• Start here: Organizer Training Hub: all organizer training materials in one place. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Tools & Trainings)
• Then, to understand the ground you’re working on: Organizing Louisiana, the Louisiana-specific guide to organizing context, strategy, and field methodology. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Tools & Trainings)
• Then pick the skill you need first: voter registration, phone banking, canvassing, text banking, town halls, or volunteer support. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Training Guides)
• Want someone to walk you through it? Training & Workshop Request Form (General → Forms & Actions)

• Organizing Louisiana (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Tools & Trainings)
• BVM Louisiana Field Plan: the big-picture plan this work fits into. Open the Field Plan

• Plan the event: A Guide to Hosting Town Halls & Community Meetings covers planning, logistics, and facilitation. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Training Guides)
• Write your questions: the Candidate Evaluation Tool helps you assess candidates on community priorities. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Tools & Trainings)
• Ground your questions in the issues: use the Community Issue Explainers. (General → Community Issue Explainers)
• Get people in the room: submit your forum through the Event Submission Form so it’s added to the partner calendar. (General → Forms & Actions)

• A Guide to Hosting Town Halls & Community Meetings (Louisiana Organizing Institute)

• Candidate Evaluation Tool: a structured way to assess candidates. Useful for partner organizations, faith leaders, and community members. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Tools & Trainings)
• Use the issue explainers to decide what your priorities are. (General → Community Issue Explainers)

• A Guide to Conversations with Community & Policy Leaders covers preparation, framing, and follow-through. (Louisiana Organizing Institute)
• Bring the issue explainer that matches your ask. (General → Community Issue Explainers)
• Not sure who represents the people you organize? See "I need to know who someone’s legislator is."

• A Guide for Voter Registration & Engagement covers the process, legal requirements, and best practices. (Louisiana Organizing Institute)
• Need printed materials? Literature Request Form (General → Forms & Actions)

• Faith to Power Training: civic engagement for faith leaders, with IRS compliance guidance. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Tools & Trainings)
• Faith & Community Empowerment explainer (General → Community Issue Explainers)

• Communications & Coalition Building Guide: how to message effectively and amplify community voices. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → General Guides & Trainings)
• Add your event to the partner calendar with the Event Submission Form (General → Forms & Actions)

• Communications & Coalition Building Guide (Louisiana Organizing Institute → General Guides & Trainings)
• Not yet a partner? Partner Intake Form (General → Forms & Actions)

• Training & Workshop Request Form (General → Forms & Actions)

• Plan it with the ADA National Network’s Accessible Meetings, Events, and Conferences Guide. It’s free, and it covers choosing a site, accessible presentations and materials, sign language interpreters and other communication access, accessible seating, personal assistants and service animals, and virtual meetings. Open the guide
• Need an interpreter or captioning? The ADA’s Effective Communication guidance explains qualified interpreters, captioning, and other communication aids.
• Also useful: the Department of Justice’s ADA Guide for Small Towns, which covers accessible meetings and temporary events, and its Accessible Meetings guide.
• Have a question about the ADA? ADA National Network information line: 800-949-4232. adainfo.org
• Add an accommodation contact. Put a name, phone number, and email on every flyer so people can ask for access before the event. Cover wheelchair access, accessible restrooms, ASL interpretation, captions, large-print materials, and translated information.
• Voters who need accessible voting? The Secretary of State lists accessibility and assistance at the polls. Disability Rights Louisiana also helps: 1-800-960-7705.
• Need your flyers or materials translated? Send us a help request and choose "Materials, literature, or swag." Voter help lines in other languages are listed under "A voter is having a problem at the polls."

Start small and start with your people.

