June 16, 2021
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Since 2016, the Community Foundation has worked to close the opportunity gap in the Thomasville Heights neighborhood in southeast Atlanta. Begun by our Spark Opportunity Giving Circle and their collective grantmaking, this place-focused approach has been a catalyst for additional investments. Our impact strategy includes grantmaking, strategic nonprofit partnerships, policy advocacy and THRIVE Thomasville, a resident-led council that directs funding to community-designed projects. THRIVE builds on neighborhood strengths and enables community-led strategies to develop and address neighborhood needs by the residents who call it home.
In 2020, the place-based giving focus in Thomasville Heights shifted to address the short-term and immediate needs of the Thomasville Heights community, such as housing, food insecurity and emergency funds.
Learn more in full Thomasville Heights Investment & Impact Report here.
This story was originally published in our 2020 Annual Report. To read the full report, click here.
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