The GPOA Foundation is a grantmaking, independent foundation which supports programs that serve children and youth in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, Louisiana. Our funding areas include Academic Success, Strong Families, Expanded Horizons and Vocational Training, Grants are generally in the range of $4,000 to $40,000. Approximately 30 grants are made each year, for a grand total of close to $500
,000. Please review our website for grant guidelines and recent annual reports. Our page provides a way to regularly communicate with our grantees and interested others. We invite grantees to post photos of the programs that we have funded and to share accomplishments or challenges with other grantees. From 1867 until 1979, the German Protestant Orphan Asylum provided care for orphans and neglected children through the State Street Children’s Home, located in uptown New Orleans. The initial concerns that we addressed were those of children who were orphaned from epidemics, or whose mothers were widowed during the Civil or World Wars. The State Street Children’s Home provided the children with a place to live, food, educational opportunities and vocational training. Times changed, however, and in 1979 the children’s home was closed and funds from the sale of the property were invested to create a grantmaking foundation, The GPOA Foundation. Our mission now is to support programs that serve children in Louisiana.
