147 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Kailee Mills Foundation is a Spring, Texas nonprofit focused on seat belt safety. It helps families after fatal or serious vehicle crashes with case-by-case financial help, grief counseling support, school safety programs, and scholarships, with current family assistance focused mostly on Texas vehicle crashes.
5 services
First H.E.L.P. is a nonprofit that supports first responders and families affected by first responder suicide. They honor people who died, send care packages to families and departments, offer family support connections, collect suicide data, and teach about mental health and suicide prevention.
5 services
Fisher House Foundation helps service members, veterans, and their families when a loved one is getting medical care. It builds and supports free family lodging near military and VA medical centers, and also runs travel, hotel, scholarship, and grant programs.
7 services
University of the People is a nonprofit, accredited online university. It offers low-cost, tuition-free associate, bachelor's, master's, and certificate programs, with scholarships for students who cannot afford fees.
7 services
The Daedalian Foundation helps young people who want to become military aviators. It offers scholarships, flight training support, JROTC awards, and mentoring through a national military aviation network.
8 services
Theresa A. Mike Scholarship Foundation is a nonprofit scholarship foundation based in Coachella, California, not Atlanta. It helps eligible full-time students pay for higher education, especially enrolled members of federally recognized Native American tribes and some students connected to the Coachella Valley, Morongo Basin, or the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians.
4 services
The U.S. Department of Education is the federal agency for education. Through Federal Student Aid, it helps students and families apply for college money such as grants, loans, and work-study, and it also handles student loan information and education civil rights complaints.
7 services
TechForce Foundation is a national nonprofit that helps students explore and enter technician careers like automotive, diesel, aviation, collision, HVAC, welding, marine, and motorcycle work. It offers a free online network, scholarships and grants, career resources, contests, events, and connections to schools, mentors, apprenticeships, and jobs.
7 services
Atlanta Habitat for Humanity helps people buy safe, affordable homes in Atlanta and South Fulton. They also offer home repairs, money coaching, scholarships for eligible Habitat families, ReStore thrift shops, and volunteer build opportunities.
6 services
TeamMercy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports children and families after the death of a child. It helps surviving siblings through activity grants, education scholarships, grief care packs, remembrance runs, and awareness events.
5 services
TREA: The Enlisted Association is a national membership and advocacy group for enlisted service members, veterans, retirees, Guard and Reserve members, and their families. It works on earned military benefits and offers member programs, emergency help through TREA Gives, scholarships, and member meetings.
7 services
Teach For America Metro Atlanta recruits and supports people who teach in under-resourced schools and work for educational opportunity. They place corps members in paid teaching roles, run virtual Ignite tutoring, and connect alumni and community partners around education work in Metro Atlanta.
5 services
Women Marines Association is a national group for women who serve or have served in the U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve, and eligible Fleet Marine Force Navy roles. It helps members stay connected through chapters, events, volunteering, networking, and scholarships for eligible students.
7 services
MTS Sickle Cell Foundation, Inc. supports people and families affected by sickle cell disease. It helps with education, awareness, scholarships, rides to medical care, care packages, and some temporary financial support when funds are available.
7 services
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation helps children who lost a parent in the line of military duty. They provide college and trade school scholarships, education help, and career support for eligible students across the United States and overseas.
7 services
The Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association became part of the Navy Seabee Foundation in 2024. The foundation helps children and grandchildren of Seabees, Civil Engineer Corps officers, and others who served with the Naval Construction Force pay for college or career and technical school.
8 services
Air Force Aid Society is now called Air & Space Forces Aid Society. It is a national nonprofit that helps eligible Air Force and Space Force members, retirees, spouses, and dependents with emergency money, education help, child care support, and other family programs.
11 services
Joni and Friends is a Christian disability ministry. Its Georgia team helps people with disabilities and their families connect with churches, retreats, training, wheelchair donation programs, grants, and local ministry support.
8 services
Construction Angels Inc is a national nonprofit that helps families after a construction worker dies in a work-related accident. They give emergency financial help, help pay for grief counseling, and offer construction-related scholarships.
7 services
The American Indian College Fund is a national nonprofit based in Denver, not Atlanta. It helps American Indian and Alaska Native students pay for college with scholarships and supports tribal colleges with student success, transfer, career, wellness, research, and culture programs.
8 services
