Our Grants
OUR APPROACH TO GRANTMAKING
Most grants are made to organizations serving metropolitan Atlanta. Grants are usually made for strategic purposes that significantly enhance an organization’s effectiveness or capacity and leverage other sources of support. The Foundation often attempts to address organizational needs that are not easily funded by other sources.
Trustees and staff conduct research, attend site visits, participate in collaborative efforts and other learning events to determine grantmaking priorities and discover new opportunities.
The Foundation has a small staff, in part to allow more dollars to flow to the community rather than to overhead and salary. Because of this, we choose to limit proposals to those we actively solicit, and we do not accept uninvited proposals.
GRANT HIGHLIGHTS
Founding Donor, National Center for Civil and Human Rights
First imagined by civil rights legends Evelyn Lowery and former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights was launched by former Mayor Shirley Franklin. The effort gained broad-based corporate and community support to become one of the few places in the world educating visitors on the bridge between the American Civil Rights Movement and the contemporary struggle for Human Rights around the world.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank’s New Home
The new home of the Atlanta Community Food Bank provides 346,000 square feet of space that will enable it to nearly triple the volume of food sourced and distributed to address the serious and pervasive hunger problem in North Georgia. An estimated 755,400 (or 1 in 7) people in metro Atlanta and North Georgia turn to Food Bank partner agencies for food. Of those numbers, 1 in 5 are children.
Skyland Trail’s J. Rex Fuqua Adolescent Campus
The campus for adolescents at Skyland Trail offers a welcoming environment that feels like a traditional school campus where teens who are struggling with a mood or anxiety disorder feel respected, protected, and at home. The Glenn Family Residence Hall includes two floors, each with 13 private patient rooms with adjoining bathrooms, a nurses’ station, and a large common room.
We have been making grants since 1996. Take a look at our grant history in recent years.
