Young philanthropist starts nonprofit to put kids on track to literacy
He grew up in Gwinnett, left for college, and came back to find his place. And found his place he has. Three years ago, 28-year-old JT Wu founded Preface, a nonprofit focused on increasing childhood literacy. “I came back home to be closer to family and started to…
Chugging along for charity: The model train fundraiser that raised thousands for local co-op
Donna and Jonathan Galucki have had a heart to give back for a long time. And the way they did it this past Christmas season was entirely new. It all began with Donna’s childhood desire to help others. “I grew up always wanting to contribute. And when I…
Grant cycle now open!
Nonprofits, apply now for our 2022 grant cycle! Our focus areas for 2022 are: Food Insufficiency Homelessness Healthcare Education Our grant award process is two step so as not to unduly burden the nonprofits in our community. We request organizations submit a brief LOI which will be due…
Nonprofit Wish Book
For the first time ever we've created a Nonprofit Wish Book! In this edition you'll find wishes big and small from 23 of our nonprofit fundholders. It's a great way to get the whole family, your workplace, your neighbors - anyone you know - involved in making an…
From playing in creeks to helping conserve creeks
Meet the guys behind our newest nonprofit fundholder Some people love the great outdoors and some people LOVE the great outdoors. For Thomas Krebs and Scott Smith, the outdoors is definitely their passion. That passion led them to create their own nonprofit, The Barn Group Land Trust.…
Gigi’s Wish List
Have you met Gigi, the Good2Give Elf yet? This holiday season she’s visiting places where good things happen and making a list (and helping Santa check it twice, of course!) of ways to give to our nonprofits. Check out her recommendations and see how you can give this…
7 Strategies to Developing Funding Resources
By Michelle Long and Victoria Anglin, NP Voice Earlier this year, Michelle and Victoria presented a workshop on "Resource Development for 'Doers of Good'." One of the things they covered was how to develop strong funding resources. Here are the seven strategies they shared. Strategy 1: Individual Giving…
Meet the nonprofit solving the prenatal care problem in Gwinnett
One of our newest nonprofit fundholders is Obria Medical Clinic Gwinnett. We recently chatted with Executive Director Robin Mauck to discover more about Obria as well as why they became fundholders with us. Read about them as well as some exciting community news! CFNEG: Why did Obria…
A Celebration of Good
20 nonprofit stories told. $800,000 raised. $125,000 given away. Almost 3,000 attendees. And that’s just since 2016. When we kicked off our first Good2Give Celebration in 2016, we knew we wanted to start a tradition of celebrating our nonprofits and we were hopeful our communities would want the…