Spring 2010 Requests for Proposals
Athens Area Community Foundation (AACF) aims to distribute $25,000 to local organizations in April 2010. Grants will average between $1,000 and $5,000 each. Applications are due March 1, 2010.
TA and Grants available for economic recovery activity
Local partnership to provide training and $600,000 in grants to organizations in Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, and Jackson Counties. First deadline January 22, 2010.
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Made $25,000 in grants to 25 local organizations, established 3 new Donor Advised Funds, received 501c3 status for IRS, increased community awareness.
Fall 2009 Grants - Athens Area Community Foundation makes $25,000 Available to Local Organizations
The Athens Area Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $25,000 to help 14 local organizations address needs in the areas of youth development, economic & workforce development, access to health care, and building community. Since incorporation in January 2008, AACF has made over $75,000 in grants to community organizations; helped establish seven Donor Advised Funds for local families and businesses; received 501(c)3 tax-exempt status; and has begun building an operating endowment to ensure the organization is self-sustaining in perpetuity.
AACF's First Family Donor Advised Fund
Dexter Fisher just created our first family Donor Advised Fund. He has named it The Vivian and Mamie Fisher Memorial Fund in honor of his wife and mother.
Athens Area Community Foundation Awards First Grants to Local Non-Profit Organizations
The Athens Area Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $25,000 to help 11 local non-profit organizations address needs in such areas as job creation, violence prevention, health care, transportation and youth development.
Key Facts on Georgia Community Foundations
Georgia’s 13 community foundations held assets of more than $1.1 billion in 2007 and gave over $104 million, according to Key Facts on Georgia Community Foundations, a report released today by the Foundation Center.
AACF and AT&T award grants to two local nonprofits
The Athens Area Community Foundation and AT&T awarded grants to two local nonprofit groups that help educate students from poor families.
Endowing Athens: A Message from AACF Board Chair, Judge Steve C. Jones
When I began working with Partners for a Prosperous Athens, our plan was to tackle poverty.
However, I had no idea that this community would attempt to change the manner in which it responds to all critical community needs now and into the future. But, that is exactly what OneAthens called for in the community foundation initiative.