Atlanta Women's Foundation funds 19 metro Atlanta nonprofits in a $1.418 million investment in women, girls and families
The foundation announced the total on Sept. 10 at Atlanta City Hall. It covers research, training and grants in three initiatives: for girls, for parents with young children, and a new one for mental health. The foundation does not take unsolicited proposals.
Atlanta. The Atlanta Women's Foundation said on Sept. 10 that it is investing $1.418 million in women, girls and families across metro Atlanta, at its annual Community Investment Celebration, held with the City of Atlanta at Atlanta City Hall. The total covers grants to nonprofits in three initiatives and other mission investments of the foundation's own, including research, training and leadership development. It did not say how the sum divides between the two.
Across the three initiatives the foundation names 21 grantees, but Families First and Our House each appear in two, so 19 nonprofits receive money. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the grants ranged from $25,000 to $75,000.
Three initiatives
The Two-Generation Initiative, funded with the Liz Blake Giving Fund, supports parents and young children together. For 2026-27 the foundation is putting $100,000 into Atlanta Children's Shelter, Families First, Our House and Quality Care for Children, whose work ranges from housing help and job training to childcare and early childhood education.
All Girls Forward: Girls Empowerment Program is a five-year initiative, from 2023 to 2028, for girls living in poverty, created after the foundation's 2023 research on the state of girls in metro Atlanta. Its 10 grantees are Agape Youth & Family Center, Cool Girls, Families First, Girls Inc. of Greater Atlanta, Girls on the Run Georgia, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Global Village Project, Los Niños Primero, Ser Familia and VOX ATL. The foundation says it plans to put $2.5 million into girl-serving nonprofits through the program by 2027.
The Mental Health & Wellbeing Initiative is new, created in response to research the foundation released this year. It plans $500,000 a year for five years, with priority for underserved areas including Clayton County and South Metro Atlanta. Its seven grantees are the Center for Black Women's Wellness, Mosaic Health Center, Our House, the @Promise Center, The Drake House, Urban Clinic of Atlanta and the Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence.
How the foundation chooses
The foundation funds organizations serving economically vulnerable women and girls in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties. At present it does not accept unsolicited grant proposals: it identifies potential partners through its research and then invites them to apply. It says the review weighs community need, program strategy, organizational capacity and the potential for measurable change, and that grantees also get training, convenings and help building their capacity.
The celebration also presented the Yashoda Reddy Education Award, $5,000 toward the education of a non-traditional college student facing economic insecurity. This year it went to a nursing student at Clayton State University.
In 2023, the foundation distributed $1.14 million to 21 nonprofits in the same five counties.
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