By Guest Columnist DIANNE BERNEZ, global head of philanthropy at North Highland
An integral part of our mission at North Highland, a consulting company launched 27 years ago in Atlanta, is giving back to local communities to boost economic empowerment. This focus led us to a new approach: Provide pro-bono support only to organizations that can end poverty rather than just treat symptoms.
By Guest Columnist RONNY JUST, a worker of wood
My German grandfather was sometimes described as stoic and unemotional. For many years I was unable to reconcile that description with my observation of the man’s passion for shaping red cedar – from his farm outside Austin, Texas – into treasured family heirlooms.
By Guest Columnist KARI B. LOVE, CEO of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation
The mission of The Atlanta Women’s Foundation is to be a catalyst for change in the lives of women and girls. As a public foundation, our primary role is as a grant-maker, providing financial grants, resources and evaluation support to local nonprofits helping low-income women and girls to break the cycle of poverty. In order to achieve our mission, partners are critical, whether corporate or individual funders.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank received more than $429,000 through the fund-raising drive conducted in April with partners Walmart, Feeding America, Nextdoor and Synchrony Bank, according to the ACFB.
A benefactor is helping homeless animals in care of the Atlanta Humane Society by matching donations to the shelter that are made through Thursday, up to $3,000 per donation. The humane society is asking for donations as it is taking in hundreds of kittens and puppies at the start of birthing season.
More than 200 Georgia companies have pledged to contribute resources to help meet community needs through the recently formed initiative, goBeyondProfit. For one Roswell company, their gift is helping to maintain Arlington National Cemetery.
The Atlanta City Council approved Monday a $100,000 donation to help provide medical supplies to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as survivors recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.
Atlanta human rights activist Joe Beasley’s latest projects involve helping provide water to the people of drought-stricken Somaliland and advancing the human rights of black folks in some countries in South America.
Deion Sanders, a star of both the Atlanta Braves and Falcons in the early 1990s, has partnered with the politically conservative Koch brothers to fight poverty in Dallas. An “unlikely partnership” is how a reporter with the Associated Press characterized the relation.
By David Pendered
Ted Turner is now formally honored by the blue-blazer crowd of the yachting world. The New York Yacht Club marked the 40th anniversary of Turner’s victory in the America’s Cup, in 1977, by awarding Turner the highest individual honor the club bestows.
This is a significant bow from a club with an autocratic reputation, one that took its time in even extending a membership offer to Turner. Evidently, back in the day, the club’s leadership had determined that Turner wasn’t a good fit in a private club founded in 1844 by a scion of one of the nation’s founders and led since by a host of mostly Northern bluebloods.
As the nation prepares to honor those who died in service to the country, a team of former service members and civilians affiliated with the Shepherd Center are running eight consecutive half-marathons to raise awareness and funding for veterans still recovering from injury.
By Guest Columnist SALLY BETHEA, the board chair of Chattahoochee Parks Conservancy, the nonprofit friends group for the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
America’s mayors are pitching an investment in the infrastructure of our national parks as a win-win for cities and their residents: A way to create U.S. jobs by restoring historic buildings, fixing outdated and unsafe water and electrical systems and improving crumbling roads and trails to benefit all park visitors.
Almost overlooked in the opening day reports from SunTrust Park is an interactive entertainment center that’s intended to help visitors improve their control of their money.
Toward the end of the holiday greeting from Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning is a simple request – for financial contributions to support the school’s programs.
By Guest Columnist DAVID E. FULLER, president of the SunTrust Foundation
I’ve always believed that to whom much is given, much is required. Throughout my business career, I’ve held fast to this principle, so when I was offered the chance to head the SunTrust Foundation, it was the perfect opportunity to turn my passion for giving into a full-time career.
JPMorgan Chase has awarded a $4 million grant to a new tax-exempt partnership in Atlanta that is to help create more than 1,000 jobs and provide more than 700 affordable homes in metro Atlanta, the financial institution announced Tuesday.
Plans to connect Buckhead with an urban wilderness stretching east to Emory University and beyond got a big boost in the form of a $500,000 pledge from the Kendeda Fund to the South Fork Conservancy, the non-profit conservancy announced Friday.
Here in the dog days of Summer in the South, the Atlanta Humane Society is bringing photographer Seth Casteel for a visit to talk about his photo series that became a New York Times best selling book, “Underwater Dogs.”
Grady Memorial Hospital’s comprehensive treatment of stroke has earned Grady a top award issued jointly by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.
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