Hope Ignites New Orleans

Hope Ignites New Orleans (formerly Boys Hope Girls Hope) mission is to nurture and guide motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others.

Exciting News: on May 12, 2025, Boys Hope Girls Hope became Hope Ignites! Our name will change, but our mission to nurture and guide young people in need to become successful adults is the same.

Founded in 1980, Hope Ignites New Orleans provides motivated children in great need in our community with a family-like home environment and access to higher education, to empower them to build brighter futures. Hope Ignites operates two family-like homes for children in New Orleans, one for boys and one for girls. Each home can serve eight children in residence through their high school graduation and college entrance, and we provide ongoing financial support and professional opportunities to our program graduates in college.

Children who reside in our homes are motivated to succeed and coming from families in crisis. We serve a target population of capable and motivated youth between the ages of 8-18 who come from backgrounds of extreme economic or social distress in the New Orleans area and who need a stable home environment. As of this January, 100% of our scholars are youth from families in poverty, and 95% will be first generation college graduates.

Testimonials

"Hope Ignites means so many things to me but if I had to boil it down to one thing it would be family/community. The people I have met through this organization are people I will have with me through life. Hope Ignites has been so supportive and have constantly made me feel seen and heard."- Pelarr, Hope Ignites Alum and LSU Graduate

"The work Hope Ignites is doing for young students in our community is inspiring! Helping these youngsters stay on a strong path for academic and personal growth in spite of all the difficulties they face is life-changing, to say the least." Foundation Partner