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LEAD: BUILD Health

Foundation for Louisiana

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Overview

LEAD: BUILD Health Program

Program Type: Community training and leadership development program

Geographic Scope: New Orleans, LA, particularly the Claiborne Corridor

Focus Areas:

Public health
Transportation and mobility
Displacement prevention
Community decision-making in transit planning

Program Description:
LEAD (Leadership, Engagement, Advocacy, and Development) is FFL's community training program that equips Louisiana residents with tools to steer local and regional decision-making processes. The BUILD Health edition focuses on the intersections of transportation access and public health.

Program Structure:

Duration: 8 weeks
Format: Interactive sessions with guest experts
Focus on transportation planning, community organizing, advocacy, public policy, and land use/development

Participant Outcomes:
Participants will:

Identify social justice interests and envision leading change around equitable transportation
Build relationships with other community leaders and LEAD participants
Understand and navigate multiple agencies, departments, and government officials involved in transportation decisions
Learn lessons from other communities using transportation policies for equitable outcomes
Learn about Foundation for Louisiana and its LEAD programs

Funding Partners:

University Medical Center New Orleans
BUILD Health Challenge Awards for U.S. cities

Partner Organizations:

Louisiana Public Health Institute
RideNOLA
LCMC Health
Transdev (serving the Regional Transit Authority)
New Orleans Health Department
New Orleans Business Alliance
City of New Orleans

Monique Brown: mbrown@foundationforlouisiana.org
Media inquiries: Klie Kliebert: kkliebert@foundationforlouisiana.org

How to Apply

Application Process:

Nominate a resident for LEAD: BUILD Health
Contact Monique Brown at mbrown@foundationforlouisiana.org
For more information about the program, contact Monique

Next Program Start Date:
January 19, 2019 (as announced in December 2018; current application timeline not specified)

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What Foundation for Louisiana actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025: 40
Total given: $1.85M
Median grant: $29K
Range: $7,000–$175K

By dollars: Louisiana 71%, District of Columbia 12%, New York 12%. Top recipient cities: New Orleans, LA; Baton Rouge, LA; Washington, DC.
5% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
50% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY

Louisiana justice fund

$175K
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Washington, DC

Bernard ancestors donation

$156K
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights · New Orleans, LA

Louisiana justice fund

$100K
Promise of Justice Initiative · New Orleans, LA

Louisiana justice fund

$100K
Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants · Baton Rouge, LA

Together

$90K