- Develop a permanent source of funding exclusively for the benefit of Evangeline Parish through permanently-endowed named funds
- Provides local leadership with a local Affiliate Advisory Board
- Determine local priorities and address local issues, needs and opportunities
Some Key Features
- An unparalleled economies of scale provided by CFA’s investment, accounting, grant-making, administrative support and tax-exempt status
- Hosts an annual event to create awareness and raise funds for the Evangeline Foundation
- Enhanced credibility alignment with CFA, one of south Louisiana’s premier philanthropic organizations located in Lafayette
Evangeline Parish individuals, families and businesses can establish charitable and philanthropic Funds that they name after themselves, a family, or a company, or in memory or honor of someone.
Those Funds are either:
Donor-Directed Funds - Donors direct grant distributions to other 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, churches, schools and public entities any time, in any amount, any year.
Permanent Funds - These Funds are never spent, but are invested, and annually generate dollars that are used for the benefit of 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, churches, schools and public entities who serve Evangeline Parish as determined by the Evangeline Foundation Affiliate Advisory Board.
Evangeline Foundation Affiliate Advisory Board
Randel Chapman
Evangeline Bank & Trust Co., Chair
Glynn Fontenot
Community Volunteer, Vice-Chair
Susan Lafleur
Hancock Whitney Bank, Secretary
Paul Coreil, Ph.D.
LSUA
Eugene S. Fontenot
Euco Finance Company
Andre Guillory
CLECO
J.D. Morein
Community Volunteer