• The Troy Andrews Foundation
    $10,000 through July, 2020

    for general operating support.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: April, 2020
  • Cafe Hope, Inc.
    $10,000 through July, 2020

    for general operating support.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: April, 2020
  • Transport for NOLA
    $10,000 through July, 2020

    for general operating support.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: April, 2020
  • The Aspen Institute, Inc.
    $250,000 through December, 2020

    for a report on the global opportunity youth population and the tourism and hospitality industry.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: December, 2019
  • The Forum for Youth Investment
    $400,000 through March, 2022

    to continue policy work and coalition-building that will increase federal Opportunity Youth funding.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: November, 2019
  • Cafe Hope, Inc.
    $250,000 through December, 2020

    to support programs at Cafe Hope, which provides culinary training for Opportunity Youth on New Orleans' west bank.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: November, 2019
  • Baptist Community Ministries
    $210,000 through December, 2020

    to support an Opportunity Youth Hospitality Pathways Fellow and a Data Expert, both of whom will drive collaboration across the nonprofit, education, private, and public sectors to reduce numbers of opportunity youth in New Orleans.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: November, 2019
  • Insight Center for Community Economic Development
    $300,000 through December, 2021

    to support research on improving the quality of entry level jobs, including the impact of technology, in the New Orleans hospitality industry.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: November, 2019
  • New Orleans Youth Alliance
    $230,000 through December, 2021

    to support the NOYA Youth Leadership Fellowship that prepares young people to participate in decisions that impact youth in New Orleans.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: November, 2019
  • The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
    $600,000 through December, 2021

    To implement the Restaurant Ready and apprenticeship programs in New Orleans and Louisiana.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: November, 2019