News – Bayou Community Foundation

Jan. 30 Census Presentation

Bayou Community Foundation hosted a presentation on the 2020 U.S. Census for local nonprofits on January 30 at the Terrebonne Parish Library. Continue Reading

Nonprofits invited to learn about census

The Bayou Community Foundation will hold a meeting Thursday, Jan. 30 with local nonprofits to discuss the upcoming census and how the organizations can help ensure the community’s population is accurately counted. Continue Reading

Group encourages nonprofits to apply for grants

By: Halle Parker, HoumaToday.com

Local nonprofits can apply to receive thousands of dollars in grant money from the Houma-based Bayou Community Foundation through Feb. 20.

The grants aim to fund projects related to human services, education, job training and coastal preservation. Continue Reading

BCF Awards $2,000 for Dulac, Grand Isle Food Pantries

In its ongoing effort to help address hunger in our community, the Bayou Community Foundation (BCF) has awarded a $2,000 grant to Second Harvest Food Bank to expand food distribution at two of its partner food pantries in Dulac and Grand Isle. Continue Reading

Hunger Summit Focuses on Food Insecurity

By: Halle Parker, HoumaToday.com

Over 27,000 men, women and children in Lafourche Parish, Terrebonne Parish and Grand Isle lack adequate, healthful meals on a daily basis. That’s one in seven residents of the Bayou Region who are considered food insecure, according to statistics shared by Second Harvest Food Bank at the first-ever Bayou Region Summit on Hunger October 8 at the Lafourche Parish Government Complex in Mathews.

BCF, Second Harvest to Host Summit on Hunger

Bayou Community Foundation and Second Harvest Food Bank will host the first-ever “Bayou Region Summit on Hunger” on Tuesday, October 8 to increase awareness about food insecurity in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes and Grand Isle, and to strengthen efforts to address hunger in our region. Participants will include local nonprofits, government agencies, churches and other volunteer groups involved in providing food and other services to the needy in our area.

BCF Conference Helps Nonprofits Grow

Over 100 nonprofit representatives attended the Bayou Community Foundation’s 2019 Bayou Region Nonprofit Conference on Friday, August 16, 2019, designed to help local nonprofit staff and Board members strengthen their organizations and the impact that they make on our community.

Bayou Region Nonprofit Conference is August 16

The Bayou Community Foundation’s 2019 “Bayou Region Nonprofit Conference” will be held on Friday, August 16 from 8:00 am – 3:30 pm at Fletcher Technical Community College in Schriever. Nonprofits can register for the conference online at www.BayouConference.org through August 9.

Bayou Community Foundation gives $200,000 to local nonprofits

June 28, 2019

By Julia Arenstam, HoumaToday.com

Nearly 30 nonprofits in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes received more than $200,000 in grant money today as part of the Bayou Community Foundation’s annual awards.

BCF Awards $205,070 in Grants

(HOUMA) The Bayou Community Foundation (BCF) today presented grants totaling $205,070 to 28 non-profit organizations working in Lafourche, Terrebonne and Grand Isle as part of the foundation’s seventh annual competitive grants program. With today’s announcement, the community foundation and its generous donors have funded 152 nonprofit grants worth over $1.2 million since 2013 to fill critical needs in our Bayou Region.