Exceptional Care, Now, and for Future Generations
Ways to Support
Each year, Poydras Home advances its quality care, superior services, innovative programs, and elevates the resident experience with state-of-the-art living facilities. This is made possible by our dedicated and generous supporters. Your tax-deductible gift helps Poydras Home continue to deliver the highest standard of care.
Poydras Home is designated as a 501(c)3 private operating foundation organization. Donations to Poydras Home are tax deductible. For more information about giving, contact Director of Marketing and Development Jennifer Brammell at [email protected] or call 504-897-0535.
Scroll down to explore Poydras Home’s menu of giving.
Ways to Support Poydras Home
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Annual Appeal
Poydras Home’s Annual Appeal is the cornerstone of giving. The Annual Appeal is solicited in April through the end of each year with an annual defined area of focus as a designated gift. Gifts to the Annual Appeal support Poydras Home’s mission to enrich the lives of seniors and their families through personalized care and innovative programming in an intimate, compassionate community.
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Annual Fundraiser
Poydras Home’s Annual Fundraiser: Julien’s Jubilee is a much-anticipated, cocktail-style, ticketed event held on our campus on the fourth Thursday in October, is Poydras Home’s annual fundraiser event. This is an unrestricted fund that can be utilized for any needs of Poydras Home.
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Memorial Gifts
Memorial Gifts are donations specified in honor of or in memory of a named Poydras Home resident or resident family. Making a gift to Poydras Home in honor of or in memory of loved ones directly supports our mission. These thoughtful contributions offer special recognition of a kindness received or service rendered.
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The Employee Appreciation Fund
The Employee Appreciation fund is a season gift, solicited through a letter in December originating from the CEO’s office, that benefits hourly and non-leadership employees of Poydras Home. This fund is a way for residents and their family members to reward exceptional service by employees as a group. It serves as a holiday bonus for employees.
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The Poydras Home Endowment
The Poydras Home Endowment fund is solicited directly to individuals of capacity as a way to ensure our future as a Continuing Care Retirement Community while perpetuating our mission through the next generations.
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Planned Giving
The future of Poydras Home depends on the foresight and generosity of our community. Though cash gifts are the most common means of support, strategic charitable gifts offer significant opportunities to reduce current and future tax obligations, generate income, and ensure your gift becomes a legacy that benefits Poydras Home for years to come. Options include giving through your will, gifting securities, donating real estate, giving through life insurance, and giving through charitable trusts. Donors should consult their attorneys and/or financial advisors for tax information specific to their circumstances.
2025 Endowment
- Delia Lane Hardie
2025 MEMORIALS
- Mark and Libby Adams
- In Memory of Terry Salassi
- Nancy Scott Degan
- In Memory of Gloria Walther Scott
- Robbin Isaacson DeWeese
- In Memory of Julius Rosenfield
- David and Catherine Edwards
- In Memory of Terry Salassi
- Jane Goldring
- In Memory of Julius Rosenfield
- Joe and Lynne Gonzalez-Rivas
- In Memory of Julius Rosenfield
- Alan and Sherrie Goodman
- In Memory of Julius Rosenfield
- Charlies and Lesley Hardin
- In Memory of Terry Salassi
- Ashton Hardy
- In Memory of Alice B. Hardy
- Nita Rose Schulte Harper
- In Memory of Terry Salassi
- Buddy and Lynn Kullman, Jr.
- In Memory of Julius Rosenfield
- Dr. Edward D. Levy
- In Memory of Julius Rosenfield
- Paul and Edie Rosenblum
- In Memory of Julius Rosenfield
2025 IN-KIND GIFTS
- Barnes Electric
- Equipment and labor donation for installation and removal of Tree Lighting 30-foor outdoor Christmas tree
- Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C.
- Tickets and Use of Superdome Box for Saints Preseason Game
2025 GRANTS
- The Greater New Orleans Foundation Bridget and Robert A. Bories Fund
- The Buccaneer Fund
- DAFgiving360 John Colbert Donor Advised Fund
- The Henderson Poor Fund
- I’m Still Here Foundation, Inc.
- Thoth Charities, Inc.
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