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Be a catalyst for a thriving communityโ€”mobilizing people, ideas, and resources to improve quality of life in and around Cobb.

01/01/2025

โœจ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ! โœจ

As the clock turns to 2025, our hearts are full of gratitude and hope. This past year, weโ€™ve witnessed the incredible impact of compassion and generosity through YOU! Together, weโ€™ve:

โ€ข ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐จ๐›๐› ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง, raising an astounding $808,000 to help provide food, education, housing, health services, and other essential support for families and neighbors in need.
โ€ข ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐›๐› ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, like Act 6 Ministry of Stone Bridge Church, recipient of the Howard Koepka Collaborative Spirit Award, and nominees Connecting Cobb Veterans, Cobb County Safety Village, Cumberland Counseling Centers, Simple Needs Georgia, and Waymark.
โ€ข ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, like Mark and Rhonda Jacobson of Cumberland Diamond, for their exceptional contributions to our community.
โ€ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ $๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, with 70% directly benefiting Cobb County, supporting initiatives in healthcare, food security, education, financial assistance, civil rights, emergency aid, leadership development, and more.
โ€ข ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ (๐‚๐๐) ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ, equipping local nonprofit leaders with skills to strengthen their organizations and expand their impact.
โ€ข ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ "๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐†๐จ๐จ๐" ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง, designed to amplify collective giving, community problem-solving, nonprofit capacity building, and enhanced organizational effectiveness.
โ€ข โ€ฆand ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž!

๐ŸŒŸ Hereโ€™s to an enriched 2025 filled with love, purpose, and possibility.

Thank you for believing in our mission and being a part of this extraordinary community. Together, we truly are making a difference! ๐ŸŒŽโค๏ธ๐Ÿฅ‚

12/05/2024

Cobb Community Foundationโ€™s ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง wrapped up on December 3, and we are absolutely ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ by this yearโ€™s results!

Over a two-week campaign, the community rallied to raise $700,000 for ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐จ๐›๐› ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ, surpassing every expectation. When combined with a $108,000 match pool, the total impact reaches $๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€” helping families find food and other basic needs, children access education, and neighbors secure housing, safety, and health services.

This yearโ€™s achievements represent a monumental leap from last yearโ€™s $71,000 total, and weโ€™d like to extend a heartfelt ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ to our Donors, Funders, Nonprofits, Media Partners, and our Team here at CCF for making this all possible! Happy holidays everyone.

๐Ÿ† To learn more visit: https://bit.ly/3ZoMolt



๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ
๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž & ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
โ€ข Georgia Symphony Orchestra
โ€ข Strand Marietta
๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โ€ข Communities In Schools of Georgia in Marietta/Cobb County, Inc.
โ€ข The STEAM Generation
๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
โ€ข Circles of Cobb
โ€ข Simple Needs GA, Inc.
โ€ข 10 Women of Hope
๐…๐จ๐จ๐ & ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โ€ข H.O.P.E. Family Resource Center, Inc
โ€ข Family Life Restoration Center
โ€ข Food Security for America
โ€ข Reflections of Trinity
โ€ข Sweetwater Mission
๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก & ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ 
โ€ข Aloha to Aging, Inc
โ€ข CumberlandCounseling
โ€ข Davis Direction Foundation
โ€ข Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb
โ€ข Loving Arms Cancer Outreach
โ€ข Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia (VRS)
๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ 
โ€ข NW Metro Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
โ€ข Serenade Heights, Inc.
โ€ข Special Needs Cobb
๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ
โ€ข Blue Thanksgiving, Inc
โ€ข Cobb County Public Safety Foundation
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
โ€ข Atlanta Youth Tennis & Education Foundation
โ€ข Marietta Mentoring for Leadership

12/01/2024

๐ŸŒŸTest Your Knowledge!๐ŸŒŸ

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ: Which nonprofit helps foster student success by connecting at-risk youth with community resources and support? (Hint: This organization works to break barriers and ensure every child can thrive in school and life!)
A) Communities In Schools of Georgia in Marietta/Cobb County
B) The STEAM Generation (TSG)
C) Atlanta Youth Tennis and Education Foundation
D) Marietta Mentoring for Leadership

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซโ€”๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿงก
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โณ Only a few days left!
Visit cobbfoundation.org to donate to a nonprofit or cause youโ€™re passionate about and help them unlock their share of our ๐Ÿ’ฐ $100,000 match pool this holiday season!

