2025 Grant Recipients
​SPRING CAPITAL CYCLE 2025
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Clifton Sanctuary Ministries, Inc. $10,000
Clifton Sanctuary Ministry, a partner of Neighborhood Church, provides a transformational experience for homeless men through comprehensive life skills training, purposeful and assertive case management, collaborative community partnerships, and dedicated volunteers. Grant funds will be used to renovate the facility, improving guest safety and increasing energy efficiency.
Family Promise Hall County $10,000
Family Promise Hall County, a partner of Gainesville First UMC, empowers low-income individuals and families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable independence by providing wrap-around services. Located on the former McEver Road UMC campus, Family Promise Hall County will use grant funds to demolish the deteriorating Scout Hut in preparation for new transitional housing.
Helping Hands of Paulding County $10,000
Impact 46, Inc. $10,000
Impact46, a partner of Lawrenceville First UMC, seeks to promote stability and restore dignity to vulnerable populations in Lawrenceville by providing essential housing services to those in economic distress. Grant funds will be used to renovate an existing apartment building into housing for homeless men.
Rainbow Community Center $10,000
Rainbow Community Center, a ministry of Garden of Gethsemane Homeless Shelter and partner of Covington First UMC, serves the homeless in Newton and surrounding counties by providing shelter, meals, and literacy support, while working to restore broken family relationships. Grant funds will be used to purchase new mattresses and complete needed facility repairs.
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Rainbow Village, Inc. $10,000
Rainbow Village, Inc., a partner of Duluth First UMC, seeks to transform the lives of families experiencing homelessness by providing help, hope, housing and healing in order to instill initiative, self-development and accountability that will foster meaningful growth in the lives of residents. Grant funds will be used to build a retaining wall and redirect drainage to protect one-third of the residential housing units currently affected by water damage.
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HABITAT GRANTS:
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Habitat for Humanity - Dekalb $5,000
Habitat for Humanity - Dekalb, a partner of Mountain Park UMC, seeks to put God’s love into action, by bringing people together to repair and build homes, communities and hope. Grant funds will go toward the construction of a family home in the Stone Mountain area.
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Ivy and Roses Community Fund, Inc. $5,000
Ivy and Roses Community Fund, Inc., a partner of Cascade UMC, is a source of support to the Greater Atlanta community led by a service-minded group of college-educated, professional women. Grant funds will be used to build a family home in the Grove Park Neighborhood and members of Cascade UMC will give volunteer time to complete construction.
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