1. Get the facts straight first. Read the Voter FAQ: what’s on the ballot, when and where to vote, and what ID to bring. (We Must Geaux Vote)
2. Reach the people who already trust you. The Trusted Messenger Overview & Program FAQs shows how barbers, stylists, faith leaders, and business owners share verified voting information. Then sign up as a Trusted Messenger. (We Must Geaux Vote)
3. Give them something to hold. Print the November 3rd GOTV Pushcard. (We Must Geaux Vote)
4. Follow up by text. The Trusted Messenger Text Guide has ready-to-send messages that read like a text from a friend. (We Must Geaux Vote)
5. Join a coordinated push. Check current days of action, like bringing a group to vote early together. (General → Partner Actions & Campaigns)

• Start with the guide: How to Use OpenVPB to Phone Bank. You don’t need a VAN account or a special app. You need a phone and internet, and the OpenVPB link from your organizer.
• Find current phone bank links and codes on Geaux Time. Ask your BVM Louisiana organizer for the password.
• Want company the first time? Register for Phone Bank Parties: no experience needed, and training is provided. (General → Partner Actions & Campaigns)
• Want to get better at it? A Guide to Meaningful Phone Banking (Louisiana Organizing Institute)

• A Guide to Purposeful Canvassing
• A Guide to Text Banking
• Impactive Digital Organizing 101 Toolkit

(All on Louisiana Organizing Institute)

• Election Day Planning & Execution and the Election Day Command Plans are in one shared folder: roles, coordination, communication protocols, and field execution. Open the Election Day folder
• Post the Election Protection hotline, 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683), at your command center so every volunteer has it.
• Keep the Election Integrity Division number on hand for suspected election code violations: 1-800-722-5305.

• Oct. 20–27, except Sunday, Oct. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Every parish has at least one early voting location, and voters don’t need a reason to vote early in person. Find locations on the Secretary of State’s site: voterportal.sos.la.gov/earlyvoting
• Voters are asked to show photo ID or sign a voter affidavit if they don’t have one.

Work through these in order.

1. Make the trip shorter or easier. Early voting runs Oct. 20–27, except Sunday, Oct. 25, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., so voters have more days and don’t have to fight Election Day traffic. Every parish has at least one early voting location. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Tuesday elections like Nov. 3 (7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Saturday elections like Dec. 12), and anyone in line when the polls close should stay in line.
2. Go together. Pumps to the Polls (Oct. 24) asks a Community Captain to bring at least 20 people to vote early together. (General → Partner Actions & Campaigns)
3. Send them to Power Rides. The Power Coalition for Equity and Justice runs a ride-to-the-polls request form for early voting and Election Day. Voters can request a ride, and volunteers can sign up to give one. powercoalition.org/powerrides The page lists no ride-specific phone number. General Coalition lines are (504) 766-0632 and (504) 766-9289, and info@powercoalition.org. Some text on the page is outdated, so confirm the dates with the Coalition.
4. Check whether they can vote by mail instead. Voters 65 or older, and voters with a documented disability, qualify. See "A voter wants to vote by mail."
5. Before your organization offers rides, read Bolder Advocacy’s Practical Guidance: Nonprofit Voter Assistance series. It covers the rules for giving rides to the polls. See "Can my organization do this?"
6. Know the bigger picture. The Transportation & Transit Access explainer covers how limited transit cuts communities off from work, healthcare, groceries, and the polls. (General → Community Issue Explainers)

• Louisiana requires a qualifying reason to vote by mail, unless the voter is military or overseas. Reasons include being 65 or older, or having a disability (with documentation). The full list and the application are on the Voter Portal: voterportal.sos.la.gov. The Secretary of State also explains ways to vote.
• For the Nov. 3 election: the request deadline is Fri., Oct. 30, 4:30 p.m. The registrar must receive the voted ballot by Mon., Nov. 2, 4:30 p.m. (Military and overseas voters have different deadlines.) Mail delivery can be slow, so voters should send it back right away.
• Already requested one? The Voter Portal lets them check their absentee ballot status.
• Missed the deadline? Early voting needs no reason, and neither does voting on Election Day.
• Before your volunteers touch anyone’s mail ballot, read "A voter asks me to take their mail ballot in for them" below.

