Category: Philanthropy

By Alison O’Carroll, director and philanthropic counsel, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The end of the year is known as the giving season, and this year it’s possible to increase charitable giving while also decreasing potential taxes. There are some unique charitable giving opportunities available only in 2021 and other tax-wise giving strategies to consider.  […]

By Maria Azuri, Director of Capacity Building & Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Network for Good Laura Heiman, Director of Capacity Building & Operations at United Way of Greater Atlanta It’s no secret that Atlanta is grappling with serious challenges around inequitable outcomes. It’s the driving force behind United Way of Greater Atlanta’s focus on […]

Guest post by Taylor Stanley, program director, ATL: Advance The Lives ATL: Advance The Lives was started in 2020 by Atlanta Quarterback Matt Ryan and his wife Sarah in the wake of the death of George Floyd. The Ryans have dedicated the work of ATL: Advance The Lives to combat the systemic barriers that Black […]

By Ellyn Cochran, Associate Vice President, Early Learning and Development, United Way of Greater Atlanta and Katie Landes, Director, Georgia Statewide After School Network Did you know that one of the strongest predictors of success in school and in life is whether a child can read proficiently by the end of third grade? Yet, within […]

By Ayana Gabriel, vice president, community impact, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta recently announced more than $1.2 million in grants and investments awarded to fund efforts in community development, education and nonprofit technical assistance, following last week’s announcement for $1.06 million in grants for the arts. These $2.26 million […]

By Michele Jacobs, Senior Director, Youth Development at United Way of Greater Atlanta Atlanta has a strong and diverse business sector, many post-secondary educational institutions, first-rate nonprofits, and a civil rights legacy that has grown into a movement ─ all of which have elevated our status to one of national recognition of activism and change. And […]

By Frank Fernandez, President and CEO of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.  At the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta we’re celebrating our 70th Anniversary of serving you, the metro Atlanta region. To do that, we’re inviting you to be our guests on our tab at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in […]

*The success story below was provided by United Way of Greater Atlanta partner agency Housing Plus. “Myself and my kids are so grateful to you all. You really reached out to us when we needed it the most.” – Emergency Housing Assistance Program funding recipient Jallow Hadijjatou Like so many City of Atlanta residents, Jallow […]

By Erin Drury Boorn, senior philanthropic officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta On August 26, 2021 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) eviction moratorium, which banned evictions in counties experiencing high levels of community transmission of COVID-19. Landlords in metro Atlanta can now proceed with evictions unimpeded by pandemic […]

By United Way of Greater Atlanta United Way of Greater Atlanta announced that the CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Dr. Raphael Bostic, has been appointed as the 2021-22 Board Chair. Dr. Bostic has been on United Way of Greater Atlanta Board for two years and he will now be joined by four […]

By Clarke Henderson, program associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta This summer, we have seen observable effects of global climate change on our environment. Extreme weather events and record-breaking heat waves, like the one that gripped the Pacific Northwest, are coming in far greater frequency. While cities like Vancouver and Portland experienced the brunt of […]

Ayana Gabriel joined the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta recently as Vice President, Community Impact. To celebrate her first 30 days with the Community Foundation, Erin Dreiling, marketing and communications manager at the Foundation, sat down to interview Ayana on her perspective on community work and grantmaking. Here is that Q&A to help others get […]

By United Way of Greater Atlanta On Friday, August 13, the culmination of a monumental community effort came to life with the dedication of Gwinnett County’s first and only homeless shelter, The Resting Spot. After many years of planning, United Way of Greater Atlanta’s HomeFirst Gwinnett initiative gathered community leaders and government officials for an […]

Guest post on behalf of the Greater Atlanta Summer Learning Council With schools now back in session, it’s not too early to think about quality programs for children when summer rolls around again. Nearly half a million children in greater Atlanta live in communities with low or very low child well-being and lack the basic opportunities and […]

Regional Commission on Homelessness and United Way are working to end homelessness and change lives in Greater Atlanta Nyyokokie worked hard to develop her own construction business, provide for her family and take care of her aging parents.  But a series of events led to Nyyokokie losing her home and being forced to live from […]

By Felix Rodriguez, program associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Formally recognized in June 2008 (and still currently recognized today), Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month – otherwise known as BIPOC Mental Health Awareness month – was established to bring awareness to the unique struggles that people of color and other underrepresented groups face […]

By Ebony Johnson, Director of Place-based Initiatives at United Way of Greater Atlanta When United Way of Greater Atlanta was asked to lead a COVID-19 testing (and now vaccine) strategy as part of a national effort, there was little known of how the community would respond. We certainly knew to do this work, we would […]

By Lauren Thomas Priest, MNM, program associate, prosperous people, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta As a part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) have been expanded to give more families access to higher tax credits. Economists estimate that these tax changes will reduce […]

By United Way of Greater Atlanta Jennifer Swain and the staff at youthSpark saw what could only be described as a “gap in the juvenile court system.” It needed to be addressed. “We have historically worked in the area of child sex trafficking since our beginning in 2000,” Swain, who is Executive Director of youthSpark, […]

Guest post by Erika Curtis, Communications Manager, Georgia Justice Project “You do the crime, you do the time” right? Sound reasonable? Let’s consider for a moment an individual who has been convicted and sentenced to incarceration for forgery – we’ll call her Jane. Jane is sentenced to 20 years, serve five. She spends the next five years incarcerated, […]