The Baton Rouge Alliance for Students announced the recipients of its Community Building Grants for the organization’s 2026 funding cycle. The grants support organizations providing direct, on-the-ground services to children and families across Baton Rouge, with investments aligned to the Alliance’s priority areas of access, student growth and development, leadership development, family and community voice, youth empowerment, and out-of-school time.

The Alliance invests approximately $100,000 annually in its Community Building Grants program. This year, grant awards ranged from $2,000 to $25,000 to support grantees’ work, help them build positive community change, and advance the quality of life for Baton Rouge students and their
families.
The selected grant recipients are:
● Baton Rouge Youth Mentoring Program
● Be Well Foundation
● Disability Rights Louisiana
● Dolly Diamonds
● EBR Child Nutrition Program-Summer Feeding
● EnvisioNBR
● Exceptional Lives
● Fathers On A Mission (F.O.A.M.)
● Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge
● Mary’s Hands Network
● Project 70805
● Sons of Thunder
● The Gardere Initiative
● Youth Oasis

“The Alliance awards Community Building Grants as a recognition that our work is best done in service to and partnership with the community,” said Adonica Pelichet Duggan, CEO of the Baton Rouge Alliance for Students. “Supporting organizations and initiatives providing direct service to young people and their families allows more students to show up to school ready to learn and contributes to a vibrant and thriving city.” The Community Building Grants program is part of the Alliance’s broader commitment to ensuring students have the support they need to succeed both inside and outside the classroom. By investing in organizations working directly in Baton Rouge communities, the Alliance helps strengthen the network of services and opportunities available to young people while elevating family and community voices in the future of public education, ultimately  resulting in increased access to a high-quality education for every child in Baton Rouge.