Drake House Awarded Grant from ​Community Foundation

From the Drake House: The Drake House was recently awarded a $12,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia. Each year, the Community Foundation ends its grant cycle with a grant awards breakfast. This year’s event, held on May 16th at The 1818 Club, resulted in 28 nonprofits being awarded grants from the Community Foundation’s Good2Give Community Fund, for a total of $303,409! The Drake House, a first time recipient from the Foundation, was the only agency awarded funds in the North Fulton community for this year’s grant.

The Drake House was honored to receive the $12,000 grant and plans to use the money for improvements to their aging facility and new appliances for several apartments. Holly York, Director of Development for the Drake House says “It’s wonderful to begin a partnership with The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia. Their investment in The Drake House shows their confidence in our programming to help homeless single mothers and children move to stable housing and economic self-sufficiency.

Since the Community Foundation’s beginning in 1985, they have donated more than $80 million to worthy charities.

“This is why we do what we do,” said Randy Redner, executive director of the Community Foundation. “We are surrounded by many incredible nonprofits doing incredible work each and every day. To be able to support some of them in the work they do, to help them impact even more people and change even more lives - that is part of our mission at the Community Foundation.

Photo courtesy of the Drake House (PRESIDENT, Community Foundation for Northeast GA - Scott Phelan. Director of Development, The Drake House – Holly York. Grants Committee Chair, Community Foundation for Northeast GA - Julie Keeton Arnold)