The Town of Ironton Needs You. Here’s How You Can Directly Help Them:

Sitting thirty miles below New Orleans in coastal Plaquemines Parish, Ironton is one of the oldest, predominantly Black communities in Louisiana. Ironton was established in the 1800s by freed slaves who worked at the St. Rosalie plantation just up the Mississippi River.

The Ironton Hurricane Ida Community Relief Fund (Foundation for Louisiana Project) — As a Black-led, social justice philanthropy founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Foundation for Louisiana realizes that disasters have outsized effects on marginalized communities.

Foundation for Louisiana has mobilized aid for Hurricane Ida relief, and the Ironton Hurricane Relief Fund is a fiscally sponsored project through the Foundation for Louisiana. They will prioritize Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ led projects, and focus on supporting efforts that can quickly get funds and resources to community members.

Learn more about the community of Ironton and how it was impacted by Hurricane Ida.