Water Challenge
Funding Amount
$50,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Water Challenge
Overview: An annual competition launched by the Greater New Orleans Foundation in partnership with The Idea Village to discover and support innovative entrepreneurial solutions to how we live and work with water.
Geographic Scope: New Orleans, Louisiana and surrounding region
Focus Areas:
Award: Winner receives $50,000 to help bring the product to market
Process:
Background: The award-winning program recognizes that integrated water management is vital to New Orleans' future. Recent winners have included innovations in coastal restoration, oyster traceability, erosion management, and neighborhood water monitoring.
How to Apply
Application Process
Details not provided in source material. Contact The Idea Village or GNOF for application procedures and deadlines.
Contact: Greater New Orleans Foundation
What The Greater New Orleans Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 623
- Total given
- $34.6M
- Median grant
- $21K
- Range
- $5,013–$1.5M
- By dollars: Louisiana 86%, Tennessee 3%, California 2%. Top recipient cities: New Orleans, LA; Metairie, LA; Washington, DC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
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Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center · Lafayette, LA
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Kids Join the Fight · Nashville, TN
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$846K
Metairie Park Country Day School · Metairie, LA
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$845K
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Fdtn · Lafayette, LA
Single organization support
$841K
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund · New Orleans, LA
Education
$716K
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