294 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Emmaus House is a faith-rooted community organization in Atlanta's Peoplestown neighborhood that works to help families move out of poverty. They run a food pantry, give emergency help with rent and utilities, offer case management, and provide education programs for children, youth, and adults.
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DEAM (Decatur-area Emergency Assistance Ministry) is a faith-based nonprofit run by 18 area churches that helps neighbors facing an emergency. By appointment, they give out emergency food and toiletries, help pay overdue water, gas, and electric bills, and help cover prescription costs. They also serve free weekday lunches to people who are unhoused.
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Clayton County Community Services Authority is a nonprofit community action agency that has fought poverty in the south metro Atlanta area since 1966. They help low-income families and seniors pay their power, gas, rent, and food bills, weatherize homes, and offer free early childhood education through Head Start. They serve Clayton, Henry, and Fayette counties.
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The Center for Family Resources (CFR) helps Cobb County families who are facing or close to homelessness. They offer rent and bill help to prevent eviction, a choice food pantry where you pick your own groceries, apartment placement, and job and savings coaching to help families get back on their feet.
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Partnership for Community Action is a nonprofit Community Action Agency in Decatur that helps low-income families in DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Newton, and Walton counties become more stable. They are best known for paying part of your home heating or cooling bill (LIHEAP), and they also offer emergency help, case management, free diapers, and job support. (Note: the name 'MUST Ministries' on file is incorrect for this phone/address.)
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The Salvation Army Atlanta International Corps is a faith-based church and service center in Doraville that helps immigrant and international families, with staff who speak Korean and Spanish. They run a food pantry on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and offer help with rent, utilities, clothing, school supplies, and holiday assistance. You call (404) 486-2820 to set up an appointment for financial help.
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Zion Hill CDC is a faith-based nonprofit in East Point that helps families in South Fulton and metro Atlanta avoid homelessness and poverty. They offer help paying rent, mortgage, and utility bills, food gift cards, emergency motel stays and rapid rehousing, direct cash payments, and free health insurance enrollment.
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Southern Crescent Veteran Services is a veteran-run nonprofit in Stockbridge, GA that helps veterans and their families facing financial or emotional hardship. They offer temporary help with rent, mortgage, and utilities, plus job assistance, housing support, and benefits/claims help, and they run a program for homeless veterans. They mainly serve the Southern Crescent area south of Atlanta.
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This is a national emergency-money fund for people who were recently diagnosed with ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome, a serious lung condition). It gives a one-time $500 grant to help pay for things like transportation, lodging, housing, utilities, childcare, lost wages, and food during treatment. You apply by phone, and the money is run by the Patient Advocate Foundation on behalf of ARDS Alliance.
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Veterans Relief Network is a national nonprofit, based in Dyer, Indiana, that gives small amounts of financial help to U.S. military veterans and their families. They help cover urgent costs like rent, utility bills, and other basic living needs. They are not based in Atlanta and work by phone, email, and mail rather than at a local office.
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The Farmer Veteran Coalition is a national nonprofit that helps military veterans start and run farms and ranches. Its Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund gives small grants of $1,000 to $5,000 to pay for equipment, livestock, and supplies for veterans in their first years of farming. The Idaho chapter offers veterans local training, mentorship, and connections to these programs; the group is based in Idaho and Texas, not Atlanta.
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The VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Foundation runs a national Financial Assistance program (formerly called Unmet Needs) that gives one-time grants of up to about $1,500-$2,500 to active-duty service members, veterans, and their families who hit unexpected money trouble tied to their military service. The grant is not a loan and never has to be paid back — the VFW pays your bills (rent, utilities, car, food, medical) directly to the company you owe. You apply online from anywhere in the country, including the Atlanta area.
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ISDD helps grandparents and other relatives in Metro Atlanta who are raising children when the parents cannot. They offer free case management, support groups, parenting classes, and emergency financial help, with a special focus on families caring for kids who have disabilities or health problems.
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HCF Preventative Services is a faith-based nonprofit in Stone Mountain that helps people coming out of jail or prison get back on their feet and stay out of trouble. They offer re-entry coaching, mental health and life-skills coaching, job and work-readiness help, family support, and emergency help with food and utilities. Office visits are by appointment only.
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