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The Lessons of Katrina: Grant Makers Gather in New Orleans

March 23, 2010

New Orleans

Nearly 300 foundation officials and nonprofit leaders have gathered here this week to discuss the grant-making lessons that have come out of philanthropy’s efforts to aid the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

The meeting, Katrina @ 5: Partners in Philanthropy, was organized by more than 30 foundations and coalitions of grant makers, led by the Association of Small Foundations, in Washington.


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Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.