The Rapides Foundation is a philanthropic organization that develops initiatives and provides grants to organizations that share the Foundation's mission to improve the health status of Central Louisiana.
The Foundation's service area consists of Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Vernon and Winn parishes.
The Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana in Natchitoches, La., has received a $75,000 grant to develop a cooking program that will help kids learn how to cook healthier foods, the Times-Picayune...more
A group that operates community health centers and school clinics in north and central Louisiana is expanding to four schools in Alexandria with the help of a grant from the Rapides Foundation....more
When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.