Orchard Foundation

The Orchard foundation is a nonprofit local education fund established as a resource for central louisiana that works with school districts, businesses, and communities to improve educational opportunities in a nine-parish service area: allen, avoyelles, catahoula, grant, lasalle, natchitoches, rapides, vernon and winn. The Orchard foundation's mission is to improve academic achievement for central louisiana students by promoting best practices; recruiting, retaining, and rewarding excellent and innovative teachers; building school leadership; and strengthening school and community relationships. The Orchard foundation's activities as described are carried out for the benefit OF its supported organization, the rapides foundation.the Orchard foundation is a 509(a)(3) type I supporting organization.