2006-2007 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

WHAT MAKES Philanthropy HAPPEN? WHAT MAKES PHILANTHROPY HAPPEN? At The Community Foun- dation for Greater Atlanta, we believe real philanthropy happens when you encourage people to truly connect to their community and ultimately, connect their passions with a purpose. The time we spend with each donor, our support of community needs, the knowledge we share with others – all of this helps us to better understand the individual parts of our community and helps others unleash their philanthropic power. Philanthropy is not one person’s job, it is not one organization’s responsibility and it is not something that we can do alone. Real philanthropy – powerful philanthropy – happens when we connect with one another, share our resources of time, finances and knowledge, and inspire one another. THAT’S WHAT MAKES PHILANTHROPY HAPPEN.

CONTENTS 2 A Message from the Chair and President 4 2006-2007 Highlights 7 How Can One Donor’s Passion Have an Impact on Our Community? 16 How Do Nonprofits Strengthen Their Business? 20 How Can We Approach Big Issues with Simpler Answers? 30 Scholarship Funds 36 Our Grantmaking 39 Recognizing Our Grantees 54 Thanking Our Donors 61 Financial Highlights 63 Board of Directors 34450_Text.r1:Layout 1 12/12/07 12:35 PM Page 1

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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT

EARLIER THIS YEAR one of our donor families approached us with several passions: the father had grown up in foster care and was interested in supporting youth in need, several of the children were interested in animal issues and the entire family wanted to support a faith-based organization. What they ended up discovering through The Community Foundation was a unique nonprofit called Noah’s Ark – a facility serving as a home for abused children as well as a rehabilitation center for wildlife and abused animals. We brought 11 intergenerational members of this donor family from the suburbs of Atlanta to rural Henry County to visit Noah’s Ark, and as a result, the family recommended a $25,000 grant. That is how we are connecting passion with purpose.

AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA WE SEE

OUR ROLE AS HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES DISCOVER

THEIR PERSONAL PHILANTHROPIC PASSION AND LEARNING HOW

TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS TO FULFILL THAT PASSION.

As a community foundation, we have always known that our donors make it possible for us to make a difference in our commu- nity. Our donors’ passions combined with our knowledge of the community and dedication to service keep our region growing stronger every year. The Community Foundation had another record year in giving, with 2006 being our second best only to 2005 in our 55-year history. We received more than $100 million in gifts bringing our total asset size to almost $750 million and had the highest growth in gifts toward donor-advised funds since our inception. With the support of our donors we distributed nearly $75 million in grants to more than 2,400 nonprofit organizations. In addition, we saw donors increase their contributions from donor-advised funds to organiza- tions that received a Common Good Funds grant (formerly Competitive Grants Program) from $1,888,320 to $3,050,652 in the past year.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT

We realize we would not be able to do this incredible work without the generous support of our donors and our partners. As individuals, each of us has a role as we explore how philanthropy can improve the community in which we live. At The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta we see our role as helping individuals and families discover their personal philanthropic passion and learning how to connect with others to fulfill that passion. This year’s annual report focuses on that collab-

orative spirit that permeates the philanthropic MICHAEL KAY, CHAIR AND ALICIA PHILIPP, PRESIDENT universe. The stories shared here illustrate what can happen when groups of people join forces to work But most importantly, we hope that each time toward their common passion. In the Belvedere you work with The Community Foundation you see Community of Atlanta, philanthropic partners are we are not individuals striving to reach our own goals helping residents who are passionate about improving or fulfill our own roles. True philanthropy happens their own health take the first steps toward an overall when different people with different values and healthier community. Both youth and adults are voices, all join one another at the same table to talk working together to make sure that those growing up about challenging issues, and work together to achieve in foster care today have the opportunity to become the greater vision that we share for the community. the leaders of tomorrow through the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunities Initiative. And throughout metro Atlanta, both funders and nonprofits are coming to the table to talk about how Michael Kay, Chair improving health for the homeless can help lead them off the streets. In addition, you will read about the collaborative Alicia Philipp, President efforts of a city that wanted to bring the Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection back to the city of his birth, and you’ll discover why the spotlight shined so brightly on The Alliance Theatre as it received both the Managing for Excellence Award and a Tony Award in the same year. You’ll also learn more about how families are working together to develop their own philanthropic spirit to make sure that they continue to connect with their passions through the Center for Family Philanthropy.

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2006-2007 HIGHLIGHTS

VIBRANT COMMUNITIES, concerned residents,

innovative funders, passionate nonprofits, generous donors –

if these individuals and groups can make a difference working

on their own, imagine the impact they can have when they

work together.

PASSION AND PURPOSE, Partners AND POTENTIAL

In 2006-2007, The Community Foundation for Greater

Atlanta saw over and over again the influence that these indi-

viduals and groups can have on making philanthropy happen.

Listing all that we are proud of from the past year would make

for a long book, but we are pleased to provide highlights of the

accomplishments our nonprofit partners, donors and commu-

nity members shared with The Community Foundation for

Greater Atlanta.

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2006-2007 HIGHLIGHTS

CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN Foundation partnered with the Southeastern Network of When hundreds of families with medically fragile children African Americans in Philanthropy (SNAAP) to begin lost financial support from the Katie Beckett Waiver convening forums on Emerging Issues in Ethnic Program, the State of Georgia and the Department of Philanthropy. Funded by the Association of Black Human Resources turned to The Community Foundation Foundation Executives and Hispanics in Philanthropy, the forums seek to identify more effective ways to link philan- thropic and nonprofit leaders of color to mainstream philanthropies.

THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION

From 2005-2007, The Community Foundation has served as the trusted fiscal agent for a $2.4 million planning grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the Atlanta Public Schools. This grant supports the High to tap into the community’s experts in health to establish School Transformation Initiative – a five-year plan focused the Champions for Children with Exceptional Needs on teaching, talent management, on-track to graduate, Initiative. The Community Foundation, the Georgia Health postsecondary success, advisory, mentoring, curriculum, Policy Center and an advisory committee comprising assessment and portfolio restructuring. diverse stakeholders are working to understand existing services for medically fragile children and their families, HEALTHY BELVEDERE identify gaps and develop recommendations to meet those The Community Foundation partnered with the Kaiser gaps with a nonprofit network around the state. Foundation Health Plan and the Belvedere Community in Atlanta, to invest more than $700,000 over five years to THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COLLECTION improve this community’s health. Building on our 16 years’ In June 2006, The Community Foundation helped secure experience in growing grassroots leadership through The a collection of more than 15,000 writings of Rev. Martin Neighborhood Fund, we launched Healthy Belvedere Luther King, Jr. that were to be auctioned off in New York awarding grants to individuals and organizations that have City. The group spearheading the initiative, including The programs and activities that encourage healthy eating and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Mayor Shirley active living habits. Grants will continue to be distributed Franklin and other Atlanta leaders, was successful in over the next three years as this community’s strong bringing the collection home to Atlanta. Read more about involvement helps them take the next steps toward a this collaboration on page 28. healthy community.

EMERGING AND ETHNIC PHILANTHROPY In November 2006, the Atlanta Association of Fundraising Professionals received a $10,000 grant from the Alicia Philipp Leadership Fund to establish the Diversity Fellows Program to increase the number of nonprofit fund devel- opment professionals from ethnic communities. The Leadership Fund has received continued support from staff, Board members and others to encourage the development of grassroots leadership. In addition, The Community

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JEAN AND JOHN HATFIELD, DONORS AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE John Hatfield discovered that The Community Foundation was a perfect fit for him when he approached them as a charitable donor. With an explicit interest in education, he was invited to help as a member of scholarship review committees for two scholarship funds set up at the Foundation. “The fact that I expressed an interest in local charities involved in education is what led The Community Foundation to think I’d be interested in reviewing scholarship applications,” he says. Connecting donors to scholars who match the scholarship requirements is more than reviewing applications; it’s also meeting with applicants. “It’s interesting to interview these kids,” John notes. “It’s nice to meet them and get their point of view on things. You get a sense of them and learn what interests them and why they think a college education is valuable.” As a donor, John has found his relationship with The Community Foundation to be eye opening. “Serving the commu- nity like this has made it clear to me that there are a number of people and organizations who are doing great things and worthy of support. I would never have known about all of these people had it not been for The Community Foundation,” he says.

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ONE DONOR’S PASSION

GIVING GENEROUSLY and intelligently to chari-

table organizations lets you share your good fortune,

communicate your values, perpetuate the missions of those

who have touched your life and leave your mark on the future.

Giving helps you pass your passion and your voice on to others.

HOW CAN ONE DONOR’S Passion HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY?

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta serves

and supports donors as they navigate this world of giving. We

provide administrative support and fiscal stewardship,

encourage innovative thinking and share community knowl-

edge. We work with individuals, families and professional

advisors to help engage and educate donors so that they may

become smarter about giving. We want them to become

involved as philanthropists, because making philanthropy

happen takes more than simply writing a check.

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FAMILY DINNERS ABOUT PHILANTHROPY Getting the family involved in philanthropy is no easy feat, so Mitch Lewis was thrilled to learn four years ago that The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta could help. Along with Barrett Krise, philanthropic advisor at The Community Foundation, Mitch and his wife, Kathy, engaged their children, Rebecca, now age 16, and Renee, now age 12, in charitable endeavors that mirrored their individual interests. After spending time with Barrett and conducting site visits, Renee determined that she would like to make a charitable donation to an organization that involved animals. Her first donation went to a nonprofit that trained dogs to be personal assistants. More recently, Renee has set her sights on helping children with cancer. Renee also requested that in lieu of gifts at her bat mitzvah, guests make a donation to a charity. Rebecca’s interests took a global perspective. She has focused on children who have a medical need and on international children’s organizations. “The one thing this has clearly done for us is force communication about philanthropy,” says Mitch. “We have family dinners where we talk about philanthropy and charities.” “There was a time when we looked no further than making a donation to help,” he adds. “We’re more proac- tive now. Personally, it makes me want to get more involved than just

writing a check.” MITCH AND KATHY LEWIS, DONORS

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A gift to The Community Foundation for Greater Unrestricted Fund: Donating to The Community Atlanta can be expected to grow and provide for commu- Foundation’s Common Good Funds (formerly nity needs for many generations. That’s what we mean Competitive Grants Program) may be the best way to when we say we exist for the region today and for future give back to the community in general rather than generations that have yet to come. We don’t know what support a particular organization or cause. As nonprofit tomorrow’s challenges may be, but we know that the organizations and community needs change over time, endowment built at The Community Foundation will your gift will help ensure funding is available. always exist to help meet those needs. Field-of-Interest Fund: This type of fund allows the donor to designate funds to a particular charitable cause HOW CAN YOU MAKE A GIFT AND MAKE A (e.g., youth issues, arts, a specific geographic area, etc.) DIFFERENCE? to help meet a particular need. We can help you establish four different types of funds, and we also accept charitable gifts in various forms. To establish the four types of funds outlined above, The Community Foundation accepts various types of assets to You can establish any of the four following funds: help you meet your financial and estate planning goals. Donor-advised Fund: This is The Community Many of our donors give appreciated property (publicly- Foundation’s most flexible and popular fund allowing traded stock, closely-held stock, real estate). the donor to make grant recommendations to a broad range of charities. In addition, the fund can be passed on to successor advisors for an unlimited time period, so future generations can be involved. A GIFT CAN BE EXPECTED TO GROW Designated Fund: The recipient charities are named at AND PROVIDE FOR COMMUNITY the establishment of this fund. This type of fund may NEEDS FOR MANY GENERATIONS. be a good option if you want to contribute to several specific charities through one substantial gift.

HOW TO CREATE A FUND Step 1 Contact The Community Foundation to discuss your charitable objectives. Step 2 The Community Foundation will help you complete an agreement reflecting the name and design of your fund. You sign the agreement and send it back to the Foundation. Step 3 You make an initial gift to establish your fund. Step 4 The Community Foundation’s Board Chair and President sign your agreement and a fully executed copy is returned to you. The Foundation sends a gift acknowledgement letter, which should be retained for tax records. Step 5 A philanthropic advisor from The Community Foundation contacts you to set up an orientation. He or she is your primary contact and will help educate you on the use of your fund, apprise you of the services offered by the Foundation, help you design a philanthropic plan and serve as a constant source of information and support as you continue to work with your fund.

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A PARTNER IN GRANTMAKING Some donors approach The Community Foundation with a specific area of philanthropic interest. Other times, donors will look to The Community Foundation for recommendations. One of The Community Foundation’s anonymous donor families works very closely with staff to receive guidance and information as they determine how and where to donate close to $3 million annually. These donors look to The Community Foundation as experts on the issues affecting the greater Atlanta community. For each grant cycle, The Community Foundation prepares informa- tion on organizations matching the donors’ philanthropic interests of basic needs, youth and children and the environment. This information comes directly from The Community Foundation’s grantmaking, site visits and collaborations with nonprofits and includes a summary of each recommended organization informing the donors about nonprofits serving their areas of interests and needing assistance. In addition, The Community Foundation assists the donor family by processing grant applications and performing administrative support tasks. As a result, this anonymous donor family has provided funds to almost 100 percent of The Community Foundation’s recommended organizations. By aligning themselves with The Community Foundation as a partner in grantmaking, these donors are able to keep their finger on the pulse of the Atlanta nonprofit community and ensure that donations are made to organizations that may otherwise struggle to get funding.

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ONE DONOR’S PASSION

DEFERRED OR PLANNED GIFTS Charitable Gift Annuity: A Charitable Gift Annuity allows Including The Community Foundation in your charitable you to contribute assets to The Community Foundation and investment plan helps you leave a legacy for future gener- receive an income tax charitable deduction and a guaran- ations. Planning today can help those in the future have the teed income for life. quality of life that we would all treasure. The types of Retirement Accounts: Qualified retirement plan accounts planned charitable gifts include: may be subjected to layers of taxation - both estate and income tax. A charitable gift of these funds, however, may Bequest: A bequest can be made by naming The provide your fund with the full 100 cents on the dollar. Community Foundation as a charitable beneficiary in a new Charitable Lead Trust: This allows you to provide income will, or adding a codicil to your existing will. The bequest to your fund at the Foundation for a specified number of can be in the form of a stated dollar amount or specific years. The remainder is then returned to you or your named property, a percentage of the estate, or a portion or all of beneficiary. the residue. Life Estate: If you own valuable property that you would Life Insurance: You may give a life insurance policy you no like to use during your lifetime, but make arrangements to longer need, take out a new policy or name The Community give it to The Community Foundation upon death, you may Foundation as a beneficiary of an existing policy. receive a current income tax deduction and future estate Charitable Remainder Trust: A Charitable Remainder tax deduction. Trust allows you to establish a trust for the ultimate benefit Other: The Community Foundation can devise a philan- of your fund at the Foundation, while retaining a lifetime thropic plan that may include various gift assets, such as income generated by the assets. closely-held or restricted stock, qualified or non-qualified stock options or family-limited partnership interests. Consult with your legal and financial advisors, and with the Foundation staff, to create a fund tailored to your needs.

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LAURA SPANGLER, AMY KRAMER AND ALICIA GRANT, DONORS A MOTHER’S DESIRE Two organizations devoted to helping children and youth have benefited from a mother’s desire to find a way for her daughters to work on something together and learn more about her passion for philanthropy. Kay Cantrell invited her grown daughters, Laura, Amy and Alicia,to work with her and The Community Foundation through the Center for Family Philanthropy to discover areas of charitable interests they shared. With the help of The Community Foundation, they researched nonprofits, went on site visits, and, in the end, selected Camp Twin Lakes and Noah’s Ark as their charitable choices. Camp Twin Lakes provides traditional camp situations for medically-fragile children. Noah’s Ark provides a home for children and animals that have been left homeless and without family support. “The best thing is that it has brought my sisters and me together to work toward a common goal and it’s something to share with our children,” says Kay’s daughter, Laura Spangler. “Even though the children haven’t been tremendously involved yet, we talk with them about medical issues of other children and about kids who don’t have as much as they do.” Though Laura’s children can’t visit Camp Twin Lakes when it’s in session, she hopes that they can help prepare the camp for campers in the spring. She also is cycling in a 5-mile benefit bike ride with her oldest daughter to benefit Camp Twin Lakes. “We enjoy giving back to the community,” Spangler adds. “And we enjoy showing our children that it is important to get involved. We want them to enjoy this as we do.”

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CONNECTING FAMILIES THROUGH Many of our donors have several advisors focused on PHILANTHROPY particular financial and legal matters. Our philanthropic The Center for Family Philanthropy advisors listen to our donors and help them find their Through the Center for Family Philanthropy we have an passion and fulfill that passion through philanthropy. We opportunity to provide an enhanced level of services to ask the questions not always asked – “What is the legacy donors with donor-advised funds greater than $250,000 or that you want to leave for your family?” “What do you want a planned gift of $1 million or more. The Community to change in the world?” “What values do you want to Foundation for Greater Atlanta is one of the few commu- transfer to your family through philanthropy?” nity foundations providing deep donor engagement work Helping a family create something such as their own with donors and their families. This work is ongoing, over mission statement can be one of the few moments where an time, as children mature and parents move through various entire family comes together around a single notion – giving life stages. And “family” is broadly defined. This can back. As professionals in the area of philanthropic services, include couples, parents with adult children and parents our staff can enable a family to find joy, passion and fun in with younger children. philanthropy that lasts for years. “Our philosophy is to encourage families to engage their children in philanthropy at an early age,” said Audrey “WHAT VALUES DO YOU WANT Jacobs, director of the Center for Family Philanthropy. TO TRANSFER TO YOUR FAMILY “Families can begin the process of developing life-long THROUGH PHILANTHROPY?” philanthropists by involving young children in family volun- teer opportunities such as participating in a project on Hands On Atlanta Day.” Philanthropic advisors work with Center for Family Philanthropy members in many ways, providing a level of customized services designed to meet the donor – wherever they are. Our services include working with families to develop family vision statements, mission statements or legacy statements. We help families, through facilitated family meetings, understand their individual passions as well as collective interest areas. For some Center members we offer customized grantmaking services – from the devel- opment of a request for proposal to customized research reports and organizational assessments on nonprofits to site visits or program evaluation. We also provide Center for Family Philanthropy members with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of issues and our community through a series of donor education sessions each year, known as our Smart Giving Series.

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PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS The professional advisor community made up of financial MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF OUR planners, CPAs, attorneys and others, is one of The Community Foundation’s strongest champions. More than NEW DONOR REFERRALS COME 90 percent of our new donor referrals come from profes- FROM PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS. sional advisors. For tools, resources and assistance, we provide our professional advisors access to the Planned Giving Design Center, where they can conduct research In addition, we have an 18-member professional and read about planned giving best practices. We also advisory board. This group serves as ambassadors for The created the Philanthropic Advisor Leadership Institute in Community Foundation by connecting us to other profes- partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta sional advisors in the community, and putting us within to educate and inspire professional advisors who make char- arms’ reach of donors who want to make philanthropy itable planning an integral part of their practice. happen.

