Following Hurricane Ida, New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson announced on August 30 an initial $1 million donation to the Saints and Pelicans Gulf Coast Renewal Fund. Soon after, the NFL and NBA communities joined forces with the Saints and Pelicans in supporting the Gulf Coast Renewal Fund announcing on September 2, that nearly $5 million had been donated in support of the Gulf South region in wake of Hurricane Ida.
Today, the team is announcing a second round of funding donations of $850,000 that have been distributed to the following nonprofits serving those directly impacted:
- Bayou Community Foundation
- Covenant House of New Orleans
- CORE
- Feeding the Gulf Coast
- New Orleans Mission
- Second Harvest Food Bank
- United Houma Nation
On September 3, the team contributed $825,000 to the following nonprofits:
- Greater New Orleans Foundation
- Salvation Army
- World Central Kitchen
- Red Cross
“We are proud to provide direct impact funding to these great charitable organizations and nonprofits doing the hard work to get our community back, but we are not done, we still have a long way to go and our community and region has my commitment that we will be there to help,” said Benson.