Baton Rouge Area Foundation

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Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Formation	1964
Founder	The Foundation was founded in June 1964 by eleven civic leaders who wanted to use the Foundation as a tool for community development.
Type	Nonprofit
Focus	Mission Statement: Connecting donors with the causes they care most about.
Headquarters	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Location	Baton Rouge, LA
Area served	South Louisiana
Members	~450
Key people	Chris Meyer, president and CEO
Employees	~28
Website	http://www.braf.org

Baton Rouge Area Foundation ("The Foundation") is a community foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Louisiana's capital region, and is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit organization. Since inception, the Foundation has granted over $650 million.

In addition to grants, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has launched community initiatives projects.^{[citation needed]} The Foundation has partnered with local government and businesses to revive downtown Baton Rouge. It underwrote a master plan for downtown, renovated an abandoned hotel and built more than 200 apartment units in the city center. Other civic projects include developing The Water Campus,^[1] a place dedicated to provide water science and management to imperiled communities around the world; improved services for people with mental health and addiction issues; the creation of a master plan for preserving the City Park lakes system; and launching New Schools for Baton Rouge to draw the best charter schools to Baton Rouge.