Endowment Fund Grant

Applications for the 2026 Endowment Grant

will open August 10, 2026! 

Please email jlmfinancial@jlmonroe.org with any questions

Past Endowment Grant Recipients

League Year Recipient Amount Awarded
2025-2026 Miracles to Milestones $22,000
2025-2026 Ronald McDonald House Family Room: St. Francis $3,000
2024-2025 The Center for Children and Families, EDMR Therapy $10,000
2024-2025 The Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum $25,000
2023-2024 St. Francis Breast Milk and Formula Preparation Room $15,000
2022 – 2023 Literacy & Art Bus $15,000
2022 – 2023 Autism Society of North Louisiana $5,000
2021 – 2022 Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts (SYAA) $15,000
2020 – 2021 Northeast Louisiana Arts Council $14,000
2020 – 2021 Sarah’s Laughter  $4,000
2019-2020 Children’s Coalition $10,000
2019-2020 Boys’ and Girls’ Club $5,500
2019-2020 Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana $2,500
2018-2019 Food Bank of NELA $5,000
2018-2019 Easter Seals Louisiana, Inc. $4,500
2018-2019 JLM Care Closets $8,500
2017-2018 Food Bank of NELA $5,000
2017-2018 Boys & Girls Club $11,500
2016-2017 Little Theatre of Monroe, Inc. $5,000
2016-2017 Children’s Coalition of Northeast Louisiana $10,000
2015-2016 Shane’s Inspiration $5,000
2015-2016 Camp Quality USA $5,000
2015-2016 Two Penny Missions, Inc. $5,000
2014-2015 The Greater Ouachita Lions Club $5,000
2014-2015 Children’s Coalition of Northeast Louisiana $5,000
2014-2015 The YMCA $5,000
2013-2014 West Monroe Civitans Smiles Park at Kiroli $10,000
2013-2014 Chennault Aviation Museaum $5,000
2012-2013 Family Promise of Ouachita $10,000
2012-2013 First West Counseling $5,000
2011-2012 Children’s Coalition of Northeast Louisiana $10,000
2010-2011 Pilots for Patients $5,000
2010-2011 Friends of the Ouachita Public Library $10,000
2009-2010 The Extra Mile $10,000
2008-2009 Seeker Springs $10,000
2007-2008 The Dixie Diehards $10,000
2006-2007 JLM- Education Task Force $15,000
2005-2006 The Center for Children and Families $15,000

2026-2027 Endowment Fund Board

  • Senior Internal Auditor, Lumen Technologies
  • Chief of Operations, Monroe City Schools
  • Executive Director, West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce
  • Assistant Professor DPT, University of Louisiana Monroe
  • Kandice Hunter-Sanders
    JLM Sustainer
  • Lauren Hassell-Smith
    President, JLM Active Member
  • Chelsie Walker
    President-Elect, JLM Active Member
  • Avery Dabbs
    Assistant Financial VP, JLM Active Member
  • Kristen Long
    Financial VP, JLM Active Member
  • Cynthia Turner
    JLM Active Member