Step Forward’s Building Futures Network

Step Forward’s Building Futures Network

Step Forward’s Building Futures Network met Thursday, February 16 to discuss the need for students to receive workforce preparation that matches the needs of local employers to increase employment for young adults. Network partners from Volunteers of America, Career...
Financial Forecast February 2023

Financial Forecast February 2023

Investors entered 2023 with great uncertainty about what the year might bring for financial markets. On the one hand, a strong labor market, decelerating inflation, and the Federal Reserve indicating a reduction in interest rate increases boosted equity markets to a...
Give for Good turns 10 in 2023

Give for Good turns 10 in 2023

CFNLA is thrilled to commemorate the 10th anniversary of North Louisiana’s largest day of giving on May 2, 2023.  Since its inception in 2014, Give for Good has inspired generosity from thousands of people like you who have given more than 70,000 donations,...
Tips for Year-End Giving

Tips for Year-End Giving

CFNLA CEO, Kristi Gustavson, recently sat down with a donor to discuss year-end giving and how CFNLA might help maximize her charitable giving while minimizing her taxes. This was their discussion: JANE: Is now a good time for me to plan my year-end charitable giving?...
Community Counts 2022

Community Counts 2022

CFNLA recently released Community Counts 2022, a data report for the Shreveport-Bossier MSA examining socioeconomic factors including- Population, Economic Well-Being, Human Capital, Health, Social Environment, and Physical Environment. Data collected is ranked in...