Operation HOPE is a national nonprofit with its main office in Atlanta. Its coaches give free money coaching and classes on credit, buying a first home, starting a small business, and getting back on your feet after a disaster. It also runs money programs for young people.
SCORE Atlanta is a nonprofit group of volunteer business mentors. It gives free, expert advice to people who want to start or grow a small business in metro Atlanta. It also offers low-cost business workshops and welcomes new volunteer mentors. It does not run a food pantry.
ACE is a nonprofit lender that makes loans to small businesses in Georgia. Each loan comes with free coaching from a business advisor. Its Women's Business Center gives coaching and training in English and Spanish.
Invest Atlanta is the City of Atlanta's economic development agency. It helps businesses with loans, bonds, tax credits, and one-on-one office hours. Its site also has a section for homebuyers and homeowners. Its work is for places inside Atlanta city limits.
TruFund is a nonprofit lender with an Atlanta office. It offers small business loans and business advice to owners across Georgia. Its main focus is the 10-county Atlanta area, and it aims to reach women, minority, and disadvantaged owners.
The Georgia Business Council is a statewide group that helps small businesses in Georgia grow. It connects them with large company partners and offers events, mentoring and workshops. Its work is about business growth and supply chains.
The Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is a business group in Atlanta that works to help Hispanic businesses and professionals across Georgia. It offers networking, workshops, leadership training, a veterans group, and volunteer matching. Its site says it is open to all.
Refugee Women's Network is a Georgia nonprofit that helps refugee and immigrant women and their families build a new life. Staff help with settling in, job readiness, starting a food business, leadership, health and outdoor activities. There is also a youth program for Afghan youth ages 15 to 24.
The Urban League of Greater Atlanta has worked in metro Atlanta since 1920. Its Financial Empowerment & Economic Resilience Center is a one-stop place for emergency help with rent and bills, jobs, housing, small business help and money coaching. It also runs programs for young people and a water bill help program for DeKalb County.
The Atlanta Business League has served the Atlanta business community since 1933. It helps small and minority-owned businesses grow through membership, mentoring, training, events and advocacy. Members also get business referrals and technical help.
The Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. Foundation was started in 2005 in Atlanta. It works to build strong leaders in underserved communities. It offers mentoring, health and wellness, money skills, and business and entrepreneurship programs for students in Georgia.
The Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) is an Atlanta group that helps entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. It runs a step-by-step learning program called Big IDEAS, with coaching, mentoring, and links to money and contacts. Members can also use office space, a mailbox, and storage at 504 Fair Street SW.
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund is a member-owned nonprofit of mostly Black farmers, landowners, and co-ops. It helps people keep their family land and start businesses they own together. It does this through classes, events, and hands-on help, mostly in seven Southern states.
Project Restart is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps people with criminal records and people who are locked up. It offers a free 12-week training program, one-on-one reentry support, a six-week program inside two facilities, and free online resource guides. The 2026 cohort is already full, and new details are expected in 2027.
SAGE is a community hub for the Sweet Auburn neighborhood in Atlanta. It offers loans and grants for local businesses and creative people, runs four community gardens, and holds monthly Saturday health and wellness gatherings. Its office is at 522 Auburn Avenue.
ATDC is Georgia's startup incubator, backed by Georgia Tech. It coaches technology founders and connects them to investors, talent and corporate partners. It takes no ownership in your company. It has three membership levels: Educate for anyone in Georgia with a business idea, Accelerate for early tech companies, and Signature for fast-growing tech companies.
Quality Care for Children is a nonprofit that has worked with Georgia families and child care providers since 1979. It helps parents find child care, learn about help paying for it, and apply for state help like CAPS. It also coaches and trains child care providers and runs a food program for child care programs.
The Food Studio is a plant-based shared kitchen and food-business helper at Pittsburgh Yards in South Atlanta. It offers a business program with coaching and training, and kitchen memberships for people who make plant-based food. The home page talks about opening the kitchen doors and has a waitlist, so ask when the kitchen will be ready.
Focused Community Strategies (FCS) works with neighbors in Historic South Atlanta and Thomasville Heights. It runs a neighborhood grocery store and café, repairs homes for seniors, helps build affordable housing, and supports small businesses. It also runs a youth group and a bike program.
Omega Support Center is a nonprofit in Tucker that fights hunger and helps small business owners and nonprofits. It runs monthly food giveaways and community dinners, senior food boxes, and six outdoor Little Food Pantries that are open day and night. No food is given out from the office itself.
