The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc
The Atlanta Women’s Foundation Inc. is a public charity based in Atlanta, Georgia. It raises funds and makes grants to local nonprofits working to improve the lives of women and girls in metro Atlanta, with a focus on economic self-sufficiency and related barriers to opportunity.
The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc at a glance
In short: The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc gave $1.2M across 19 grants in 2025 (avg $63K), mostly in Georgia. 5% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,200,000
- +12.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 19
- +11.8% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $63,158
- +0.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $50,000
- Total assets
- $7,847,002
- +31.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 5% first-time grantees (1 of 19, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Georgia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- Invitation Only
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The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests. It researches and identifies potential nonprofit partners aligned with its issue areas and extends invitations. Organizations may submit a grantee interest form; responses are kept on file and reviewed periodically.
- Contact
Mailing address: 3715 Northside Pkwy 4-725, Atlanta, GA 30327
Phone: (404) 577-5000
Website: https://atlantawomen.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc
Who The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Hope Inc Helping Other People ($120K). Together the top 10 received $770K.
Grant Size Distribution
94 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 58 grants of 94 (62%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation states that it supports organizations serving economically vulnerable women and girls in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties. Its 2025 reported grants went entirely to recipients in Georgia.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 19 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc open to new grantees?
5%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 1 of 19 grantees (5%) were first-time recipients. With only 19 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $100K; repeat grants $61K. How we count
Medians: $100K first-time, $50K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $590K (2020) to $1.2M (2025). In 2025 it made 19 grants totaling $1.2M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hope Inc Helping Other People Duluth, GA | Economic Empowerment & Wieland 2024 | $120,000 |
| Atlanta Habitat for Humanity Atlanta, GA | Ecomonic Empowerment 2025 | $100,000 |
| Clayton State Univeristy Fdtn Morrow, GA | Economic Empowerment 2024 | $100,000 |
| Nicholas House Atlanta, GA | Economic Empowerment 2024 | $100,000 |
| Per Scholas Atlanta, GA | Economic Empowerment 2025 | $100,000 |
| Agape Community Center Inc Atlanta, GA | All Girls Forward 2025 | $50,000 |
| Cool Girls Inc of Greater ATL Decatur, GA | All Girls Forward 2025 | $50,000 |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Atlant Mableton, GA | All Girls Forward 2025 | $50,000 |
| Girls Inc of Greater Atlanta Marietta, GA | 2024 Women's Pathway to Success | $50,000 |
| Girls on the Run Georgia Atlanta, GA | All Girls Forward 2025 | $50,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,847,002 | $4,600,723 | $2,925,239 | $1,200,000 | 19 | $241,529 |
| 2024 | $5,962,625 | $2,318,561 | $2,586,297 | $1,070,000 | 17 | $334,011 |
| 2023 | $6,247,777 | $2,371,799 | $2,494,942 | $1,160,000 | 20 | $17,328 |
| 2022 | $5,172,437 | $2,187,568 | $2,199,403 | $935,000 | 17 | $55,812 |
| 2021 | $5,229,218 | $1,924,781 | $1,944,872 | $895,000 | 21 | $48,736 |
| 2020 | $4,249,603 | $2,221,681 | $1,694,789 | $590,000 | 14 | $57,903 |
| 2019 | $4,340,927 | $2,043,641 | $2,082,467 | $1,180,000 | 30 | $120,656 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s stated mission is to be a catalyst for change in the lives of women and girls. Its grant initiatives focus on mental and physical health, education, life skills, and economic empowerment. The foundation places particular emphasis on wraparound services such as childcare assistance, career coaching, and financial literacy.
Its programs include All Girls Forward, which supports services such as health care, supplemental education, mentoring, college readiness, and financial literacy for girls experiencing poverty. Breaking Barriers, Building Women focuses on higher education and asset building for low-income women. The Two-Generation Initiative, launched in June 2023, supports organizations serving young mothers and their children. The foundation also describes a collective impact approach that brings grantees together for shared measurement, peer learning, evaluation assistance, consultation, and convenings.
