2019 GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Arts & Culture Bossier Arts Council DigiFest South $ 5,064 Little Theatre of Shreveport General Support $ 7,500 Red River Film Society, Inc. Dialogues on Faith, Diversity, the Arts and Social Change $ 26,250 Red River Revel, Inc. Red River Revel Arts Festival $ 20,000 Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet Community Arts Outreach $ 15,000 Shreveport Opera Shreveport Opera Xpress Educational Outreach $ 24,000 Shreveport Regional Arts Council ArtBreak 2020 $ 21,250 Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Musical Discover Series: Build It! Exploring Art and Architecture $ 63,750 The Strand Theatre of Shreveport Corporation General Support $ 18,750 Subtotal $ 201,564
Economic Development Film Prize Foundation, Inc. Startup Prize $ 37,500 Film Prize Foundation, Inc. Film Prize $ 37,500 Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana, Inc. Job Placement Program $ 102,216 North Louisiana Economic Partnership ACT Work Ready Communities Initiative $ 52,830 Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Authority Blight Fight Startup $ 40,000 Subtotal $ 270,046
Education The Arc Caddo-Bossier Goldman School and Child Development Center $ 30,000 Career Compass of Louisiana to provide services in Bossier and Caddo Parish Schools $ 78,000 Common Ground Community, Inc. Family Literacy Initiative $ 16,500 Literacy Volunteers at Centenary College Sponsorship of 200 Adult Literacy Students $ 20,000 Louisiana Association for the Blind, Inc Assistive Technology Program $ 6,653 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) PRIME TIME: Full Circle $ 56,653 LSU Health Sciences Foundation in Shreveport Reach Out and Read community satellites $ 11,817 The LSU in Shreveport Foundation, Inc. LaPREP and Its Associated Programs $ 63,750 Renzi Education and Art Center After School Program $ 12,750 Step Forward NLA Step Forward $ 100,000 Volunteers for Youth Justice Youth Programs - Mentoring & Leadership $ 51,000 Volunteers for Youth Justice Truancy Assessment Service Center $ 200,000 Volunteers of America of North Louisiana The LightHouse and Communities in Schools $ 300,000 Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) YEP Plus $ 6,287 Subtotal $ 953,410
Environment Caddo Lake Institute, Inc. General Support $ 7,800 Nature Conservancy Drinking Water and Watershed Protection for People and Nature in Caddo Parish $ 18,000 Robinson's Rescue, Inc. Building a Stronger Robinson's Rescue $ 21,250 Subtotal $ 47,050
Health Alzheimer's Agency of Shreveport/Bossier, Inc. Comprehensive Support System for Individuals with Alzheimer's and Memory Impairment $ 51,000 Girls on the Run of Shreveport Limitless Potential Team Sponsorships $ 9,000 Martin Luther King Health Center & Pharmacy Healthy Communities; Health Tomorrows $ 125,000 LSU Health Sciences Foundation in Shreveport Capital Campaign $ 100,000 The Philadelphia Center Region 7 HIV, STDs, and Hepatitis C Resource Center $ 42,500 Samaritan Counseling Center Subsidized counseling for low-income clients $ 20,798 Red River STEM General Support $150,000 St. Luke's Episcopal Mobile Medical Ministry Providing health care services to the medically under served in northwest Louisiana $ 12,000 YMCA of Northwest Louisiana Swim For Life $ 68,783 Subtotal $ 579,081
Human Services The Betty and Leonard Phillips Deaf Action Center of Northwest Louisiana 2019 Repair and Renovation Project $ 30,000 Caddo Council on Aging, Inc. Home Delivered Meals $ 50,000 Catholic Charities of North Louisiana Family Strengthening $ 60,000 Christian Service Program Institute Christian Service Hospitality House $ 37,249 Delivering Good, Inc. TOTAL AWARDED:Shreveport Capacity Building $3,063,952 Program $ 25,000 Northwest Louisiana Food Bank Investing in a Healthy Community $ 85,000 Gingerbread House Bossier/Caddo Children's Advocacy Center Child Advocacy Program $ 60,000 Holy Angels Residential Facility Safety and Security Program $ 75,000 HOPE Connections, Inc. Coordinated Assessment Program $ 69,000 The Hub Urban Ministries Purchased: Not for Sale $ 7,200 Norwela Council, Boy Scouts of America Scout Me In (Count Me In) $ 36,000 People Acting for Change and Equality Teach the Teachers Webcast $ 5,215 Providence House Early Childhood Education and Shelter Operations $ 112,500 Renesting Project, Inc. General Support $ 12,000 The Shreveport Bar Foundation Legal Representation for Victims of Domestic Violence Program $ 62,014 Subtotal $ 726,178
Small Organizations Children and Arthritis, Inc. Camp Jambalaya Jubilee $ 8,500 Dress for Success Shreveport-Bossier Inc. Dress for Success Shreveport-Bossier $ 8,500 Humane Society of Northwest Louisiana, Inc. ISOLATION STATION=LIFE $ 7,623 Highland Area Partnership, Inc. Highland Jazz and Blues Festival $ 6,000 North Louisiana Civil Rights Coalition General Support $ 6,000 Subtotal $ 36,623
