GRANTS
The Atlanta Women's Foundation supports organizations that improve the lives of economically vulnerable women and girls in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties.
The absence of economic self-sufficiency is at the heart of critical issues women and girls in our community face. AWF supports organizations that are devoted to alleviating poverty by increasing access to educational programs, workforce readiness development, mental and physical healthcare, and childcare assistance.
The primary way we accomplish this is by strategically raising funds for grants. AWF awards financial grants to local nonprofits devoted to improving the lives of women and girls across metro Atlanta. Our focus areas are mental and physical health services, education, life skills, and economic empowerment.
Our Grantmaking Approach
Our collective impact model for grantmaking ensures the funds we raise and invest in the community go further. Through this approach, AWF brings our nonprofit grantees together to do the most good for the largest number of women and girls.
As the backbone organization, AWF guides the vision and strategy of the funding project, maintains communication, ensures key metrics are consistently collected and measured, and provides supportive activities like annual convenings and community outreach events.
Our Funding Priorities
AWF supports organizations that are devoted to addressing our key issue areas in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties:
MENTAL HEALTH
AND WELLBEING
EDUCATION
LIFE SKILLS
MENTAL HEALTH
AND WELLBEING
EDUCATION
LIFE SKILLS
We place special emphasis on organizations providing wraparound services, such as childcare assistance, career coaching, and financial literacy training. Based on AWF's research findings, organizations that provide these types of wraparound services are most effective in combating multiple interrelated issues that drive poverty.
Our Grant Initiatives
The effects of poverty and other barriers to women and girls evolve and change. That's why we intentionally structure each grant initiative to be time-bound and associated with key metrics. This helps us track the impact of the dollars raised to optimize future grants to better support women and girls.
At this time, AWF does not accept unsolicited grant proposals. We research and identify potential nonprofit partners who align with our key issue areas. Then, we extend an invitation to submit a grant application.
Currently, our five primary grant initiatives are the:
- All Girls Forward: Girls Empowerment Program
- Breaking Barriers, Building Women: Economic Empowerment Program
- Two-Generation Initiative
- Sue Wieland Embracing Possibility Award
All Girls Forward
Girls Empowerment Program
All Girls Forward: Girls Empowerment Program
A program that provides critical support to nonprofits in their efforts to enhance or expand mental health, social-emotional development, education, and drug and pregnancy-prevention programs for girls living at or below 200% of federal poverty guidelines.
Breaking Barriers, Building Women: Economic Empowerment Program
Breaking Barriers, Building Women
Economic Empowerment Program
A program focused on higher education and asset building for low-income women in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties.
Rebuilding Women Initiative
Rebuilding Women Initiative
This initiative continues to build upon the progress of the 2020 COVID-19 Grantee Relief Fund and address the intersecting challenges women and girls face in the wake of the pandemic. The program enables women and girls to have access to mental and physical healthcare and vaccine education.
Women's Pathway to Success
Women's Pathway to Success
A program focused on eliminating barriers to employment for women in metro Atlanta, which will result in job creation and reduce poverty.
Sue Wieland Embracing Possibility Award
Sue Wieland Embracing
Possibility Award
Thanks to the generosity of Sue and John Wieland, every year, we award $20,000 to a recent nonprofit grantee recipient who demonstrates an outstanding ability to make significant changes in the lives of women and girls. The award also spotlights one individual at that nonprofit who embodies the organization's mission.