Atlanta’s Recent Grants & Support

As reported in The Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s Board has approved $1.5 million in grants and support through our various grantmaking programs during the first set of grant cycles for 2009.

During the past year, we have examined and modified our approach to grantmaking, creating more flexibility for nonprofits in our region interested in funding. For 2009 our focus is on providing general operating support to eligible nonprofits. The local and national economic crisis has steered us toward these priorities as both logical and necessary. Below is a listing of grants: 
 

Common Good Funds
  
The Common Good Funds program will award more than $650,000 in grants to 13 metro Atlanta organizations. The Common Good Funds, formerly known as our competitive grantmaking program, are The Community Foundation’s unrestricted dollars open to nonprofit organizations in our region through application. Click here to learn more. 

• Atlanta Legal Aid – $65,000
• Center for Family Resources – $65,000
• Dad’s Garage Theatre Company – $30,000
• Genesis Shelter Inc. – $10,000
• Georgia Budget and Policy Institute – $80,000
• Jewish Family and Career Services – $60,000
• Literacy Action, Inc. – $50,000
• MUST Ministries, Inc. – $50,000
• Our House, Inc. – $65,000
• Partnership Against Domestic Violence – $75,000
• Planned Parenthood of Georgia – $75,000
• Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta – $25,660
• The Elaine Clark Center for Exceptional Children – $13,290 

  
Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund
 
The Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund will award a total of $300,000 to four HIV/AIDS-service organizations. These grants will fund four pilot projects the AIDS Fund has initiated to strengthen efforts in the faith-based community, as well as youth advocacy and government support. Since 1991, The AIDS Fund has supported metro Atlanta’s HIV/AIDS advocacy, prevention education and service efforts through funding and leadership. Click here to learn more.  

• AIDS Alliance for Faith and Health – $71,786
• National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS – $130,440
• AID Gwinnett – $32,000
• AID Atlanta – $65,774 

Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
 
The Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund will award a total of $500,000 to 11 metro Atlanta arts organizations. The Arts Fund was created in 1992 to help small and midsized arts organizations overcome hurdles to their success and grow into strong, vital institutions. Click here to learn more. 

• Actor’s Express – $60,000
• Atlanta Celebrates Photography – $20,000
• Atlanta Chamber Players – $10,000
• Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County – $25,000
• Dad’s Garage Theatre Company – $45,000
• Georgia Shakespeare – $50,000
• Madison Morgan Cultural Center – $70,000
• Quinlan Visual Arts Center – $40,000
• Theatre in the Square – $75,000
• True Colors Theatre Company – $75,000
• Youth Ensemble of Atlanta – $30,000 

Fayette Fund
 
The Fayette Fund will award a total of $43,000 in grant support to nine Fayette County organizations. Since 2003, the Fayette Fund has granted more than $129,000 to area nonprofits to respond to the changing needs of the community. Click here to learn more. 
 

• Association of Village PRIDE, Inc. – $5,000       
• ExceptionalOPS – $5,000
• Fayette Care Clinic – $5,000
• Fayette County Council on Domestic Violence (Promise Place) – $5,000
• Fayette Family YMCA – $4,500
• Fayette Senior Services, Inc. – $5,000
• Lekotek of Georgia, Inc. – $3,500
• Real Life Center – $5,000
• The Joseph Sams School – $5,000 

Neighborhood Fund
 
The Neighborhood Fund will award $20,500 in grants to two metro Atlanta organizations to support community leadership and organizing at the local level. The Neighborhood Fund empowers community members to positively impact their neighborhoods by providing funding and support to community groups (non-501(c)3). Since 1991, more than 300 neighborhood projects have received an estimated $2 million in grants and assistance. Click here to learn more. 

• Caring for Others – $12,500
• Plant a Row for the Hungry – Morgan County – $8,000 

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