The grantees’ own missions illustrate the range of organizations supported. Nicholas House says it helps families experiencing homelessness become self-sufficient through stable housing and services addressing the causes of homelessness. Girls on the Run Georgia says it empowers girls with social-emotional skills. Atlanta Children’s Shelter says it works to break the cycle of poverty for families facing homelessness through pathways to self-sufficiency and early childhood education.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 19 grants totaling $1,200,000. Grant amounts ranged from $45,000 to $120,000, with a median of $50,000. All reported grant dollars went to recipients in Georgia. Notable awards included $120,000 to HOPE Inc. Helping Other People for “Economic Empowerment & Wieland 2024,” and $100,000 each to Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, Clayton State University Foundation, Nicholas House, and Per Scholas for economic empowerment initiatives. Several organizations received $50,000 for All Girls Forward, including Agape Community Center, Cool Girls, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Girls on the Run Georgia, Global Village Project, and Los Niños Primero.
The Sue Wieland Embracing Possibility Award is an annual $20,000 award for one of the foundation’s grantee partner organizations, recognizing significant impact on women and girls. The organization identifies an individual served by the grantee as an example of its work.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Officers and directors listed on the 2025 filing include Kari B. Love, CEO; Dishonda Hughes, CMO; Allison Cobb, SVP, PC&C; April Castro, Director of PHI; Carolyn Alford, Erin Harris, Keisha Duck, Dimitrios Efstathiou, and Meg Garrido, board members; and Robyn Crittenden, director.
The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc is led by Kari B. Love, CEO since 2020 (on filings since 2019); 4 of 24 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kari B. Love
CEO
Chief Executive Officer → CEO, 2020
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$127K (2019) → $279K (2025)
Fiona Bell
Chairman
Board Member → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2023
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
April Castro
Director of Phi
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$105K (2025)
Robyn Crittenden
Director
Board Member → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dishonda Hughes
CMO
Executive Vice President of Mission → CMO, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$100K (2020) → $124K (2025)
Allison Cobb
Senior Vice President, Pc & C
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$119K (2025)
Blaise Warren
Board Member
Board Member → Secretary, 2023
Secretary → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carolyn Alford
Board Member
Board Member → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meredith Leapley
Board Member
Board Member → Chairman, 2022
Chairman → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erin Harris
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bess Hinson
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keisha Duck
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Monique Honaman
Vice Chair
Board Member → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Heather Lamb
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kate Pearch
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Libby Pollock
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lindsay R. Hill
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meg Garrido
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meg Stevens
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meredith C. Moore
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susanne Hall
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tish Harrison
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dimitrios Efstathiou
Board Memeber
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leslie Walker
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (32)
- Former: Anne J. Sheehan Cre Mai Ceo (2019–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Sirita Donaldson (2023–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Lativia Ray-Alston (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Sujatha Reddy MD (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Kimberly Kitchens (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Krystal Zell (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Angela Spivey (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Juliet Asher MD (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Mike Lawings (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Julie Hussain (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Rachel Sonenshine (2023) — Board Member
- Former: K. Michele Sims (2019–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Kali Wilson Beyah (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Mark D. Wasserman (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Nancy Halwig (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Rebecca Becky Schmitt (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Ellen W. Smith (2020–2022) — Vice Chair
- Former: Joanna Price (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Cari K. Dawson (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Jennifer Welch Hightower (2019–2021) — Chairman
- Former: Kristin R. Adams (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
- Former: Tina Shah (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Michele Sims (2020–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Bentina Terry (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Colleen M. McBride PhD (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Becky Powhatan Kelley (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Deborah Goodman (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Letitia Tish A. McDonald (2019) — Chair
- Former: Lisa Cannon Taylor (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Susan Been (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Susan Gambardella (2019) — Board Member
- Former: William Bill Jennings (2019) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $279K, to Kari B Love (CEO). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc
How much does The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc give each year?
The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc gave $1.2M across 19 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.1M across 17 grants.
What is The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc's typical grant size?
The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $50,000, and its average grant was $63,158, across 19 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc that year got $100K on average.
Where does The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc give grants?
The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc gives mostly in Georgia: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Atlanta, GA (12 grants) and Decatur, GA (2 grants).
Does The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 19 grants with a stated purpose on The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "All Girls Forward 2025" (8 grants) and "2024 Women's Pathway to Success" (3 grants).
Who are The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Hope Inc Helping Other People ($120,000), Atlanta Habitat for Humanity ($100,000) and Clayton State Univeristy Fdtn ($100,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 27% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc?
The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc reported $7.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.6M.
What does The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc fund?
The foundation’s stated mission is to be a catalyst for change in the lives of women and girls. Its grant initiatives focus on mental and physical health, education, life skills, and economic empowerment. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc?
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc's EIN?
The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 58-2389721. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 7, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 9, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 22, 2025)
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