2014 Donor Events

Philanthropy is a powerful tool to improve communities and the lives of others. Staying on top of inventive methods of giving and innovative ideas and solutions is an effective way to ensure your philanthropic dollars are well invested and making an impact.

Each year The Community Foundation creates a calendar of opportunities for our donors to learn more about specific issues around giving and the Atlanta region. We recognize that your philanthropy is very personal to you and your family, but we also understand that many of you are interested in sharing ideas with each other and being more connected to the knowledgeable resources of The Community Foundation.

Below is a listing of events scheduled for 2014. We will mail reminders with additional details as each event approaches, and we’ll post event information on our website.

Click here to download our Donor Events 2014 Calendar.

Please note: Donor events are open to only fund advisors of The Community Foundation, their families and those with planned gifts.

We hope you consider joining us at one or all of these informative and inspiring events!

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Saturday, February 8
SMART GIVING SERIES: Family Volunteer Day
Noon – 4:30 PM
Camp Twin Lakes-Will-A-Way
210 S. Broad Street, Unit 5
Winder, GA 30680

You are invited to attend The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s 2014 Family Volunteer Day. Foundation grantee, Camp Twin Lakes, will host a Family Warrior Weekend (serving wounded members of the military) and our donors will work alongside service members and their families on a joint service project.

Tuesday, March 18
Legacy Society
Noon – 1:30 PM
Alliance Theatre Company
1280 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

The Legacy Society honors and recognizes the generosity and vision of those who have chosen to leave a gift to The Community Foundation through estate or deferred gifts. Join us as we gather to discuss how your planned gifts will make a difference in short- and long-term needs of the region.

Tuesday, April 15 or Friday, April 25 (options)
Donor Tour: The Atlanta Beltline
9 AM – Noon
We will meet at the Inman Park MARTA station to board the Atlanta Beltline’s charter bus
1055 DeKalb Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30307

Back by popular demand, The Community Foundation invites you to take a tour of the Atlanta Beltline and see the work that has been done since the beginning of the initiative in 1999. The tour will take donors along the 22 mile trail through 45 Atlanta neighborhoods, outlining and presenting plans for transit, newly-installed and future park space and trails, commercial development and affordable housing. We are offering two dates for the tour, but expect spaces to fill up quickly so sign up soon!

Tuesday, April 29
Donor Tour: Junior Achievement’s Discovery Center
11:30 AM – 1 PM
Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Donors will visit the Philanthropy Store, designed by The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and United Way of Greater Atlanta, and hear from Junior Achievement’s President and CEO, Jack Harris. Junior Achievement’s Chick-fil-A Foundation Discovery Center is a financial literacy and career readiness center in downtown Atlanta, which provides a 360-degree educational experience to Atlanta-area middle school students.

Thursday, June 5
Donor Appreciation
5:30-8:30PM
Atlanta History Center
130 West Paces Ferry Rd., NW
Atlanta, GA 30305

The Community Foundation’s annual thank you event provides our donors with the opportunity to connect with each other in a festive, social setting and learn more about critical issues in our community. This year’s event will feature stories from historians and donors of The Community Foundation.

Friday, September 19
SMART GIVING SERIES: Tour of Clarkston, GA
8:30 AM-NOON
The bus will depart the Hurt Building promptly at 8:30 am.
50 Hurt Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303

Take a trip with us to Clarkston, GA, one of the most diverse cities in the United States. Specially designed for donors, this tour will provide you with an overview of the critical issues facing this community — immigration, employment, housing, poverty — through visits with local nonprofit and community leaders. Space is limited.

Thursday, October 2
Center for Family Philanthropy: “The Secret of Happy Families”
6PM -8PM
Mason Murer
199 Armour Dr. NE
Atlanta, GA 30324

Join us for a wonderful conversation with New York Times best-selling author, Bruce Feiler, about The Secrets of Happy Families. Bruce’s book shares a series of discoveries found to answer some of those key questions: How do we manage the chaos of our lives? How do we teach our kids values? How do we make our family happier?

November
Annual Meeting
11 AM – 1:30 PM
Date TBD
Location TBD