The Caddo Commission Appropriations Committee has completed its review of funding requests from Non-Governmental Organi2ations {NGOs) for the 2026 budget. The committee's recommendations must be approved by the full Commission
Here are the Committee's recommendations:
1. Acadiana Legal Services Corporation $100.000
2. Basic Necessities $12,500
3. Beulah's Safe Haven $15,000
4. Catholic Charities of North Louisiana $25,000
5. Christian Service Program Institute $40,000
6. Common Ground Community $7,500
7. Community Caregivers of NWLA $15,000
8. Danaghe Foundation $10,000
9. Faith and Fostering $20,000
10. Geaux 4 Kids $20,000
11. Goodwill Industries $10,000
12. Holy Angels $25,000
13. Hope Connections $70,000
14. Hope for Louisiana Clinic $20,000
15. Innocence Project New Orleans $15,000
16. JAG Family Resource Center $25,000
17. Martin Luther King Comrnu11ity Development Corporation $30,000
18. Martin Luther King Health Center and Pharmacy $20,000
19. Norwela Family Justice Center $12,000
20. Northwest Louisiana Council--Boy Scouts $20,000
21. Providence House $100,000
22. Restore Cooper Road Community Foundation $10,000 23 Robinson's Rescue $60,00024. Salvation Army Corps(Merkle Center of Hope) $30,000
25. Shreveport Youth Boxing Club $15,000
26. St. Luke's Episcopal Mobile Medical Ministry $10,000
27. The Arc Caddo-Bossier (Goldman School) $50,000
28. The Betty and Leonard Phillips Deaf Action Center $10,000
29. United Way of Northwest Louisiana $60,000
30. Volunteers of America $25,000
31. Volunteers for Youth Justice $50,000
32. Youth Outreach $40,000
33. Bernstein Development $15,000
34. Booker T. Washington High School $25,000
35. Cedar Grove Community Development $30,000
36. Community Foundation of NW Louisiana $50,000
37. Community Renewal International $50,000
38. Doug Williams Scholarship Foundation $6,677
39. Extensions of Excellence $10,000
40. Girl Scouts of Louisiana $5,000
41. Image Changers $10,000
42. Inner City Entrepreneurs Institute $30,000
43. Inter City Row Modern Dance $4,650
44. Ivy Crown Community Services $10,000
45. Literacy Volunteers of Centenary College '$2,200
46. Martin Luther King Neighborhood Association $20,000
47. National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Beta Alpha Calla Lily Foundation $10,000
48. Northwest LA Community Development Corporation $25,000
49. Oasis of Hope Louisiana $40,000
50. R.A.P.S. Youth Initiative $25, 000
51. Red River STEM $15,000
52. Renzi Education and Art Center $6.300
53. Salvation Army (Red Shield Shelter) $251000
54. SCORE Setting Children on the Road for Excellence $5000
55. Setting the Standard Barbering and Natural Hair Academy $25,000
56. Shreveport Opera $,8,000
57. Shreveport Regional Arts Council $30,000
59. Shreveport Regional Arts Council – Artist $10,000
60. Shreveport Symphony Orchestra $7,500
61. Social Justice Civic League, Inc. $25,000
62. Southern University at Shreveport $115,000
63. Southern University at Shreveport Foundation $20,000
64. TEAMS $18,000
65. Theatre of Performing Arts of Shreveport $15,000
66. YWCA of Northwest Louisiana, Inc. $5,000
This list is believed to be correct, and it will be confirmed before the Commission voted to approve this NGO funding budget.