Affiliate Foundation
About the St. Landry Foundation
Established in 2017, the focus of St. Landry Foundation is community development, social services and education.
St. Landry Foundation, an affiliate of Community Foundation of Acadiana, is comprised of two groups of Funds – (1) donor-directed Funds, and (2) a permanent Fund for St. Landry Parish.
The Permanent Fund component is a permanent source of funding to support strategic initiatives, needs, organizations, and opportunities throughout St. Landry Parish, including the communities of Arnaudville, Cankton, Eunice, Grand Coteau, Krotz Springs, Leonville, Mellville, Opelousas, Palmetto and Lebeau, Port Barre, Sunset, and Washington.
The local Affiliate Advisory Board determines strategic or competitive philanthropic grants and/or investments within focus areas of community development, social services and education:
- Community Development – organizations, events or projects that make the St. Landry Parish community stronger
- Social Services – groups or projects that help the needy and underserved populations
- Education – public and private schools, and groups and projects that support education
Our Focus
Key Features
- Growing and strengthening local philanthropy
- Developing a permanent source of funding exclusively for the benefit of St. Landry Parish via permanently endowed named funds
- Local leadership via a local Affiliate Advisory Board
- Determining local priorities and addressing local issues, needs, and opportunities
- Regional connections with CFA and other affiliate foundations concerning regional issues, needs, and opportunities
- An unparalleled economies of scale provided by CFA’s investment, accounting, grant-making, administrative support, and tax-exempt status
- Enhanced credibility via alignment with CFA, one of south Louisiana’s premier philanthropic organizations
Donations
Make a donation to the Permanent Fund for St. Landry Parish to support our community.
Affiliate Advisory Board
The St. Landry Affiliate Advisory Board consists of individuals that can reside in or represent St. Landry Parish. CFA seeks affiliate members with integrity and a variety of perspectives, opinions and experiences who are capable and committed to the Foundation’s core purpose of building legacies and improving communities by connecting generous people to the causes they care about.
Dedicated to our mission
Board Members
Ammy Taylor
Keller Williams, Chair
Greg Bordelon
Wells Fargo, Vice-Chair
Lottie Bebee
Community Volunteer
Earline Bihm
Community Volunteer
Marie Dupre
Dupre Logistics
Meghan Dupre Montgomery
Richard Gaiennie
Gaiennie Lumber
Dr. Brian Heinen
Heinen Medical Clinic
Jim Lopez
Guglielmo, Lopez, Tuttie, Hunter & Jarrell, LLP
Pat Morrow
Morrow, Morrow, Ryan, Bassett & Haik
Pam Schumacher
Community Volunteer