The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Mayor Andre Dickens announced Tuesday a historic commitment to building and preserving affordable housing.
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Community Foundation installs Doug Hooker as board chair
Regional leader Doug Hooker is the new board chair of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, assuming the role after serving one year as vice-chair. He will serve as chairman for a three-year term.
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True Colors and Ballethnic receiving major grants as part of South Arts initiative
Two Atlanta arts organizations each will receive a $300,000 over three years through a partnership between the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and South Arts as well as other partners.
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Reporter’s Notebook: South River public engagement, Black History Month films and more
Also, there’s almost no space left in the 404.
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Atlanta’s Community Foundation adds seven board members
New board members of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta met on Monday as the philanthropic organization is reinforcing its focus on creating a more equitable region.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Morehouse College teams up with MTV to premiere MLK tribute video
Last weekend, metro Atlanta residents woke up to snow for the first time in several years. Granted, a snow day in the South usually means making a miniature snowman using the flurries collected on top of your car, but it was a snow day nonetheless. Some folks were hopeful that more snow could be on […]
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Atlanta’s Community Foundation partners with Black Bank Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is partnering with the recently-formed National Black Bank Foundation (NBBF) by serving as its fiscal sponsor.
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Reporter’s Notebook: DeKalb Avenue is getting a makeover
Today in Georgia history … Mary Latimer McLendon, a fierce proponent of women’s rights, was born in DeKalb County on June 24, 1840. In 1894, she founded the Atlanta chapter of the Georgia Women’s Suffrage Association and served as the chapter’s president for 18 years. On to other news from the week: DeKalb Avenue is […]
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Community Foundation awards nearly $1 million to 22 Black arts groups
What an amazing turnaround.
Black-led arts organizations heralded the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta support for diversity in its latest round of funding through its Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund.
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Kimberly Gresh to be honored as ‘Volunteer of the Year’ in virtual event
The 2020 National Philanthropy Day will be unlike all previous Philanthropy Days.
Not surprisingly, the annual event will be an online, interactive event on Oct. 29 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund awards $1.1 million to 10 nonprofits in latest round
In its latest round of grants, the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund awarded a total of $1.125 million to 10 local organizations in response to the region’s needs as a result of COVID-19.
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Frank Fernandez: Atlanta well positioned to lead on race and equity
The incoming president and CEO of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta – Frank Fernandez – hopes to unleash the power of collaboration to galvanize metro Atlanta to address issues of inequity in our region.
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SPLC to invest up to $30 million in voter registration, mobilization in the South
The Southern Poverty Law Center will invest $30 million from its endowment to support voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to vote.
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Community Foundation tells black arts groups: ‘We hear you’
A social media exchange among black arts organizations has taken the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to task.
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There’s no business like show business – arts ingenuity in the wake of COVID-19
By Alicia Philipp, president, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Edgar Degas said “art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” As I read through the list of grants announced last week from our Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, we are at war with a virus we cannot see. While many nonprofits are […]
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Insights on Emergency Financial Assistance from the COVID-19 Fund
By Mindy Kao, program associate for equity, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Early last month, over the span of five days, the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund received over 650 grant applications from nonprofits around the metro Atlanta region. These applications highlighted the stories of need among individuals, families and communities impacted by […]
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Dealing with xenophobia and racism spurred by COVID-19
By Courtney Carmichael, Community Fellow With the rapid spread of the coronavirus over the past few weeks, acts of xenophobia and racism aimed towards Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans have also been on the rise. From micro-aggressions and discriminatory business practices to verbal and physical attacks, Asian Americans are experiencing an alarming wave of […]
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How do we ensure equitable access to learning remotely without a tablet or Wi-Fi?
By Errika Moore, senior program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has announced that distance learning will continue through the end of the academic year. Distance learning has become the new way of life for many students, but unfortunately not for all. For some students, the past 30 days have represented an inequitable […]