PLANNED GIVING COMMITTEE 2006-2007

Michael Brink, Chair Janet Fortune David Plyler Nease, Lagana, Eden & Culley, Inc. Menden, Freiman & Zitron LLP Gleneagles Group

Bert Clark Zoe Hicks Herbert Ponder Northwestern Mutual Financial Hicks & Hicks, P.C. Merrill Lynch

Thomas Crews William Lankford Joseph Smith Synovus Family Asset Management Moore Stevens Tiller LLC Smith & Howard P.C.

Nick Djuric Kristen Lewis James Spratt Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP King & Spalding LLP

Lori Evers Roger Lusby Tony Turner Evers & Fox, P.C. Frazier & Deeter, LLC Cohen, Pollock, Merlin & Small

Brian Friedman Robert Meier D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. InvestLinc Northern Trust The Bank of New York Mellon

Larry Pike Holland & Knight

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GIVING AS A FAMILY: VALUES, VISION AND VITALITY Educating donors about how to be good philanthropists not only helps the donors but also helps the nonprofits they fund. By helping donors find the areas of funding they’re interested in, we’re helping them connect their passion to a purpose. The Community Foundation helps cultivate educated donors through its Smart Giving Series. In April 2006, The Community Foundation hosted a donor appreciation event as part of the Smart Giving Series. The guest speaker was Virginia Esposito, the founding president of the National Center for Family Philanthropy, who spoke about engaging children in a family’s philanthropy, as well as planning for successful succession. One particular area Esposito addressed was the importance of clarifying values, purpose, mission and goals for family and non-family participation in philanthropic giving. “We try to do these types of events for donors regularly throughout the year,” said Rob Smulian, vice president for philanthropic services. “It’s an education opportunity to bring in people that might help donors develop their philanthropic giving. The bottom line is to help donors become better philanthropists, and that’s what the Smart Giving Series is all about.”

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SUCCESSFUL NONPROFITS

IMPRESSIVE PROGRAMS, strong finances and

an engaged board are all pieces of a successful nonprofit’s

business model. Though a lot of nonprofits excel in any one of

these categories, some need additional support to excel in all.

The Community Foundation encourages nonprofits to

develop a passion for managing as well as a passion for

programming to ensure sustainability for the long-term.

HOW DO NONPROFITS Strengthen THEIR BUSINESS?

We hold ourselves to the same high expectations. The Managing

for Excellence Award and the Council on Foundation’s

National Standards are two examples of how we and the

nonprofits with which we partner used 2006-2007 to

strengthen our businesses.

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SUCCESSFUL NONPROFITS

MANAGING FOR EXCELLENCE AWARD Success of a nonprofit can be measured in many ways. Often, we judge the success of a nonprofit by the success of its programs. The nonprofits that apply for The Community Foundation’s Managing for Excellence Award know that to be truly successful they must excel in all areas of nonprofit service and management. Toward this end, they undertake the eye opening and often daunting task of conducting a rigorous self-evaluation. The self-assessment portion of the award application requires that nonprofits look at key characteristics that drive their success, including an engaged board of directors at the center of a clear governance system; financial strength created by successful resource development and good stewardship; operations guided by mission, strategic planning and outcome-based evaluations; actions that respect the contributions of volunteers and employees from diverse backgrounds; and commitment to excellence. In 2006, the Alliance Theatre received the Managing for Excellence Award, upon demonstrating that its motto THE ALLIANCE’S “SISTER ACT” “where great theatre lives” is not only true on stage but behind the scenes as well. The Alliance Theatre, led by a major production fell through after the season was sched- managing director Tom Pechar, showed its outstanding uled, and when the company found itself in an managerial skills when the staff and board saw a staff overwhelming operational deficit. An actively engaged and vacancy not as a curse but as a challenge and seized the committed board and staff rose to the fundraising challenge opportunity to re-evaluate the organization’s membership and helped the theatre regain its deficit-free status. Self- development. The Alliance Theatre also demonstrated its described as “fresh, engaging and inspiring,” in 2006, the ability to withstand financial challenges when a contract for Alliance Theatre demonstrated these traits on-stage and behind the scenes. The Alliance Theatre also received national accolades for its work as the 2007 Tony Award winner for Best Regional Theatre, only the second theatre in the south to ever receive such an honor. The Alliance earned the award in part because of its championing of new work under artistic director Susan V. Booth and for its commitment to bringing the best artistic work to its audiences. “The Alliance seemed to be able to thrive with two leaders – one artistic and one managerial – working in lock-step,” said Phillip Rush, program officer with The THE ALLIANCE’S “SPELLING BEE” Community Foundation.

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A SPRINGBOARD FOR SUCCESS David Pass, director of development at the Bobby Dodd Institute, understands the value of the Managing for Excellence Award. When the Bobby Dodd Institute earned the award in 2004, the organization used the relationships made as a springboard for future fundraising and partnership success. While going through the self- evaluation process, Dodd met Ray Christman, then chair of The Community Foundation board and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLB). Together the duo, along with staff from Bobby Dodd, identified numerous partnership opportuni- ties. FHLB signed on to sponsor an event and now participates in several volunteer opportunities each year. In addition, Bobby Dodd leveraged the award to receive additional funding from national sources including the Beaumont Foundation in Texas, the Help America Foundation in Chicago and the Disabled Veterans Trust in Kentucky. David Pass and the Bobby Dodd Foundation have proven that the first step of self-evaluation may be the hardest, but it’s worth taking.

RYAN HOWELL, FORMER CLIENT, AND SAM LEWIS, HIS SUPERVISOR AT PANERA BREAD

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TO US THIS SEAL MEANS THAT WE ARE TRUSTWORTHY AS A PUBLIC CHARITY TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE EFFECTIVE AND SHOW OUR RESULTS TO THE DONORS AND NONPROFITS, AND WE ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE MONEY THAT WE ARE ENTRUSTED.

THE COUNCIL ON FOUNDATION’S NATIONAL The standards are designed to help community foundations STANDARDS establish and adhere to legal, ethical and effective opera- In recent years the philanthropic world has come under tional practices that show a foundation’s transparency and increasing pressure to ensure that it is both accountable and financial responsibility. The comprehensive process includes accessible to those it serves. As a partner and collaborator 43 separate standards addressing six key areas of community in metropolitan Atlanta’s charitable work, The Community foundation operations: 1) mission, structure and governance; Foundation welcomes the discussion of accountability and 2) resource development; 3) stewardship and accountability; accessibility and strives to be a steward of resources. 4) grantmaking and community leadership; 5) donor rela- In 2006, the Council on Foundations created National tions; and 6) communications. Standards for U.S. Community Foundations to encourage When you see the Council on Foundation’s seal on The accountability and integrity from community foundations Community Foundation’s communications materials you across the country. The Community Foundation for will know that we are engaged in smart, ethical and effec- Greater Atlanta achieved these standards in that first year. tive philanthropy.

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COMMUNITY ISSUES

WE CANNOT SOLVE our communities’ biggest

issues with financial generosity only. “Wicked problems,” a

phrase coined by Horst Rittel and Melvin Weber in the 1970s,

is one way to conceptualize complex issues. Participants

addressing complex issues cannot agree on causes, frequency,

desired outcomes or the appropriate starting point for action.

Organizations must start to tackle these “wicked problems”

by bringing a variety of stakeholders to the table.

HOW CAN WE APPROACH Big Issues WITH SIMPLER ANSWERS?

As we work to make philanthropy happen, programs such as

the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunities Initiative and

the Homeless Health Initiative illustrate how partnerships

delight in “small wins” – smaller, manageable strategies to chip

away and build momentum for additional success to create

an infrastructure for the future of our communities.

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HELPING INDIVIDUALS SUCCEED just giving us the money, but they’re teaching At the age of 17, Brittany Scott found herself us personal responsibility,” said Brittany. homeless. She needed to exit the foster care “The program gives us an incentive to save. system early when her foster parents became I wouldn’t be able to get to work and home sick and could no longer care for her. without the tools and resources I’ve learned Faced with either moving into a new foster through the help of MAYOI and Opportunity home for a few more months until her 18th Passport.” birthday, or emancipating early from the Brittany also serves as part of the foster care system, Brittany chose the latter EmpowerMEnt program to help bring the needs and moved out on her own. of exiting foster care youth to the appropriate But things weren’t easy. Brittany was departments and legislators within Georgia. already juggling her schedule between her job Brittany has been able to network with other and her joint high school/college program. foster care youth and business professionals Now she had to find housing, transportation, to help address the needs of the young adults healthcare and support herself. during the transition period. The Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Brittany has her sights set for the future. Opportunities Initiative (MAYOI) helped Brittany She is currently a junior at Georgia State ease this transition into adulthood. Through University and is double majoring in political MAYOI, Brittany has taken advantage of science and sociology. She plans to move numerous opportunities, including the forward with her education and complete a Opportunity PassportTM program, which provides master’s degree in professional counseling financial literacy training through courses about and then go on to law school. Through her how to manage credit, balance a checkbook experiences, she has discovered that she and save money to purchase a car or home. enjoys helping and counseling people, and Brittany saved $1,000 to purchase her car, and eventually wants to work with homeless and this program matched another $1,000. foster children to help them succeed. “MAYOI and Opportunity Passport help us meet our financial goals. But, they’re not

BRITTANY SCOTT, MAYOI PARTICIPANT

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COMMUNITY ISSUES

METROPOLITAN ATLANTA YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES INITIATIVE The Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunities Initiative (MAYOI) is part of a national effort to help young people make successful transitions from foster care to adult- hood. Funded by Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, a strong youth board directs the vision, and a community board comprising critical community stakeholders provides direction where necessary.

In the state of Georgia, there MAYOI YOUTH WITH GOVERNOR SONNY PERDUE are well over 14,000 youth in foster care and nearly 4,000 are between the ages of 14-21. Each Medicaid benefits for foster youth should continue year in the United States, approximately 20,000 youth in beyond age 18 to age 21. foster care reach the age of 18 and emancipate from the Foster youth need more support to obtain a driver’s foster care system. In Georgia nearly 400 youth find them- license. selves emancipated from the state each year often leaving Foster youth need a stable school experience. them without the basic support, family network, commu- Foster youth need a stronger relationship with their nity connections, jobs, housing, health insurance and other case managers. resources necessary to become self-sufficient responsible Foster youth need a network of caring, consistent and adults. permanent relationships. Youth who become parents while in foster care should EMPOWERMENT BROUGHT TOGETHER remain with their child(ren). MORE THAN 300 CURRENT AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH IN GEORGIA TO DEVELOP Together, these youth presented this document to the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources to PRIORITIES FOR HELPING EASE THE help bring about positive change in the foster care system TRANSITION FOR FOSTER YOUTH INTO in Georgia.

ADULTHOOD. TM Another MAYOI strategy is Opportunity Passport, which provides financial literacy training; a savings account In 2006, MAYOI made small wins in the Atlanta area that provides up to a 1:4 match for all money saved by youth through EmpowerMEnt. EmpowerMEnt brought together to purchase specific assets; a debit card; and “door openers” more than 300 current and former foster youth in Georgia in the areas of employment, education, health and housing. to develop priorities for helping ease the transition for Over the next three years, The Community Foundation foster youth into adulthood. Representing a wide mix of will transition the program to appropriate entities. A three- age, race, sex, parental status, geography and foster care year sustainability plan will help MAYOI find funding placements, the program participants shared ideas to come to continue its work, and mobilize community support, up with six priorities: cultivate leadership and build organizational capabilities.

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HOMELESS HEALTH INITIATIVE Hospital, provides supportive services to help homeless Poor health can lead to even bigger problems for homeless patients being discharged from Grady, and in need of a people already at risk because of poverty, lack of education place to live while they heal. And The Connect Four Project, and the high cost of housing. Common health issues among a partnership between Pathways Community Network, the homeless include mental illness, untreated addictive disorders, chronic physical and mental illnesses and disabil- ities, and physical and mental injury from domestic A SERIES OF SMALL OPPORTUNITIES violence. Recovery is difficult and burdens already scarce CAN BE THE FIRST STEPS TO PUTTING health resources. A series of small opportunities can be the ATLANTA’S HOMELESS ON THE PATH first steps to putting Atlanta’s homeless on the path to good TO GOOD HEALTH AND OUT OF THE health and out of the trap of homelessness. TRAP OF HOMELESSNESS. In 2006, The Community Foundation and Healthcare Georgia Foundation began the Homeless Health Initiative providing grants to nonprofit partners that start activities DeKalb County, Central Presbyterian Community Outreach in their communities to improve the health of homeless and the Atlanta Community Access Coalition, is creating an individuals and to create changes in program delivery and information management system to track health incidences, nonprofit management that have an impact on policies. risk factors and services provided to homeless individuals Three nonprofit organizations have received funding to seeking healthcare. This system will be instrumental in improve the health of people who are homeless. The Drug building a referral network to help establish community- Courts Project, involves United Way of Metro Atlanta and based medical homes for homeless patients. Fulton and DeKalb County Drug Courts and works to Earlier this year St. Joseph’s Mercy Care invited The develop protocols to better diagnose and refer mentally-ill Community Foundation and the Regional Commission on clients who are presented in court. The Bridge Project, a Homelessness to participate in the planning for the collaboration between Crossroads Ministry and Grady Recuperative Care Pilot Program after being inspired by a presentation from the Savannah Union Mission. The Community Foundation had arranged this site visit presen- tation from Savannah Union Mission due to their success in establishing a well-established, cost-effective recuperative and healthcare infrastructure for the homeless. Together these groups are working to create a place for homeless indi- viduals to recover after hospital care so they get the support and help needed without being a costly financial strain on Grady Hospital. In addition, Crossroads Ministry has been working with Grady to ensure the program provides social service assistance in the areas of employment, housing, drug and alcohol support and more to help homeless individuals stabilize their health and reduce recidivism as well. GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER

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HOPE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL Getting back on your feet is not easy when you’re homeless. With no home, no job, no place to go for food, the world is a bleak place and a return to a sense of stability seems far away. Crossroads Ministries is trying to make life a little better for Atlanta’s homeless popu- lation with its Bridge to Home program. people who have mental and/or physical From its humble beginnings in the early disabilities, one of the few providers in the 1970s as a soup kitchen at St. Luke’s city to offer this service to this population. Episcopalian Church, Crossroads has become “One of the problems we have is that when the front door for Atlanta’s homeless. “The people are ready to be released from Grady, services we offer are so critical for those who they don’t have anywhere to go, and they’re are homeless that we naturally draw the popu- still in a medically fragile position,” adds lation to us,” says Stan Dawson, executive Stan. “Without some sort of guidance and director of Crossroads Ministries. support, they’d end up back at Grady.” Crossroads provides people who are living Last year, 2,662 homeless people partici- on the streets with meals six days per week, a pated in Bridge to Home. It is estimated that mailing address, IDs and other services essen- on any given day in Atlanta, 6,800 people are tial to functioning on a normal level. “We homeless. Guests of Bridge to Home can take all of these things for granted. But receive services for up to 90 days. Those with without an ID, there’s no housing, no disabilities can stay in the program longer. prescription drugs, no job,” adds Stan. “We offer hope at the end of the tunnel. Crossroads also partners closely with Grady They know that they’re accepted, no matter Hospital to provide services for homeless what got them here,” adds Stan.

HOLIDAY DINNER AT CROSSROADS MINISTRIES

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COMMUNITY PARTNERS

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is known as a

trusted community partner to help address big issues facing

our community. With our staff ’s expertise, knowledge of the

community and strategic partnerships, we are able to help our

collaborators take the necessary steps toward overall commu-

nity change. Since 2003, nearly $10 million has been given

back to our community through the partnerships below.

COLLABORATION At Work IN THE COMMUNITY

ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION – THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S NEIGHBORHOOD FUND The Community Investment Cycle is a community organizing process that provides grants to neighborhood residents for projects that connect residents to other residents, neighborhood resources and economic opportunities. $275,000 – 2003-06

ATLANTA AIDS PARTNERSHIP FUND The Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund is a partnership with United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, the National AIDS Fund, the Elton John AIDS Fund, the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, Fashion Cares, Style Atlanta and individual donors to fund HIV/AIDS prevention education programs, AIDS-related public policy advocacy efforts and services for persons living with HIV or AIDS. $600,000 – annual grantmaking

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ATLANTA FALCONS YOUTH FOUNDATION GERMAN MARSHALL FUND The Community Foundation and the Atlanta Falcons Youth The Community Foundation partnered with the German Foundation partnered to provide grants to support the Marshall Fund to coordinate the 2007 Marshall Memorial physical well being of youth in neighborhoods surrounding Fellowship selection for the metro Atlanta region. The the Georgia Dome. Marshall Memorial Fellowship offers emerging leaders, ages $236,000 – 2006-09 28-40, the opportunity to explore societies, institutions and people on the other side of the Atlantic. $50,000 – 2006

HEALTHCARE GEORGIA FOUNDATION – HOMELESS HEALTH INITIATIVE The Homeless Health Initiative was developed in partner- ship with the Healthcare Georgia Foundation to assist homeless service providers in piloting strategies that address the basic health needs of their clients and fill in service gaps not met by other agencies. In addition to a three-year, $600,000 commitment by The Community Foundation, both Healthcare Georgia and the Georgia Health Foundation have invested in this work. $75,000 – 2005-07 BROTHER II BROTHER, NEIGHBORHOOD FUND GRANTEE

KAISER PERMANENTE GEORGIA – THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA ARTS FUND HEALTHY BELVEDERE The Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund was created in part- Healthy Belvedere is a partnership between Kaiser nership with the Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Permanente Georgia and The Community Foundation Commerce to assist small and medium-sized arts organiza- designed to promote healthy eating and active living tions with annual operating budgets below $1.5 million by through community-based and community-generated providing grants to fund stabilization programs and projects. strategies. This program focuses on the Belvedere commu- $650,000 – annual grantmaking/community programs nity in south DeKalb County. $500,000 – 2005-08

THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION

The Community Foundation serves as the fiscal agent for a $2.4 million planning grant from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the Atlanta Public Schools to support redesign of the city’s high schools. This planning grant is expected to be followed by up to $35 million to the Atlanta Public Schools over the next five years. $2.4 million – 2005-07

MOVING IN THE SPIRIT, ARTS FUND GRANTEE

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COMMUNITY PARTNERS

HEALTH POLICY CENTER GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES – OF GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN The Kaiser Safety Net Provider Initiative is a research The Champions for Children with Exceptional Needs project in partnership with Kaiser Permanente Georgia, Initiative is a partnership with the Department of Human The Community Foundation and The Health Policy Center Resources to provide health and support services to of Georgia State University. It is designed to identify medically fragile children and their families. healthcare needs and gaps in metropolitan Atlanta. $2.4 million – 2006-09 $500,000 – 2005-08

METROPOLITAN ATLANTA YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES INITIATIVE The Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunities Initiative is a local pilot of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, a national effort to help young people make successful transitions from foster care to adulthood. Its focus is on helping youth access education, healthcare, housing, employment and civic connections. Local and national partners such as Kaiser Permanente, UPS, Publix, Washington Mutual, United Way of Metro Atlanta and the DeKalb Housing Authority have made co-investments. $2.825 million – 2003-09

MAYOI YOUTH

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COMMUNITY PARTNERS

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY presented itself in June 2006 when Sotheby’s in New York City announced that it would auction off a historic collection of papers and writings of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own this collection of writings from King provided a prime opportunity for city leaders and The Community Foundation to work together to bring the papers back to King’s birthplace. Two days prior to the auction, Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin called The Community Foundation to request help in this endeavor. With the support of legal counsel Ben White of Alston & Bird, the Foundation quickly estab- lished ATLCF Collections, LLC to act as the purchaser of the collection. The project was backed by a loan from SunTrust bank to the LLC for $32 million.