• Any runoffs needed after Nov. 3 are decided in the Dec. 12 election. Early voting for Dec. 12 is Nov. 28 to Dec. 5, except Sunday, Nov. 29, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The request deadline for a mail ballot is Dec. 8 by 4:30 p.m., and the registrar must receive the voted ballot by Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Saturday election). Registration for Dec. 12: Nov. 12 in person or by mail, Nov. 21 online. (Louisiana Secretary of State; Tangipahoa Parish Registrar)
• Not every Nov. 3 race goes to December. Check the election dates and how candidates are elected to see whether a race continues. U.S. House races are held Nov. 3 under the open-primary system, with a Dec. 12 general election if one is needed. Results and the next registration and early voting dates are on the Voter Portal.
• Keep your outreach going: the Trusted Messenger Text Guide includes messages for a potential December runoff. (We Must Geaux Vote)

You don’t need to have every answer memorized. Each Community Issue Explainer gives you plain-language background: what’s happening, why it’s happening, and what it means for our communities. Read the one that matches the question, and you’ll be ready for the next conversation.

All explainers are on General → Community Issue Explainers.

• Start with the Community Issue Explainers. Plain-language background on 24 issues. (General → Community Issue Explainers)
• Want the numbers? The Facts: Myth vs. Fact & Louisiana by the Numbers (We Must Geaux Vote → Voter Education)
• Want to learn how organizing works? Organizing Louisiana and the Organizer Training Hub (Louisiana Organizing Institute)
• Want practical how-tos? A Guide to Meaningful Phone Banking and the other training guides (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Training Guides)

• Start with the explainer for background, then check the policy trackers for what’s moving now. Trackers cover redistricting, federal policy, the economy, and the environment. (General → Policy Trackers)
• Get alerts as things change: opt in to BVM Louisiana updates on your phone. (General → Forms & Actions → BVM Louisiana Opt-In)

• Enter a street address at the Louisiana Legislature’s Find My Legislators tool. It returns the State Representative, State Senator, member of Congress, and both U.S. Senators. legis.la.gov/legis/FindMyLegislators.aspx

• About the amendments? Louisiana Amendments Explainer (We Must Geaux Vote)
• About when, where, or what ID? Voter FAQ (We Must Geaux Vote)
• About their own registration, polling place, or sample ballot? Send them to the Louisiana Voter Portal at voterportal.sos.la.gov, or the free GeauxVote Mobile app.
• Still not sure? The Election Protection hotline answers voting questions: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683).

First, figure out what kind of problem it is:

• Name isn’t on the list, ID question, or someone challenged their vote? Share Your Rights — Voter Protection Guide (We Must Geaux Vote), and have them call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683).
• Need help in another language? Spanish/English: 888-VE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682) · Asian languages/English: 888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683) · Arabic/English: 844-YALLA-US (844-925-5287)
• Electioneering at the polling place? Tell the commissioners working that precinct first.
• Intimidation, vote buying, or another possible election code violation? Report it to the Secretary of State’s Election Integrity Division: 1-800-722-5305.

• Check their status: the Louisiana Voter Portal at voterportal.sos.la.gov, GeauxVote.com, or the free GeauxVote Mobile app.
• Inactive does not mean they can’t vote. An inactive voter can come to the polls, sign an affidavit saying where they live, and vote. Being on the list starts a clock: a voter has two federal election cycles to come off it, or the registration is canceled, and they’d have to register again.
• If their registration was canceled, they must register again. Louisiana law governs the confirmation process and cancellation. R.S. 18:193 · R.S. 18:196
• Questions at the polls? Election Protection: 866ourvote.org/state/louisiana · 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
• On this site: the Voter FAQ covers voters on the inactive list. (We Must Geaux Vote)

Start with the rules below, and send people to VOTE for individual help. A court case about the paperwork is still open, so don’t describe it as settled.

