The submission window for our September grant will be open from August 1 –  20, 2014.   The funds will be awarded April during the chapter’s Awesome Hour to be held September  17 @7pm at Fork and Juniper – 125 1oth Street – Atlanta, GA

The submission window for our August grant will be open from July 1 – July 20, 2014.   The funds will be awarded April during the chapter’s Awesome Hour to be held August 20 @7pm at Fork and Juniper – 125 1oth Street – Atlanta, GA

Our chapter’s grant schedule is January – June and then August – November.  We do not award grants in July and December.

The submission window for the Atlanta chapter’s June grant is now open.  Applications are being accepted from May 1-May 20th and the funds will be awarded during the June “Awesome Hour.”    To date, the newly launched chapter has awarded two grants.  The inaugural grant was awarded in April to the S.M.A.R.T Moves Chess Club for Teen Boys and the May grant was given to The Cross Keys Foundation to build a “Little Free Library” along the Buford Highway corridor for a largely “English Learner” Language (ELL) population.  –   Apply today

The submission window for the Atlanta chapter’s May grant opened today – as the inaugural winner was announced.  The chapter’s inaugural winner is The S.M.A.R.T Moves Chess Club, a mentoring program for young men.  The chess club was started by Fulton County Juvenile Court Officer, Mustafa Mahdi and the Deputy Chief of Probation, Samuel Washington.  The grant-funds will be used to purchase additional chess boards, game-timers and business-attire for the young men in the program, all from low income single parent homes.  Since the program’s inception Officer Mahdi has personally purchased the chess boards from thrift stores.  The window for the May Grant will be opened from April 1 – April 20th.  The winner will be announced prior to Awesome Atlanta’s monthly cocktail hour to be held @ bar Eleven at the Loews Atlanta Hotel.  The winner and other purveyors of social-good are invited to attend the monthly gathering.    –   Apply today