Extra Wish FUNDING OPPORTUNITY CATALOG FOR OUR DONORS 2018 EDITION Contents 2 INTRODUCTION How and why Extra Wish works for donors, nonprofits and our region Wishes 4 ARTS Hudgens Center for Art and Learning Synchronicity Theatre Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre 6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Blue Heron Nature Preserve Focused Community Strategies (FCS) Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta Global Growers Network Madison-Morgan Conservancy Midtown Assistance Center (MAC) Phoenix Pass 10 EDUCATION Create Your Dreams Decatur Cooperative Ministry Fernbank Museum of Natural History Los Niños Primero Our House YMCA of Metro Atlanta TIP Georgia 14 WELL-BEING Atlanta Legal Aid Society Auditory-Verbal Center Girls on the Run of Atlanta Grady Health Foundation HomeStretch Open Hand Atlanta PAWS Atlanta Piedmont Park Conservancy Prevent Child Abuse Rockdale Skyland Trail 20 ABOUT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA Overview Contact information 21 2018 MANAGING FOR EXCELLENCE AWARD Grant a wish. Make a difference. Change a life. Dear Friends, Sometimes, little things make a big difference in a life. Imagine equipping a graduating senior living below the poverty line with a laptop to take to college. Or providing an air conditioner to a sweltering after-school program. Or supporting cameras that allow parents to see and feel connected to their babies in the NICU when they cannot be there to hold them. Each of these represents a real, tangible and immediate impact that you can make through Extra Wish. Our 2018 Extra Wish funding opportunity catalog features 27 nonprofit “wishes.” Each wish was chosen by the nonprofit to represent items they need, but for which they don’t necessarily have the discretionary funds to include in annual budgeting. The maximum request is $5,000, and it is amazing what that amount can do. These are wishes that foster a sense of home, enhance learning, or in some cases, save lives. The nonprofit organizations selected for inclusion were fully evaluated by our team. These are effective organizations, working hard to drive change in our region. You have the ability to help them serve our community even better. You can strengthen these nonprofits, one wish at a time. Extra Wish celebrates giving. In this season of giving, we hope that you enjoy celebrating with us. Alicia Philipp President and CEO Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta For more than 15 years, Extra Wish has demonstrated the impact that is possible when caring and compassionate donors – like you – are connected to worthy local nonprofits and their needs. 1 How to use Extra Wish How you use Extra Wish is entirely up to you! Here are some ideas: Identify tangible, essential needs that will make a material difference for nonprofits. Learn about new nonprofit organizations across the 23-county Atlanta region. Fulfill an entire wish, or part of several. Work with other donors to fund a wish and make a collaborative impact. Start a family conversation about philanthropy. Gather over a meal and go through our catalog together. Talk about what appeals most to everyone and why. Engage the next generation of philanthropists. Often, it is easier for children to understand and empathize with real, tangible needs. Talk to them about each wish and why it is needed. Ask them to help you choose a wish to grant. 2 ABOUT EXTRA WISH This year’s 27 wishes Extra Wish creates visibility for nonprofits, are broken down driving social good in the 23-county Atlanta region. into four categories Extra Wish features nonprofits who exemplify best practices. To be eligible for Extra Wish, that align with our an organization must have been fully reviewed through a formal, competitive grant program at Impact Areas: the Community Foundation in the last five years, such as our General Operating Support program. Extra Wish covers the essential items that would contribute to the success of the organization but have been set aside for more pressing needs. Nearly 90 organizations submitted applications for Arts this Extra Wish opportunity catalog. Foundation grantmaking experts reviewed each request, selecting a diverse group of the most compelling wishes for inclusion. HOW TO GRANT A WISH Community If you would like to grant an Extra Wish, please Development contact your philanthropic officer or log in to DonorCentral to make your gift. In DonorCentral, please note ‘Extra Wish’ in the purpose line. If you decide to grant a wish outside your fund at the Community Foundation, please let us know so we can track fulfilled wishes. If you have any questions Education or want to fulfill a wish, call us at 404.688.5525 or reach out to your philanthropic officer: Erin Boorn [email protected] Well-being Jill Clark [email protected] Barrett Coker Krise [email protected] * Note: our fifth Impact Area, Nonprofit Effectiveness, addresses management and operations of nonprofits, Kathleen Wagner not the tangible goods available through Extra Wish. Read about this year’s Managing for Excellence Award [email protected] recipients, superlative examples of effective nonprofit management and operations, on page 21. 