Baton Rouge Area Foundation
| Formation | 1964 |
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| Founder | The Foundation was founded in June 1964 by eleven civic leaders who wanted to use the Foundation as a tool for community development. |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Focus | Mission Statement: Connecting donors with the causes they care most about. |
| Headquarters | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
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Area served | South Louisiana |
| Members | ~450 |
Key people | Chris Meyer, president and CEO |
| Employees | ~28 |
| Website | http://www.braf.org |
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation ("The Foundation") is a community foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Louisiana's capital region, and is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit organization. Since inception, the Foundation has granted over $650 million.
In addition to grants, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has launched community initiatives projects. The Foundation has partnered with local government and businesses to revive downtown Baton Rouge. It underwrote a master plan for downtown, renovated an abandoned hotel and built more than 200 apartment units in the city center. Other civic projects include developing The Water Campus, a place dedicated to provide water science and management to imperiled communities around the world; improved services for people with mental health and addiction issues; the creation of a master plan for preserving the City Park lakes system; and launching New Schools for Baton Rouge to draw the best charter schools to Baton Rouge.