The Atlanta ToolBank lends tools and equipment to nonprofits, schools, and other service groups for a small weekly fee. It also runs tool classes and youth tool programs, and it rents out event space at its building in southeast Atlanta.
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is a public charity that connects people who give money with local nonprofits and community needs. It runs grant programs for nonprofits in arts, housing, and neighborhoods. It also runs a student loan repayment program for selected metro Atlanta residents and offers help to donors planning their giving.
Georgia Center for Nonprofits helps nonprofit groups in Georgia do their work better. It offers training classes, consulting, a membership network, policy updates, a fundraising campaign called GAgives, and a job board called Work for Good. Its services are mainly for nonprofit organizations and their staff, boards and partners.
The Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council is a state agency. It runs money help and programs for crime victims, and it gives out grants for criminal justice and victim service groups. It also leads Georgia's work against human trafficking, including a statewide hotline.
The Fox Theatre is a historic theatre in Midtown Atlanta. It hosts Broadway shows, concerts, comedy, dance, film nights and guided tours. Through Fox Gives it also runs free school programs, a high school arts careers program, scholarships and grants for historic theatres.
Hands On Atlanta connects people with volunteer projects at nonprofits and schools across metro Atlanta. You make a free account, pick a project, and sign up. They also run youth, AmeriCorps, leadership, and food-pantry support programs, and they give volunteers a certificate for court-ordered or required service hours.
The Metro Atlanta Land Bank is a public authority that takes over vacant, run-down and tax-delinquent properties in Atlanta and Fulton County. It clears old tax debts and passes the properties on so they can become affordable and market-rate housing, green space and other community uses. Builders, nonprofits, individuals and community groups can apply to buy available properties.
Southface Institute is an Atlanta nonprofit, started in 1978, that works on energy-saving and healthy buildings. It trains trade workers and builders, offers green building certification and consulting, and runs grants and discounts that help other nonprofits cut energy bills. Many of its services and courses cost money.
Southface is an Atlanta nonprofit that works to make buildings use less energy and be healthier. It teaches classes for building and trade workers, and it offers grants and discounts to help nonprofits cut their energy bills. It also shares free energy code guides and runs an energy code helpline.
South Arts is a regional arts group that supports artists, arts groups and communities across the South. It runs grants, a jazz touring program, a film tour for independent filmmakers, and training for people who work in the arts. Most of its help goes to artists and arts organizations.
EarthShare Georgia raises money for environmental groups, mostly through giving programs at workplaces. It also links businesses and employees to its nonprofit partners for volunteer days and learning events about air, land and water.
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.
Partners for HOME is a nonprofit that leads Atlanta's work to end homelessness. It does not give out shelter or housing itself. It coordinates and funds the agencies that do, and the website tells people who need help to call 311.
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs is a state agency. It runs rental voucher programs, helps people buy homes, and pays for groups that serve people who are homeless. It also helps cities and counties with planning, downtowns, and historic places.
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP) is a nonprofit that builds, fixes up, and pays for affordable homes and apartments in metro Atlanta. It sells homes to buyers with low or moderate incomes, rents out apartments and a few houses, lends money to housing developers, and trains neighborhood leaders for free.
Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition is a health and wellness group that works to lower the harm from HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and drug use. It has centers around metro Atlanta where people can get testing, PrEP, treatment for opioid use, housing help, food, water, and other basic help. It also mails free Narcan across Georgia.
This is the DeKalb County government department that connects families to help at every age, from babies to seniors. It runs services for older adults, programs for youth, rides for seniors, and grants for nonprofits. Call the main number to find the right office.
GEMA/HS is Georgia's state agency for getting ready for, responding to, and recovering from disasters. Most of its help goes to local governments, agencies, schools, and nonprofits through grants and training. It also runs a case management program for Hurricane Helene survivors, shares FEMA sign-up steps after major federal disasters, and offers the Ready Georgia preparedness campaign and a suspicious-activity reporting app.
This is a Georgia state office that teaches people how to drive and ride more safely. It runs safety campaigns and shares car seat help, helmet tips, and traffic data. It also gives grants to agencies and colleges and runs a driver's education scholarship for teens.
Atlanta Women's Foundation raises money and gives grants to local nonprofits that help women and girls move out of poverty. It serves Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties. It also does research, offers training, and holds events, but it does not give money straight to women and girls.