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Bayou Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $102,700 to eight local nonprofit organizations from the Bayou Recovery Fund for Hurricane Francine Relief September 17 – 27, 2024. The grants from BCF’s Bayou Recovery Fund support food distribution at food banks, repair of nonprofit facilities serving residents in our most impacted communities, and housing and utility assistance for under-resourced neighbors who suffered losses from the storm. We are grateful to all donors to our Bayou Recovery Fund for Hurricane Francine who make these grants possible, … read more
Together, We Have Rebuilt Homes, Lives and Our Community! Read the Full Report HERE Since Hurricane Ida made landfall here three years ago, Bayou Community Foundation has worked swiftly and strategically to help local residents and nonprofits recover from the Category 4 storm’s devastation and to rebuild lives and our communities. Our Bayou Recovery Fund has truly served as the philanthropic engine in Lafourche, Terrebonne and Grand Isle, with $12 million in charitable gifts invested or committed to date to … read more
July 18, 2024 The Bayou Community Foundation (BCF) awarded grants totaling $358,000 to 30 nonprofit organizations today to fill critical needs like hunger, homelessness and mental health care in Lafourche, Terrebonne and Grand Isle. This year’s total is the largest ever awarded by the Foundation in its 12-year history of the Annual Nonprofit Grants Program, and brings BCF’s total investment in critical community programs and hurricane recovery efforts to more than $12 million since 2013. 2024 List of grantees “Today … read more