WHAT
WE DO
WHAT
WE DO
WHAT
WE DO
Our grant recipients are local nonprofits in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties. They provide direct services to women and girls, including education, housing, mental and physical health services, workforce readiness training, and more. The Atlanta Women's Foundation supports these nonprofit partners by providing relevant research, raising funds for their programs, creating space to share best practices, offering educational and board development programs, and leading community outreach campaigns.
We build awareness through our publicly available reports that highlight and explore the challenges women and girls face. In addition, AWF mobilizes nonprofit volunteer leaders through our Polly Simpson Leadership Fund and Inspire Atlanta programs.
Grant Fundraising
The Atlanta Women's Foundation amplifies the work of strategic nonprofit organizations that improve the lives of women and girls across metro Atlanta. One of the ways we accomplish this is through raising funds for grants. With those funds, AWF awards local nonprofit organizations financial grants so they can provide critical services to low-income women and girls. While we do not directly provide funds to women and girls, our proven collective impact model ensures every dollar raised goes further.
Key Issue Areas
There are three specific areas where we focus our efforts. By focusing on these issues, we help our grantees provide critical, supportive services like childcare assistance, career coaching, financial literacy training, higher education opportunities, and more.
MENTAL HEALTH
AND WELLBEING
Economic self-sufficiency becomes increasingly difficult without access to necessary health and wellness services.
EDUCATION
Access to quality educational programming - whether that be high-school, post-secondary education, or other training - creates a pathway for success and offers opportunity for lasting change in the lives of women and girls.
LIFE SKILLS
Critical life skills - such problem-solving, communication, and other socio-emotional cognitive capabilities - empower women by developing resilience and building confidence.
MENTAL HEALTH
AND WELLBEING
Economic self-sufficiency becomes increasingly difficult without access to necessary health and wellness services.
EDUCATION
Access to quality educational programming - whether that be high-school, post-secondary education, or other training - creates a pathway for success and offers opportunity for lasting change in the lives of women and girls.
LIFE SKILLS
Critical life skills - such problem-solving, communication, and other socio-emotional cognitive capabilities - empower women by developing resilience and building confidence.
Community Outreach and Impact
In all that we do, we ask ourselves, "How will this positively impact women and girls in a way that can be proven?" This point of view anchors all our grant initiatives, grant recipient selection, events, research engagements, and professional development opportunities. We then identify the organizations and programs with the greatest impact and help fund them accordingly.
INSPIRE ATLANTA
Inspire Atlanta is an exclusive community impact program and fundraising campaign that supports the Atlanta Women's Foundation. Through Inspire Atlanta, members develop their talents, learn about critical issues facing women and girls in their area, chart their unique leadership path, and more.
WOMEN ON BOARD
Through our Women on Board program, we strive to sustain a greater impact by training women to tap into their abilities to become stronger leaders, deeper thinkers, and more strategic philanthropists.
This program is designed to increase the number of women on nonprofit boards in metro Atlanta by providing effective board-governance training and leadership skills. Since its inception in 2000, the program has trained more than 3,500 women. We also connect participants to Atlanta nonprofit organizations seeking board members.