Special Initiative Volunteers of America of North Louisiana Special Initiative Grant to expand Communities in Schools $ 250,000 Arts & Culture Bossier Arts Council DigiFest South $ 5,064 Little Theatre of Shreveport General Support $ 7,500 Red River Film Society, Inc. Dialogues on Faith, Diversity, the Arts and Social Change $ 26,250 Red River Revel, Inc. Red River Revel Arts Festival $ 20,000 Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet Community Arts Outreach $ 15,000 Shreveport Opera Shreveport Opera Xpress Educational Outreach $ 24,000 Shreveport Regional Arts Council ArtBreak 2020 $ 21,250 Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Musical Discover Series: Build It! Exploring Art and Architecture $ 63,750 The Strand Theatre of Shreveport Corporation General Support $ 18,750 Subtotal $ 201,564
Economic Development Film Prize Foundation, Inc. Startup Prize $ 37,500 Film Prize Foundation, Inc. Film Prize $ 37,500 Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana, Inc. Job Placement Program $ 102,216 North Louisiana Economic Partnership ACT Work Ready Communities Initiative $ 52,830 Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Authority Blight Fight Startup $ 40,000 Subtotal $ 270,046
Education The Arc Caddo-Bossier Goldman School and Child Development Center $ 30,000 Career Compass of Louisiana to provide services in Bossier and Caddo Parish Schools $ 78,000 Common Ground Community, Inc. Family Literacy Initiative $ 16,500 Literacy Volunteers at Centenary College Sponsorship of 200 Adult Literacy Students $ 20,000 Louisiana Association for the Blind, Inc Assistive Technology Program $ 6,653 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) PRIME TIME: Full Circle $ 56,653 LSU Health Sciences Foundation in Shreveport Reach Out and Read community satellites $ 11,817 The LSU in Shreveport Foundation, Inc. LaPREP and Its Associated Programs $ 63,750 Renzi Education and Art Center After School Program $ 12,750 Step Forward NLA Step Forward $ 100,000 Volunteers for Youth Justice Youth Programs - Mentoring & Leadership $ 51,000 Volunteers for Youth Justice Truancy Assessment Service Center $ 200,000 Volunteers of America of North Louisiana The LightHouse and Communities in Schools $ 300,000 Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) YEP Plus $ 6,287 Subtotal $ 953,410
Environment Caddo Lake Institute, Inc. General Support $ 7,800 Nature Conservancy Drinking Water and Watershed Protection for People and Nature in Caddo Parish $ 18,000 Robinson's Rescue, Inc. Building a Stronger Robinson's Rescue $ 21,250 Subtotal $ 47,050
Health Alzheimer's Agency of Shreveport/Bossier, Inc. Comprehensive Support System for Individuals with Alzheimer's and Memory Impairment $ 51,000 Girls on the Run of Shreveport Limitless Potential Team Sponsorships $ 9,000 Martin Luther King Health Center & Pharmacy Healthy Communities; Health Tomorrows $ 125,000 LSU Health Sciences Foundation in Shreveport Capital Campaign $ 100,000 The Philadelphia Center Region 7 HIV, STDs, and Hepatitis C Resource Center $ 42,500 Samaritan Counseling Center Subsidized counseling for low-income clients $ 20,798 Red River STEM General Support $150,000 St. Luke's Episcopal Mobile Medical Ministry Providing health care services to the medically under served in northwest Louisiana $ 12,000 YMCA of Northwest Louisiana 2019 GRANTSwim For AWARDLife RECIPIENTS $ 68,783 Subtotal $ 579,081
Human Services The Betty and Leonard Phillips Deaf Action Center of Northwest Louisiana 2019 Repair and Renovation Project $ 30,000 Caddo Council on Aging, Inc. Home Delivered Meals $ 50,000 Catholic Charities of North Louisiana Family Strengthening $ 60,000 Christian Service Program Institute Christian Service Hospitality House $ 37,249 Delivering Good, Inc. Shreveport Capacity Building Program $ 25,000 Northwest Louisiana Food Bank Investing in a Healthy Community $ 85,000 Gingerbread House Bossier/Caddo Children's Advocacy Center Child Advocacy Program $ 60,000 Holy Angels Residential Facility Safety and Security Program $ 75,000 HOPE Connections, Inc. Coordinated Assessment Program $ 69,000 The Hub Urban Ministries Purchased: Not for Sale $ 7,200 Norwela Council, Boy Scouts of America Scout Me In (Count Me In) $ 36,000 People Acting for Change and Equality Teach the Teachers Webcast $ 5,215 Providence House Early Childhood Education and Shelter Operations $ 112,500 Renesting Project, Inc. General Support $ 12,000 The Shreveport Bar Foundation Legal Representation for Victims of Domestic Violence Program $ 62,014 Subtotal $ 726,178
Small Organizations Children and Arthritis, Inc. Camp Jambalaya Jubilee $ 8,500 Dress for Success Shreveport-Bossier Inc. Dress for Success Shreveport-Bossier $ 8,500 Humane Society of Northwest Louisiana, Inc. ISOLATION STATION=LIFE $ 7,623 Highland Area Partnership, Inc. Highland Jazz and Blues Festival $ 6,000 North Louisiana Civil Rights Coalition General Support $ 6,000 Subtotal $ 36,623
Special Initiative Volunteers of America of North Louisiana Special Initiative Grant to expand Communities in Schools $ 250,000
TOTAL AWARDED: $3,063,952