During its September board meeting, the board of directors of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation approved six grants totaling more than $24 million.
“This collection of grants represents a cross-section of the foundation’s giving areas and supports meaningful steps forward in addressing housing affordability and financial inclusion for Westside residents, access to renewable energy for low- and moderate-income households and work-based learning opportunities for young people,” said Fay Twersky, president, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. “Together with our grantee partners in Georgia and Montana, we aim to both address immediate needs while taking a long-term view of what it takes to make a difference in the communities that we serve.”
The board-approved grants are:
Atlanta’s Westside
Westside Future Fund (WFF): $10 million to support WFF’s Our Next Chapter campaign aimed at reaching its goal to establish 1,750 new units of affordable housing. This grant will specifically support WFF’s affordable housing projects in the English Avenue and Vine City neighborhoods and is aligned with the foundation’s Westside economic mobility strategy through the affordable housing pathway.
CareerRise: $6.2 million for the Westside Works neighborhood-based workforce collaborative, which provides career services to residents in the English Avenue and Vine City neighborhoods. This grant is aligned with the foundation’s Westside financial inclusion pathway, offering critically needed workforce development programs and services.
Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund: $6.2 million to support the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund’s In Her Hands program to provide 200 female residents in the English Avenue and Vine City neighborhoods with guaranteed income over three years to increase their income and level the playing field for women, who are most likely to experience income inequity and financial insecurity. This grant is also aligned with…
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