Park Pride is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps neighbors improve and care for public parks. It works with Friends of the Park groups through training, park design help, grants, fundraising support, and volunteer days. It serves the City of Atlanta, the City of Brookhaven, and unincorporated DeKalb County.
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance is a community nonprofit that works to protect and restore nature in West Atlanta. It runs the Outdoor Activity Center, a forest and nature center, with youth camps, field trips, hikes, and volunteer service days. It also speaks up for neighborhoods hurt by pollution and other environmental problems.
Cascade Business Association is a group of volunteer business owners in the Cascade Heights area of Southwest Atlanta. It holds monthly member meetings and networking events, and it speaks up for local small businesses. It also promotes local events for free and keeps a directory of Cascade businesses.
Live Thrive is an Atlanta nonprofit that runs two drop-off centers, called CHaRM, in Atlanta and Decatur. People and businesses can bring household chemicals, electronics and other items that curbside recycling will not take. They also teach recycling classes, give tours, and take volunteers.
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is a nonprofit that protects the Chattahoochee River, its lakes, and nearby streams. It tests water, investigates pollution, removes trash, and runs outdoor learning and volunteer activities. Its metro Atlanta office has moved from Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard to Smyrna.
Trees Atlanta is a nonprofit that plants and cares for trees in metro Atlanta. It runs tree planting, forest restoration, classes, tree tours, youth programs, and job training for young adults. People can volunteer, take a class, or ask for trees in their yard or neighborhood.
Frazer Center is a nonprofit on a 39-acre forest in Atlanta. It runs an inclusive school for children from six weeks to five years old, with and without disabilities. It also has a day program and job support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the forest is open to visitors.
Keep North Fulton Beautiful is a nonprofit that works with the communities of Sandy Springs and Johns Creek. It runs a recycling drop-off center on Morgan Falls Road. It also offers volunteer jobs, court-ordered community service, and litter cleanup programs.
Historic Westside Gardens is a nonprofit that has worked on Atlanta's Westside since 2010. It runs five green spaces where people can learn about growing food and healthy living. Its work includes Home Food Gardens, and people can volunteer in community gardens.
Mercy Care Decatur Street is a clinic of Mercy Care Atlanta, a health center that serves people who face barriers to care. It offers doctor visits, dental care, eye care, and mental health and psychiatry care, plus a pharmacy for its own patients. You can pay by insurance or on a sliding scale based on income, and walk-ins are welcome.
Everybody Eats Together is a faith-based group in Ashview Heights that works to bring food and ownership to the neighborhood. People who need food can take its survey to ask for free pantry pick-up or delivery. It also has garden volunteer days, Sunday community meals, and a pay-what-you-can grocery cart, and it is working toward a community-owned grocery store.
Blessed Divas is a women-led nonprofit that gets people to volunteer and serve their neighbors. Every Saturday it runs a food pantry at Dunbar Recreation Center for people in Fulton County. It also holds events for seniors, shelters and people in need, and service days for women and kids.
REDEEMED Outreach is a West End nonprofit that has worked in the neighborhood since 1994. It runs a housing program for single working women, plus community gardens, job training in farming, a farmers market and neighborhood watch work. People can also volunteer, including those who need court-ordered community service hours.
Piedmont Park Conservancy is a nonprofit that works with the City of Atlanta to care for Piedmont Park. It runs classes, camps, walks, a Saturday green market and volunteer days. It also rents event spaces in the park.
House Proud makes no-cost home repairs for low-income senior and veteran homeowners in Atlanta. The work keeps homes warm, safe and dry, like heating and cooling, steps, handrails and plumbing leaks. They also share guides on city services, taxes, insurance and scams, and hold volunteer work days.
Georgia Interfaith Power & Light helps faith communities across Georgia work on climate change, environmental justice, and community resilience. It coaches Green Teams, offers energy, solar, water, and waste assessments or audits, and helps congregations with native gardens, invasive plant removal, and tree planting. It also speaks up on clean energy and water policy and runs nonpartisan get-out-the-vote text banks.
Trinity Presbyterian is a church in northwest Atlanta that welcomes people from all backgrounds. It holds Sunday worship at 9 and 11 AM, also shown online, with childcare for children 4 and younger. It also offers activities for kids and youth, a class for newcomers, and works with Atlanta groups on hunger, education and fairness.
Chastain Horse Park is a nonprofit horse park in Atlanta's Chastain Park area. It offers therapeutic riding for children and adults with disabilities, therapy sessions with licensed professionals, and group horse programs. It also has boarding, an event space, and ways to volunteer.
The Atlanta Beltline is a 22-mile loop of trails, parks and future transit. Its nonprofit partner runs resident support for neighbors, including a program that pays rising property taxes for some longtime homeowners. It also offers workshops, a list of local helper groups, an affordable housing finder, and job training.
Westside Future Fund is a nonprofit working in five historic neighborhoods on Atlanta's Westside. Its Home on the Westside program helps people rent, buy, or keep their homes. It also offers help with rising property taxes for longtime homeowners, a free monthly community summit, and ways to volunteer.
