By Women on the Rise Georgia staff Since 2013, Women on the Rise Georgia has walked alongside formerly incarcerated Black women, listening deeply and building solutions with, not for them. We’ve always known that the ...

Pictured: A neighborhood in Historic South Atlanta, a key place of focus for the Community Foundation and Focused Community Strategies (FCS). The financial crisis that took hold in 2008 devastated the neighborhood of Historic South ...

A safe and affordable house is more than a place to call home. Often, it’s the foundation for all other outcomes in life: employment stability, education, health. Each hinges on attaining and maintaining safe, quality, ...

Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Atlanta Habitat partner to preserve Thomasville Heights By Atlanta Habitat for Humanity staff In the bustling urban landscape of Atlanta, homeownership represents more than just a place to live – ...

By Sarah Kirsch, managing director, Housing Funds It is only fitting that we spent Valentine’s Day talking about innovation, collaboration, and acceleration of… affordable housing. As Mayor Dickens likes to say, affordable housing is our ...

HouseATL seeks to provide affordable, healthy, safe and stable housing for all Atlantans By Kristin Allin, Chelsea Arkin and Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown, co-chairs, HouseATL Policy Working Group Progress is made when people take the initiative ...

One of the federal government’s primary affordable housing programs is the Housing Choice Voucher program, also known as Section 8. While they remain limited and the waiting list is often extensive, housing choice vouchers remain ...

In October 2022, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and a collaborative of nearly 50 partners worked with Wells Fargo on the Wealth Opportunity Realized Through Homeownership (WORTH) initiative. The group had one, singular goal: to build ...

ATLANTA—May 2, 2023 – Mayor Andre Dickens and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta President and CEO Frank Fernandez announced a historic investment of public and philanthropic resources to bring affordable quality housing to all who ...

ATLANTA, February 6, 2023 – The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Truist Financial Corporation [NYSE: TFC] today announce Truist’s $15 million commitment to GoATL, the Community Foundation’s impact investment platform. Truist is providing the ...