Unlock Funding for Your Parish: A Guide to Episcopal Church Grant Opportunities
Episcopal church grant opportunities in the Diocese of Atlanta are not limited to those offered by the Episcopal Community Foundation.
Spring 2025: ECF Grants Up to $83,000
ECF announces $83,000 to spring 2025 grant recipients: Community Helping Place, Family Promise of Athens, and St. Alban’s Episcopal Church.
Human Trafficking in Rural Areas: Spotting the Signs
Human trafficking often occurs in rural areas, benefiting from the seclusion of locations like rest stops and bus stops.
Workforce Development: Disrupting the Generational Poverty Cycle
Workforce development is crucial for creating opportunities that lead to sustainable employment and upward mobility.
Should Your Church Hire a Grant Writer? What You Need to Know
When asked about grant writing for churches, ECF works one-on-one with our parishes with little to no grant writing experience.
Georgia Food Insecurity: Addressing Challenges in Uncertain Times
Several stressors are converging in the food assistance marketplace, meaning that more support is needed for hunger-focused ministries in Georgia.
Fall 2024: ECF Grants Up to $92,500
ECF announces $92,500 to fall 2024 grant recipients: CVEM, Macon Volunteer Clinic, Putnam Christian Outreach, and St. Michael & All Angels.
Spring 2024: ECF Grants $41,532 to Fight Poverty
Today ECF announces $41,532 to spring 2024 grant recipients LaAmistad (Atlanta) and Northeast Georgia CASA (Toccoa).
Poverty is Cyclical: Building Resilience Against Generational Poverty
A Cycle of Poverty Generational poverty is a vicious cycle that impacts families for multiple generations. According to the Georgia Center for Opportunity, “intergenerational poverty (IGP) is described as poverty that persists from one generation…
The Long-Term Impact of Grants
A Long-Term Solution ECF seeks to create long-term solutions with our grants. One of our primary focuses in grantmaking is ensuring that our grants focus on sustainable support. Typically ECF’s grants fall into two types…
Food Insecurity: What is it?
Food Insecurity You might have heard this phrase before, but do we really know what it means? Whatever image is conjured in our minds, there is probably more to it. According to the Atlanta Community…
The Tendrils of Criminal Justice
What We Know about Criminal Justice We’ve read the statistics about people in the criminal justice system. We tend to pay attention to programs of rebuilding and rehabilitation. But there are other people impacted by…