By Taylor Ramsey, executive director, OneGoal Metro Atlanta Last week OneGoal Metro Atlanta hosted our second Student Summit at Clayton State University where 500 OneGoal juniors and seniors from across the metro area came together ...

By Katrina Julien, program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and 2022 The Funders Network PLACES Fellow For The Funder’s Network, PLACES stands for Professionals Learning about Community, Equity and Sustainability. I’m sure that like ...

By Gavin Godfrey, Atlanta Editor, Capital B Last September I was invited to the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas. That timing is important. I was joined by other local (and some ...

By Yovanna L. Madhere Wealth, health and growth are three ideals of the American Dream. A dream my parents sought after as 20-something high school sweethearts when they immigrated to the Unites States of America ...

By Alexandra Holien, interim CEO Ada Developers Academy is out to change the face of tech.  The tech industry is the wealth engine of our time, but that wealth is not spread evenly. Women, especially ...

By Lauren Priest, program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Despite the prevailing narrative around his life and work, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was no moderate, nor was he particularly popular during his lifetime. ...

By Community Foundation Staff Happy New Year! Last June, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta launched TogetherATL, our five-year, strategic initiative to advance equity and shared prosperity for all residents of our region. In August, ...

By Nikonie Brown, Content and Social Media Associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Created in 2019, THRIVE Thomasville is a community-led grantmaking initiative sponsored by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to support the Thomasville ...

By Francesca “Checka Cee” Rodriguez- Williams, marketing and communication specialist, Inspiredu Inspiredu’s mission is to help underserved youth develop the skills needed for education and career success through technology‐based learning tools and engagement activities with ...

By Natallie Keiser, executive director, HouseATL By now, everyone has heard about, or personally experienced, Atlanta’s housing affordability crisis. While it’s always important to define a problem, continuously repeating dire statistics and stories can be ...

By Josh Dukelow, gift planning officer When we picture “wealth,” we often imagine stacks of cash, stock portfolios and real estate. In fact, more than half of the liquid assets of high net-worth individuals are ...

By Aaliyah Strong, founder, Tyme to Thrive Tyme to Thrive Beyond Grief was founded in April of this year, after I witnessed the murder of my fiancé, Tyshon Ross on February 2. Tyshon and I ...

By Kamore Campbell, College AIM Collegian and American University, Class of 2024 and Sam Aleinikoff, founder and executive director, College AIM I grew up on the eastside of Atlanta, where I attended local public schools. ...

By Jennifer Henn, executive director; Jennifer Bartl, LMFT, CEO; and Jennifer Greenlee, LCSW, chief program officer, COR COR — not an acronym but a way of life. The root word of courage is cor, the ...

By Katrina DeBerry, senior program officer and Lauren Thomas Priest, program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Through TogetherATL, its strategic framework to make our region more equitable, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has ...

By Tinesha Dunlap, wraparound services coordinator, Osborne High School Osborne High School in the Cobb County School District was once identified as a needs improvement school based on criteria that was set by the state. ...

By Maria Armstrong and Tangee Allen, co-founders and co-executive directors, Raising Expectations As students returned to in-person learning this past year, and mask mandates began to ease, it was tempting to see it as a return ...

By Nikonie Brown, content and social media associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Established in late 2020, the Southern Opportunity and Resilience Fund known as SOAR, provides economic recovery loans and free business assistance to small businesses ...

By Uzma Azhar, senior policy analyst, Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network Summer presents an exciting and unique opportunity for youth to experience learning and growth, while exploring new avenues of interest outside of the classroom. According ...

By Mike Rouse, community outreach ambassador and Will Sellers, executive director, Wholesome Wave Georgia Wholesome Wave Georgia increases access to fresh, healthy, locally grown fruits and vegetables for food and nutrition insecure families – who ...