THE KING COLLECTION COMES HOME “This is the most diverse group of donors I have ever seen tackle a single project in Atlanta,” said Alicia Philipp, president of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. “To me, that speaks volumes about the state of philanthropy here and the incredible possibilities for the future of our community. This is not only a historic undertaking because of the acquisition of the collection – it’s historic in the collaboration to secure it in the first place.”

The acquisition of the papers brought about a diverse group of donors – from government to education leaders. By the end of June, the transaction was finalized and ATLCF Collections, LLC successfully acquired the collection of original documents including more than 10,000 manuscripts and 7,000 handwritten notes. The writings span from 1946 to 1968, including drafts of his “I Have A Dream” speech, a letter from a Birmingham jail, theological writings and his Nobel Prize addresses. Morehouse College will soon own the collection once all funds are raised, and the papers will be housed at the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center. The Atlanta History Center hosted the first major exhibit of The King Collection in the fall of 2006 supported by a $100,000 grant from The Community Foundation. The I Have A Dream: The Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection exhibition was toured by approximately 72,000 visitors including more than 15,000 school children.

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ANN BROWN, HEALTHY BELVEDERE COMMUNITY LEADER

TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD and greet their neighbors. Seniors are getting A HEALTHY COMMUNITY involved through food preparation classes The biggest changes in the Belvedere commu- and exercise classes. Local youth got involved nity started with that first step. When through Photo News, a program in which Belvedere Community resident Ann Brown neighborhood youth armed with cameras heard about the Healthy Belvedere Initiative, canvassed the neighborhood, taking snap- she immediately took charge. shots of anything that affected the “When I learned about this, I had my community’s health. Safety, walkability and sleeves rolled up and I was ready to get lighting issues were all highlighted. These involved,” says Ann, co-chair of the Healthy youth then took their pictures to the DeKalb Belvedere Initiative, and president of the County CEO and commissioners and presented Belvedere Civic Club. “To enjoy your commu- to them what they saw as detrimental to their nity, your community has to be healthy.” community’s health. Among these programs were walking “The community is really embracing the clubs, including a Family Walk for young program. I have not seen this type of excite- and old alike, held every Sunday afternoon ment before, and I’ve been here for 25 years. at 5 p.m. Family Walk provides residents an I’m so happy to see that everybody is talking opportunity to exercise and to get outside about health,” adds Ann.

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SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

MAKING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE Success in college often starts with a little help. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta works with local donors to establish scholarships for deserving students throughout the community. These donors work with The Community Foundation to identify potential recipients; the Foundation administers the scholarship dollars. Helping students achieve success in college isn’t just good for the student – it’s good for the entire community. Through scholarship funds, The Community Foundation is working with donors who are helping students connect their passion for learning with their purpose for the future.

A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON PHILANTHROPY my surprise, remembers a lot from year to year, Priyanka Mahalanabis, a Georgia Tech student, which shows the level of importance he puts on received the Yellowlees Scholarship administered the scholarship and its recipients,” she says. through The Community Foundation during all four Because she had the financial support from years of her college career. “The Yellowlees scholar- the scholarship, Priyanka was able to focus on more ship helped me financially so that rather than than money during her college years. She served focusing on making ends meet, I was able to focus as the president of the Undergraduate Council for on my studies,” says Priyanka. “I can’t imagine the College of Computing and also worked with what college would have been like if I had to worry businesses and alumnae to help market the image about money.” of the College of Computing. Priyanka is proud to have a job lined up already after she graduates in IN 2007, THE COMMUNITY December 2007. FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA: Priyanka says that the scholarship has given Managed 27 scholarship programs. her a new perspective on philanthropy. “I definitely Received 694 scholarship applications. hope to be able to help out someone else when I’m Awarded 197 scholarships to 176 students. able. It would be nice to be able to help another high Awarded a total of $667,221 in scholarships. school senior who is ready for college but concerned about how to pay for it.” The Yellowlees College Scholarship, begun by businessman Robert Yellowlees, made its first awards in the 2003-2004 school year. Its committee looks for students who are or were highly engaged in their high school activities and community activities, and who demonstrate potential leadership and success. What makes this scholarship so unique is Mr. Yellowlees’ interest in getting to know the scholarship recipients. Piryanka had lunch with Mr. Yellowlees each year to keep him abreast of her studies. “He’s seems very interested in what each of the scholarship recipients is doing, academically, professionally, extra-curricular YELLOWLEES COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT, and community-wise. He is very approachable, and to PRIYANKA MAHALANABIS

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CONSENSUS BUILDING

BUILDING LEADERSHIP in local neighborhoods,

listening to voices of people who are willing to speak and

encouraging others to speak as well, and investing in capacity

building to understand what is being done in our communities

APPROACHING COMPLEX Problems WITH CONSENSUS

– these are all ways that The Community Foundation for

Greater Atlanta is helping local communities capitalize on

their own talents and their own skills to sustain themselves

and secure their own futures.

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CONSENSUS BUILDING

BUILDING LEADERSHIP Often the people

most likely to affect change in a community are the residents

of the communities themselves. With the most to gain when

a community changes for the better, residents find themselves

championing for their own cause. The Neighborhood Fund

Leadership Institute and our Local Funds are strong examples

of leaders in action.

WE ARE SEEING A RIPPLE EFFECT AS A RESULT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE. WE HAVE SUPPORTED OTHER COUNTIES AND

GROUPS AS THEY CREATE THEIR OWN MODEL FOR THEIR COMMUNITY,

INCLUDING CLAYTON AND DEKALB AND A LATINO LEADERSHIP

INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE IS NOW A MECHANISM FOR PARTNERSHIPS.

NEIGHBORHOOD FUND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Strong leadership bolsters a neighborhood’s capacity to effect change. The Neighborhood Fund Leadership Institute (NFLI) teaches individuals how to build strong, resourceful communities and aims to increase the ability of citizens to organize their communities. The program provides a structured curriculum for emerging leaders in our service area. Participants who complete NFLI are encouraged to submit an application for a planning, project or community investment grant to utilize their leadership capabilities in a concrete way that will benefit their neighborhood. “We are proud of the active leadership our graduates have in their communities,” said Tené Traylor, program officer for NFLI. “Groups such as The Center for Working Families and Weed and Seed refer and support residents from the communities they sponsor to participate in the program.”

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CONSENSUS BUILDING

LOCAL FUNDS FaithWorks has 29 local congregations donating money to Understanding the issues that matter in a large metropol- help Newton County residents with utility and rent or itan area can be difficult with so many cities, townships, mortgage needs. To date, $209,000 has gone out in aid unincorporated areas and rural communities. Fortunately, assisting 1,300 families. The Community Foundation for charitable giving transcends city and county lines. Newton County was also involved in starting a new Hands The Community Foundation is working with local On Newton initiative by facilitating meetings, bringing advisory boards in Clayton, Fayette, Morgan, Newton and together supporters and providing a grant and loan to help North Fulton counties to help build their nonprofit manage- raise funds. Hands On Newton was recently awarded local ment skills and to identify local issues and cultivate local affiliate status, raised $10,000, paid back the loan from The assets. These local funds award grant money to arts and Community Foundation for Newton County and also culture, community development, education and youth received a $10,000 matching gift from Governor Perdue. development, health, human resources and more. The THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR following are some highlights from the work of the local MORGAN COUNTY hosted a donor and potential donor advisory boards. event called Celebration of Local In August 2006, THE COMMUNITY Philanthropy. This evening recep- FOUNDATION FOR NORTH tion highlighted the mission and FULTON hosted an evening of objectives of The Community entertainment and education for Foundation for Morgan County, as professional advisors in North well as the various nonprofit Fulton. Advisors gathered to watch organizations that have bene- their peers play their own version fited from the local of philanthropic Jeopardy! competitive grantmaking. with questions about tax Current Morgan County law, investments and gift donors shared why their planning. In addition, The families established donor- Community Foundation for advised funds with The Community North Fulton awarded grants totaling Foundation and what it means to them, $20,000 to five local nonprofits. their children and grandchildren. Since 2004, $71,000 has THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR been distributed through this local fund to Morgan-based CLAYTON COUNTY has distributed more than nonprofit agencies. $350,000 to 52 nonprofits since its inception in 1992. The THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR most critical needs in the county continue to be social serv- FAYETTE COUNTY received more than $25,000 in ices, especially with the changing demographics. However, 2006 from World Air Holding’s successful Blue Jeans Fund. a vibrant performing and visual arts community exists and Each Friday, World Air Holdings’ employees pay to wear has been supported by The Community Foundation for blue jeans to work. The company matches the employees’ Clayton County and The Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund. contributions, doubling the amount in the grant pool. World THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR Air Holdings’ chose The Community Foundation for NEWTON COUNTY was instrumental in bringing Fayette County to manage its local philanthropic donations together ministers and other county groups to help because of its grantmaking expertise and extensive knowl- FaithWorks open its doors in January 2006. FaithWorks edge of Fayette County nonprofit organizations. In addition, serves Newton County residents in need of emergency help World employees are assured that their individual donations with utility bills and rent or mortgage assistance. Now, are being directed to the county’s most critical needs.

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CONSENSUS BUILDING

LISTENING TO THE VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITIES

WHEN LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

SPEAK, WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY

HAVE TO SAY. WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO

LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS

WE ARE BETTER ABLE TO HELP THEM

MAKE THE COMMUNITY CHANGES THAT

THEY WANT TO SEE.

ATLANTA AIDS PARTNERSHIP FUND Five men stricken with a rare pneumonia in 1981 marked the beginning of awareness in the United States of a disease that changed the landscape of health. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta was one of the first foundations to discuss this issue openly. Today, Georgia faces the fourth highest rate of AIDS cases in the United States, proving that it will take partners from all walks of life listening to all the voices that need to be heard to help educate the communities. At the center of this effort is the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund, a group of donors, healthcare workers, educators and leaders. What makes this collaborative effort even more unique is that it is driven by those who live with HIV/AIDS. In 2006- 2007 the AIDS Fund with United Way made grants totaling $550,000 to nonprofits working to help people with HIV find and retain housing, to help homeless individuals living with HIV to receive civil legal services, and to provide nutri- tion services and assisted living services for those who need them. The Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund is a collaborative funding partnership between The Community Foundation, United Way, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the National AIDS Fund, the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, Fashion Cares and individual donors.

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CONSENSUS BUILDING

CAPACITY BUILDING

HELPING NONPROFITS BUILD THEIR EXPERTISE OFTEN TAKES THE

HELP OF OTHERS WHO HAVE PRACTICED SOME TRIED AND TRUE

METHODS SHARED BY THOSE WHO HAVE DONE THIS TYPE OF WORK

BEFORE. CAPACITY BUILDING HELPS NONPROFITS LEARN MORE ABOUT

COMMUNICATIONS, BUDGETING, STAFFING, BOARD DEVELOPMENT

AND OTHER STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT AND GROW A BUSINESS.

METROPOLITAN ATLANTA ARTS FUND Creating connections and encouraging peer networking are two of the many ways that the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, created in 1992, is helping local arts organizations become self-sustaining, well-managed and highly-energized nonprofits. Through capacity building grants, the Arts Fund provides finan- cial stabilization, strategic support and technical assistance to small and medium-sized arts organiza- tions throughout the Atlanta region. This year the Arts Fund celebrated 15 years of making a difference to nearly 200 arts organizations and to the overall arts community in Atlanta. Since establishment, the Arts Fund has given $5.7 million in financial grants, awarded 43 Toolbox Awards valued at $400,000, and provided loans at times of critical cash flow needs for arts organizations. The Arts Fund’s grantmaking endowment has grown to $8.6 million with the contri- butions from hundreds of donors of all kinds and all sizes, ranging from $50 to $1 million. These donors are continuing to build a significant financial resource for the arts in Atlanta. The Arts Fund is a partnership between The Community Foundation and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

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OUR GRANTMAKING

AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR

GREATER ATLANTA we believe that the well being

of each citizen is connected to that of every other, and that

the vitality of any community is determined by the quality of

how we relate to each other. Our purpose is to connect with

others to strengthen greater Atlanta in sustainable ways.

IN OUR 18-MONTH FISCAL YEAR THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR

GREATER ATLANTA AND ITS DONORS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN $113

MILLION THROUGH 7,354 GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

THROUGHOUT THE METRO ATLANTA REGION AND BEYOND.

Grantmaking is the primary way we learn TOTAL GRANTS BY PROGRAM AREA about the issues that are so critical to the health and vitality of our region. Here we 26% discover how innovative nonprofit organiza- 8% tions are tackling tough issues with smart, 18% sustained responses. We then share that 19% knowledge with our donors and civic leaders

to educate and engage them and use it to 7% 10% 1% 11% advance community conversation, research projects and potential initiatives.

These grants were recommended Social and Human Services 26% through our donor-advised funds and desig- Education 19% Health 10% nated funds as well as through the Common Community Development 11% Good Funds – a rigorous competitive grant- Religion 7% Environment 1% making process led by foundation staff and Civic 18% board. Arts and Culture 8%

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OUR GRANTMAKING

COMMON GOOD FUNDS Creating a viable community for all of us helps achieve well COMMON GOOD FUNDS GRANTS being for each of us. As an active grantmaker we understand that to support the 21% “common good” of our community we need both generous

donors and visionary nonprofits. Earlier this year The Community 14% Foundation changed the name of our Competitive Grants 45% Program to Common Good Funds to better reflect this goal. 14% The Common Good Funds provide grants to nonprofit 6% organizations in our 23-county region in five areas: Arts and Culture, Community Development, Health, Human Services and Education and Youth Development. These direct sources of Arts and Culture 21% financial support to nonprofit organizations include our unre- Human Services 45% Education and Youth Development 6% stricted funds and several field of interest funds. Health 14% Community Development 14% To learn more about our Common Good Funds guidelines, application process and eligibility, please visit our website at www.atlcf.org.

WE’D LIKE TO THANK ALL DONORS who have generously supported our work with the Common Good Funds for the 18-month period ending December 31, 2006:

ARTHUR M. BLANK FOUNDATION BUD LENAHAN MR. & MRS. ARTHUR MONTGOMERY POLSTRA & DARDAMAN EVAN G FISHMAN JOHN RIZZO JAMES GREENE ESTATE ESTATE OF SARA HORNE SMITH PAUL HALLOCK DOROTHY STECHER

GRANTS BY FUND TYPE CONTRIBUTIONS BY FUND TYPE

4% 66%

74% 16%

11%

4% 13% 1% 2% 4% 2% 1%3% Donor Advised 74% Donor Advised 66% Local Funds 2% Scholarship >1% Designated 4% Initiatives 4% Supporting Organizations 16% Unrestricted 2% Common Good Funds 4% Field-of-Interest 3% Planned Gifts 1% Designated 13% Supporting Organizations 11%

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OUR GRANTMAKING

DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS The Community Foundation is a trusted steward of more than 650 indi- vidual and family donor-advised funds. Many of our donors choose the flexibility of a donor-advised fund because it allows them to focus on their DONOR ADVISED GRANTS philanthropic passion while The Community Foundation directs the research, due diligence and physical processing aspects of grantmaking, 8% with final approval by The Community Foundation Board of Trustees. 23% Donors make recommendations to The Community Foundation for grants 5% from their funds to specific nonprofits based on their areas of charitable 23% 12% interest. We are dedicated to helping donors discover their philanthropic

passion, and much of that work is accomplished by educating donors 22% 7% about the efforts of nonprofit organizations. It is through the Common Good Funds that staff builds knowledge about nonprofit organizations that we can share directly with the donor. In the past year we saw donors Social and Human Services 23% significantly increase their contributions from donor-advised funds to Arts and Culture 8% Civic 23% organizations that received a Common Good Funds grant. Religion 7% Even if nonprofit organizations are not eligible for a Common Good Health 12% Education 22% Funds grant, we still want to learn more about their work – especially in Community Development 5% areas that are not funding priorities. Therefore, we encourage all nonprofits to send information to us about their programs to keep us aware of issues, trends and new ideas.

ADDITIONAL GRANT AND OTHER SUPPORT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

ATLANTA AIDS PARTNERSHIP FUND – funds HIV/ management challenges, and the Arts Loan Fund provides AIDS prevention education programs, AIDS-related small loans. Visit www.metroatlantaartsfund.org for more public policy advocacy efforts and services for persons information. living with HIV or AIDS. Visit www.aidsfundatlanta.org for more information. NEIGHBORHOOD FUND – provides small grants and coaching for community-based projects to residents AN EXTRA WISH – this publication lists special needs of of low and moderate-income neighborhoods. The organizations supported by our Common Good Funds. Neighborhood Fund Leadership Institute promotes leadership skills. MANAGING FOR EXCELLENCE AWARD – annual award to recognize nonprofit organizations that demonstrate TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – provides a outstanding managerial achievement and thoughtful custom-designed package of professional resources planning. or services to help an organization respond to a key organizational challenge or opportunity. METROPOLITAN ATLANTA ARTS FUND – provides stabilization grants to small and mid-sized arts organiza- Please visit The Community Foundation’s website at tions. The Arts ToolBox provides a custom-designed www.atlcf.org for more information about our grantmaking package of resources to help arts organizations with and support.

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YOUR SUPPORT STRENGTHENED MORE THAN 2,400 NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT GREATER ATLANTA AND BEYOND. WE INVITE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE NONPROFITS WE SUPPORT TOGETHER THROUGH THE LISTS BELOW.

