CommunityThe Braves Foundation grant application will be available in May, 2010.
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| 2009 Atlanta Braves Foundation Awards Grantees. |
Each year, the Atlanta Braves Foundation grants funds to youth-serving organizations that focus on health, education, and recreation; that have sound financial practices; and whose plans for the requested funds will have a significant impact upon the individuals served by the requesting organization.
Arthritis Foundation Georgia
The Arthritis Foundation works in communities researching the causes of and cures for arthritis, supporting community outreach and education programs.
Atlanta Community ToolBank
The Atlanta Community Toolbank is the largest tool lending program in the US providing over $300,000 worth of tools for use in community service projects such as renovating and maintaining parks, painting murals, building playgrounds or organizing community clean ups.
Caminar Latino
Caminar Latino is Georgia's first and only comprehensive domestic-violence intervention program for Latino families. The vision of Caminar Latino is to provide transformative educational groups for the entire family.
The Center for Working Families Inc.
The Center for Working Families, Inc. works to provide a combination of job placement, job development and asset-building programs to meet the needs of families in the six neighborhoods surrounding Atlanta's Turner Field.
East Lake Foundation
The East Lake Foundation provides the tools for families of The Villages of East Lake and students of Drew Charter School to build a better life for themselves and future generations through education, affordable housing, job readiness and connections with the broader community.
Field of Dreams Academy
The Field of Dreams Academy strives to educate, expose and endow opportunities to minority youth who have the talent, passion and skill to excel in nontraditional sports.
Inspiring Kids Academy
Inspiring Kids Academy addresses all social, family and everyday issues through a new state of the art life skills program that will promote encouragement with all of their children in order to create a positive change towards their individual contributions to society.
Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer
The Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation provides memorable opportunities for children who have a parent with late stage, limited life expectancy cancer.
Latin American Association
The Latin American Association helps Latinos achieve self-sufficiency, put down roots, build a better life for themselves and their families, and contribute to strong, thriving communities.
L.E.A.D.
L.E.A.D. develops young men to be outstanding, civically engaged student athletes by using the sport of baseball to promote athletic and academic excellence while also promoting service and leadership among urban teens.
Moving in the Spirit
Moving in the Spirit reaches youth through dynamic programs that educate, inspire and unite through dance in order to help them become successful, compassionate leaders.
Project Linus
Project Linus provides love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers."
Study Hall
The Study Hall is an after-school and summer camp program that serves Kindergarten through 5th grade children in the greater Peoplestown community, offering an educational and enrichment curriculum that equips children to achieve sustained personal and academic success.
Villages of Carver Family YMCA
The Villages at Carver Family YMCA is home to the Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy, an 8-acre sports complex comprised of four fields. This signature program affords urban youth the opportunity to participate in youth sports that are traditionally not offered in the inner-city.
Women's Sports Foundation
GoGirlGo! uses sport and physical activity as an educational intervention that supports girls' health and wellness in childhood and early womanhood.
Yes! Atlanta, Inc.
YES! Atlanta's mission has been to alter the direction of the lives of "at-risk" teenagers in metropolitan Atlanta so they will become self-sufficient, productive citizens in their community.
