OVERVIEW: The Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation supports human services, healthcare, education and prison reentry in Louisiana.
IP TAKE: This Baton Rouge-focused funder has an accessible grant program and welcomes contact with new and established nonprofits for its two yearly grant cycles.
PROFILE: Established in 1986, the Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation is a family foundation based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The founders were born and raised in Louisiana during the Great Depression and created a catalog showroom retail business called H.J. Wilson Co., Inc. They also founded an oilfield service business called Gulf Island Fabrication and dedicated a significant part of their wealth to this foundation. The foundation aims to “enhance Louisiana’s communities throughout the Greater Baton Rouge area by supporting philanthropic initiatives and programs that improve the lives of its citizens.” It funds local efforts for human services, healthcare, education and prison reentry.
Grants for Public Health and Access, Education, and Criminal Justice
The Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation began grantmaking in 2000. Its human services grantmaking addresses the prevention of hunger, homelessness, drug rehabilitation and resources for people with disabilities. Education funding focuses on reading and literacy programs, and grants go to charter schools, alternative schools and out-of-school-time programs. Healthcare funding involves care for the working poor and people without insurance. The funder’s prison reentry program area looks to reduce area to reintegration. Overall, the foundation programs, program, capital and bridge grants.
Past local grantees include Adult Literacy Advocates of Greater Baton Rouge, Big Buddy Program and Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless.
Important Grant Details
Grants range between about $2,000 and $200,000. Grantmaking focuses on the Greater Baton Rouge area of Louisiana. This includes the following parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Its spring application deadline is the fourth Friday in February, and the fall deadline is the fourth Friday in August. The funder uses an online grant system and makes the application available only during the month of the application deadline. Direct general questions to the staff at 225-292-1344 or via online form.
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