Overview
- The 24-hour drive, which ran Tuesday to midnight Wednesday, closed at $8.2 million, surpassing 2025’s haul by $1 million.
- Over 23,000 donors made nearly 50,000 gifts through GiveNOLA.org to support more than 1,000 nonprofits across 13 parishes.
- The top fundraisers were the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans with about $324,000, the Ogden Museum with about $321,000, and Louise S. McGehee School with about $280,000.
- Donations met concrete goals, including Son of a Saint’s $200,000 for youth mentoring, while Covenant House brought in nearly $35,000 to expand hot meals and programs for new mothers.
- Gifts started at $10 and flowed directly to groups such as shelters and food banks, with a lagniappe fund adding support to organizations not chosen by name.