As it searches for a new permanent president and CEO, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has tapped veteran leader Virginia Hepner to serve as its interim executive. Hepner was introduced as the interim at a meeting of Community Foundation staff members on Tuesday morning. “We are thrilled to have Virginia in as interim,” said […]
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Frank Fernandez will be next CEO of the Reinvestment Fund
After announcing his upcoming departure from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Frank Fernandez will be heading to Philadelphia to become president and CEO of the Reinvestment Fund. “I am deeply honored to join Reinvestment Fund as its next president and CEO,” Fernandez said in a release on Monday. “I look forward to leading and […]
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Frank Fernandez leaving Atlanta’s Community Foundation
The president and CEO of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Frank Fernandez, announced Wednesday afternoon that he’s stepping down from his role after six years. “After six wonderful years, I have accepted a new professional role that will take me beyond Atlanta,” Fernandez wrote in an email to stakeholders. “Serving this organization and this […]
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Metro Atlanta is dead last when it comes to economic mobility
Atlanta ranks 50th out of the top 50 metro areas when it comes to upward economic mobility. That’s according to Harvard University’s Raj Chetty and his research group Opportunity Insights, which published an updated economic mobility study in 2024. The initial economic mobility study came out in 2014. At the time, Atlanta’s rank was 49th, […]
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2023 National Philanthropy Day luncheon: ‘We are about building community’
Philanthropic giving is celebrated every year at the National Philanthropy Day luncheon. The 2023 event took place Nov. 2 at the Georgia Aquarium.
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Montreal impresses metro Atlanta’s LINK delegation with focus on public amenities
Transit. Bicycles. Pedestrian streets. Public art displays. A festive spirit. Awareness of climate change. Those were just some of the themes metro Atlanta leaders expressed upon their return from Montreal during the 26th LINK trip that took place from Aug. 15 to Aug. 19.
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Stars align for $300 million affordable housing treasure chest in Atlanta
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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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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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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Atlanta leaders knock Trump’s seemingly racist remarks on housing policy change
When President Donald Trump dispatched an arguably racist series of tweets that he seemed to think summed up a recent change to national public housing rules, industry leaders and constituents alike let out a collective groan.
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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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Frank Fernandez named new CEO of Atlanta’s Community Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has named nonprofit leader Frank Fernandez as its new president and CEO beginning in August.
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Free COVID-19 testing at Mercedes-Benz Stadium thanks to Blank Foundation, CORE
Testing, testing, testing.
One of the keys to fighting the coronavirus pandemic is to expand testing so people can know whether they need to be quarantined and so public health officials can keep track of the spread of the disease.
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Task force: City of Atlanta should invest $1 billion in affordable housing
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 31, 2018
The City of Atlanta needs to invest $1 billion to add another 24,000 units of affordable housing within the next eight years, according to a well-represented task force that has been meeting since January.
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Atlanta appoints a new chief housing officer
Terri Lee, the city’s deputy planning commissioner, will lead new efforts to coordinate affordable housing solutions.
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A potential plan for the mayor’s $1 billion affordable housing promise
HouseATL task force releases its working recommendations—including 24,000 new or preserved affordable homes—for the mayor’s consideration.
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Westside initiatives take root, ‘but there’s a long way to go’
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Dec. 22, 2017
During a recent tour of English Avenue and Vine City, Frank Fernandez of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation highlighted numerous initiatives that have begun to take root on the Westside.
A former check-cashing business is being transformed into a restaurant. Several vacant lots have been turned into neighborhood parks. Police officers are moving into the neighborhood thanks to an initiative of the Atlanta Police Foundation. Westside Works has a new home where it is training residents in the fields of construction, heath care, culinary arts and soon childcare.
