Cafe Reconcile

Double your impact. Grow opportunity for New Orleans youth.

Right now, your gift goes twice as far thanks to a $20,000 match from the Holt Family Foundation. On GiveNOLA Day, you can help raise $30,000 to ensure young people in New Orleans have what they need to start strong and move forward.

A young person is ready. The path is not always clear.

Across New Orleans, many young people are eager to work, learn, and build a future. But getting started is not easy.

Training can be hard to access. Support systems can feel out of reach.

That is where you come in.

You help make the path possible.

At Reconcile, young people ages 16 to 24 gain real experience, real support, and real direction. Inside Café Reconcile, our training restaurant, they work side by side with professionals. They build skills, confidence, and momentum in a real workplace.

Your gift makes sure they have what they need to keep going.

Your gift today provides:

• $10 → a warm meal that fuels focus and learning

• $25 → essential training supplies for day one

• $50 → a week of meals and support

• $100 → uniforms and tools that build confidence

Every dollar is matched, doubling your impact for the next generation of talent in New Orleans.

This is what your support makes possible

Keenan once stood where many young people stand today — ready to work, but unsure how to move forward. With training at Café Reconcile and steady support, he built skills, confidence, and a clear path.

Today, Keenan is a line cook at Compère Lapin and Vice Chair of Reconcile’s Alumni Advisory Council. His journey is proof of what happens when opportunity meets support.

When young people gain skills, confidence, and direction, they do more than succeed.
They strengthen our workforce.
They contribute to our community.
They build a stronger New Orleans for all of us.

Now, you can help make that possible for the next young person.  In 2026, Reconcile will support 110 young people.  Over the summer, we have our highest number of Interns.  Your GiveNOLA Day gift today goes directly towards their training journey.  

You can help move us closer to our $30,000 goal and helps unlock the full $20,000 match from the Holt Family Foundation.