ATLANTA Gay & Lesbian Community FOUNDATION
Community Needs & Impact
MISSION: The ATLANTA Gay & Lesbian Community FOUNDATION empowers donors, helps nonprofit organizations get better results, and meets local needs to build a stronger and more inclusive community. It works through donor-advised funds, community impact grants, philanthropic education, and technical assistance in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and allied communities of metropolitan Atlanta.
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Summary A January 2008 survey of Atlanta opinion leaders showed near unanimity on the need for a new organization to provide capacity-building services to other nonprofit organizations and to address unmet community needs. By large majorities, local opinion leaders also support the idea of an organization for pooling donations and for promoting both community philanthropy and standards of nonprofit excellence. Download the January 2008 Survey results.
To take the rolling online survey, click here.
| <br> Results from an opinion leader survey on community needs & nonprofits.Percentages who would like to see an organization Provide capacity-building services: 93 Address unmet community needs: 88 Promote nonprofit organizational standards of excellence: 83 Promote philanthropy: 80 Pool smaller donations 69 Work with other nonprofits 80 Seniors 100 Suicide prevention 86 Homelessness prevention 83 General health & wellness 88 Addiction/abuse prevention 97 Domestic violence prevention 86
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The results of this survey and
the absence of any existing organization with the mission or ability to provide
capacity-building services for improving local nonprofits or to empower donors impartially
prompted the Atlanta Gay & Lesbian
Center to reorganize in response. Originally incorporated
on October 11, 1976 under the laws of the State of Georgia and operating as a 501 c 3
organization since December 21, 1979, The ATLANTA Gay & Lesbian
Community FOUNDATION can
claim this legacy as one of the oldest LGBTQA service organizations in the
country. The original mission to improve the lives of LGBTQA persons and promote human rights is now carried out by empowering donors, helping nonprofits get results, addressing unmet needs, and building an inclusive community.
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