• What the guides say: a misdemeanor-only conviction, an arrest, pending charges, or waiting in jail for trial does not remove the right to vote. A felony conviction suspends it while a person is incarcerated, and people on probation or parole can vote if they have not been incarcerated for that sentence in the last five years. Rights are restored when the full sentence is complete, or five years after release from prison, whichever comes first. A conviction for a felony election offense is the exception: that person can vote only after the full sentence is complete. (JAC Louisiana; U.S. Department of Justice)
• A printable one-pager: U.S. Department of Justice, Voting With a Criminal Conviction (PDF with a Louisiana flowchart; current through September 2024)
• Plain-language guides: JAC Louisiana, Voting After a Felony · Louisiana LawHelp, Voting With a Criminal Conviction (last reviewed July 2024)
• Paperwork: people who were registered before a conviction may need a Voting Rights Certification Form from their probation or parole office, which they bring to the parish Registrar of Voters. Department of Corrections FAQ · the Secretary of State’s voting FAQs
• Individual help: Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) is run by formerly incarcerated people and offers voting assistance. voiceoftheexperienced.org · vote-nola.org
• A problem registering or voting? 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
• This is general information, not legal advice.
• On this site: Criminal Justice & Reentry explainer (General → Community Issue Explainers)

• Know the rights: voters with disabilities can get help voting, machines have an audio keypad, and polling places must be accessible. In person, the person assisting must sign the early voting or precinct register. Louisiana Voters with Disabilities Guide
• Federal guidance: the Department of Justice’s Protecting Voter Rights explains what polling places must provide.
• Voting by mail with a disability: the application requires documentation of the disability. Start on the Voter Portal or with the parish Registrar of Voters.
• Get help from people who do this work: Disability Rights Louisiana helps voters with disabilities confirm registration, find a polling place, get and return absentee ballots, and file complaints about voting barriers: 1-800-960-7705. disabilityrightsla.org/how-we-can-help/voting The Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council has run voting rights trainings: 1-800-450-8108, info@laddc.org.
• A problem at the polls? Call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683).

Be careful, and don’t have volunteers collect or deliver other people’s ballots.

• Two sets of 2024 Louisiana laws make it illegal to assist more than one absentee voter, and to serve as a witness for more than one non-family absentee voter. They stayed in place after Disability Rights Louisiana dropped its court challenge.
• Check the law itself: Louisiana absentee voting statute · Democracy Docket case history. The challenge was dismissed without prejudice on Feb. 13, 2025, which did not strike down the laws.
• The Secretary of State has said a voted ballot can be returned to the registrar by mail, in person by the voter, or in person by the voter’s immediate family member.
• When in doubt, call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) or the parish Registrar of Voters before your volunteers handle any ballot.

• Send people to the official source. The Secretary of State’s site is sos.la.gov, and election night results are posted there and on the GeauxVote Mobile app. Results are not final until the Secretary of State certifies them, and third-party results are not official.
• Need a fast answer? Election Protection: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683).
• On this site: the Trusted Messenger Overview & Program FAQs and the Voter FAQ (We Must Geaux Vote)

Listen first, then make it specific and local.

• Name what’s on this ballot. The Nov. 3 ballot has the U.S. Senate race, all six of Louisiana’s U.S. House seats, 10 state constitutional amendments, and several local offices. Many of those directly shape light bills, housing, schools, and healthcare. Pick the one that matches what this person cares about, and hand them the matching issue explainer. (General → Community Issue Explainers)
• Use the stakes. The Voting Rights & Civic Engagement explainer covers what happened to the 6th District and what communities can do before Nov. 3. (General → Community Issue Explainers)
• Start a real conversation. The Voter FAQ includes four easy questions messengers can use to start conversations. (We Must Geaux Vote)
• Talk to them as someone they already trust. Trusted Messenger Overview & Program FAQs (We Must Geaux Vote)
• Tell your own story. Marshall Ganz: People, Power & Change covers public narrative. (Louisiana Organizing Institute)
• Make the next step small. "Will you vote early with me on Saturday?" is easier to say yes to than "Will you vote?"

