Adi Bates 1/10/24 Adi Bates 1/10/24

Sydney Langdon selected as the recipient of the 2024 Ann Cramer Civic Leadership Award

Congratulations to Sydney Langdon Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility at Warner Bros. Discovery, for being selected as the recipient of the 2024 Ann Cramer Civic Leadership Award! Sydney truly embodies what Ann describes as "connect of the hands, head, and heart." Thank you, Sydney, for your outstanding community leadership and service!

Adi Bates 12/26/23 Adi Bates 12/26/23

Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society Featured in the AJC

Trevor Beeman, executive director of Cobb Landmarks + Historical Society, gives a tour of the circa 1840 Power-Jackson Cabin in east Cobb County, which could be the area's oldest structure. His organization is raising funds to restore the cabin and move it to nearby Hyde Farm.

Adi Bates 10/25/23 Adi Bates 10/25/23

Atlanta collaboration wins the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge

The City of Atlanta, NBAF, CDC Foundation and Out of Hand Theater collaborate to win the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge.

The City of Atlanta, NBAF, CDC Foundation and Out of Hand Theater collaborate to win the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge

Bloomberg Philanthropies has selected the City of Atlanta as a winner of a grant of up to $1 million as part of its Public Art Challenge. This unique grant program supports temporary public art projects that address important local civic issues in cities across the country.

NBAF, in partnership with the City of Atlanta, the CDC Foundation and Out of Hand Theater will produce “Thriving Together,” which will address healthcare disparities through large-scale installations, community dinners, a mobile art gallery, and a festival – all of which will be curated through the lens of racial equity in public health.

Atlanta is one of just 8 winning cities, from more than 150 project proposals received from cities in 40 U.S. states. The project will be developed over the next two years and will bring people together to address public health through community-driven public art.

Visit publicartchallenge.bloomberg.org erg.org/to learn more about the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge and stay tuned for updates as the City of Atlanta’s project comes to life.

Guest User 10/25/23 Guest User 10/25/23

Three Atlanta foundations reaping rewards of sharing office space

by Maria Saporta | October 2, 2023

Walking inside the shared foundation offices in the 191 Peachtree Tower, the first large space one sees is a large conference room that doubles as a board room.

This is the new home of the following three foundations:

The Tull Charitable Foundation, founded in 1952 with a current endowment of about $85 million, giving away about $3.5 million a year
The R. Howard Dobbs Jr. Foundation, founded in 1959 with a current endowment of $60 million, giving away about $2.5 million a year
The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, founded in 1963 with a current endowment of $110 million, giving away about $5 million a year

Natalia Garzón Martínez 8/16/23 Natalia Garzón Martínez 8/16/23

Atlanta Land Trust featured in Saporta Report

Purpose Possible client, Atlanta Land Trust, was featured on the Saporta Report. The organization just completed a $13.9 million campaign to develop three housing communities in the city of Atlanta with a total of 120 units — 90 of which will be permanently affordable. In addition to these three communities, the Atlanta Land Trust has 15 single-family homes under development.

Natalia Garzón Martínez 8/16/23 Natalia Garzón Martínez 8/16/23

Georgia Innocence Project featured on WABE

WABE features Georgia Innocence Project, an organization that works to free wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing. They interview Calvin Johnson, who talks about his voting rights being restored, and who is now a representative for the organization.

Natalia Garzón Martínez 6/16/23 Natalia Garzón Martínez 6/16/23

Mailchimp Intuit Featured on The Caring Economy Podcast

Lain Shakespeare (who leads strategic philanthropy for Intuit and Mailchimp) is featured on The Caring Economy podcast: “Empowering Communities Through Business: Mailchimp's Lain Shakespeare on Corporate Citizenship”

Natalia Garzón Martínez 6/16/23 Natalia Garzón Martínez 6/16/23

MODA Summer Camps Featured in FOX 5 News

The Museum of Design Atlanta's summer camps range from robotics to Legos to game creation to street art and they all are designed to be fun and give kids the chance to explore the world of design.

Natalia Garzón Martínez 6/16/23 Natalia Garzón Martínez 6/16/23

CaringWorks, Inc. Raises Funds for Mothers

CaringWorks, Inc. featured Atlanta News First after launching a Mother’s Day campaign on May 1st, to help mothers escape homelessness.

Guest User 6/14/23 Guest User 6/14/23

Atlanta Land Trust receives $1.17M in support

Atlanta BeltLine Inc., in partnership with Invest Atlanta, has closed on $1.17 million in grant funding to support the Atlanta Land Trust and its partner Intown Builders, LLC. in the development of 29 permanently affordable townhomes for home buyers in a new development in historic Oakland City.

Guest User 6/14/23 Guest User 6/14/23

New Galleries at the Center for Civil and Human Rights

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has secured $1.4 million with support in Congress to help the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR) enhance its exhibits.