Baton Rouge Area Foundation
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation ("The Foundation") is a community foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Louisiana's capital region, and is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit organization. Over the past 58 years, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has responded to the wishes of its donors, the concerns of its members, and the community's needs by issuing grants totaling more than $650 million.
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation
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South Louisiana
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$764 million at year-end 2021
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Linking donors with nonprofits and running civic projects
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1964
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The Foundation was founded in June 1964 by eleven civic leaders who wanted to use the Foundation as a tool for community development.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Chris Meyer, president and CEO
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Baton Rouge, LA
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation .png
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Nonprofit
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation ("The Foundation") is a community foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Louisiana's capital region, and is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit organization. Over the past 58 years, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has responded to the wishes of its donors, the concerns of its members, and the community's needs by issuing grants totaling more than $650 million. In addition to grants, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has the flexibility to launch community initiatives without politics or other entanglements. The Foundation has partnered to revive downtown Baton Rouge. It undwrote a master plan fro downtown, built an Arts Block, revived an abandoned hotel and built more than 200 apartment units to prove that people would live in the city center. Other civic projects include The Water Campus, a place dedicated to organizations that provide water science and management to imperiled communities around the world; improved services for people with mental health and addiction issues, and a master plan for preserving the University/City Park lakes system; and launching New Schools for Baton Rouge to draw the best charter schools to Baton Rouge.
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