Louisiana giving guide

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Louisiana Art & Science Museum
100 South River Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225.344.9478
www.lasm.org
Martin Svendson, Chair
Carol Gikas, CEO
The Louisiana Art & Science Museum in downtown Baton Rouge offers entertaining, educational opportunities for the whole family. Visitors enjoy art exhibitions, interactive children’s galleries, an Egyptian gallery with a genuine mummy, and the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium, where large-format films and the wonders of the night sky dazzle audiences.

LANO
Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations
P.O. Box 3808
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Phone: 225.343.5266
www.lano.org
Greg Cotter, Chair
Melissa Flournoy, President/CEO
LANO’s mission is to strengthen, promote, and build the capacity of Louisiana’s nonprofit sector through member services, education, and advocacy. LANO members include corporations, government agencies, foundations, and nonprofits working in all fields of service to Louisiana communities.

LATAN
Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network
3042 Old Forge Drive, Suite D
Baton Rouge, LA 70708
Phone: 225.925.9500
www.latan.org
Alma Stewart, Chair
Julie Nesbit, President/CEO
LATAN helps Louisianans with disabilities and age-related limitations acquire assistive technology devices that expand their ability and freedom to achieve the greatest possible quality of life.

Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
445 North 6th Street Suite 200
Baton Rouge, LA  70801
Phone: 225.383.1672
www.louisianahelp.org
Ambassador James A. Joseph, Chair
K.C. Burton, Interim CEO
The Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation (LDRF) was established after hurricanes Katrina and Rita to provide resources for the relief, recovery, and betterment of Louisiana's people and communities. Building on Louisiana’s strength of spirit to transform disaster into opportunity, the Foundation supports nonprofit organizations engaged in economic development, housing, community organizing, policy and advocacy on land use planning, education, and health care

Louisiana 4-H Foundation
102 Efferson Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225.578.1172
www.La4Hfoundation.org
Raquel Landry, Chair
Eric A. Eskew, Executive Director
The mission of the Louisiana 4-H Foundation is to secure private funding for the enhancement of the 4-H Youth Development Program. Louisiana 4-H reaches a diverse group of youth, grades K-12 in all 64 parishes of the state. Through informal, research-based, experiential learning activities, 4-H participants gain knowledge and life skills to become productive, capable and compassionate members of their communities. .

Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
717 Kerlerec
New Orleans, LA   70116
Phone: 888.546.1500
www.LMHPCO.org
Sylvia Marcantel, President
Jamey Boudreaux, Executive Director
LMHPCO is a 501(c)3 non-profit association of over 100 independent hospice provider agencies working together to improve end-of-life care and services for everyone living in Louisiana and Mississippi through research, professional education, public awareness and advocacy issues related to terminally ill patients and bereaved families

Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services
P.O. Box 929
Ruston, LA 71273-0929
Phone: 318.255.5020
www.lmch.org
Richard Lewis, Board Chair
Terrel J. DeVille, President/CEO
Ruston Campus: 40 acres. Residential Center (capacity 106): holistic care to youth (ages 10-17). Four programs, different levels of care with all support services for a "total family" approach. SATELLITE CAMPUS, DUBACH: Outdoor Wilderness Learning (OWL) Center, 800 acres. Purpose: growing each child physically, psychologically, and spiritually through safe, outdoor activities. Regular activities: camping, trails, and water sports. Primary group activities: team challenge course, equine program,
and maze.

LSU Health Sciences Foundation in
Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway
Box 105,AHB
Shreveport, LA 71103
Phone: 318.675.5002
www.lsuhsfoundation.org
Harry E. McInnis, Jr., Chair
Lisa S. Babin, President/CEO
The sole mission of the LSU Health Sciences Foundation is to support, enhance, and assist the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport with its many endeavors. We work diligently to expand awareness of the contributions to medical research, higher education and quality health care. The Foundation also develops and manages financial support for the institution.

