The Community Foundation For Greater Atlanta Inc

Competitive grants - see schedule o for complete descriptionthe foundation awards grants through both competitive and non-competitive channels. The greatest number of grants are awarded through non-competitive channels, such as donor-advised funds, where grant investments are recommended by the donor or fund advisor often with the guidance of his or her philanthropic advisor, who is assigned to the donor via their work for the foundation. The community foundation provides grants to hundreds of nonprofits in the metro atlanta region focused on making our community a better place for all that call atlanta home. In 2024, the community foundation made significant investments, in partnership with many nonprofits and the city of atlanta, in creating and preserving over 1,000 units of affordable housing in our community. Further, the community foundation provided grants to nonprofits focused on improving neighborhoods like thomasville heights and fair oaks as well as in supporting nonprofits focused on addressing our community's income and wealth gap like the gro fund and easter seals. These are but a few examples of the considerable community impact of the grants made with our donors.

Community leadership and initiatives - see schedule o for complete description.throughout 2021, the ripple effect of covid-19 made its widespread impact on the atlanta region. Children continued with hybrid-at-best school options, businesses permanently closed, live performances were shuttered, and workers were being laid off. Our partnership with united way of greater atlanta continued, ultimately raising, collecting and dispersing $30 million in funds for the greater atlanta covid-19 response and recovery fund, while taking no fees for the work. Supported by dollars from philanthropy, government and corporate partners, the covid-19 fund received donations from thousands of individuals, foundations and corporations. The community needs continued to evolve as the pandemic issued its toil. While initial grants were focused on providing crucial services at a high scale to high-risk audiences including seniors and families with children 2021 evidence showed specific populations disproportionately impacted black, latinx, undocumented and immigrant populations. As the situation in our community evolved, the fund pivoted to address rapidly changing needs, such as small business support and mental health. During 2020 and 2021, the covid-19 fund mobilized $28.2 million to benefit 478 nonprofits in atlanta. This program was amplified by our 900+ donor families, who gave in excess of $100 million to nonprofits the community foundation recommended who were on the front lines of the pandemic.