What’s happening? The full steps are in How to Use OpenVPB to Phone Bank.

• The link isn’t working. Check your internet connection and try another browser. Still not working? Contact your organizer.
• It’s asking you to sign in. Sign in with your ActionID, or create a free one. Forgot your password? Use the reset on the ActionID sign-in page.
• It’s asking for a code. Your organizer provides the access code. Current codes are on Geaux Time. Don’t have the Geaux Time password? Ask your BVM Louisiana organizer.
• You can’t see the calling list. Refresh your browser and make sure you’re signed in. Contact your organizer if it continues.
• Do you need to download an app? No. OpenVPB works in your browser. A smartphone alone works too: open the link, view the script, and make calls from the same device.
• Does it say the list is finished, or there are no numbers left? Tell your BVM Louisiana organizer so the next round can be opened.
• Done with your shift? Make sure your last results are saved, exit the phone bank, and tell your organizer. Share any technical issues or voter questions needing follow-up.
• Something else? Send us a help request and choose "Phone bank or OpenVPB access."

• Can’t log in? Tap Don’t remember your password? in MiniVAN and enter your email. No access to that email? Create a new ActionID.
• Can’t find your list? You need Wi-Fi or data. Tap Enter List Number, then enter the number from your organizer or your turf packet. If your organizer already linked a list to your account, it appears when you log in. Tap it to download.
• List disappeared? Lists are available for 30 days. Ask your organizer for a new one.
• Still stuck? Send us a help request and choose "ActionID login or password" (or "Something else").

• BVM Louisiana’s VAN is used by staff only. Phone banking doesn’t need a VAN account: use OpenVPB. How to Use OpenVPB to Phone Bank
• Canvassing? Use MiniVAN. See "I’m having an issue with MiniVAN while canvassing."
• Your organization uses VAN on its own? The VAN Manual is in General Guides & Trainings (Louisiana Organizing Institute).
• Need access to something else? Ask your BVM Louisiana organizer, or send a help request and choose "Something else."

• A voter asked something you can’t answer? In Impactive, you can reassign that conversation to the action’s organizer.
• Need help using the app? Impactive’s volunteer help articles
• Can’t get into the BVM Louisiana campaign? Send a help request and choose "Impactive or texting."

• Geaux Time is for partners only. Ask your BVM Louisiana organizer for the password.
• Capital letters and spaces don’t matter when you type it. Check Show password to see what you’ve entered.

• A Guide for Volunteer Support & Base Building: recruiting, onboarding, and retention. (Louisiana Organizing Institute)
• Want volunteers signed up under BVM Louisiana? Volunteer Sign-Up Form (General → Forms & Actions)

• Organizing People Power: power analysis, one-on-ones, and action planning. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → General Guides & Trainings)
• Organizing Louisiana for the local strategy context. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → Louisiana Tools & Trainings)

• Marshall Ganz: People, Power & Change: the public narrative framework and relationship-based organizing model. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → General Guides & Trainings)
• Trusted Messenger Overview & Program FAQs for conversations with people who trust you. (We Must Geaux Vote)

• Understanding Power
• Organizing People Power
• Marshall Ganz: People, Power & Change

(All on Louisiana Organizing Institute → General Guides & Trainings)

• Rapid Response Toolkit: communication templates, escalation plans, and mobilization checklists for legislative threats and policy emergencies. (Louisiana Organizing Institute → General Guides & Trainings)
• Get BVM Louisiana alerts: BVM Louisiana Opt-In (General → Forms & Actions)

• Louisiana Student Organizer Institute: program overview, presentation, and student resources. (What’s Geauxin’ On?)
• Youth & Student Organizing and Education Equity issue briefs. (What’s Geauxin’ On?)

