Organizations Filed Purposes:
The organization helps school age youth in New Orleans maximize their learning opportunities and educational experiences during "out of school" time. We maintain strong connections between community groups, schools, government agencies, and families.
To leverage resources to programs serving children and youth in New Orleans
Aspen Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund/EMPLOY Collaborative (Aspen Grant, BCM) With support from the Aspen Institute, PYD serves as the designated "backbone" organization of a Collective Impact initiative to vision, build, and sustain pathways to educational and career success for young people ages 16-24 who are currently out of school and out of work. PYD convenes stakeholders from City government, the philanthropic community, schools, colleges/universities, and OY-serving NGOs to build evidence-based practices and create sustainable pathways to post-secondary education and work for all New Orleans youth.
CP3 Afterschool Zone is an afterschool program at KIPP Central City Primary that provides quality programs from experienced providers with qualified staff, featuring lots of hands-on activities that build on what students learn in school. The Afterschool Zone is a network of providers that have made a commitment to work together to provide a variety of safe, high-quality opportunities for children.
YouthShift (BCM) PYD supports the development of a strong city-wide strategy for the youth of New Orleans. Our work around this goal includes providing best practice information from around the county, funding research, and the convening of governmental agencies, community groups, non-profit organizations, youth program provides, youth and parents. PYD serves as the lead organization of YouthShift, an initiative designed to build a coalition of community education, youth development, and municipal leaders to develop a citywide plan to align multiple assets (initiatives, financial resources, partners, goals) to support youth achievement. PYD works with the Baptist Community Ministries and the Forum for Youth Development to create an action plan and build the framework for shared community accountability. Early plans include completing a landscape assessment and resource map of services and programs that affect children and youth and facilitating meetings with community stakeholders to develop outcomes and indicators for youth success.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Lauren Bierbaum | Executive Director | 40 | $95,000 |
Melonie Stewart | Director | 5 | $0 |
Scott Norris | President | 5 | $0 |
Valerie Mcginley | Director | 5 | $0 |
Andre Lagarde | Director | 5 | $0 |
Anna Labadie | Secretary | 5 | $0 |
Rachael Johnson | Director | 5 | $0 |
Vincent Illustre | Director | 5 | $0 |
Richard Bouchner | Treasurer | 5 | $0 |
Kelly Barbier | Director | 5 | $0 |
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