Georgia Mutual Aid Group is a nonprofit that organizes fire, rescue, EMS and public safety help across Georgia. When a big emergency is more than one area can handle, member agencies send crews and equipment to help each other. Agencies can join for free, and the phone line is open 24/7.
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.
Unearthing Farm & Market is a nonprofit urban farm in the Kirkwood neighborhood that grows produce and flowers and hosts a community market. The market is pay-what-you-can, accepts and doubles SNAP/EBT, and no one is turned away for lack of money. The farm also has a farm fridge with produce, youth internships and volunteer chances.
The Atlanta Free Store is a mutual aid project at Park Avenue Baptist Church in Atlanta. You can come and take what you need, and you can leave things you do not need. Nothing is sold, and it is run by volunteers as a different way to share what people have.
Black Voters Matter is a Black-led group that builds political power in Black communities. It works with local groups, runs one-day warrant clinics with a partner, and leads campaigns on health care, young leaders and more. Volunteers can help by texting, writing postcards and joining events.
OHRD is a grassroots group in Metro-Atlanta that organizes for human rights. It puts working-class people of color first and is guided by Black feminists and women of color. People can become members, volunteer, and join trainings and community assemblies.
Community Movement Builders is a Black member-based group that serves Black working-class and poor Black communities. It organizes against gentrification, police violence and for food sustainability. Its Atlanta chapter runs a Survival Program that gives out food and helps with utility bills for people in the Pittsburgh neighborhood.
This Georgia nonprofit works for the civil rights of Asian American, Pacific Islander and other immigrant communities. It gives immigration legal help, holds free citizenship clinics and Know Your Rights sessions, and helps people vote. It also runs a monthly free grocery pop-up and a multilingual resource guide.
Sol Underground is a group in Atlanta led by queer and trans people of color. It does mutual aid and organizing with poor, working-class and unhoused neighbors. It runs a Friday free store, free grocery deliveries, and a warming station on very cold nights.
Food4Life is a volunteer-run program in the Atlanta area that gives out free groceries every week. Anyone can show up and take food, and no papers are needed. The volunteers also deliver on a smaller scale to people who cannot come in person.
Weelaunee Distro is a volunteer free food giveaway in Atlanta. Neighbors can pick up free groceries on Wednesday afternoons at Gresham Park Recreation Center. The food comes from the Food 4 Life network, which rescues extra food from stores and markets. The group also shares a map of other free food sites.
The Atlanta People's Campaign is a group of neighbors and organizers in Atlanta. They work on stopping Cop City, high Georgia Power bills, and community care. They hold meetings, trainings, canvasses and mutual aid efforts that people can sign up to join.
Neighbor in Need Reynoldstown is a volunteer group in the Reynoldstown neighborhood. It arranges professional home repairs for low-income older homeowners so they can stay safely in their homes. It also brings free groceries and offers rides, check-in calls and other help to neighbors with a Reynoldstown address.
Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund (MAMA) is a community group that supports Black, Indigenous, and other people of color in metro Atlanta. It runs a timebank where neighbors trade skills and help using hours instead of money. It also has a fund for basic needs, but its funding page now only lets you sign up for news about future funding.
The Generation Gap is the nonprofit arm of The Sage D Collective. It holds the funding and partnerships behind the Collective's work. Its programs include Meena's Manor, a gathering place for Collective members, and The Giving Circle, which passes grant money to members doing hands-on service work.
The Refaat Alareer Mobile Library is a traveling library run by volunteers in Atlanta. It brings books about Palestine and freedom struggles to events around the city, and you can borrow them there. The group also offers free zines to download and print, and it can bring the library to your event.
This group is led by performers and sex workers. It supports Black, Indigenous and other workers of color in adult entertainment. It offers skills workshops, mutual aid money, help reaching mediation specialists, and wellness coaching.
Endstate ATL is a Black queer feminist organizing group in Atlanta. It organizes mutual aid, political education, and community action, including work to build a local solidarity economy.
The Atlanta Justice Alliance is a group that fights racial injustice in Atlanta. It runs a mutual aid project that collects donations and shares help with neighbors in need. A local news guide in October 2025 listed it as a mutual aid group with a list of charities, churches and food pantries.
The Free Formula Exchange is a free website that connects families who need baby formula with people who have formula to give away. It works across the whole country, not just one city. You use the site to ask for formula or to offer some, and nobody is allowed to sell formula there.
