Nonprofits

How BRYC became a Best Place to Work 

When the Baton Rouge Youth Coalition won Business Report’s Best Place to Work award...

Spain to continue his work on key BRAF initiatives while pursuing new projects

While John Spain is stepping down as executive vice president of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, a position he has held for two decades, he remains under contract with BRAF for the next two years.

John Spain transitions to new role with BRAF

John Spain, longtime executive vice president with the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, is stepping back from that role but will continue to work with the foundation’s leadership team to advance key initiatives.

IRS throws a chill into the collectives that are paying college athletes

The rapidly expanding landscape of nonprofit, donor-backed collectives paying college athletes to promote charities...

Demographic data often needs context that goes beyond the numbers

When looking at a data set for a region or city, the data must be crafted into a story with context for people to fully understand what it means. 

Baton Rouge Symphony announces new music director 

After concluding a multiyear search, the Baton Rouge Symphony board of directors has announced the selection of Adam Johnson as music director. 
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Baton Rouge’s biking network ranks low in newly released national report

Baton Rouge received a low score in a new report ranking the best cities to bike in the nation. 

Bids for long-awaited Rouzan library come in more than $1M over estimate

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to take the next step toward building a long-discussed new branch library on the western edge of the Rouzan neighborhood. 

Poll shows Stephen Waguespack gaining on Jeff Landry in governor’s race

A new poll shows Republican and former Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President...

Library director search to resume soon with higher starting pay

Following the results of a pay study conducted in the spring, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library system is gearing up to resume its search for a new director.