{"id":6169,"date":"2015-09-09T13:03:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T18:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=6169"},"modified":"2016-08-29T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:31:45","slug":"finalists-named-in-the-greater-new-orleans-foundations-pitch-it-the-innovation-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/finalists-named-in-the-greater-new-orleans-foundations-pitch-it-the-innovation-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalists Named in the Greater New Orleans Foundation\u2019s Pitch It! 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Top prize is $25,000 with second and third place winners receiving $8,000 and $5,500.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an environment of uncertain economic times and shrinking public coffers, we\u2019re turning more and more to nonprofit organizations to tackle our toughest social problems,\u201d said Albert Ruesga, president and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. \u201cAs demand grows for their services and programs, nonprofits must continuously seek novel solutions to meet community needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to be entering our third year of partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation\u2019s Pitch It! Challenge that allows nonprofits to imagine new and innovative ways to tackle problems,\u201d said Michael Shaw, program officer of human services at the Kresge Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Pitch It! sponsors are Chevron, Uber, and contributions from the Greater New Orleans Foundation\u2019s Partners in Philanthropy annual campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The three finalists who will present their pitches were selected from a pool of nearly 30 applicants who submitted a diverse range of innovative ideas to address many vital community needs. The three presenting finalists are <strong>Committee for a Better New Orleans<\/strong>, <strong>NAMI St. Tammany<\/strong>, and <strong>Reconcile New Orleans, Inc<\/strong>. Their innovations will address city budgeting challenges, services for people in crisis, and so-called \u201cfood deserts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be selected by the following panel of judges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leah Brown,<\/strong> interim manager of Policy, Government and Public Affairs for Chevron&#8217;s Gulf of Mexico Business Unit<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quentin Messer Jr.,<\/strong> president and CEO of the New Orleans Business Alliance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Shaw,<\/strong> program officer of Human Services at the Kresge Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(September 9, 2015 | New Orleans, LA) The Greater Foundation is pleased to announce that Committee for a Better New Orleans, New Orleans Mental Health Institute St. Tammany, and Reconcile New Orleans, Inc. will \u00a0present their innovative ideas in a public pitch to a panel of judges on Friday, October 2nd at 8:30 am at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[677,30,52],"tags":[129,919,445,255,522,920,115,314,449,455,921,922],"class_list":["post-6169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-small-feature","category-our-community","category-press-release","tag-chevron","tag-committee-for-a-better-new-orleans","tag-innovation","tag-kresge","tag-kresge-foundation","tag-nami-st-tammany","tag-oe","tag-organizational-effectiveness-2","tag-pitch-it","tag-pitch-it-the-innovation-challenge","tag-reconcile-new-orleans","tag-uber"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Finalists Named in the Greater New Orleans Foundation\u2019s Pitch It! 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