Listing of grantees for the 18-month Alexander City Schools Education American Indian College Fund period ended December 31, 2006 Foundation American Institute for Cancer Research for the Annual Report – sorted in Alexander City Youth Soccer American Jewish Committee alphabetical order. Alexander Tharpe Fund American Jewish Committee – Atlanta Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta American Jewish Committee – 100 Black Men of Atlanta Alfred and Adele Davis Academy National 7th Gathering of the Social Enterprise All Faiths Christian Ministries American Jewish World Service Alliance All Kinds of Minds American Kidney Fund All Saints Episcopal Church American Lung Association of Oregon A Alliance Theatre Company American Medical Association Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation Foundation A Blessing to the Nations Alpharetta First United Methodist American Museum of Natural History A Home Within Church American Parkinson Disease A Million Matters ALS Association – Florida Association ACCESS ALS Association of Georgia American Printing House for the Blind Accion International and Accion USA ALS Therapy Development Foundation American Red Cross Headquarters Alternate Life Paths Program American Red Cross – Alabama Accion USA – Atlanta Alternate ROOTS American Red Cross – Broward County Accompany of Kids Alternative Sentencing and Mitigation American Red Cross – Coosa Valley Achor Center Institute American Red Cross – Loln Way ACLU Foundation of Georgia Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation American Red Cross – Metropolitan Action Ministries Alzheimer’s Association – Georgia Atlanta Actor’s Express Theatre Company Chapter American Red Cross – Milwaukee Actors Theatre of Atlanta Alzheimer’s Association – National American Red Cross – Northeast Georgia Adamsville Business and Community Alzheimer’s Disease Research American Red Cross – Northwest Florida Partners Amazing Grace Baptist Church of American Red Cross – Pennslyvania Adaptive Learning Center for Infants Lee County American Red Cross – Pioneer Valley and Children AMEN, Inc. American Red Cross – South Carolina Adullam House American Academy of Psychoanalysis American Red Cross – Surry County Adventist Development and Relief and Dynamic Psychiatry American Red Cross – Syracuse Agency International American Apparel Education Foundation American Red Cross – Tallapoosa Adventures In Missions American Cancer Society American Red Cross – Washington Advocates for Children and Youth American Cancer Society – Cobb American Red Cross National After-School All-Stars County Headquarters Agape Community Center American Cancer Society – Fulton Unit American Saddlebred Horse Association Aging Community Coordinated American Cancer Society – Georgia American Society for the Prevention of Enterprises Support Services Division Cruelty to Animals Agnes Scott College American Cancer Society – Glynn American Speech – Language-Hearing Agros International County Foundation Ahavath Achim Congregation American Cancer Society – National American Technion Society AID Atlanta American Cancer Society – South American University AID Gwinnett Atlantic Division Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers American Diabetes Association Americans for UNFPA AIDS Care Service American Farm School AmeriCares Foundation AIDS Survival Project American Friends of Magen David Adom America’s Second Harvest AIDS Treatment Initiative American Friends of the Israel amFAR – American Foundation for Alabama 4-H Club Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra AIDS Research Alabama Children’s Hospital Foundation American Fund for Lithuanian- Amigos for Christ Alabama State University Latvian Jews Amnesty International USA Alabama Textile Education Foundation American Guild of Organists – Atlanta Anchor Baptist Church and Ministries Alaska Wilderness League American Heart Association Anchor House Ministries Albany State University American Heart Association – Atlanta Andrew and Walter Young Family YMCA Alcove American Heart Association – Georgia Andrew College Alexander City Chamber Foundation Division Angel Flight of Georgia Alexander City Jazz Festival American Heart Association – North Angel Flight Southeast Alexander City Lions Club Carolina Angel Flight West

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Angela Dawn Ricci Foundation Atlanta Charity Clays Atlanta Youth Academy Animal Haven Atlanta Children’s Shelter Atlanta Youth Soccer Association Annandale Village Atlanta Classic Foundation Charities Atlennium Annie E. Casey Foundation Atlanta Coalition Against Tobacco Attachment Parenting International Annie Pauline Henderson Scholarship Atlanta College of Art Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Foundation Atlanta Community Food Bank Auburn University Another Chance Atlanta Community Ministries Auburn University Foundation AnotherLook Atlanta Community Toolbank Auburn University Samuel Ginn Ansley Park Beautification Foundation Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center College of Engineering Anti Defamation League Atlanta Dance Theatre Auditory – Verbal Center Anti-Prejudice Consortium Atlanta Day Shelter for Women Austin Drive Community Development AOPA Air Safety Foundation and Children Autism Society of Alabama Appalachian Trail Conservancy Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Autism Speaks Appalachian Voices Collaborative Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Appleseed Atlanta Enterprise Center Heritage Center Arch Foundation for the University Atlanta Fulton Family Connection Aviation Museum at Marietta of Georgia Atlanta Fulton Public Library Foundation Archdiocese of Atlanta Atlanta Girls’ School B Archdiocese of Atlanta Vocation Fund Atlanta Group Homes Archdiocese of Seattle Atlanta Group Homes Contribution Bachman Academy ARCS Foundation Foundation Badlands Ministries Argos International Atlanta Habitat for Humanity Bald Head Island Conservancy ART Station Atlanta Harm Reduction Center Ball State University Foundation Arthritis Foundation Atlanta Historical Society Ballethnic Dance Company Arthritis Foundation – Southwest Atlanta History Center Baltimore Community Foundation Georgia Atlanta Hospitality House Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Artist Series of Sarasota Atlanta Humane Society Bar Harbor Festival Corporation Artists in Christian Testimony Atlanta Inner City Ministry Barnabas Center ArtReach Atlanta Interfaith AIDS Network Barrows Grove Baptist Church Arts Association of Newton County Atlanta International School Baruch Ha Shem Messianic Congregation Arts Center in Orange Atlanta Junior Bridge Bascom Louise Gallery – Fine Art Center Arts Leadership League of Georgia Atlanta Leadership Development Basilica of the Assumption Historic Trust Asbury College Foundation Baton Rouge Area Foundation Asbury Village Foundation Atlanta Legal Aid Society Bay Chamber Concerts Asian American Resource Foundation Atlanta Lesbian Health Initiative Baylor University Asolo Theater Company Atlanta Lyric Theatre Baystate Health Foundation Aspen Music Festival and School Atlanta Medical Heritage Be Someone Associated Jewish Community Atlanta Metropolitan College Beacon of Hope Federation of Baltimore Atlanta Ministry with International Bedford School Association for a North American Mosaic Students Beebe Medical Foundation of Indian Classical Arts Atlanta Opera Beechwood Home for Incurables Association of Burundians and Friends Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption BellaDonna Sanctuary of Burundi of Atlanta Atlanta Police Foundation Bellevue Community College Foundation Association of Fundraising Professionals Atlanta Preservation Center Beltline Partnership Association of Fundraising Professionals – Atlanta Public Art Endowment Fund Ben Franklin Academy Greater Atlanta Atlanta Public Art Reserve Fund Benedictine Academy Association of Graduates of the Atlanta Public Schools Benjamin Russell High School United States Atlanta Public Schools International Bernardine Franciscan Sisters ASU Friends of the Theatre Student Exchange Berry College Athens Academy Atlanta Regional Commission Beta Psi Foundation Athens Y Camp for Boys Atlanta Sacred Chorale Beta Theta Pi Foundation Atherton High School Atlanta Scholars Kollel Beta Theta Pi Leadership Fund Atlanta Academy Atlanta Shakespeare Company Beth Tefillah Synagogue Atlanta After-School All-Stars Atlanta Speech School Bethany Christian Services Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Atlanta Steeplechase Bethany College Disabilities Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Bethlehem Haven Atlanta Animal Alliance Atlanta Technical College Foundation Bethlehem Lutheran Church Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Union Mission Big Apple Circus Atlanta Bar Foundation Atlanta Urban Ministries Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Atlanta Baseball Foundation Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta WAND Education Fund Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson Atlanta Boy Choir Atlanta Women’s Foundation Big Canoe Chapel Atlanta Celebrates Photography Atlanta Workforce Development Agency Big Oak Ranch Atlanta Chamber Players Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde Big Sky Community Corporation

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Billy Graham Evangelic Association Brumby Elementary School CASA – Georgia Birmingham Jewish Foundation Bryan College CASA – Glynn Birmingham United Methodist Church Bryn Mawr School Case Western Reserve University Birthright Buckhead Alliance Cashiers United Methodist Church Bishop Kenny High School Buckhead Baseball Cashiers-Glenville Volunteer Fire Blake School Buckhead Cascade Links Department Blanchard Valley Health Foundation Buckhead Christian Ministry Catalyst For Care B’nai B’rith - Southeast Region Buckhead Church Cathedral Antiques Show B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Buckhead Preservation Society Cathedral of Christ the King B’nai Zion Congregation Bucknell University Cathedral of Christ the King Parochial Bobby Dodd Institute Buffington Park Neighborhood School Boggs Mountain Humane Shelter Association Cathedral of St. Paul Bolles School Bullock Chapel Cathedral of St. Philip Bolton Street Synagogue Business Executives for National Security Cathedral Preschool Border to Border USA – Metro Atlanta Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Boston College Butler Street YMCA Catholic Charities USA Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Catholic Church of St. Ann Boxerwood Education Association C Catholic Foundation – North Georgia Boy Scouts of America Catholic Relief Services Boy Scouts of America – Alabama Cabbagetown Initiative Community Catholic Social Services Boy Scouts of America – Atlanta Development Corporation Cato Institute Boy Scouts of America – Flint River CAEAR Coalition Foundation CDC Foundation Council California Institute of Integral Studies Cedar Crest College Boy Scouts of America – Florida California Polytechnic State University Cedar Foundation, Inc. Boy Scouts of America – Southeastern Foundation Cedar Hill Enrichment Center Region Callanwolde Foundation Celebrate Life International Boy Scouts of America – Tukahatchee Camelot Community Action Centennial Olympic Park Boy Scouts of America Cherokee Camp ASCCA Center for Black Women’s Wellness Council Camp Best Friends Center for Children and Young Adults Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon Camp Coca-Cola Foundation Center for Christian Study Boys and Girls Club of America Camp Dreamcatcher Center for Community Preservation Boys and Girls Club of Beaufort Camp Highland and Planning Boys and Girls Club of Glynn Camp Horizon Center for Family Resources Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis Camp Kudzu Center for Jewish Education and Boys and Girls Club of Hall County Camp Sunshine Experiences Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta Camp Twin Lakes Center for Pan Asian Community Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Campaign for Hillside Services Georgia Campus Crusade for Christ International Center for Positive Aging Boys and Girls Club of the Lake Campus Outreach Center for Puppetry Arts Martin Area Cancer Fund of American Support Center for Science in the Public Interest Boys and Girls Club of Volusia City Services Center for the Study of the Presidency Boys and Girls Club of Walton County Cancer Research Institute of W. Center for the Visually Impaired Boys and Girls Clubs – Southeast Region Tennessee Center Grove Baptist Church Boys Club of New York Cancer Wellness House Center Helping Obesity in Children Boys’ Latin School of Maryland Canine Assistants End Successfully Bozeman Public Library Foundation Canterbury Court Center Stage Brain Tumor Foundation for Children Captain Planet Foundation Central Alabama Community College Bravo Colorado at Beaver Creek CARE Foundation Breakthru House Care and Counseling Center of Georgia Central Asia Institute Breast Cancer 3-Day CARES, Inc. Central High School Coosa County Breast Cancer Research Foundation Caretta Research Project (Savannah Central Park Conservancy Brenau University Science Museum) Central Piedmont Community College Brentwood Hills Church of Christ Caring House Foundation Brevard College Caring Place Central Presbyterian Church Brevard Music Center CaringWorks Chabad Intown Brewton Parker College Caritas Community Chabad of Cobb Synagogue Briarlake Baptist Church Carl E. Sanders Family YMCA at Challenged Child and Friends Bridge Buckhead Charis Community Housing Brigham Young University Carnivore Preservation Trust Charitable Foundation of the Rotary Brighten Academy Carolinas Healthcare Foundation Club of Atlanta Brooklyn Tech Foundation Carpe Diem Farms Charities Aid Foundation America Brookstone School Carrie Steele-Pitts Home Charity Guild of St. Ives Brother’s Brother Foundation Carter Center Charles F. Menninger Society Brown University CASA – Fulton County Charles L. Gideons Elementary School

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Charlie Elliot Wildlife Education Center Christian Business Men’s Committee Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Charlotte Country Day School Christian Children’s Fund Columbia Theological Seminary Chastain Horse Park Christian Foundation for Children Columbia Theological Seminary Chastain Park Conservancy and Aging Columbus American Little League Chatham Hall Christian Friends of Korea Columbus Community Center Chattahoochee Hill Country Christian Learning Center of Social Columbus State University Conservancy Circle Columbus State University Foundation Chattahoochee Nature Center Christian Union Combat Blindness Foundation Chattahoochee Technical College Christians for the Mountains Comfort Zone Camp Foundation Christians Seeking Renewal Ministries Common Cause Chattooga Conservancy Christina Cultural Arts Center Common Cause Education Fund Chelonian Research Institute Christina’s Smile Communities in Schools of Georgia Cherokee Child Advocacy Council Chrons and Colitis Foundation Communities in Schools of Transylvania Cherokee County Department of Family Chrysalis Experiential Academy County and Children Services Chuch of Jesus Christ of Latter Community Action Agency Cherokee Garden Library Day Saints Community Action Center Cherokee Ridge Alpine Trail Association Church at Northside Community Advanced Practice Nurses Chesapeake Bay Foundation Church of the Apostles Community Assistance Resources and Chestatee Regional Library Alliance Church of the Atonement Emergency Services Chicago Cares Church of the Good Shepherd Community Church Chicago Community Trust Church of the Nativity Episcopal Community Court-Restorative Justice Child At Rest Citadel Foundation Center Child Development Center of Central Citizens Against Government Waste Community Foundation for Morgan Presbyterian City of Gainesville County Childreach City of Hope Community Foundation for Newton Children of the World City of Refuge County Children With Diabetes Foundation City of Suwanee Community Foundation for Northeast Children’s Advocacy Center Clark Atlanta University Georgia Children’s Beach House Classical American Homes Preservation Community Foundation for the Fox Children’s Center of Surry Trust Valley Region Children’s Defense Fund Clayton County Collaborative Community Foundation of West Georgia Children’s Golf Foundation Clayton County Humane Society Community Foundation of Western Children’s Harbor and SPCA North Carolina Children’s Health System of Alabama Clayton County Library Foundation Community Housing Resource Center Children’s Healthcare at Hughes Clayton Family Care Community Pantry Spalding Clayton First United Methodist Church Community Resource Center of Newton Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Clayton State University Foundation County Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Clean Air Campaign Community School Scottish Rite Clemson University Compassion International Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Clifton Sanctuary Ministries Compassionate Care Hospice Foundation Foundation CLL Global Research Foundation Compassionate Listening Project Children’s Home Society of Florida CMBA Celebrate Clayton Competitive Enterprise Institute Children’s Hospital Foundation Coalition of Concerned Homeowners Concorde Fire Soccer Children’s Inn at NIH Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes Concordia University Children’s Literature for Children Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Congregation Aim Habanim Children’s Miracle Network Coastal Georgia Community College Congregation Beth El Children’s School Foundation Congregation Etz Chaim Children’s Therapy Services Coastal Georgia Historical Society Congregation Or Hadash Children’s Wish Foundation International Coastal Mountain Land Trust Congregation Or VeShalom Childspring International Coastal Symphony of Georgia Congregation Shearith Israel Choate Rosemary Hall Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center Congregations for Public Health CHRIS Kids Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society Connecticut College Christ Church Episcopal Cobb Microenterprise Center Conservation Anthropologica Christ Church of Atlanta Cobb Playhouse and Studio Consumer Credit Counseling Services Christ Church School Foundation Cobb Symphony Orchestra Convent of the Sacred Heart Christ Community Church Cochran Mill Nature Center and Converse College Christ Episcopal Church Arboretum Conyers Assembly Hall of Jehovah Christ Fellowship Church Cohen Home Witnesses Christ School Coker College Cool Girls Christ the King School College of Charleston Foundation Coosa Valley Chapter Red Cross Christ the Lord Lutheran Church College of William and Mary Coralwood Foundation Christ the Shepherd Lutheran Church College of Wooster Cornell University Christel House International Collegiate School Cornell University Christian Record Services Colombianitos

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Cornell University School of Hotel Denver Rescue Mission El Centro College Administration Depression and Related Affective Elaine Clark Center for Exceptional Cottage School Disorders Association Children Cottonwood High School Desire Street Ministries Elderhostel Country Club of the South Charity Destination Imagination – Georgia Elihu Club Guild Enriches Minds Elizabeth Baptist Church Cousteau Society Devereux Foundation Elon College Covenant Christian School Devereux Georgia Treatment Network Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture Covenant Community Dickerson Middle School Emmanuel Episcopal Church Covenant House Georgia Dillard University Emmanuel School of Religion Covenant Network of Presbyterians Disabled American Veterans Emmanuel Temple Holiness Church Covenant Presbyterian Church Discipleship, Education and Evangelism Emmaus House Cox Employee Disaster Relief Fund Ministries Emory Chess Association Cradle Foundation Discovery 2000 Emory Eye Center at Emory Clinic Crawford W. Long Hospital Doctors Without Borders USA Emory Presbyterian Church Create Foundation Dokter’s Office Barber Shop Emory University Create Your Dreams Douglas County Chamber Singers Emory University – Center for Ethics Creating Pride Down Syndrome Research and Emory University – College of Arts Creating Vibrant Communities Treatment Foundation and Science Crohns and Colitis Foundation Downtown Design and Development Emory University – Nell Hodgson Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Downtown Emergency Service Center Woodruff School of Nursing America Drake House Emory University – Rollins School of Crosby Scholars Community Partnership Dream House for Medically Fragile Public Health Cross-Cultural Shamanism Network Children Emory University – School of Medicine Crossnore School Dress for Success Atlanta Emory University Winship Cancer Crossroads Community Ministries Drift Creek Camp Institute CrossWorld Driving Magic Empty Stocking Fund Cultural Landscape Foundation Druid Hills United Methodist Church Empty Stocking Fund of Athens Cultural Survival Duke Children’s Hospital and English for Successful Living Cultural-Bridges Health Center Engrafted Word Ministries Culver Education Foundation Duke University Ensworth School Cumberland College Duluth Cooperative Ministry Enterprise Community Partners Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens Dunwoody Baptist Church Enterprise Foundation CURE Childhood Cancer Dunwoody United Methodist Church Environmental Fund for Georgia Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Durham Academy Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia Cystinosis Foundation of California Dwarf Athletic Association of America Epiphany Lutheran Church Cystinosis Research Foundation Dwight Keith Ministries Episcopal Church of Incarnation Episcopal Church of St. Peter and D E St. Paul Episcopal Church of the Advent Dad’s Garage E. C. Glass High School Episcopal Church of the Epiphany Dahlonega Arts Council E. Rivers School Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Eagle Ranch Episcopal High School in Virginia Dance Theatre Workshop Early Learning Property Management Episcopal Media Center Darlington School Earth Angels Epstein School Dartmouth College Earth University Foundation Equality Foundation of Georgia Dartmouth College Fund East Bay Sanctuary Ethiopian Community Association Davidson College East Lake Community Foundation of Atlanta Davidson Wildlife Sanctuary East Lake Foundation Inc. Evangel Temple Davis Academy East View Cemetery Association Evergreen Healthcare Foundation DCH Foundation East West Institute Every Nation Ministries Death Penalty Representation Project Easter Seal Society – Philadelphia Every Woman Works Decatur Cooperative Ministry Easter Seals North Georgia Exodus School Decatur Education Foundation Eastside Catholic High School Extension, The Decatur First United Methodist Church Foundation Decatur Presbyterian Church Ebenezer International Ministries F Decatur Preservation Alliance Eblen Charities Deedee Paschal Barrier Island Trust Echoes Athletic Association – F.A.I.T.H. DeKalb Historical Society Echoes Thunder Facing History and Ourselves DeKalb Rape Crisis Center Edge Connection FACTOR DeKalb Symphony Orchestra Education and Research Foundation Fairfield Warde High School Delta State College Foundation for AAFPR Faith and the City Delta Waterfowl Foundation Education Foundation of Palm Beach Faith Assembly Christian Church Denison University County Faith Exchange Fellowship

