The North Georgia Community Foundation (NGCF) played Santa Claus a little early this year. The organization distributed $429,922 in grants to 47 nonprofits to fund programs and services benefiting North Georgians.
During its latest grant cycle, NGCF awarded amounts ranging from $500 to $25,000 to support work in the areas of health, human services, education, and community improvement. Generous contributions from donors funded the grants.
“We [NGCF] have been running this program for 24 years. The first year, we awarded $10,000; so, to see where we are now is incredible,” said Margaux Dolenc, a Senior Director at the Foundation.
The Community Grants, combined with the $107,000 in Opportunity Grants NGCF awarded earlier this year, amount to more than a half-million dollars in grants the foundation has distributed this year.
NGCF recently held a celebration recognizing this year’s recipients and the counties they serve. They include:
- Alzheimer’s Association Georgia Chapter – Banks, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White
- Bald Ridge Lodge Inc. – Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Hall
- BMore Learning – Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Hall
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier, Inc. – Forsyth, Habersham, Hall
- CASA Of Forsyth County, Inc. – Forsyth
- Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy – Forsyth
- Edmondson Telford Center for Children – Dawson, Hall
- Enotah CASA, Inc. – Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White
- Family Promise of Forsyth County – Dawson, Forsyth
- First Impressions Clothing Ministry, Inc. – Habersham, Rabun, Stephens
- Food Bank of Northeast Georgia – Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Jackson, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, White
- Forsyth County Public Library – Forsyth
- Gateway Domestic Violence Center – Hall
- Good News at Noon – Hall
- Good News Clinics – Hall
- Hall-Dawson CASA Program, Inc. – Dawson, Hall
- Hispanic Alliance GA – Banks, Forsyth, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin
- Humane Society of Northeast Georgia – Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White
- Joshua’s Voice, Inc. – Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, White
- Junior Achievement of Georgia, Inc. – Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin
- Kids Cubed, dba Waymark Banks – Dawson, Forsyth, Gilmer, Hall, Pickens, White
- Mentor Me North Georgia, Inc. – Dawson, Forsyth, Hall
- My Sister’s Place – Banks, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Stephens, White
- Myers Elementary School / Hall County Board of Education – Hall
- Path United – Hall
- Rape Response, Inc. – Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, White
- Richard’s Kids, Inc. – Rabun
- Sautee Nacoochee Community Association, Inc. – Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Stephens, Towns, Union, White
- Sisu of Georgia Inc. – Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, White
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Michael Conference – Gainesville Hall
- St Luke’s St Vincent de Paul Conference – Lumpkin
- Teacher Reuse Exchange – Dawson, Forsyth, Gilmer, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens
- The Craddock Center for Child and Family Enrichment – Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns, Union
Anyone interested in making a difference in North Georgia by supporting nonprofit organizations may donate to the NGCF Community Fund. For more information, contact the Foundation at (770) 535-7880 or visit www.ngcf.org.
