Many people know The Community Foundation as a donor advisor or a grantmaker, but one of the main roles of a community foundation is to serve as a leader on critical issues as well. At The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, we work to bring individuals and groups together around issues that are pressing in the Atlanta region. We work in a variety of ways - as a funder, catalyst, partner, nonpartisan convener, and/or knowledge broker.
It could be bringing a group of funders together around a serious disease such as HIV/AIDS, or it could be pulling together a group of residents, community leaders, faith-based organizations, businesses and schools to focus on healthy eating and active living in their neighborhood. Each community initiative is different because each issue and group of people approaching that issue is different. But the goal is the same – bringing groups together to work with each other on a common solution.
Check out our current initiatives page to learn more. Click here to learn how initiatives work.