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FAITH of Rabun County Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Faith, Hope and Adoption Food for the Poor G FaithWorks Foothills Equestrian Nature Center Families First Foothills Food Pantry Gainesville Arts Council Families of Children Under Stress Foothills Humane Society Gallatin Valley Land Trust Family Connection Partnership For Paws Sake Gallaudet University Family Dynamics, Nashville, TN Forerunners for Christ Galloway School Family Initiative Residences Forsyth County Medical Fund Gardens for Peace Family Prevention Resource and Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries Gate City Day Nursery Association Learning Center Forward Arts Foundation Gathering Place Family Services of Morris County Foster Children’s Foundation Gaudior Academy Association Family Tree Foundation Center, The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition Fannin County Department of Family Foundation Charities General Conference of 7th Day and Children Services Foundation for Hospital Art Adventists Farm Sanctuary Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related General Council of the Assemblies Faulkner University Skin Types of God Fay School Foundation for Medically Fragile Genesis Ceneter Fayette C.A.R.E. Clinic Children Genesis Shelter Fayette Family YMCA Foundation for National Progress Geneva Global Fayette Samaritans Foundation for the Service Guilds Genuine Parts Company Employee Fayette Senior Services Early Intervention Program Relief Fund Fayette Youth Protection Home Foundation of the Holy Apostles George Mason University Foundation Fayetteville First United Methodist Foundation of Wesley Woods George Washington Carver Boys Church Fox Theatre and Girls Club FCS Urban Ministries Foxfire Fund George Washington University FCS Urban Ministries Fragile X Alliance of Ohio George West Mental Health Foundation Feed America First of Tennessee Frank McGuire Foundation Georgetown University Fellowship Mission Franklin Pond Chamber Music Georgia 4-H Foundation/Newton Fellowship of Christian Athletes Frazer Center County Fernbank Museum of Natural History Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Georgia ADA Exchange Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy Center Foundation Georgia Agape, Atlanta, GA Festival of Trees Frederica Baptist Church Georgia Appalachian Trail Club Fight SMA Freed Hardman University Georgia Aquarium First Baptist Church – Decatur Fresh Air Fund Georgia Association of Homes and First Baptist Church of Covington FreshStart Resources Services for Children First Baptist Church of Sandersville Friedens United Church of Christ Georgia Association of Orthodontists First Baptist Church of Smyrna Friends of Bulloch Education Foundation First Book Friends of Children Georgia Ballet First Colony Church of Chris Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Georgia Baptist Children’s Homes First Montessori School of Atlanta Friends of Health Center Library and Family Ministries First Presbyterian Church – South Friends of ILAN Sports Center Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Carolina for the Disabled Georgia Campaign for Adolescent First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta Friends of John A. White Park Pregnancy Prevention First Presbyterian Church of Covington Friends of North Springs High School Georgia Cancer Foundation First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro Friends of Peoplestown Parks Georgia Center for Children First Presbyterian Church of Highlands Friends of Piedmont Park Georgia Center for Law In the First Presbyterian Church of Jonesboro Friends of South Cumberland Public Interest First Presbyterian of Peachtree City Friends of Stone Mountain Park Georgia Center for Nonprofits First United Methodist Church Friends of Sweetwater Creek State Park Georgia Chamber Players First United Methodist Church of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Georgia College and State University Brevard Friends of the Mansion Foundation First United Methodist Church of Friendship Bridge Georgia Community Foundation Lawrenceville Fulbright Association Georgia Community Support and Fisk University Fulfillment Fund Solutions Fitzgerald Hebrew Congregation Full Circle Living Georgia Congress Rocky Mount Fledglings Fulton County Child Advocacy Center Elementary School Florence Crittenton Home Fulton County Community Action Georgia Conservancy Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Authority Georgia Consumer Justice Foundation University Foundation Fulton High School Alumni Association Georgia Council for International Florida Gamma Educational Foundation Fund for Community Support Visitors Floyd Health Care Foundation Funding for Agencies Selected BT Georgia Council on Economic Education Flushing Monthly Meeting of the AGS 10th Graders Georgia Court Appointed Special Religious Society of Friends Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta Advocates Fogg Art Museum Future Foundation Georgia Cumberland Academy Food Bank of the Rockies

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Georgia Educational Enhancement Fund Girls Hope of Pittsburgh Habitat for Humanity – Forsyth County Georgia Eye Bank Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta Habitat for Humanity – Hilton Head Georgia FFA-FCCLA Center Girls Opportunities for Adventure and Regional Georgia Forestwatch Leaders Habitat for Humanity – Morgan County Georgia Gerontology Society GirlVentures Habitat for Humanity – Newton County Georgia Historical Society GIVE Foundation Habitat for Humanity – North Carolina Georgia Humanities Council Give2Asia Habitat for Humanity – North Fulton Georgia Innocence Project Glenn Memorial United Methodist Habitat for Humanity – Rabun County Georgia Institute of Technology Church Habitat for Humanity – Seattle Georgia Interfaith Power and Light Glenville-Cashier’s Rescue Squad Habitat for Humanity International Georgia Justice Project Glenwood Pedestrian Safety Initiative Haggai Institute Georgia Law Center for the Homeless Global Health Action Haley House Georgia Legal Professionals for Animals Global Network Foundation Hambidge Center Georgia Legal Services Program Global Watch Group Hands and Feet Ministries Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation Golden Willow Retreat Hands On Atlanta Georgia Military College Golfers Against Cancer Hands on Network Georgia Museum of Art Good Hope Christian Church Harding University Georgia National Guard Family Support Good News Broadcast Ministries Harvard College Fund Foundation Good News Ministries Harvard Divinity School Georgia Options Foundation Good Samaritan Health Center for Cobb Harvard Graduate School of Education Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Harvard Law School Fund Georgia Partnership for Excellence Center Harvard University in Education Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb Harvard University – Joseph Schildkraut Georgia Perimeter College Good Shepherd Fellowship Church Massachussetts Mental Health Center Georgia Perimeter College Foundation Goodwill Industries of Atlanta Harvard University – Kennedy School Georgia Philharmonic Goodwill Industries of North Georgia of Government Georgia Physical Therapy Education Goshen College HATCH and Research Fund Grace Bible Fellowship HAVE Foundation Georgia Public Broadcasting Grace Chapel Church of Christ Head Injured Pals Georgia Public Policy Foundation Grady Health System Heal the Bay Georgia Reading Service Grameen Foundation Heal the Children – Oregon and Western Georgia Research Alliance Grand Valley State University Washington Center Georgia River Network Grandview Church of God Healing Hands Int’l, Nashville Georgia School Council Institute Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Healing Waters Foundation Georgia Shakespeare Festival Grants Manager Network Health Science Center Foundation at Georgia Sheriffs Youth Homes Great Bear Foundation of Montana Syracuse Georgia Southern University Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Health Students Taking Action Georgia Southwestern State University Great Schools Atlanta Heart of Florida Youth Ranch Georgia Special Olympics Greater Atlanta Chamber Foundation Heart of Hope Academy Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Foundation Greater Atlanta Christian School Heart of Passion Georgia State Athletics Greater Mount Airy Ministry of Heartbound Ministries Georgia State Golf Foundation Hospitality Hearts Everywhere Reaching Out Georgia State University Greater Pittsburgh Community for Children Georgia State University – Board of Food Bank Heating Energy Assistance Team Visitors Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Hebron Baptist Church Georgia State University Foundation Annunciation Heifer Project International Georgia State University Research Greene County Early Learning Center Helen Keller International ChildSight Foundation Greenfield Hebrew Academy Atlanta Georgia Student Educational Fund Greensboro Day School Helen Keller Services for the Blind Georgia Tech Alumni Association Greenwoods Counseling Services Help Hospitalized Veterans Georgia Tech Foundation Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart HELP.org Georgia Tennis Foundation Guiding Eyes for the Blind Helping Hands Ministries Georgia Transplant Foundation Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Henderson-Norwester Camp Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee Gwinnett Children’s Shelter Henry S. Jacobs Camp Indians Gwinnett Community Clinic Henry W. Grady Foundation Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Gwinnett Philharmonic Association Heritage Prepatory School of Georgia Georgia Vietnam Veterans Alliance Gwinnett Technical College Heritage Sandy Springs Georgia Wildlife Federation Herring Foundation of Hope Georgian Chamber Players H Hidden Lake Academy Gesher L’Torah High Meadows Gideon International Habitat for Humanity – Alexander City High Museum of Art Atlanta Girl Scouts Council of Northwest Habitat for Humanity – Americus Highlands Community Child Georgia Habitat for Humanity – Atlanta Development Center Girl Scouts of Pine Valley Council Habitat for Humanity – DeKalb Highlands Community Foundation

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Highlands Land Trust India American Cultural Association Johns Hopkins Institutions Highlands United Methodist Church Indian American Scholarship Fund Johns Hopkins Institutions – Vasculitis Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Foundation Indian River Hospital Foundation Center Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Indian Springs School John’s Island Community Service League Hill School Indiana University – Bloomington John’s Island Foundation Hillels of Georgia Indiana University Foundation Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary Hillside Initiative for Affordable Housing – Johnson Ferry Baptist Church Hispanic Scholarship Fund – Southeast DeKalb Jonah Project Region Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund Jordan and Kyra Memorial Foundation Historic Columbus Foundation Inman United Methodist Church Joseph B. Whitehead Memorial Boys Historic Linwood Foundation Inner Harbour and Girls Club Historic Oakland Foundation Institute for Christian and Jewish Joseph Sams School History Makers Studies Jubilee Association Holbrook Indian School Institute of Southern Jewish Life Julian Reiss Foundation Hollins University Interdenominational Theological Center Julliard School Holly Theater Interfaith Airport Chaplaincy Jumpstart for Young Children Holy Cross Catholic Church Interfaith Children’s Movement of Junior Achievement of Georgia Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church Metropolitan Atlanta Junior League of Atlanta Holy Family Institute Intergenerational Resource Center Jupiter Medical Center Holy Innocents Episcopal Church International Alliance for Women Just People Holy Redeemer Catholic School International Center for Birds of Prey Justice Center of Atlanta Holy Spirit Catholic Church International Community School Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church International Fund for Animal Welfare Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – Home and Family International Motorsports Hall of New York Home of the Innocents Fame Foundation Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – Home Park Community Improvement International Pentecostal Holiness Virginia Association Church Juvenile Justice Fund Honduras Outreach International Rescue Committee Juvenile Protective Association Hope Alliance International Towing and Recovery Hope Health Clinic Museum K Hopewell Cancer Support International Women’s House Hopital Albert Schweitzer InterVarsity Christian Fellowship – USA Kalamazoo College Horizon Theatre Company Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Kali Mandir Horizons Student Enrichment Program Iowa State University Foundation Kanakuk Ministries Horseshoe Bend School IRIS Feminist Collective Kanuga Conferences Horsetime Israelite Ministries Kate’s Club Hosea’s Feed the Hungry and Homeless It Won’t Happen to Me Katherine and Jacob Greenfield Hebrew Hospice and Palliative Care of It’s the Journey Academy Greensboro Kaufmann Clinic Hospice Atlanta J Kayak for a Cause Hospice of Little Traverse Bay Keep Covington/Newton County Hour of Power J. Lowell Ware Scholarship Fund Beautiful House Ear Institute J. Todd Phillips Foundation Kenan Flagler Business School House of Dawn Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation Housing Initiative of North Fulton – Foundation Kennesaw State University HomeStretch Jacksons Grove United Methodist Kennesaw State University Foundation Howard School Church Kenneth Copeland Ministries Howard University School of Education Jacksonville Wolfson Children’s Hospital Kent State University Humane Society of the United States Jazz at Aspen – Snowmass Key School Humanity United With God for Society Jazz Club of Sarasota Keys Children’s Foundation Jean Childs Young Institute For Youth Kid’s Health – Center for School I Leaders Health Education Jeannette Rankin Foundation Kid’s Health, Inc. I Have A Dream of Atlanta Jerusalem House Kids in Need of Dreams I.M.A.G.E. Programs Jewel Of Celebrated Artistry KIDS of New York University Medical Ida Cason Callaway Foundation Jewish Arts and Culture Center Idaho Compassion Foundation Jewish Community Centers Association KidsPeace National Centers of Georgia Ignatius House of North America Kim King Foundation Imagine It! Children’s Museum of Jewish Educational Loan Fund Kimball Union Academy Atlanta Jewish Family and Career Services Kindezi Project Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Kindred Spirit Church Parochial School Jim Mora Count on Me Foundation King Center Impact Group JJEM Group Kings and Priests Unlimited Independent Media Artists of Georgia Johns Creek Baptist Church King’s Daughters Child Care Centers

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Kingswood United Methodist Church Light of Life Rescue Mission Make-A-Wish Foundation of America KIPP Foundation Lighthouse Baptist Church Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central KIPP South Fulton Academy Lightning Soccer Club and Western North Carolina Kipp West Atlanta Young Scholars Ligonier Ministries Malizia Clinic of Urology Academy Lilburn Cooperative Ministry Mansfield School Kiwanis Foundation – Atlanta Lillian E. Smith Foundation March of Dimes Knightsbridge International Lily Grove Community Development Marcus Institute for Development Knollwood Christian School Corporation and Learning Knox Presbyterian Church Link Counseling Center Marcus Jewish Community Center KOCE Foundation Links Ministries Margaret Ann’s Place Kohn Foundation Links Player International Margaret Mitchell House and Museum Linworth United Methodist Church Marietta Schools Foundation L Lionheart School Marist School Lipscomb University Market Street Mission La Leche League International Literacy Action Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Ladies of Distinction and Boys to Men Literacy Council of Highlands Center Lafondre Mangham Literacy Volunteers of America Martin Luther King, Jr. National LaGrange College Literacy Volunteers of America – Metro Memorial Foundation Lake Martin Area Economic Atlanta Mary Hall Freedom House Development Alliance Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry Maryland Food Bank Lake Martin Arts Council Little Blessings Nurturing Center Maryland Historical Society Lake Placid Synagogue Little Five Points Community Center Maryville College Lakemont-Wiley Volunteer Fire Livable Communities Coalition Maryville Nursing Home Department Live Life Tabernacle of Praise Masonic Children’s Home of Georgia Lakes Region Conservation Trust Living Room Massachusettes Institute of Technology Lakeside School Living Word Ministries Massachusetts Audubon Society Lambda Legal Defense and Eductional Loisaba Community Conservation Massachussetts General Hospital Fund Foundation Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Lance Wallnau Ministries Loln Street Center for Arts and Mayo Clinic Land Trust for Little Tennessee Education Mayo Foundation Landmark School Los Cabos Children’s Foundation McCallie School Latin American Association Los Ninos Primero McDavid United Methodist Church Lausanne Collegiate School Lotus Humanitarian Air Foundation Meals on Wheels – Alabama Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund Louisiana Disaster Recovery Fund Meals on Wheels – Atlanta Lawyers Foundation of Georgia Louisiana SPCA Mechanicsville Civic Association Le Bonheur Foundation Lovett School Media Research Center Leadership Atlanta Loxahatchee Club Educational Medical Assistance Programs Leadership Georgia Foundation International Leadership Ministries LSU Foundation Medical College of Georgia Foundation Leading the Way Ministries Luke Project Medical College of Virginia Foundation League of Women Voters – National Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia Medical Ministry International Learning Center Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Medical University of South Carolina Learning Independence Through Lutheran Social Services of the Virgin MedShare International Computers Islands Memorial Drive Presbyterian Learning on the Log Community Children’s Program Legacy Charities M Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Legionaires of Christ Memory Care LeHigh University M.A.I.A. Bey Memphis College of Art Lekotek of Georgia M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Memphis Food Bank Lenoir Community College M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Memphis Jewish Community Center Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Mable White Memorial Baptist Church Memphis Jewish Federation Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – MacMurray College Memphis School of Servant Leadership South Carolina Macon County Fair Association Memphis Youth Performing Arts Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – Macon State College Association Suncoast Madison Artists Guild Men of Valor Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Madison Athletic Association Men Stopping Violence Georgia Madison Avenue Baptist Church Meningitis Foundation of America Leukemia Society of America Madison First United Methodist Church Mennonite Central Committee Levine Children’s Hospital Madison Presbyterian Church Mental Health Association Life Teen Madison-Morgan Conservancy Mental Health Association of Lifeline Children’s Services Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Charlottesville LifeLink Foundation Mailbox Club Mental Health Association of Georgia Lifespan Resources Make-A-Wish Foundation – Greater Mercer University Lifestyle Center of America Atlanta Mercy Corps