• Yes, within limits. A 501(c)(3) can run nonpartisan voter registration, voter education, and get-out-the-vote work. It cannot support or oppose a candidate. Hosting a candidate forum is fine as long as it stays nonpartisan.
• Get free legal coaching: Bolder Advocacy (Alliance for Justice): 866-NP-LOBBY (866-675-6229), advocacy@afj.org. bolderadvocacy.org
• Read the rules: Want to Conduct or Fund a Voter Registration Drive? · Staying Nonpartisan: Permissible Election Activities Checklist
• Giving rides to the polls or helping people vote by mail? Read Bolder Advocacy’s Practical Guidance: Nonprofit Voter Assistance series first.
• For faith leaders: Faith to Power Training includes IRS compliance guidance. (Louisiana Organizing Institute)
• This is general information, not legal advice.

• Foundation for Louisiana: see current openings on its Opportunities page. The Solidarity Fund application closed Aug. 31, 2026.
• No 501(c)(3) yet? Foundation for Louisiana also offers fiscal sponsorship to grassroots organizations.
• Free help for Louisiana nonprofits: the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO), a statewide membership organization in Baton Rouge. LANO listing
• Look local too: Community Foundation of North Louisiana, Greater New Orleans Foundation, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, and Central Louisiana Community Foundation.
• Find other funders: Candid’s funding search researches foundations and grantmakers. Free access is available at partner locations, and eligible small nonprofits can earn a free year of Candid Premium. How to get free access
• Build the budget: NonprofitReady’s free one-hour Introduction to Project Budgets and its finance courses.
• Already funded by BVM Louisiana? Submit the Partner Grant Report (General → Forms & Actions).

• Start with a safety plan before anyone knocks. Vote Run Lead’s Strategies for Safety While Campaigning covers meeting volunteers at a central location first, making volunteers easy to identify, and keeping anyone who has to work alone in the same neighborhood as other volunteers. It’s a national guide, not Louisiana-specific. Open the guide
• At the polls, Louisiana generally prohibits electioneering within 600 feet of a polling place entrance during early voting and on Election Day. That includes soliciting votes, distributing or displaying campaign materials, and collecting petition signatures, with exceptions. R.S. 18:1462 Louisiana: Your Rights at the Polls (Fair Elections Center)
• Volunteer leadership training: NonprofitReady offers free volunteer management and leadership courses.
• On this site: A Guide to Purposeful Canvassing (Louisiana Organizing Institute)
• Intimidation or a threat? In an emergency, call 911. Report suspected election code violations to the Secretary of State’s Election Integrity Division at 1-800-722-5305, and call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683).

• First, talk to a person. Talk to your BVM Louisiana organizer, or send a help request and choose "Something else."
• Build your skills. NonprofitReady offers free leadership training and human resources courses. The site doesn’t list a course on conflict itself. The National Council of Nonprofits has governance and management resources.
• Everyday disagreement vs. serious misconduct. Identify the issue, hear each person separately, clarify shared expectations, agree on next steps, and write down decisions. Harassment, threats, or serious misconduct skip mediation and go to your BVM Louisiana organizer right away.

Each site below belongs to another organization. All were checked on Oct. 21, 2026.

• Highlander Research and Education Center: "The Movement School" for movement leaders across the South. Workshops, multi-day training for cultural organizers, youth organizing support, electoral justice programming, and a library and archive.
• Together Louisiana: organizing tools for Louisiana community leaders, including the Lighthouse Keepers Guide on preparing teams and responding when the power goes out.
• Training for Change: Tools Library: free tools, articles, and videos in English and Spanish on facilitation, organizing strategy, online facilitation, and team building.
• Community Tool Box: a free University of Kansas resource with how-to guidance for planning and carrying out community work.
• Beautiful Trouble: an online toolbox of tactics, stories, and methods for organizers, plus trainings and strategy cards.
• Racial Equity Tools: a library of more than 5,000 resources, including research, curricula, and practical advice for racial justice work.
• Community Change: a national organization, founded in 1968, that works with more than 150 grassroots groups in 40+ states.
• Nonprofit VOTE: a nonpartisan voter engagement toolkit, resource library, and training for nonprofits.
• IRS: Voter Registration and Get-Out-the-Vote FAQ: says 501(c)(3) organizations may run voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives if they are neutral and nonpartisan.
• NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Louisiana Voter Information: election dates, a voter checklist, ID requirements, a printable Voter Education Card, and a social media toolkit.
• Urban League of Louisiana: Wake Up Geaux Vote: registration and status links, absentee rules, a polling place locator, deadlines, and a social media toolkit.
• The Data Center: independent reports, datasets, and maps on Southeast Louisiana, useful for campaigns and grant proposals.
• Invest in Louisiana: policy analysis on budget and taxes, health care, and education, including the Daily Dime and fact sheets. Some banners on the site are from 2024.
• Power Coalition for Equity and Justice: runs Power Rides, the ride-to-the-polls program.