3 Our promise: Build a dynamic arts ecology to ensure all residents in our region have access to high-quality cultural experiences and diverse artistic programs. Our region is home to organizations that strive to make art accessible to all and enrich the audience experience. Nothing fuels the imagination quite like a leaping dancer, beautiful music or an exquisite piece of art. These wishes make the spirit of creativity flourish. 4 ARTS HUDGENS CENTER FOR ART AND LEARNING Operating budget: $1,024,000 Creative expression provides healing at the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning, Wish List which offers an array of programs and experiences for art lovers, leaders and 1 wheelchair-accessible learners. The center, which is the only community-based arts organization in pottery wheel: $2,488 Gwinnett County, serves more than 13,000 individuals every year through its 1 Imagination Playground exhibitions, classes, workshops, community events and programs, such as its Big Blocks Set (105 pieces): Hudgens Prize. Through its Healing Arts Program, domestic violence survivors, $1,250 cancer patients, chronically ill or disabled adults, veterans and their caretakers learn to express emotion and process the stages of illness, disability or recovery. Total: $3,738 This outlet, which joins other center programs for underserved groups, has attracted close to 500 individuals who often need specialized equipment and tools to experience the arts. Providing equipment, such as a wheelchair-accessible pottery wheel and a big blocks set, will continue to make creating art accessible to all. 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Building 300, Duluth, GA 30097 | thehudgens.org SYNCHRONICITY THEATRE Operating budget: $738,402 Synchronicity Theatre is aware of the challenges arts groups face finding Wish List performance space. Synchronicity, founded by women to promote female 1 power air conditioner: $471 voices in the arts and in the community, spent 16 years in a nomadic state before finding a permanent venue in Midtown in 2014. Now, 1 laptop: $1,547 Synchronicity serves nearly 15,000 individuals annually through its performances 1 Blu-Ray player: $1,089 and bridge-building programs for emerging artists, families and at-risk girls from Total: $3,107 inner city and refugee communities. It also provides affordable rental space to others, which expands its reach and brings in revenue. It relies on new equipment, but mostly donations of used items that hold back its production designers’ vision and reduces the venue’s potential. Updating its technology equipment will enhance its professionalism and make it more competitive with rentals, improving its financial footing as it continues to expose audiences to new experiences, cultures and ideas. 1454 Peachtree Street, Suite 102, Atlanta, GA 30309 | synchrotheatre.com TERMINUS MODERN BALLET THEATRE Operating budget: $409,600 A dancer needs a solid surface to land on after a breathtaking jump or an amazing Wish List lift. But providing flooring for its performers presents a problem for Terminus 1 marley floor: $4,800 Modern Ballet Theatre. When it was founded in 2017, the professional dance company received a much-needed donation: 1,600 square feet of what’s known Total: $4,800 as marley flooring at its studio space at Westside Cultural Arts Center. When Terminus performs in the center’s event space or its performance space in the Serenbe community south of Atlanta, it must move the floor to those sites. Classes sometimes are halted for four to six weeks. A permanent floor in its studio will allow Terminus to continue to offer its classes. Terminus expects the need will grow as its performances and education programming expand while they simultaneously seek to make ballet attainable to all walks of life. 91100 Selborne Lane, Suite 210, Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30268 | terminus-serenbe.com 5 Our promise: Advocate for equitable economic growth, strong civic health and safe, sustainable communities. Hope is built in simple ways through these wishes – rocking chairs foster neighborhood pride and connection, furniture transforms a house into a home and new clothing instills self-confidence. Each is a building block to a stronger, more welcoming community, enhancing the quality of life for all in our region. 6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE Operating budget: $406,000 Thirty acres of protected wildlife are nestled in the heart of Buckhead at the Blue Wish List Heron Nature Preserve. For nearly 20 years, the preserve has served as a living 1 battery-powered lawn laboratory, bringing a hands-on experience with nature to Atlantans. Intertwining mower: $499 education and the arts to provide its visitors with comprehensive understanding on 1 battery-powered leaf conservation, the green space serves as a haven, a retreat and an inspiration to those blower: $245 who walk its wooded trails. Recently, Blue Heron partnered with Southface Energy Institute to pilot a sustainability program, called BIT Building.