Community Investment Grants - Louisiana

To qualify for a Community Investment grant, organizations must:

  • Qualify for tax-exempt status under IRS code 501(c)(3)

  • Be physically located and provide services within the Cox residential service area (see our service areas here)

  • Meet a need in the community without unnecessary duplication of services

  • Promote sound fiscal and governance practices demonstrating overall financial health and sustainability

  • Regularly measure and evaluate program outcomes

  • Submit only one application; organizations submitting multiple request will be disqualified

 

Successful applications must:

  • Leverage other funding; funding will not be awarded to an organization if the Cox Charities grant is the only source of financial support

  • Seek funding only for activities and programs; requests to support one-time or special events will not be considered

  • Focus on a single, specific program within the organization

The Grant Window is Now Closed

To optimize our impact, we do not support:

  • Athletic clubs or organizations

  • Capital campaigns and expenditures

  • Endowments

  • Foundations or organizations that would utilize funding for pass-through grant-making purposes

  • General operating expenses, including but not limited to utilities, facility costs, administrative salaries or wages and fundraising or marketing expenses

  • Individuals

  • Programs supporting a political campaign or specific religious beliefs

  • Special or one-time events

  • AMIkids Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge)

  • Angels’ Place (New Orleans)

  • Baton Rouge Middle District Chapter of National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (Baton Rouge)

  • Livingston Parish Children's Choirs (Baton Rouge)

  • Educare New Orleans (New Orleans)

  • Junior Achievement of Acadiana (Lafayette)

  • Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge)

  • Kingsley House, Inc.  (New Orleans)

  • Luke’s House: A Clinic for Healing and Hope (New Orleans)

  • Murphy Education & Sports Foundation ​(New Orleans)

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  • Operation Restoration (New Orleans)

  • Outstanding Mature Girlz Organization (Baton Rouge)

  • Particular Council of St. Vincent de Paul (Baton Rouge)

  • Raphael Village (New Orleans)

  • Second Harvest Food Bank (Lafayette)

  • St Bernard St Francis Food Pantry (Lafayette)

  • The BRidge Agency INC (Baton Rouge)

  • The Butterfly Society (Baton Rouge)

  • The First 72+ (New Orleans)

  • The Hospice of Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge)

  • The Salvation Army of Greater Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge)

  • Upturn Arts (New Orleans)

The Grant Application Window is Now Closed

Congratulations to our 2019 Community Investment Grant recipients

Grant Process:

  • Requests for up to $5,000 will be considered.

  • All applications will be reviewed by the Cox Charities Advisory Board.

  • Nonprofits will be notified in October.

 

The Grant Application Window is Now Closed

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