in
grants to organizations throughout the company's operating area, about half
of which is earmarked for educational programs in south Louisiana. 



The largest grant, $500,000, is going to the St. Bernard Parish School Board
to help fund construction of the Chalmette High School Community Learning
Center. A separate $350,000 grant is being awarded to the Teach for America
program operating in south Louisiana and New Orleans. 

KIPP New Orleans, Inc., the United Negro College Fund, Inc., and the Greater
New Orleans Educational Television Foundation also received smaller grants
from the foundation. 

The Entergy Charitable Foundation is a private, not-for-profit foundation
wholly funded by Entergy Corp. The foundation's purpose is to help
low-income families and individuals escape poverty by providing them with
tools such as education, job training and placement, literacy programs, and
affordable housing. 

Entergy Corp. is a New Orleans utility company.