{"id":7047,"date":"2016-06-14T14:14:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T19:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=7047"},"modified":"2016-08-29T13:31:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:31:40","slug":"the-greater-new-orleans-foundation-awards-more-than-500000-to-organizations-addressing-challenges-related-to-water-across-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/the-greater-new-orleans-foundation-awards-more-than-500000-to-organizations-addressing-challenges-related-to-water-across-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greater New Orleans Foundation Awards more than $500,000 to Organizations Addressing Challenges Related to Water Across the Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(June 14, 2016 |New Orleans, LA) The Greater New Orleans Foundation deepened its commitment to Southeast Louisiana by awarding more than $500,000 in grants from its Environmental Fund to 18 nonprofit organizations addressing our region\u2019s water 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20,000 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 United Houma Nation &#8211; to support operating costs<\/li>\n<li>$ 20,000 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Woodlands Conservancy &#8211; to support an advocacy campaign to protect the\u00a0Woodlands Trail<\/li>\n<li>$ 25,000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WWNO &#8211; to support operating costs for the Coastal Desk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, the Greater New Orleans Foundation is deepening its organizational effectiveness work among nonprofit organizations that work on our region\u2019s coastal issues.\u00a0 It has awarded four technical assistance grants of up to $4,000 each from the Foundation\u2019s Organizational Effectiveness initiative and Environmental Fund to the following four organizations: Interfaith Sponsoring Committee, BISCO; Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development; United Houma Nation; and, the Woodlands Conservancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technical assistance grants will enable these organizations and their leaders to develop skills that 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