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Mercy Housing Morgan Memorial Hospital Endowment National Conference on Soviet Jewry Merrie-Woode Foundation Fund National Council of Jewish Women Messianic Vision Morris Brandon Elementary School National Council of Jewish Women – Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Morristown Memorial Health Atlanta Council Foundation National D-Day Museum Foundation Metro Atlanta Resource Center Mother Jones National Families in Action Metro Atlanta Respite and Mothers Raising Sons National Fragile X Foundation Development Services Mothers’ Voices Georgia National Infantry Foundation Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Mount Desert Island Biological National Italian American Foundation Homeless Laboratory National Jewish Medical and Research Metro Office of Urban Ministries Mount Holyoke College Center Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund Mount Pisgah Christian School National Kidney Foundation of Georgia Metropolitan Counseling Services Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church National Merit Scholarship Corporation Metropolitan Museum of Art Mount Vernon Baptist Church National Monuments Foundation Metropolitan Opera Mountain Discovery Charter School National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Metropolitan Opera National Council – Mountain Gap Pentecostal Holiness Alabama Southeast Church National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Metropolitan Public Art Coalition Mountain Institute Colorado Michael C. Carlos Museum – Emory Mountain Top Boys Home National Multiple Sclerosis Society – University Moving in the Spirit Georgia Michael J. Fox Foundation for Mt. Bethel Elementary School National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Parkinson’s Research Foundation Massachusettes Michael O’Neal Singers Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Michaux Family Foundation Achievement School New Jersey Michigan State University Mulberry Baptist Church National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Middle East Travel Multiple Sclerosis Resources of New York Middle Georgia College Central New York National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Middlebury College Murphy-Harpst Children’s Centers Texas Midtown Assistance Center Muscogee County Library Foundation National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Migration Policy Institute Muscular Dystrophy Association – Washington Mike Glenn Foundation Georgia National Museum of Patriotism Mill Mountain Theatre Museum of Aviation at Robins National Museum of the American Milton Academy Air Force Base Georgia Foundation Indian Milton High School Wrestling Museum of Contemporary Art of National Parks and Conservation Takedown Club Georgia Association Mineral Information Institute Museum of Design Atlanta National Philanthropy Trust Ministerial Brotherhood Ministries Museum of Flight Foundation National Society of Colonial Dames of Ministry Ventures Museum of Modern Art America Miss Hall’s School Music Circle National Transplant Assistance Fund Mission Year Muskego Wind Lake Youth Football National Trust for Historic Preservation Missions Resource Network MUST Ministries National Wildlife Federation Mississippi Charitable Foundation Mustard Seed Communities National Yiddish Book Center Mississippi College My House Native American Rights Fund Moms in Touch International Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Natural Resource Defense Council Monsignor Donovan Catholic Exploration Nature Conservancy – Georgia High School Mythic Imagination Institute Nature Conservancy – Idaho Montessori School of Covington Nature Conservancy – Maine Montgomery County Coalition for N Nature Conservancy – Maryland the Homeless Nature Conservancy – Montana Montpelier Foundation NAACP Legal Defense Fund Nature Conservancy – South Carolina Montreat College NAIOP Research Foundation Nature Conservancy – Virginia Montreat Conference Center NAIW Education Foundation – Insurance Neighborhood Small Grants Network Development Foundation Scholarship Foundation of America NETWorks Cooperative Ministry Moody Bible Institute NAMES Project Foundation The AIDS New College Foundation Morehouse College Memorial Quilt – Atlanta Chapter New Israel Fund Morehouse School of Medicine – Nashville Humane Association New Jersey Policemen Benevolent Community Health National Black Arts Festival Association Morgan County 4-H Club National Brain Tumor Foundation New Leash on Life Morgan County Foundation National Breast Cancer Foundation New Light Free Will Baptist Church Morgan County High School FFA National Center for Family Philanthropy New Missions in Haiti Morgan County Partnership for National Childhood Cancer Foundation New York City Financial Network Advancing Students Success National Christian Foundation Action Consortium Morgan Memorial Hospital National Conference for Community New York City Players and Justice New York University

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New York University – Leonard N. Stern Ocean Reef Community Foundation Peace House Foundation School of Business Ocean Reef Cultural Center Peachtree Childtown New York University – Tisch School of Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation Peachtree City Church of Christ the Arts Ocee Community Arts Center Peachtree City United Methodist Newborn Area Heritage Trust Ocee Stars Church Newton County After School Program Odyssey Peachtree Presbyterian Church Newton County Historical Society Odyssey Family Counseling Center Peachtree Presbyterian Preschool Newton County Land Trust Alliance Oglethorpe University Peachtree Road Lutheran Church Newton County READS Ohio State University Foundation Peachtree Road United Methodist Newton County Senior Services Ohio Valley University Church Newton County Special Olympics Oklahoma State University Foundation Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety Newton County Tomorrow Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of Peggy Crosby Community Center Newton County Trails-Path Foundation America Penn State University Newton Medical Center Olmstead Linear Park Alliance Pennsylvannia Society for Prevention Newtown Florist Club One Hundred Club of Cruelty to Animals Next Step Foundation Open Arms Child Development Center People for the American Way Foundation Nicholas House Open Door Community Peregrinos Pacis No Longer Bound Open Door Home Perimeter Church Noah’s Ark Rehabilitation Center Operation Downtown – Alexander City Pets Are Loving Support Norcross Cooperative Ministry Operation Home Front Pew Charitable Trusts Norman’s Landing Charities Operation Hope Ministries Phi Delta Theta Educational Foundation NORML Foundation Operation One Voice Phi Kappa Tau Foundation North Atlanta Church of Christ Opportunity for Kids Philharmonic Society of Northwest North Avenue Church of Christ Opportunity International Florida North Avenue Presbyterian Church Oral Roberts University Philip Hayden Foundation North Avenue Presbyterian Church Orange County Rescue Squad Phoenix House North Carolina Community Foundation Order of Benedictines of St. Francis Pickens Animal Rescue North Carolina Outward Bound School Organization of Black Airline Pilots Piedmont College North Carolina School of the Arts Our Common Welfare Piedmont College Foundation Foundation Our House Piedmont Environmental Council North Carolina State University Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home Piedmont Hospital Foundation Our Lady of the Assumption School Piedmont Hospital Foundation North Carolina Veterinary Medical Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Piedmont Park Conservancy Foundation Church Pine Grove Presbyterian Church North Decatur Presbyterian Church Out of Hand Theater Pine Point School North Fulton Child Development Outward Bound Atlanta Pinecrest Academy Association Ovarian Cancer Institute Pitt County Educational Foundation North Fulton Community Charities Over the Rainbow Association Pittsburgh Community Improvement North Georgia College Oxfam America Association North Georgia Community Foundation Oxford Baptist Church Place of Forsyth County North Georgia Community Players Oxford College of Emory University Plan International North Gwinnett High School Planned Parenthood Federation of North Point Community Church P America North South Foundation Planned Parenthood of Georgia Northampton Community Music Center P E F Israel Endowment Funds Planned Parenthood of Greater Miami Northampton Survival Center Pace Academy Planned Parenthood of Maryland Northern California Innocence Project Pacific Academy Plymouth Covenant Church at Santa Clara University Paideia School Plymouth Housing Group Northgate Community Pride Foundation Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Trust Point Center Partners Northside Drive Baptist Church Parents Television Council Polar Rock Community Organization Northside Shepherd Center Parish Church of St. Helena Polycystic Kidney Research Disease Northside United Methodist Church Park at St. Luke’s Foundation Northwest Presbyterian Church Park Pride Atlanta Pontifical North American College Northwest Unitarian Universalist Partners in Health Portsmouth Abbey School Congregation Partnership Against Domestic Violence Positive Atmosphere Reaches Kids Northwest Youth Power Pass Christian DeLisle Community Positive Impact Northwestern University Center Power and Genius NPower Passion Community Church Precept Ministries International Nuci Phillips Memorial Foundation PATH Foundation Precept Ministries of Reach Out Pathway Foundation Predisan-USA O Pathways Community Network Pregnancy Center of Rome PAWS Atlanta Pregnancy Support Center of Valdosta Oberlin Conservatory of Music Paws in the City Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer Ocean Reef Chapel Foundation Peace College Presbyterian College Foundation

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Presbyterian Foundation Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Safe Harbor Children’s Shelter Presbyterian Homes of Georgia Services of Atlanta Safe Path Children’s Advocacy Center Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Refugees International SafeHouse Outreach Ministries Preton University Regional Atlanta Civic League Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta Prevent Blindness Georgia Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta Saint Joseph’s Mercy Foundation Prevent Child Abuse Georgia Reinhardt College Saint Mark United Methodist Church Prevent Child Abuse Newton Religious Society of Friends – Atlanta Saint Mary’s School Prevent Child Abuse Rockdale Repairers of the Breach Saint Monica’s Catholic Church Prince of Peace Church Rescue Mission of Roanoke Saint Patrick’s Church – Lazarus Society Princeton University Research Atlanta Saint Vincent de Paul Society Professionals in Transition Support Resources and Residential Alternatives Salute America’s Heroes Group Rhapsody In Rabun Salvation Army Progressive Redevelopment Rhodes College Salvation Army – Alabama Project Adventure Rick Bonfim Ministries Salvation Army – Atlanta Project Community Connections Ridgeview Middle School Salvation Army – Colorado Project GRAD Atlanta Right From the Heart Ministries Salvation Army – Georgia Project Hope Right Steps Salvation Army – Golden State Project Open Hand Ringgold United Methodist Church Salvation Army – Maryland Project South Ringling Museum of the Arts/Tibbals Salvation Army – Mississippi Promise Place Learning Center Salvation Army – Norcross Psychological Studies Institute Ringling School of Art and Design Salvation Army – Virginia Public Broadcasting Atlanta Ripon College Salvation Army World Service Office Public Policy Development of the Rising Star Outreach Samaritan Counseling Center of Atlanta Southeast Region River Center for the Performing Arts Samaritan House of Atlanta Riverside Church Samaritan’s Purse Q Riverside Theatre Samford University Road Safe America Samuel Ready Scholarships Q.U.E.E.N.S Roanoke College Sandy Springs Society Quality Care for Children Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Queen of Angels Catholic School Rocky Mountain Institute Sankofa UCC Queens College Foundation Rocky Mountain Raptor Program Santa Clara University Queens University of Charlotte Rodale Institute Sara Blakely Foundation Quest for Public Education Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Sarasota Jewish Federation Quest, The Fellowship Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Roland Park Community Foundation Foundation R Roland Park Library Initiative Sautee-Nacoochee Community Rome Area History Museum Association Rabun County Board of Education Ron Clark Academy Savannah Seventh Day Adventist Rabun County Music Festival Association Ronald McDonald House Charities – Savannah State University Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Atlanta Save the Children Federation Rabun United Christmas Fund Ronald McDonald House of Houston Save the Children USA Rabun Youth Roswell Presbyterian Church Schenck School Rainbow Community Center Roswell Rotary Foundation School 33 Art Center Rainbow House Roswell United Methodist Church School Sisters of Notre Dame Rainbow Nation Trust Roswell Woman’s Club Scott Valley Soldiers Memorial Fund Rainbow Omega Rotary Boys and Girls Club of King Scottdale Child Development Center Rainbow Shelter County Seattle Symphony Organization Rainbow Village Rotary Club Foundation Second Chance Youth Service Programs Raising Expectatations Rotary Club of North Fulton Second District Rescue Squad Raksha Rotary Club of Social Circle Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church Ramah Ministries Roundabout Theatre Company Second Wind Dreams Randolph Macon Women’s College Rowan Museum Securus House Rays Chapel Baptist Church Royal Family Kids Camp Selfhelp Community Services Reach for Excellence Royal Poiana Chapel Seminole Boosters Reach International Rural Library Project Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Reach Out Youth Solutions Rutgers University Foundation Atlanta Reaching Out Foundation Ruth Graham and Friends Senior Connections Real Life Center Senior Services Real Options for City Kids S Senior Services of North Fulton Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Servants in Faith and Technology Redeemer Lutheran Church S.H.A.R.E. House Set Free After-Care Ministry Reflections Ministries S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Seven Stages Refugee Family Service Sacred Earth Network Seventh Generation Fund Sacred Heart Catholic Church Several Dancers Core

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Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Southface Energy Institute St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Georgia Southside Church Church Shake a Leg Miami Southside Medical Center St. Monica’s Catholic Church Share-A-Pet Southside Springfield Baptist Church St. Patrick Catholic Church Sharing House Southwest Christian Care Hospice and St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church Shelter for Abused Women and Children Hope House St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church Sheltering Arms Child Development Southwest Church of Christ St. Peter Claver Regional Catholic and Family Support SOWEGA – Southwest Council School Shepherd Center on Aging St. Pius X Donnellan Center Shepherd Center Foundation Special Needs Preschool of Gwinnett St. Pius X High School Shepherd Spinal Center Special Olympics – Georgia St. Simons Island Land Trust Shorter College Special Olympics – Maryland St. Simons Island Presbyterian Church Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach Spectrum Gwinnett County Autism St. Thomas Episcopal Church County Support Group St. Thomas More Catholic School Side by Side Clubhouse Spelman College St. Thomas More Play Group Sidney Isenberg Lecture Fund Spirit of America St. Vincent de Paul Society Sierra Club Foundation Sri Chakreswari Mission St. Vincent’s Foundation of Alabama Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Sri Ganesha Temple Stanford University Foundation St. Andrews Episcopal Church Starlight Children’s Foundation Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church St. Ann Catholic Church Stars Siskiyou Regional Educational Project St. Anna’s Catholic Church Start the Adventure in Reading Sisterlove St. Anne’s Terrace State University of West Georgia Sister’s Action Team Women’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation State YMCA of Georgia Empowerment Network St. Bernard’s School Steadman Hawkins Research Foundation Sisters of the Presentation of Mary St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church Steffen-Thomas Museum Sky Cross St. Croix Mission Outreach Stella Adler Studio of Acting Skyland Trail/George West Mental St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church Stephen’s Children Foundation Health Foundation St. Elizabeth’s Community Development Stephens College Smart Growth Newton County Foundation Stirred-Up Ministries Smith College St. Francis’ Day School Stratford Academy Smithsonian Institute – National Air St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Stuart Country Day School of the and Space Museum St. George Greek Orthodox Church Sacred Heart Snowmass Chapel and Community St. George’s Episcopal Church Student National Medical Association Center St. Hilda’s, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Student Nurse Association of Virginia Solid Rock Baptist Church Church Study Hall Solutions to Avoid Red Tide St. James Church Sullivan Center Sophia Academy St. James Episcopal Church Summit Charter School Foundation Soulsville Foundation St. John Neumann Parochial School Summit Church South Dade Child Care Center St. John The Evangelist School Sun Valley Center for the Arts and South Rabun Elementary School St. John’s College Humanities Southeastern Festival of Song St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Sunkissed Acres Rescue and Retirement Southeastern Flower Show St. Joseph’s Catholic School Supreme Esteem Southeastern Louisiana University St. Joseph’s Mercy Care Services Surfrider Foundation Southern Adventist University St. Joseph’s Mercy Foundation Surry Arts Council Southern Alliance for Clean Energy St. Joseph’s Parochial School Surry Central High School Boosters Southern Catholic College St. Jude Catholic Church Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Southern Center for Human Rights St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Foundation Southern Center for International St. Jude The Apostle Catholic School Sussex Area Outreach Services Studies St. Jude’s Recovery Center Suwanee First United Methodist Church Southern Conservation Trust St. Luke United Methodist Church Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Southern Crescent Chorale St. Lukes Episcopal Chuch – Worchester Samsthan USA Southern Crescent Sexual Assault St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Swathmore College Center St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Sweet Briar College Southern Environmental Law Center St. Luke’s Training and Counseling Sweetwater Valley Community Action Southern Heartland Art Center Mission Program Southern Hope Humane Society St. Mark’s School of Texas Synchronicity Performance Group Southern Institute for Business and St. Martin’s Episcopal School Syracuse University Professional Ethics St. Mary’s Academy Southern Neighborhoods Network St. Mary’s Catholic Church T Southern Oregon Land Conservancy St. Mary’s High School Southern Polytechnic University St. Mary’s Parochial School Tall Timbers Research Southern Regional Medical Center St. Mary’s School Tapestry Youth Ministries Foundation St. Matthew Lutheran Church Task Force for the Homeless Southern Repertory Theatre St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Teach for America

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Teaching Museum North University of Georgia School of Law Teammates for Kids Foundation U University of Georgia Tee-Off Club Tech High Foundation University of Iowa TechBridge Uganda Children’s Charity Foundation University of Iowa Foundation Teen Challenge Center for Girls Uganda Children’s Orphanage Fund University of Maryland Temple UlI Foundation University of Maryland College Park Temple Beth Israel Union Baptist Church Foundation Temple Beth Shalom Union Gospel Mission University of Massachusetts Amherst Temple Emanu-El Union Mission University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Temple Israel Unitarian Universalist Association School Temple Israel of Greater Miami Unitarian Universalist Congregation University of Mississippi Foundation Temple Sinai of Atlanta University of Missouri – Columbia The Cathedral of Christ The Kings Unitarian Universalist Service University of North Carolina – Kenan The Community Institute Committee Flagler School of Business The Craddock Center United Armenian Fund University of North Carolina at Ashville The Daniel Murphy Scholarship United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Atlanta University of North Carolina at Foundation United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapel Hill The Devereaux Foundation United Jewish Communities University of North Carolina Public TV The Friendship Force International United Methodist Children’s Home University of Notre Dame Theatre Guild Valdosta United Ministries in Higher Education – University of Notre Dame Club of Theatre In The Square Terre Haute Chicago Theatrical Outfit United Mitochondrial Disease University of Pennsylvania Theological Horizons Foundation University of South Carolina Think First Foundation United Nations Association – Georgia Educational Fund Thomasville Cultural Center Chapter University of Southern California Thornwell Home for Children United Negro College Fund University of Southern Mississippi Thorsborg United Professional Horsemen’s University of St. Andrews Thunderbird Garvin School of Foundation University of Tennessee Foundation International Management United States Air Force Academy University of Texas at Austin Thyroid Cancer Survivors Association United States Fund for UNICEF University of the South Tides Foundation United States Holocaust Memorial University of Virginia Tidewell Hospice and Palliative Care Museum University of Virginia Fund Times Square Church United Warrior Survivor Foundation University of Virginia Health Services Toccoa Falls Christian College United Way/Alexis de Toqueville Society Foundation Touro Synagogue Foundation United Way in Cobb County University of Virginia Law School Transfiguration Catholic Church United Way of Beaufort County Foundation Translational Genomics Research United Way of Cherokee and Clay University of Washington Foundation Institute Counties University of West Florida Transylvania Community Hospital United Way of Coastal Georgia University of West Georgia Foundation United Way of Fayette County University of Wisconsin Foundation Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta United Way of Hall/Lumpkin County University of Wyoming Foundation Traveling Angels United Way of Indian River University Presbyterian Church Trees Atlanta United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta University System of Georgia Trees Columbus United Way of New York City Foundation Trees for the Future United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Triad Stage United Way of Transylvania County Upper Valley Alzheimer’s Disease Triangle Club Unity Christ Center Resource Center Trinity Church Unity North Atlanta Church Urban Land Institute Foundation Trinity Community Ministries Unity Presbyterian Church USO Council – Greater Atlanta Trinity Early Learning Center University of Alabama USO World Headquarters Trinity Presbyterian Church University of Alabama School of Trinity School Public Health V Trout Unlimited University of Arkansas Foundation Troy State University University of California – Berkeley Vail Valley Foundation True Colors Theatre Company Foundation Valdosta State University Truett-McConnell College University of Colorado at Boulder Valkyrie Theater of Dance and Drama Trust for Public Land University of Connecticut Foundation Valley Land Fund Trustees of Phillips Academy University of Delaware Van Wezel Foundation Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance University of Florida Vanderbilt University Tubman African American Museum University of Georgia Vanderbult University Medical Center Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University of Georgia Athletic Vanguard University Foundation Tucker First United Methodist Church Association Vassar College Tulane University University of Georgia Foundation Vedanta Cultural Foundation Twenty Eight Teens University of Georgia Museum of Art Vilar Center Arts Foundation Twenty-Four Seven Ministries

