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It targets Black-led nonprofits that provide housing, that support minority businesses and that use other strategies to help build wealth for Black families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese organizations are working on the front lines to eliminate unfair and inequitable systems as well as to build wealth in Black communities.&#8221; GNOF President and CEO Andy Kopplin said. &#8220;We\u2019re grateful to Facebook and our other investors for helping our region lead the way in creating an equitable future for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grants ranged from $20,000 to $50,000. Recipients include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Groundwork New Orleans<\/li>\n<li>Sankofa CDC<\/li>\n<li>Ash\u00e9 Cultural Arts Center<\/li>\n<li>Junebug Productions Inc.<\/li>\n<li>New Orleans African American Museum<\/li>\n<li>No Dream Deferred NOLA<\/li>\n<li>ACLU of Louisiana<\/li>\n<li>Families and Friends of Louisiana&#8217;s Incarcerated Children<\/li>\n<li>TrainingGrounds Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Daughters Beyond Incarceration<\/li>\n<li>Ellis Marsalis Center for Music<\/li>\n<li>Our Voice Nuestra Voz<\/li>\n<li>The 1881 Research Institute Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development<\/li>\n<li>Made in New Orleans Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Grow Dat Youth Farm<\/li>\n<li>Birthmark Doula Collective<\/li>\n<li>Familias Unidas en Acci\u00f3n<\/li>\n<li>House of Tulip<\/li>\n<li>Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative<\/li>\n<li>Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center<\/li>\n<li>Operation Restoration<\/li>\n<li>The First 72+<\/li>\n<li>Home by Hand, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Thrive New Orleans<\/li>\n<li>Ujamaa Economic Development Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Citizen SHE<\/li>\n<li>Corporate Internship Leadership Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an earlier round of awards in fall 2020, the foundation issued $150,000 each to Good Work Network, Power Coalition, and the Urban League of Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahiy Watson, founder and executive director of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1JBKykrO4cbSdQ_MTbaL75b_ze_28_K4-\/view\">The 1881 Institute<\/a>, said the funds will help his organization realize its mission of helping minority students enter engineering and manufacturing careers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization runs in-school and after-school programs for kids and teens, and offers design fellowships and workforce training for older students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What we are looking to do is get them access, see if they can complete projects and be independent thinkers,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As we get to the higher levels, our success is whether or not we were able to get them into a career, or into school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director Alanah Odoms said her organization will spend its award on a program that represents victims of unlawful policing. Under it, people can request an attorney if they have been pulled over for &#8220;driving while black,&#8221; have had their cars searched unlawfully, or have been beaten.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It means a ton to be able to have local support for this kind of racial justice initiative,&#8221;\u00a0said Odoms, the first Black woman to lead the ACLU&#8217;s Louisiana branch in its 65-year history.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past five years, more than 87% of GNOF&#8217;s discretionary grantmaking has supported Black communities, while one-third of its discretionary grants have gone to Black-led organizations, the foundation&#8217;s board chairperson Leann Moses said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to thank Facebook and other major donors to the Greater Together Fund. Their support for this important work will help us create a stronger and more just community for all of us,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/politics\/article_ad194fca-624d-11eb-9a26-ab8308e146e4.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=user-share\">&#8220;These Black-led organizations in New Orleans will get part of $1M fund to boost racial equity&#8221;<\/a>, NOLA.com, Jessica Williams, January 29, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grants come from the foundation&#8217;s racial equity fund, which launched in November and was recently bolstered by a $1 million contribution from social media titan Facebook. The fund has awarded $1.45 million thus far under a multi-year plan that will eventually double that amount. 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