Each year, the Caddo Commission approves funding to local nonprofit organizations which are referred to as NGOs (Nongovernmental Organizations.)
Two lists of the approved 2024 funding in the amount of $1,343,272 are attached below. Many of these NGOs have also been approved for funding by the Shreveport City Council for 2025.
Big questions are always raised about the amounts to be funded and how many prior years the organization has received public dollars. The issue of duplicate funding by these two governmental bodies is rarely raised by either the Caddo Commission or the Shreveport City Council. Good government dictates that all sources of funding and all the expenditures of the NGOS should be examined before any public funding.
Here are the lists:
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation dba Legal Aid of North Louisiana, $15,000
Art Heals, $10,000
Basic Necessities, $10,000
Bernstein Development, $12,000
Beulah's Safe Haven, $8,000
Booker T. Washington, $10,000
Caddo Council on Aging, $100,000
Catholic Charities of North Louisiana, $20,000
CeJay, $10,000
Children and Arthritis Inc, $5,000
Children of God Ministry Group, $5,000
Christian Service Program Institute, $25,000
CoHabitat Foundation, $25,000
Community Foundation of NWLA, $10,000
Community Renewal International Inc, $10,000
Compassion for Lives, $18,000
Competition Planning Partners, $20,000
Doug Williams Scholarship Foundation, $6,677
Film Prize Foundation, $50,000
Fit For Life Ministries, $60,000
Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana, $100,000
Geaux 4 Kids, $15,000
Goodwill Industries, $10,000
Heartwork Foundation, $5,000
Highland Area Partnership, $10,000
Holy Angels, $18,000
Hope Connections, $40,000
Hope for Louisiana Clinic, $20,000
Independence Bowl Foundation, $65,000
Inner City Entrepreneur Institute, $25,000
JAG Family Resource Center, $15,000
Literacy Volunteers at Centenary College, $2,695
Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention, $7,000
Louisiana State University Health Science Foundation, $10,000
Martin Luther King Community Development Corp, $25,000
Martin Luther King Health Center & Pharmacy, $16,000
Martin Luther King Neighborhood Association, $10,000
National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Beta Alpha Calla Lily Foundation, $5,000
North Caddo Fireworks, $7,200
NORWELA Council - Boy Scouts, $15,000
Oasis of Hope Louisiana, $20,000
Red River Revel, $10,000
Renzi Education & Art Center, Inc., $6,000
Rho Omega & Friends, $32,000
Robinson's Rescue, Inc., $60,000
Salvation Army (Boys and Girls Club), $23,000
Salvation Army Corps (Merkle Center of Hope), $20,500
Setting The Standard Barbering and Natural Hair Academy, $18,000
Shreveport Bossier African American Chamber of Commerce, $15,000
Shreveport Bossier Military Affairs Council, $15,000
Shreveport Bossier Sports Commission, $40,000
Shreveport Green, $10,000
Shreveport Opera, $6,000
Shreveport Regional Arts Council, $20,000
Shreveport Volunteer Network, $5,000
Shreveport Youth Boxing Club, $10,000
SISTERS International, Inc. "Restoration Crisis Center" (RCC), $15,000
Social Justice Civic League, Inc., $10,000
Southern Hills Neighborhood Association, $20,000
Southern University at Shreveport Foundation, $5,000
St. Luke's Episcopal Mobile Medical Ministry, $8,000
State Fair of Louisiana, $25,000
Steeple of Success Incorporated, $1,200
The Strand Theater, $15,000
The Arc Caddo-Bossier (Goldman School), $10,500
The Betty and Leonard Phillips Deaf Action Center, $7,500
The Highland Center Corp, $7,000
Theatre of the Performing Arts of Shreveport, $8,000
United Way of Northwest Louisiana, $45,000
Volunteers For Youth Justice, $30,000
Woody's Home for Veterans, $10,000
Youth Outreach, $10,000
YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) of Northwest Louisiana, Inc., $5,000