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Villa International Atlanta West Side Hoops WorldPlay Vine City Civic Association West Virginia Wesleyan College Wren’s Nest House Museum Vine City Soccer in the Streets WestCare Georgia Write Boston Vinings Historic Preservation Society Westco Productions WUNC Radio Vinings Rotary Charity Fund Western Illinois University Foundation Wynnbrook Baptist Church Virginia Tech Foundation Western Rivers Conservancy Vision Atlanta Westminster Schools X Visiting Nurse Health System Weston A. Price Foundation Visiting Nurse Health System Hospice Westville Historic Handicrafts Xavier University of Louisiana Atlanta Westwood School Vocational Foundation Whale Trust Y Voices for Georgia’s Children Wharton School Volunteers in Medicine Institute Wheeler High School Yale University VSA Arts of Georgia Whitefield Academy YES! Atlanta Whitefoord Community Program Yeshivat Shaalvim (Moty Hornstein W Whitefoord Elementary Girl Scout Institute) Troop 8501 YMCA – Ashford Dunwoody/Cowart W. B.Yeats Foundation Who U With Ministries Family Branch W. E. B DuBois Society Wholistic Stress Control Institute YMCA – Camp High Harbor W. T. Jackson Elementary School Why Learn? YMCA – Centennial Place Family Branch WABE/WPBA Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and YMCA – Cheshire County Wake Forest University Education YMCA – Covington Branch Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Wildlife Trust YMCA – Decatur Center Wildwood Christian Academy YMCA – Floyd County Walker School William Breman Jewish Heritage YMCA – Grizzard Park Walton County Boys and Girls Club Museum YMCA – Metropolitan Atlanta Walton Drama Boosters William Breman Jewish Home YMCA – Southwest Family Branch Walton Facilities Foundation William C. Hartman, Jr. Fund Yokefellow Ministry of Greater Mt. Airy Walton Raider Touch Down Club William J. Clinton Foundation York Place Episcopal Church Home WAMC/Northeast Public Radio William S. Davies Homeless Shelter for Children WAND Education Fund Williamette Falls Hospital Foundation You Can Make a Difference Washington and Lee University Winners Walk Tall Young Audiences of Atlanta Washington Street Community Center Winshape Homes Young Harris College Washington University Alumni and Wise Women Speak Foundation Young Leaders International Development Program Witness Breakthrough Young Life Washington Volunteer Fire Department Wofford College Young Life – Pickens/Dawson Way FM Radio Station Women Alone Together Foundation Trust Young Life – Tampa Waypoint Center Women Moving On Young Life of Fayette County WCPE-Radio Women’s American ORT Young Life of Northwest Atlanta WCQS Public Radio – Western North Women’s Auxiliary of Piedmont Hospital Young Life of Peachtree City Carolina Women’s Health and Counseling Center Young Life of York Pennsylvania Wears Valley Ranch Women’s Resource Center to End Youth Communication – Metro Atlanta Weber School Domestic Violence Youth Education in the Arts WEDU Women’s Sports Foundation Youth Ensemble of Atlanta Weinstein Hospice Woodberry Forest School Youth Haven Wellesley Centers for Women Woodrow Wilson Center for Youth Incorporated Wellesley College International Scholars Youth Service Fund Wellington School Woodruff Arts Center YouthPride Wellspring of Living Water Woodward Academy YWCA of Greater Atlanta WellStar Foundation Work of Our Hands YWCA of Northwest Georgia Wesley Woods Geriatric Center World Aid New York Wesleyan College World Harvest Mission Z Wesleyan School World Methodist Council West Central Technical College World Orphans ZAP Asthma Consortium West End United Methodist Church World Vision Zion Hill Community Development West Georgia State University World Wide Youth Camps Corporation Foundation World Wildlife Fund Zoo Atlanta West Ridge Church

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OUR DONORS

THE DONORS OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA ARE VISIONARY AND PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. They turn to us to help connect them with the causes and the issues that are most important to them. Our collective work is what makes the greater Atlanta region a stronger, healthier community. So we thank our donors for putting their trust in us to help make philanthropy happen. As of December 31, 2006, generous donors of metro Atlanta had established the 650 funds listed here. Together, these funds represent the passion of individual donors connected with the purpose of philanthropy.

1128 Fund Atlanta Charity Clays Operating Fund 2327 Fund Atlanta Community Shop Fund 2752 Fund Atlanta Music Festival Fund 82 Westminster Fund Atlanta Public Schools International Exchange Fund Hank Aaron Scholarship Fund Atlanta Women’s Foundation Fund Abreu Fund of The Community Foundation for North Fulton ATLANTA GAY MEN’S CHORUS ENDOWMENT FUND Dorothy Adams Fund of The Community Foundation for Atlanta Promise Fund Clayton County Atlanta Regional Outreach Fund Madeline R. and Howell E. Adams, Jr. Donor Advised Fund ATLCF COLLECTIONS LLC Anita and Tom Adams Family Fund Ron Autry Scholarship Fund Myra and Bob Adamson Fund HAGEDORN FUND Doctor Peter Ahmann Memorial Fund Bagley Bequest Receivable Fund AIDS NEIGHBORHOOD FUND Charles and Virginia Bagley Humane Fund Lucy Rucker Aiken Fund Balloun Fund Alexander Family Fund Bankes Family Fund James F. Alexander Memorial Fund L. W. Barton Foundation James Alexander Fund Virginia and Tom Barrow Fund IVAN ALLEN PLAZA FUND R. Turner and Carol Bartenfeld Fund Ron and Marcy Allen Family Fund Bat-Ami Family Fund ALTAFRA FUND Bausch Family Fund for Christ Alternate Roots Fund Virginia & Arthur Baxter Fund Paul and Courtney Amos Fund BBDL FUND OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR Daniel P. Amos Family Foundation Fund NEWTON COUNTY Shannon L. Amos Fund BCD Fund Anderson School Fund Benjamin Isaac Fund Paul and Marian Anderson Fund SALLY AND HAROLD BERGER FAMILY FUND Andonios Foundation Fund Kenneth Bernhardt Family Fund M. Andrews – McDavid Methodist Church Fund Dr. & Mrs. Maxwell Berry Fund M. Andrews – Peachtree Road Methodist Fund Tully Blalock Fund M. Andrews – Rays Chapel Baptist Church Fund The Donna and Ralph Blanchard Fund of The Community Annie E. Casey Foundation Fund Foundation for Morgan County Annual Meeting Fund Thomas Blount Fund Crawford Anthony Fund BOAS FAMILY FUND APAL Endowment Fund Shirley Bolton Fund APAL Reserve Fund Borra-Purdy Family Fund David Apple Life Insurance Fund Bourree Fund APS Deloitte Implementation Fund Bowick Family Fund Catherine R. Arnold Fund Boys & Girls Club General Endowment Fund Fulton County Art at Work Fund Boys & Girls Club Fund – General Account Artemis Fund Boys Club SE Fund ASHER FAMILY FUND Boys High School Scholarship Fund Norman & Barbara Asher Fund Benita Brewster Fund Tom & Spring Asher Fund Brighton Partners Fund Atlanta AIDS Partnership Grantmaking Fund BRONFMAN WALKER CHARITABLE FUND Atlanta Boys Club Fund Altie Cox and Ethel Langley Memorial Gift Fund Atlanta Children’s Shelter Fund A. Worley & Mary Lou Brown Fund Atlanta Charity Clays Endowment Fund Nyda Williams Brown MD Fund BOLD FACED FUNDS are new funds. PAGE FIFTY-FOUR 34450_Text.r1:Layout 1 12/12/07 12:40 PM Page 55

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Brumley Love and Morrell Memorial Fund James T. Coppage Fund Buckhead Kiwanis Fund Cotton Patch Fund Buckhead Park Renovation Fund COUCHMAN & NOBLE FAMILY FUND OF THE COMMUNTIY Burge Plantation Fund of The Community Foundation for FOUNDATION FOR NORTH FULTON Newton County Courts Foundation Fund Burke Family Fund T. Brad Courts Fund Burnette Family Fund Clay and Missy Courts Family Foundation Fund Lester W. Butts Scholarship Fund Elaine Courts Fund BYERLY FAMILY FUND Malon and Sarah Courts Fund Camilla Schools Fund Lane and Richard Courts Family Fund Camp Best Friends Fund Joel & Geraldine Cowan Fund of The Community Foundation for Canine Assistants Endowment Fund Fayette County Kay W. Cantrell Family Fund of The Community Foundation for Cramer Fund Newton County Helen & Vernon Crawford Scholarship Fund Canty Family Fund Sandy Crawford Memorial Fund Connor Caracappa Fund Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Croft, Jr. Fund Carefree Fund Croft Family Fund # 3 Caring for Others Fund B. C. CROWELL SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF THE COMMUNTIY Kathleen Carlin Fund for Men Stopping Violence FOUNDATION FOR NEWTON COUNTY Carson Family Fund Robert L. Cunningham Family Fund Jane and Frank Carter Family Fund of The Community Curtius Fund Foundation for Morgan County Dally Family Fund of The Community Foundation for Rayna Casey Fund Newton County The Cate Family Foundation (Supporting Organzation) Albert and Ethelyn Daniel Family Fund Mark and Nancy Cavallo Charitable Fund Jane Rush Davenport Fund Center for Positive Aging Fund ANDREW M. AND KATHERINE R. DAVEY FUND CF Foundation, Inc. (Supporting Organzation) C.L. Davidson Family Fund Wicke and Rufus Chambers Fund Sydney & Freda Jump Davies Fund THE CHANDLER FAMILY FUND MARY AND PHIL DAVIS FUND Bev and Don Chapman Fund Davison Fund Thomas F. Chapman Fund D & D Rehab Fund Amey Chappell Fund Frank Dean Family Fund Chary Family Donor Advised Fund Henry Dean Family Fund The Sam Chiarella Fund James and Virginia Dean Family Fund Child Development Center at Central Fund Steve Dearduff Scholarship Fund Choate Family Fund Deeley-Easterly Fund Ciprari Foundation Fund Robert Dennis Fund Cathy and Bert Clark Fund Dillon Family Fund Clear Fund Sam and John Dinos Family Fund Cleveland Annuity Trust Fund Anthony Dinos Fund CLEVELAND FAMILY FUND Martha Dinos Fund Walter Clifton Family Fund Director’s Fund Martha J. Clinkscales & S. Elizabeth Fairleigh Fund Dixon Fund Kriss and Lisa Cloninger Fund Mary Courts Wayne Dixon Fund CNP FUND R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation Fund Cochran Family Fund Maggie A. Dobbs Fund Charles Edward Coe Foundation Fund The Dobbs Fund Dorothy and Sheldon Cohen Family Fund Dobbie Dobson Fund Herbert Cohen Fund THE DODSON FAMILY FUND Edna W. Coker Fund DONKEY FUND Robyn and David A. Cole Family Fund DONKEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Coleman Family Fund John and Marcia Donnell Fund Coles-Novak Family Foundation Fund THE RICHARD B. DONNER FUND Beatrice A. Collins Fund Donor Advised Fund #3 Concern for Others Operating Fund Scott Dovel Family Fund The Conlee Family Foundation, Inc. (Supporting Organization) Constance & Jesse Draper Fund Conrads Family Foundation Fund of The Community Foundation Jesse H. Draper Fund for Morgan County Dreams Squared Scholarship Fund Contemporary Endowment Fund Brian Dyson Foundation Fund Cool Girls Scholarship Fund Eagle Ranch Endowment Fund Courts and Becky Cooledge Family Fund Earl Family Philanthropy Fund Robert G. Copeland Fund Early Start Fund

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OUR DONORS

EAS Fund GAY AND LESBIAN ATLANTA FUND EASTERN REGION OUTREACH Roger and Corky Gelder Fund Ebenezer Building Foundation Fund Nancy Geller Fund EDEN FUND DAVID GELLER FUND JOHN THOMAS EDMUNDS FAMILY FUND Jennifer and Scott Geller Fund Edwards Family Fund Gellerstedt Fund EKR Fund General Unrestricted Fund Employee Legacy Fund Genesis Shelter Fund Charlie Elliott Wildlife Education Fund of The Community Elizabeth Adeline Gentile Fund Foundation for Newton County Georgia Securities Association Fund Ellis Fund Georgia Center for Nonprofits Fund Ellis Family Fund Georgia Chamber of Commerce Foundation Fund Clarence E. Elsas Memorial Fund Georgia Gerontology Society Scholarship Fund Emergency Assistance Fund Georgia Health Foundation Fund Emmaus House Fund GEORGIA POWER FOUNDATION FUND Empowerment Zone Fund GEORGIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE FUND ANN AND AND´E EVERS FUND OF THE COMMUNITY GHJ Fund FOUNDATION FOR NORTH FULTON Gift Annuity Fund EXUM FAMILY FUND Jeff and Bonnie Giglio Fund of The Community Foundation for Falkenstein Family Fund Fayette County Fallon Family Fund Charles and Mary Ginden Fund Family Economic Success Fund Gippert Fund J. Danny Faulkner Fund of The Community Foundation for Giving Mutt Family Fund Newton County Sandra D. Brown Fund Faulkner Family Fund of The Community Foundation for GlenCastle Maintenance Fund Newton County Glencastle Building Maintenance Endowment Fund Rebecca & Richard Felker Fund Glenn Millennium Fund Fellman Encouragement Fund Hilda D. Glenn Scholarship Fund Fenton-May Family Fund William Glenn Family Fund Michelle Ferguson-Priestly Fund SHEARON AND TAYLOR GLOVER FAMILY FUND Fernbank Endowment Fund Goddard Fund Durward & Mary Fornara Fincher Fund John T. and Sara M. Godwin Fund Fine Fund Lieutenant Joel Hirsch Goldberg Scholarship Fund Jane Finkel Family Fund Golden Apple Fund Finnigan Family Fund Jonathan and Roberta Golden Charitable Fund Firstminster Fund ABE & PHYLLIS GOLDFARB FUND Fledglings Fund Good Samaritan Health Center Endowment Fund Fleury Family Fund Albert G. Goodgame Fund JDF FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND Goodwin Family Fund Fornof Family Fund Grace C. Rollins Donor Advised Fund Forsyth County Medical Fund Bernard and Anne Howell Gray Advised Fund Marie and Brad Foster Family Fund RONALD G. GREEN FAMILY FUND Rob Fowler Fund of the Newton Fund James Greene Estate Fund Freishtat Fund GREENE HEALTHCARE FUND Friday Fund GREENE FAMILY FUND Jody and Popper Friedman (JPF) Family Foundation Fund Greer-Mayer Fund SAM AND SUSAN FRIEDMAN FAMILY FUND The Amanda and Greg Gregory Family Fund Full Circle Living Fund Amanda and Greg Gregory Family Fund NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM – FULTON COUNTY ART Robert C. Grepling Family Fund AT WORK FUND James C. Griffin Fund Fulton Development Fund Grimes Family Fund Funk Family Fund DOUG & JUNE GUNDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND OF J. Rex Fuqua Family Fund THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR FAYETTE COUNTY G & B Fund Louise Staton Gunn Fund GA Council on Economic Education Fund Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund Georgia Fellowship of Christian Athletes Fund Katherine S. & Richard A. Guthman, Sr. Memorial Fund GABRIEL FUND Ilma F. & Herbert J. Haas Fund THE GARRETT FAMILY FUND Ralph R. Hager Family Fund GATES HIGH SCHOOL REFORM FUND Ellen Hale Jones Family Fund Charles Gatins Fund F. Sheffield Hale Family Fund GATLEY FAMILY FUND Hamlin Goddard Foundation Fund Gausemel-Payne Cancer Fund Daniel D. and Lillian Winship Hankey Fund

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OUR DONORS

Betsy and Harald Hansen Fund JABEZ FUND Mark and Lisa Hanson Fund of The Community Foundation for JACKSON FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND Newton County JAZ Fund Annie Lou Moore Hardy Fund JBW Fund John & Wilhelmina Harland Fund EVAN JENNINGS FUND HARMON FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND Al & Bridget Jensen Fund STEVE HARRELL ADVISORY FOUNDATION FUND JNW Foundation Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Harris Family Fund Jobe Family Charitable Fund Harvard Business School Scholarship Fund Johnson Fund William C. and Betty Sims Hatcher Fund W. F. JOHNSTON FAMILY FUND William C. and Margaret Jane Hatcher Fund Joie Fund of The Community Foundation for Newton County Eugene & Carol Hatfield Fund of The Community Foundation for CECILE M. JONES CRUT FUND Clayton County Guy Jones Memorial Fund of The Community Foundation for Hatfield Family Fund Newton County Mary Wright Hawkins Endowment Fund Raymond and Donna Jones Fund Pennera Charitable Fund RAYMOND ALLEN JONES III FAMILY FUND Winsome Hawkins Neighborhood Leadership Institute Fund Paul R. Jones Family Fund HEALTHY EATING ACTIVE LIVING Lewis Jordan Family Fund of The Community Foundation for William Heberton Fund Fayette County Heekin Family Fund J. O. Y. Foundation Fund Helfman Family Fund JRSS Charitable Fund Helfrich Family Fund Junior League of Atlanta Fund Alvin & Alice Hellmich Fund JW Foundation Fund Eleanor & James Henderson Fund Kaiser Permanente Fund for Community Benefit FRED & TERRY HENRITZE FAMILY FUND Kay Family Foundation Fund John M. Henson Fund JAMES F. KELLEY FAMILY FUND CARPENTER AND HENSON FAMILY FUND Kendall Family Fund Carlton Henson Family Fund Kendeda Fund Stephen T. and Ellalee Herlihy Fund The Kendeda Fund - No. 2 SPENCER HEYMAN FOUNDATION FUND KENDEDA FUND FOR SUSTAINABLE ATLANTA Philip and Reedy Hickey Fund Lt. Thomas L. Kerney Endowment Fund B. H. L. Hill Family Fund Kibler Fund #2 Ida Hipp Fund KICKS Foundation Fund Bruce and Bea Feiman Fund Galen & Anna Kilburn Fund Majorie L. Hirschberg Support Fund THE KINGSTON FAMILY FUND Hoeve Family Fund William, Lillian & Michael Kinskey Memorial Fund Howard Hoffman Fund for Children Lois Kirby Scholarship Fund THE HOFFMAN FAMILY FUND KIRKPATRICK-WIGHT CHARITABLE FUND Hollingsworth Family Fund KULINSKI-FAGA FUND Holmes Family Fund LM Charitable Fund Holyoke Fund Lacy Family Foundation Fund Home Park Community Improvement Association Fund Land Fund Homeless Health Grantmaking Fund LANE FAMILY FUND Hopkins Foundation Fund Berta and James Laney Fund Debbie Roos Hoppenfeld Fund Lanier Foundation Fund Richard and Emmie House Charitable Fund Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Fund Mary Helen H. Howard Fund John M. Law Family Fund Evan P. Howell Fund LILLIAN BALENTINE LAW FUND Arthur and Jenny Howell Fund Gary and Lucy Lee Fund HRWORKS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FUND Gene and Amy Lee Fund Henry Huie Memorial Fund of The Community Foundation for LEB Fund Clayton County Ann Lehfeldt Fund JOHN HULAND CARMICAL FUND Steven and Julie Leibel Family Fund G.W. Humphrey Fund Drs. Harold and Elaine Levin Family Fund I am 99X Foundation Fund Barbara W. and Bertram L. Levy Fund Imagine It! The Children’s Museum of Atlanta Endowment Fund Levy Family Foundation Fund Initiative Fund Celian and Norma Lewis Family Fund Inner City Scholarship Fund LEWIS FAMILY FUND Interfaith Airport Chaplaincy Fund James R. Lientz Family Fund Irvin Family Fund Ruth & C. K. Liller Fund Sidney Isenberg Lecture Fund Linder Family Fund J.B. Fund Jennifer and Steven Linowes Fund