LSU in Shreveport Foundation, Inc.
One University Place
Shreveport, LA 70115
Phone: 318.797.5257
www.lsus.edu/foundation
B. Bruce Simon, President
Glenda C. Erwin, Executive Director
The LSUS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation whose sole mission is to foster private support for Louisiana State University in Shreveport, manage investments, and serve as trustee for funds and other contributed assets for benefit of the University. The Foundation is governed by its own elected board of directors. The LSUS Foundation promotes philanthropic support for LSUS programs and areas of study while recognizing the all-important growth and success of economic development in northwest Louisiana.

Leave a Legacy of Greater Baton Rouge
www.leavealegacybr.org
Phone: 225.346.1535
Mimi Riche, Committee Chair
LEAVE A LEGACY of Greater Baton Rouge, a committee of the Planned Giving Council, works to inspire people from all walks of  life and all income levels to consider planned giving. Imagine how much good could be done if each one of us remembered a favorite nonprofit organization or charitable cause in our will or estate plan? The impact would be immeasurable!

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
4950 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225.767.0847
www.marybird.org
Todd D. Stevens, President and CEO
Carolyn A. Chassee, CFRE, VP for Development and CDO
For over 35 years, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has been dedicated to fighting cancer through prevention, early detection, education, research and advanced radiation therapy, providing treatment and services regardless of ability to pay. With locations in Baton Rouge, Covington and Hammond, Mary Bird Perkins is the only community-owned, nonprofit cancer treatment, education and research facility in the state.

Mercy Family Center
110 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 425
Metairie, LA 70005
Phone: 504.838.9445
www.mercyfamilycenter.com
Stewart Clark, Executive Director
Mercy Family Center provides innovative mental health services to children, adolescents and their families, with particular concern for the economically poor. By offering comprehensive and coordinated assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for a variety of mental health problems, we ensure the best possible long-term outcome for people seeking help and understanding

Mid City Dance Project, Inc
P.O. Box 45653
Baton Rouge, LA 70895
Phone: 225.284.4123
www.midcitydanceproject.org
Richard M. Upton, Board Chair
Renee Chatelain, Chief Staff Executive
The Mid City Dance Project provides education and performance opportunities through dance to under-served children and children with special needs in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. Professionally trained teachers instruct over 400 children every year at schools and community centers. Children perform with professional dancers in traditional ballets like The Nutcracker and in original works by local, national and international artists. 

The National World War II Museum
945 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504.527.6012
www.nationalww2museum.org
Governor Pete Wilson, Chair
Gordon “Nick” Mueller, Ph.D., President/CEO
Founded as the National D-Day Museum, the National WWII Museum illuminates the American experience during the war years with moving personal stories, historic artifacts and powerful interactive displays. From Normandy and Pacific Islands to the Home Front, the Museum celebrates the teamwork, optimism, courage and sacrifice of the men and women who won the war that changed the world. An incomparable experience for the entire family.

New Orleans Museum of Art & Besthoff Sculpture Garden
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
New Orleans, LA 70124
Phone: 504.658.4100
www.noma.org
Sydney J. Besthoff, III, President
John Bullard, Executive Director
Art Inside & Out: Inside, NOMA exhibits works of art from every culture and every century with strengths in American, French, and African art. Outside, 53 sculptures are showcased among five acres of winding paths and moss-laden oaks. Founded in 1911, the Museum is a major educational resource for the community with programs for all ages.

New Orleans Opera Association
1010 Common Street, Suite 1820
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504.529.2278
www.neworleansopera.org
Salvatore Panzeca, Chair
Robert Lyall, General and Artistic Director
Marci Schramm, Executive Director:
The mission of the New Orleans Opera Association(NOOA) as adopted by the board of directors in
April, 1992 is to provide the finest possible operatic performances within its means to the New Orleans metropolitan area, the state of Louisiana, and the Mississippi River and Gulf Coast regions.

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INDEX

Advocacy &
Civic Life

Leave a Legacy of Greather Baton Rouge
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Louisiana Assn. of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO)
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Public Affairs
Research Council (PAR)
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Young Leadership
Council