04-03-2020
Help serve those who serve us
Requests for help have flooded into Giving Kitchen — a nonprofit agency that provides emergency assistance to food service workers across Georgia — led by executive director Bryan Schroeder. In the first three days of the COVID-19 crisis, Giving Kitchen received more…
04-02-2020
Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund Receives Significant Family Foundation Donation
ATLANTA– April 1, 2020 – Noted Atlanta investor Michael Klump, founder and CEO of investment firm Argonne Capital Group, LLC, announced today a $1 million donation to the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund—a fund created by United Way of Greater…
04-01-2020
Grant funding helps Open Hand Atlanta ‘weather the storm’ of COVID-19
Matthew Pieper and his team had to act quickly. There were more than 3,000 people in the Greater Atlanta region that relied on Open Hand Atlanta—he serves as its executive director currently and has been with the organization for a total of…
03-30-2020
United Way, local artist collaborate to help community in time of crisis
Artist Ronnie Land grew up in the wetlands of Jacksonville, Florida, but he said he gravitated toward Atlanta—there was something about its soul that he fell in love with. “I was coming up here and pulling pranks and doing pop-up shows in…
03-27-2020
Grant update: Round two: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and United Way of Greater Atlanta announce second round of grants for COVID-19 response
ATLANTA – March 27, 2020 – Last week, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and United Way of Greater Atlanta announced the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund to direct funding to nonprofits on the front lines helping our region weather this…
