About Unity of Greater New Orleans
UNITY is a nonprofit coordinating community partnerships to end homelessness. By providing housing and services, our coalition has reduced homelessness in New Orleans and surrounding areas.
Focus Areas
Homelessness preventionRental assistanceSupportive housing and servicesCommunity coordination
Who They Fund
people experiencing homelessness (including unsheltered)individuals at risk of homelessnessindividuals with serious mental illness
Funding Style
partnership/coalition buildingsystems coordinationprevention-focused fundingservice integration support
About Unity of Greater New Orleans
Unity of Greater New Orleans Inc. centers its grantmaking on one purpose: coordinating community partnerships to reduce, end, and prevent homelessness in New Orleans and surrounding areas. Its recent awards show a large, multi-year funding role in the local Continuum of Care system, with repeated support for provider agencies that deliver housing and services to people experiencing homelessness and people at risk of homelessness. The foundation also backs partners serving people with serious mental illness when housing stability and treatment need to work together. Several recipients appear across multiple years, pointing to sustained coordination rather than isolated awards. Start Corporation received one of the largest recent grants, followed by another award in a prior year, both tied to the same partnership-coordination purpose. New Orleans Family Justice Center also appears in successive years with the same core funding rationale. Other recurring partners include Responsibility House, Travelers Aid, Ozanam Inn, Odyssey House, Covenant House, and National Alliance on Mental Illness. The pattern is highly local and highly targeted: grants are used to coordinate housing, supportive services, case management, and treatment linkages within the New Orleans homelessness response network.
What Unity of Greater New Orleans Funds
Homelessness coordination is the foundation’s main funding lane. It supported New Orleans Family Justice Center with $3,242,143 in 2025 for work to coordinate partnerships to reduce, end, and prevent homelessness, and it funded Start Corporation with $4,808,933 in 2024 for the same purpose. Supportive housing and rapid rehousing are also central. Responsibility House received $1,962,659 in 2025 to coordinate partnerships for homelessness reduction and prevention, while Travelers Aid received $1,828,530 in 2025 for the same overall coordination role. Mental health integration appears in the grant list as well. National Alliance on Mental Illness received $742,008 in 2023 and $657,883 in 2025 to coordinate partnerships to treat mental illness, reflecting a linkage between behavioral health and housing stability in the local system. The foundation also funds shelter and housing providers such as Ozanam Inn and Covenant House under the same partnership-based model.
How Unity of Greater New Orleans Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$16.9M
Total Assets
$14.6M
Total Revenue
$39.8M
Total Expenses
$40.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $138K and $761K, with a median of $322K.
25th Percentile
$138K
Median
$322K
75th Percentile
$761K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in LA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MS MARTHA KEGEL
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