Past Events

Join us for an introduction to Give For Good, North Louisiana's largest day of giving and learn how your nonprofit can be involved. This training is a great opportunity for organizations who have not participated in Give For Good to get to know more about the event and how nonprofits can register to participate. This also serves as a refresher course to organizations that already have an account and new staff members. We will review important dates, eligibility requirements, the…

Join the Community Foundation as we discuss Community Counts, our annual report card on Ruston’s quality of life indicators such as health, education, and economics. Dr. Dave Norris, Chief Research and Innovation Officer at Louisiana Tech University, will present the vital data that propels our work. The Community Foundation has been producing Community Counts for eleven years. Data is collected on two Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) - Shreveport-Bossier and Monroe. The report also features three Micropolitan Statistical Areas - Ruston, Natchitoches, and Bastrop. This will be the…

Nasha Patel, Chief of Early Childhood Strategy at the Louisiana Department of Education will speak about early childhood education and childcare in our area. Members and non-members are welcome. Lunch will be served. Payment by January 24th serves as an RSVP. Purchase tickets here or by cash or check made payable to the Community Foundation. Check-in begins at 11:30 AM.  PURCHASE TICKETS

Bring your laptop for an in-depth training on the Give For Good technology platform. This training is open to new and previous participants who need an in-depth tutorial on how to use the Give For Good technology platform. Bring your laptop (iPads and iPhones are compatible with the Give For Good platform, but are much more cumbersome. Laptops are preferred.) to this training as we walk through making changes and updating your profile step-by-step. If you do not have a…

Community Foundation of North Louisiana invites any and all in the community to join Community Reads, a book club led by CFNLA.  We encourage community members to join us as we read about issues like poverty, education, addiction, mental health, blight, and criminal justice reform. Each quarter CFNLA will announce a new book selection. At the end of the quarter, we will invite up to 25 community members to participate in a group discussion and dialogue about the book. The discussion…

Laura Alderman, Step Forward Executive Director, and Kristi Gustavson, Community Foundation CEO, will present findings and outcomes from the North Louisiana Early Childhood Policy Summit that took place in 2019. Members and non-members are welcome. Lunch will be served. Payment by February 28th serves as an RSVP. Purchase tickets here or by cash or check made payable to the Community Foundation. Check-in begins at 11:30 AM. 

On Monday, April 6, Louisiana Public Broadcasting will present A Night of Hope and Healing. This special broadcast event includes the premiere of two documentaries that examine childhood trauma, the root cause of many of society’s greatest issues, and what answers and hope scientific research is providing to survivors. At 9PM Broken Places explores why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims profiled decades ago, learn how their…