Deadlines and eligibility change. Check each page for what’s open now, and confirm whether your group needs its own 501(c)(3) or can use a fiscal sponsor.

• Black Voters Matter Fund: funds grassroots organizing groups. For grant questions, use its contact form or email info@blackvotersmatterfund.org. In Louisiana, talk to your BVM Louisiana organizer first.
• Southern Partners Fund: funds rural grassroots organizing in Louisiana and 11 other Southern states. Its regular grant cycle publishes an RFP each April, and its Discretionary Fund makes small grants and accepts a fiscal sponsor letter.
• Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium: Black Girls Defense Fund: general operating support of $5,000 to $20,000 for Southern groups working on issues affecting Black girls, women, and femme-identifying youth. Louisiana is an eligible state, and groups with a fiscal sponsor can apply. The page lists a $1 million budget limit and is unclear about whether it applies to the applicant or the sponsor, so confirm with the funder.
• Southern Vision Alliance: Frontlines Funds: mini-grants and short-term fiscal sponsorship for grassroots groups across the South, especially groups that aren’t traditionally funded.
• Movement Voter Fund: funds local organizing and movement-building groups. The page doesn’t say how groups apply.
• NAACP Building Community Voice Fund: grants to nonprofit voter registration and turnout efforts, including voter education and protection. The 2026 page lists conflicting deadlines, so check it for the next round.
• Resist: grassroots grants through an Urgent Action Fund and an invite-only Movement’s Bank. Both were closed when checked.
• Foundation for Louisiana: a statewide list of current opportunities.
• Greater New Orleans Foundation: grants and capacity-building support for nonprofits.
• Baton Rouge Area Foundation: competitive grants for nonprofits, plus support through its Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
• Community Foundation of North Louisiana: competitive grants, including a Small Grant category when checked.
• Central Louisiana Community Foundation: grants and agency funds for nonprofits in Central Louisiana.
• Community Foundation of Acadiana: Affiliate Grants up to $5,000 and Fund for Acadiana grants up to $15,000. Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
• Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana: manages scholarships and grants for the region. The page doesn’t state which are open to nonprofits, so contact them: community@foundationswla.org or 337-491-6688.
• Volunteer Louisiana: AmeriCorps Louisiana grants for nonprofits, government agencies, and schools. The FY27 State Formula notice is due Jan. 3, 2027, and the application Feb. 28, 2027.
• Louisiana Bar Foundation: funds civil legal aid organizations only. It’s a fit for legal services partners, not general organizing.
• Grants.gov: the official site for finding and applying for federal grants.

• JustFund: create one application profile and use it to apply to values-aligned funders. It’s free for applicants.
• Candid: Funding Search: foundation and grantmaker research. Free access is available at partner locations. How to get free access
• ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: search millions of nonprofit tax returns to see what a funder gives and to whom.
• NonprofitReady: free courses, including a one-hour Introduction to Project Budgets.
• Nonprofit Finance Fund: Nonprofit Budgets, How to Get Started: a three-part video series with slides, transcripts, and a sample budget template. It dates from 2022.
• LANO: statewide membership, training, and events for Louisiana nonprofits.