Ways to give:
๐Ÿ’ป Online: Donate at cobbfoundation.org
๐Ÿ–Š By Check: Address to Cobb Community Foundation, 1100 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 1000, Atlanta, GA 30339 (include the organization's name in the memo line)
๐Ÿ“ž From IRA or Donor-Advised Fund: Call (770) 859-2366

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ— ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. Donโ€™t miss this chance to make an impact!

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12/01/2024

๐ŸŒŸ Test Your Knowledge! ๐ŸŒŸ

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ: Which nonprofit provides essential support for individuals and families moving out of homelessness or facing significant need through programs like โ€œSimple Household Needsโ€, โ€œMy Birthday Mattersโ€, and "Spirit of Christmas"? (Hint: They are also one of 6 nominees for the Howard Koepka Collaborative Spirit Award, honoring nonprofits dedicated to teamwork and service).
A) Circles Cobb
B) Simple Needs of Georgia
C) 10 Women of Hope

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซโ€”๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ฉ! ๐Ÿงก

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Just a few days left! Head to cobbfoundation.org and donate to a nonprofit or cause close to your heart and help them unlock a share of our ๐Ÿ’ฐ $100,000 match pool this holiday season! And if youโ€™re not sure who to donate to, just donate to the Match Pool, and weโ€™ll distribute your donation across all 25 organizations.

The match window closes Dec. 3 at 11:59 p.m.

Ways to give:
๐Ÿ’ป Online: Donate at cobbfoundation.org
๐Ÿ–Š By Check: Address to Cobb Community Foundation, 1100 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 1000, Atlanta, GA 30339, with the organizationโ€™s name in the memo line
๐Ÿ“ž From IRA or Donor-Advised Fund: Call (770) 859-2366

11/28/2024

๐ŸŒŸ How well do you know our local heroes? ๐ŸŒŸ

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ: Which nonprofit is known for spreading holiday joy by providing meals and gifts to first responders and their families during Thanksgiving? (Hint: This organization was founded by a group of dedicated first responders who wanted to give back to their peers and create a sense of community during the holidays).

A) Blue Thanksgiving
B) Cobb County Public Safety Foundation

See comments to find out the answerโ€”and meet the other incredible Public Safety organization in our Match Magic lineup! ๐Ÿงก

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Head to cobbfoundation.org and donate to a nonprofit or cause close to your heart and help them unlock a share of our ๐Ÿ’ฐ $100,000 match pool this holiday season! And if youโ€™re not sure who to donate to, just donate to the Match Pool, and weโ€™ll distribute your donation across all 25 organizations.

The match window closes Dec. 3 at 11:59 p.m.

Ways to give:
๐Ÿ’ป Online: Donate at cobbfoundation.org
๐Ÿ–Š By Check: Address to Cobb Community Foundation, 1100 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 1000, Atlanta, GA 30339, with the organizationโ€™s name in the memo line
๐Ÿ“ž From IRA or Donor-Advised Fund: Call (770) 859-2366

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Our Mission

Inspiring charitable giving, building resources for the future and connecting donors who care with causes that matter

A community fully engaged in meeting needs now and into the future

Cobb Community Foundation manages charitable funds for local individuals, families, for-profit and non-profit organizations who are all connected by their passion for making a difference in our community. Learn how our fundholders are creating their legacies on our blog ยป

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1100 Circle 75 Pkwy. Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA
30339

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