NGO Funding Request


The recipient entity's full legal name:  LOUISIANA CENTER FOR LAW AND CIVIC EDUCATION, INC

The recipient entity's physical address:
           601 St. Charles Avenue, 4th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70130


The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           601 St. Charles Avenue, 4th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70130


Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          CAIT CLARKE

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  9088

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $10,000

What type of request is this?  Capital Outlay Appropriation

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           The Honorable Randall L. Bethancourt
President
32nd Judicial District
Courthouse Annex, Suite 236
7856 Main Street

Mr. Lawrence J. Centola, III
Immediate Past President
Martzell & Bickford
338 Lafayette Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Ms. Loretta Larsen
Secretary
Exec. Director - Louisiana State Bar Assn.
601 Saint Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130

Scott Sternberg
Treasurer
Sternberg, Naccari & White
643 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Mrs. Barbara Turner Windhorst
Community Outreach
76 Doescher Drive
Harahan, LA 70123

Mr. W. Thomas Angers
W. Thomas Angers, APLC
131 South Audubon Blvd.
Lafayette, La. 70503

Mr. Brian Engeron
Edison Chouest Offshore
16201 East Main Street
Cut Off, LA 70345

Val P. Exnicios
Liska, Exnicios & Nungesser
1515 Poydras Street, Suite 1400
New Orleans, LA 70112

Ms. Allison C. Foster
Querbes and Nelson
214 Milam Street
Shreveport, LA 71101

Mr. C. Kevin Hayes
Hayes Strategic Solutions
412 North 4th Street Suite 328,
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Rep. Frank A. Hoffmann
State Representative
204 North 3rd St.
West Monroe, LA 71291

Mr. Jeffrey D. Hufft
Hufft Law Firm
825 Baronne St.
New Orleans, LA 70113

The Honorable C. Wendell Manning
4th Judicial District Court
300 St. John Street – Suite 400
Monroe, LA 71201

Mr. Ryan M. McCabe
Steeg Law Firm, LLC
201 Saint Charles Ave., Suite 3201
New Orleans, LA 70170

The Honorable John J. Molaison
Fifth Circuit of Appeal
101 Derbigny St.
Gretna, LA 70053

Betty Ann Maury
Maury Law Firm, LLC
200 Derbigny St., Suite 4600, Div. P
Gretna, LA 70053

Mr. Ronnie Slone
The Slone Group
6660 Riverside Drive, Suite 203
Metairie, LA 70003

Ms. Shayna L. Sonnier
Hunter, Hunter & Sonnier, LLC
1807 Lake Street

The Honorable Scott J. Crichton
La Supreme Court
400 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Patrick A. Talley, Jr.
Phelps Dunbar
365 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

The Honorable Sylvia R. Cooks
Third Circuit Court of Appeal
P.O. Box 3841
Lafayette, LA 70130


Peggy V. Cotogno, Executive Director
LCLCE
601 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70130


Provide a summary of the project or program:
           Law and civic education throughout Louisiana through lawyers/judges in the classroom programs, Law Day and Constitution Day programs, professional development workshops and educational training workshops for teachers.

What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Professional Services. . . $0
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $0
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $0
          Operating Services. . . . $0
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $10,000

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          The public purpose is to assist educators bring law and civic education in to Louisiana classrooms and to create and assist programs that create a better understanding and knowledge of civics and the law throughout Louisiana.

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          To disseminate practical application and information of law and civic education curriculum, texts and programs to educators and students across Louisiana. To conduct professional development workshops for Louisiana educators. To conduct educational training workshops for Louisiana educators.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           12 months

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                 

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
              

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
               

          What is the nature of the relationship? 

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               


Contact Information
name:  Peggy V. Cotogno 
                                       address:  601 st. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70130

                                       phone:  504-619-0134
                                       fax:  504528-9154
                                       e-mail:  peggy.cotogno@lsba.org
                                       relationship to entity:  Executive Director