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OUR DONORS

Lipson Fund Mitchell Family Fund Literacy Action Endowment Fund Mock Family 5H Fund LIVABLE COMMUNITIES COALITION FUND Virginia Wayne Dixon Molloy Fund LOKEY FAMILY FUND Montag Family Fund H.L. Lough Fund THE MOORE FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND Joel & Irwin Lowenstein Fund VIRGINIA MOORE FUND THE ROSEMARIE T LOWNIK FUND Mopsy Fund William Lucas Memorial Fund Morgan Fund Lyons Scholarship Fund MORGAN COUNTY ACADEMIC BOOSTER CLUB FUND M. MacGinnitie Family Fund Morgan Thomas Scholarship Fund ELLEN MACHT FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND W. A. MORGAN FUND STEPHEN J MACHT FUND Greg Morris Fund Madden Family Fund Cheryl and Robert Moultrie Family Fund MAGNOLIA FARMS RE FUND OF THE COMMUNITY MOVING IN THE SPIRIT FUND FOUNDATION FOR FAYETTE COUNTY Muir Family Fund Malas Fund Richard S. and Winifred B. Myrick Fund Mallory Family Fund Navy League Leadership Fund Managing for Excellence Operating Fund Thornton Neal Fund Vincent Mancuso and Sheryl Chappell Fund Neighborhood Fund Lewis and Faye Manderson Fund Neighborhood Endowment Fund Edith Manns Charitable Trust Fund Neighborhood Leadership Institute Fund WILLIAM C. MANY FUND Newey Lawlor Fund Marani Family Fund Neal and Lisa Newsom Family Fund David and Dorothy Markert Family Charitable Fund Nietzer Family Fund Marilyn R. Marks Fund Albert Nixon Fund Martiniello Family Fund B.& M. Nordin Fund D. Lurton Massee Comm. Welfare Fund NORTHERN REGION OUTREACH Joe and Carol Mathias Fund Michelle Nunn Civic Leadership Fund THE “MATTHEW 6:1-4” FUND OBG Fund Jack and Sharon Maxfield Fund O’Brien Fund Armand May Estate Fund Bob and Kay O’Neal Family Fund Mayfair Enterprises Fund O’Neal Family Fund MCCALL FUND O. Wayne Rollins Foundation Fund McCamy Family Fund No. 2 Saralyn & Eugene Oberdorfer Endowment Fund Ann & John McCarty Fund ODYSSEY ATLANTA ENDOWMENT FUND McCrary – All Saints Episcopal Church Fund Ogletree Memorial Fund McCrary – Auburn University Fund George A. and Carolyn C. Olive Fund McCrary – Florence Crittenton Home Fund John Ormond Family Fund McCrary – Egleston Children’s Hospital Fund N.C. Outward Bound Scholarship Fund McCrary – GA Heart Association Fund The Shirlitha Owens Pursuit of Excellence Fund McCrary – Our Lady of Perpetual Help Fund PACE FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND OF THE COMMUNITY Elizabeth & Phillips C. McDuffie Fund FOUNDATION FOR FAYETTE COUNTY John N. McEachern Fund Florrie E. Palmer Fund MCFARLANE FUND Parham Fund MCGREVIN FAMILY FUND Park GNC Fund McGuirk Family Fund Jack T. and Dorothy C. Parker Fund Eleanor Stout McRae Fund James M. Parks Fund CHARLES H. AND MARGARET R. MCTIER FUND Partnership Against Domestic Violence Bulding Fund Means Family Fund Partnership Against Domestic Violence Endowment Fund Ernestine Adler Mendelssohn & David W.Mendelssohn Fund Path Foundation Endowment Fund Mercer Family Fund Pat & Hilda Patrick Fund of The Community Foundation for Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund Newton County Metro Atlanta Youth Opportunity Initiative Fund James Patrick Jr. Memorial Fund Metz Family Fund Solon and Marianna Patterson Fund MIDDLEBROOKS FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND Pattillo Arts Fund Miller Family Fund Pattillo Scholarship Fund CRAIG AND JOANNE MILLER FUND Pendergrast CRT Fund W. G. Miller Family Fund Thomas E. Penland, Jr. Fund Anna and Michael Miller Fund Pennera Charitable Fund Cooper Mills Family Fund Perry Charitable Fund JAMES AND BETTY MILNER FUND David and Samantha Peterson Fund Milton Takedown Fund PETERSON FAMILY FUND

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OUR DONORS

Mildred L. and Robert C. Petty Fund Russell Corporation Charitable Foundation Fund Arthur Pew, Jr. Fund Henry Bradley Sacre Fund Pfeifer Family Fund Safigan Family Fund Alicia Philipp Leadership Fund Samaritan Counseling Center of Atlanta Fund Pickron Family Fund David Satcher Fund Piedmont Park Conservancy Endowment Fund Saunders Fund Pinetree Fund Save Our Spirits Fund Pinkerton Family Fund Brent Scarbrough Fund of The Community Foundation for MARY C. PLACIDO FAMILY FUND Fayette County Planet Philanthropy Fund Schneider Family Fund Mildred Plunkett Fund SCHOOL SUCCESS FUND Plyler Family Fund P.T. Schutze Endowment Fund POCA FUND Schwarzkopf Family Charitable Fund Ponder Family Fund Elizabeth and Mark Scott Fund Porter Foundation Fund Roger Winfield Scott Foundation Fund of The Community Powers Fund Foundation for Clayton County Prado Fund Ronald K. Seibt Family Fund BARBARA AND SAM PRESTON FUND Graham and Carol Selick Charitable Fund Project Open Hand Endowment Fund George P. & Martha H. Sessions Endowment Fund Property Endowment Fund George Sessions Life Insurance Fund THE PULGRAM FAMILY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND Seven Stages Fund Raabe Family Fund SHANNON FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND The Raeber Family Fund Susan and Charles Shanor Family Fund RASCHE FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND Shapiro Family Fund Evelyn & Ed Rast Fund THE SHUMARD FOUNDATION, INC. (SUPPORTING Rather Family Fund of The Community Foundation for ORGANIZATION) Morgan County Beverly & Horace Sibley Family Fund MARGERY AND DAN REASON FAMILY FUND Mary Ann G. Siegel Fund The Redd Family Foundation, Inc. (Supporting Organization) Siegel-Templeton Fund Mabel Reeder Donor Advised Fund Vee Simmons Life Insurance Fund Joyce Reedy Life Insurance Fund SIMPSON BUTTS COUNTY FUND Reese Family Foundation Fund SIMPSON FOUNDATION FUND REFUGEE FAMILY SERVICES ENDOWMENT FUND Skene Fund Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta Fund Arline T. Slack Family Fund REGISTER FAMILY FUND THE SMITH FAMILY FUND Wendell and Mary Reilly Fund G. & H. Smith Fund Religious Liberty Fund Garnett Smith Family Fund Regional Atlanta Civic League Endowment Fund Glenn Smith Family Fund Residential Services Fund G C SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND THE RFP FUND, INC. (SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION) Julia Thompson Smith Fund Rhodes Fund Sara Horne Smith Fund Sarah Richardson CRT Fund Sheryl Smith Fund for High Meadows Fund of The Community RK & KS FUND Foundation for North Fulton S. M. and E. B. Roberson Fund Adele M. Smith Fund M.C. Roberts Fund Sidney M. Smith Fund Fred C. Robey Family Fund of The Community Foundation for SMITHGALL ARTS CENTER FUND North Fulton SMITHGALL/ARTS COUNCIL COMPLEX ENDOWMENT FUND Olive and Roby Robinson Family Fund of The Community James M. and Virginia Smyth Scholarship Fund Foundation for North Fulton Nick Snider Family Fund R.B. Robinson Fund Mark Snoddy, Jr. Fund of The Community Foundation for Nancy and Dan Robitaille Family Fund North Fulton The Rockdale Fund for Social Investment Inc. (Supporting EVELYN AND ELI SOCOLOFF FUND Organization) Southern Ivy League Fund Peggy and Randall Rollins Foundation Fund SOUTHERN REGION OUTREACH Grace Rollins Fund Special Fund #3 Roos Family Fund Special Fund #4 ROSWELL ROTARY FOUNDATION FUND OF THE Special Fund No. 12 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTH FULTON Special Fund #9 Roswell East Rotary Fund of The Community Foundation for Special Fund #813 North Fulton Special Fund #1101/1102 Rushing Family Fund Special Fund No. 2004

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OUR DONORS

Special Fund No. 3060 Rao and Rani Varanasi Fund Special Fund for Covington of The Community Foundation for THE VARITEK FAMILY FUND Newton County Chilton & Morgan Varner Fund Speechworks Fund Wayne and Lee Harper Vason Fund St. Luke’s TACC Endowment Fund THE VENTULETT FAMILY FUND Stacy Family Fund HUBERT AND EMILY VISSCHER FUND STECHER FUND VOGELPOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FUND Stein-Kievman Fund Marilyn & Bill Voss Fund Stella Fund Wachovia Bank Fund Stembler Fund Catherine W. and Edwin A. Wahlen, Jr. Foundation Fund The F. T. Stent Family Foundation, Inc. (Supporting Organization) CASSETA P. WALTERS MEMORIAL FUND Straley/Blount Fund Raymond and Doris Warren Foundation Fund Jane and James Stratigos Fund The Waterfall Foundation (Supporting Organization) Stribling Family Gift Fund Thomas and Virgene Weber Family Fund George & Pearl Strickland Fund Karen Elaine Webster Parks Foundation Fund Thomas E. Suddes Family Fund D. Weiss and M. Cowie Family Fund Sundown Fund P.& J. Weitnauer Fund SUPPORTING HEALTHY FAMILIES FUND June Hunter Weitnauer Fund Southwest Christian Hospice Endowment Fund WELLS DRIVE FUND Tally and Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Fund Adam Shelby White Scholarship Fund Sword of the Word Fund Dewey and Karen White Family Fund Szweda Family Fund Joseph B. Whitehead Fund Talbott Fund Whitehead Children’s Christmas Fund Earl and Genevieve Taratus Fund J. PAUL WHITEHEAD III AND DEBORAH T. MALSIA Charles McKenzie Taylor Fund DONOR ADVISED FUND Marion Taylor Fund THE WHITLOW CHARITABLE FUND Atlanta Community Fund STEVE AND MARY BETH WHITMIRE FAMILY FUND Teachers Grant Fund Charlotte R. Wilen Good Beginnings Fund Tech High Scholar Fund Wilkinson Family Fund Technical Assistance Fund Stephen and Robin Wilks Family Fund THANKS MOM AND DAD FUND Willet Fund THISISIT Fund of The Community Foundation for Morgan County Julia & Lawrence Willet Fund J. A. Thomas Fund Carolyn Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund of The Community Thompson Fund Foundation for Newton County C. Q. Thompson Fund Neil & Sue Williams Fund Eric Thornton Fund Mildred Pulliam Williamson Fund Jack and Kathleen Thornton Fund WINN FUND E. Thornton – All Saints Episcopal Fund Joni Winston Fund E. Thornton – Egleston Hospital Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert Winthrop II Fund E. Thornton – Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta Fund WISH Foundation Fund TIARSMITH FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND Women’s Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund Tonlie Fund of The Community Foundation for Morgan County Wood Family Fund Toub Family Fund Woodlands Garden Endowment Fund Triangle Club Fund ALBERT AND MICHELE WOODROOF FUND Triangle Club Endowment Fund WOODROOF-FUNDERBURKE FUND TRUJILLO FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND Bright and Robert Wright Family Fund J. M. Tull Fund Wypyski Family Fund Charles Christian Tuller Fund of The Community Foundation for Dorothy and Charlie Yates Family Fund Newton County Yellowlees Family Fund Claude Turner Endowment Fund Young Family Fund THE RENEE & GARY UNELL FAMILY FUND Dave Young Scholarship Fund of The Community Foundation for United Way Endowment Fund Newton County United Way Pooled Income Fund Benjamin Neely Young Fund Ursine L’ Attitudes Fund Zellars Family Foundation Fund USO Endowment Fund Rev. A. T. Zellars Endowment Fund VALENTINE FAMILY FUND Zephyr Fund Lucy & Bill Vance Fund Zera-Allen I Fund SCOTT & STACEY VANSANT FAMILY FUND Zera-Allen Unitrust Fund

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006, ASSETS OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

FOR GREATER ATLANTA HAD REACHED ALMOST $750 MILLION. THE

FOUNDATION POOL EARNED A 15% RETURN ON INVESTMENTS.

One of the most important roles of The Community based industry specialists and professionals. The Foundation Foundation for Greater Atlanta is as a trusted steward of an Pool is allocated to a highly diversified mix of global equi- endowment that serves the 23-county region in perpetuity. ties, fixed income and alternative investment strategies and That means the financial support from this Foundation to includes 14 different investment organizations pursuing the larger community must exist forever. It’s a careful strategies within eight different asset classes as defined by balance of prudent investment policies, smart and strategic the Foundation. This multi-manager, multi-strategy grantmaking and continued donor relations and service. Each approach provides diversification to the portfolio and plays of these must work together for The Community Foundation an important role in terms of our interest in seeking solid to be successful. We continue to have generous support returns under a variety of market and economic conditions. from our donors with very active contributions to donor- We are pleased to report that the Foundation Pool advised funds as well as grant dollars out from those funds. returned 15% during 2006 or 10 basis points ahead of the In addition, the Foundation Pool maintains solid Foundation’s custom benchmark and 250 basis points above growth each year with oversight provided by the the Council on Foundation’s universe of community foun- Foundation’s Investment Committee comprised of Atlanta- dations across the country.

ASSETS BY TYPE ASSET ALLOCATION STRATEGY

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA, INC., ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DECEMBER 31, 2006

ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents $ 32,931,833 Investments, at fair value 613,591,127 Bequests, contributions and notes receivable 18,351,204 Investments in real estate, property and equipment 4,858,817 Real estate used in charitable activities 10,052,107 Property and equipment 33,174,557 The King Collection 32,000,000 Other assets 4,285,595 TOTAL ASSETS $749,245,240

LIABILITIES: Grants payable $ 14,471,335 Accrued expenses and other liabilities 9,444,496 Liabilities under split-interest agreements 7,957,625 Debt payable 19,444,544 TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 51,318,000

NET ASSETS $697,927,240 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $749,245,240

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE 18-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006

REVENUE AND SUPPORT: Contributions $164,743,658 Investment income 41,061,054 Net realized and unrealized gain on investment securities and real estate 72,017,388 Other income 5,554,931 TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT $283,377,031

EXPENSES: Grants $113,155,153 Program 6,689,533 Operating 6,949,741 TOTAL EXPENSES $126,794,427

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS $156,582,604 NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF 18-MONTH PERIOD, JULY 1, 2005 541,344,636 NET ASSETS AT END OF 18-MONTH PERIOD, DECEMBER 31, 2006 $697,927,240

Note: Certified Public Accountants, Ernst and Young LLP, audited the consolidated financial statements of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta for the 18-month period ended December 31, 2006 and issued an unqualified opinion. A copy of the audited financial statements is published at www.atlcf.org and is also available by request at 404-688-5525. The Foundation’s Form 990, the federal Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax is also available upon request.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA IS GOVERNED BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. These 17 volunteers provide stewardship for the Foundation and our charitable activities by establishing policy, setting priorities and making final grant decisions. Each civic leader is appointed to five-year terms, and it is their expertise and guidance that continue to drive the success of The Community Foundation. During the nomination process The Community Foundation determines the current needs and best set of assets that an individual could strategically bring to the Board of or Committees of the Board given its responsibilities, purpose and function.

MICHAEL KAY, CHAIR MARGARET C. REISER LSG SKY CHEFS (RETIRED) BOARDWALK CONSULTING

KENNETH L. BERNHARDT VICKI J. RIEDEL GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY WINSHIP CANCER INSTITUTE – EMORY UNIVERSITY

RAY CHRISTMAN FRANK ROS PEACHTREE CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIP THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

JEFF GIGLIO DAVID SATCHER, M.D. INGLETT & STUBBS (RETIRED) MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

D.R. GRIMES ISAIAH TIDWELL COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WACHOVIA BANK (RETIRED)

JACK GUYNN LYNN WENTWORTH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA BLUELINX CORPORATION

BERTRAM L. LEVY KAREN WIBELL ARNALL, GOLDEN & GREGORY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER

STEVE LINOWES JEANNIE WRIGHT DAMBALLA COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER

SUNNY K. PARK BENJAMIN T. WHITE GENERAL BUILDING MAINTENANCE, INC. LEGAL COUNSEL ALSTON & BIRD

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STAFF

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Lita Ugarte Pardi Alicia Philipp Program Officer President Josh Phillipson Juanita Sheppard Executive Assistant and Program Associate, Executive Assistant Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund Barbara Richardson PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES Development Officer, Metropolitan Rob Smulian Atlanta Arts Fund Vice President Jamey Rousey Erin Drury Program Consultant, Atlanta AIDS Philanthropic Advisor Partnership Fund Olen Earl Phillip Rush Director of Gift Planning Program Officer Angela Hunter Tené Traylor Philanthropic Services Associate Program Officer, Community Development Audrey Jacobs Director, The Center for Family Philanthropy FINANCE & OPERATIONS Lisa Williams Barrett Coker Krise Vice President Philanthropic Advisor Antoinette Dowdy Wanda Wallace Controller Gift Processing Coordinator Junior Francis COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS Investment Accountant Lesley Grady Walt Morrissette Vice President Grants/Accounts Payable Accountant Kimberley Austin & Office Coordinator Program Associate, Strategic Initiatives Megan Swett NaTasha Battle Director of Information Management Grants Administrator Ike Talabi Sherrie Clark Accountant Executive Assistant Vilma Weekes Lisa Cremin Front Desk Administrator Director, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Gloria Kemp Engelke Lauren Norton Welsh Program Consultant, Metropolitan Atlanta Vice President Youth Opportunities Initiative (MAYOI) Dana Sanabria Shawn Finnell Communications Associate Program Associate, Community Development Sandy Kring REGIONAL OUTREACH Administrator, Arts Loan Fund Mary Simmons Regional Outreach Manager Tyronda Minter Program Officer, Metropolitan Youth Kim Frederking Opportunities Initiative (MAYOI) Southern Region Outreach Director Kristina Morris Tamara Richardson Program Associate Eastern Region Outreach Director Kathy Palumbo Jasper Tanner Director of Programs Northern Region Outreach Director

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