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…
Record $425,000 Awarded to 24 Gwinnett/Forsyth Nonprofits!
We recently awarded 24 grants to area nonprofits at our annual grant awards celebration. Held on June 4th at The 1818 Club, the event was one of the highlights of the year. Twenty-four grants were awarded, totaling a RECORD $425,000! That number included a $200,000 challenge grant for…
Giving Teens Skills to Succeed
Some youth have no idea how to interview for a job, manage money, apply for college scholarships and more. But not the teens Community Sustainability Enterprise impacts. This Lawrenceville-based nonprofit has successfully created private partnerships inside many local schools, allowing them to coach and teach teens so they…
Thankful
This Thanksgiving, we wanted to share why we're thankful for our fundholders and nonprofits. So we reached out to our staff, board and emeritus board members and asked them to share why they are thankful for YOU. Here are their thoughts: “There are so many things that I…
Get our FREE Success Secrets of Effective Year-End Fundraising Campaigns Toolkit
Not only do we have a free fundraising toolkit available, we also have the accompanying PowerPoint! Year-end Fundraising Campaign Toolkit Success Secrets of Effective Year-End Fundraising Campaigns PowerPoint
Meeting the Needs of Gwinnett’s Booming Senior Population
Did you know we currently have 136,604 seniors in Gwinnett and will have 200,000 by 2030? By then, we'll have more seniors than kids in Gwinnett County Public Schools! No one knows these stats better than Friends of Gwinnett Seniors. A volunteer-governed nonprofit that raises funds to help…
A Second Chance at Life
Thirteen years after No Longer Bound was started, Edward Bailey entered the program. He didn't have a tragic childhood or other trauma that led to his addictions. Instead, he came from a two-parent, loving Christian home and was homeschooled. "A restless, reckless and rebellious spirit led me to…
Gwinnett County Public Library – More than Books
Almost three MILLION people visited Gwinnett County Public Library branches in 2016! Our library system offers a plethora of books, classes, information and more to the community, which, as the numbers attest, people are regularly using. Did you know GCPL offers: Learning Labs- Film production/editing, 3D printing, etc.…