Cobb Community Foundation, with support from the United Way of Greater Atlanta and the Cobb Collaborative, has engaged the Georgia Center for Nonprofits (GCN) to perform a Human Services Needs Assessment, Asset Mapping and Gap Analysis for Cobb County. GCN’s …
Business Owners: Start Planning Now for the Sale of Your Business
Tim Agnew, CPA/PFS, CFP®, Managing Director of Smith & Howard Wealth Management shares how business owners should start planning now for the sale of their business.
Successful business owners are well aware of the importance of good time management. Daily …
Welcome Nana Grants to the CCF Family
In 2016, Erica Stephens founded Nana Grants in honor of her grandmother, Mary “Gran” Arivett, and her mother, Diann “Nana” Arivett. Mary helped raise Erica while Diann, a single mother, attended nursing school. In turn, Diann helped care for Erica’s …
BOB KISER NAMED 2019 VISIONARY PHILANTHROPIST OF THE YEAR
Your IRA Distribution May Be Costing You More Than You Think
Many seniors are hearing the phrase “Qualified Charitable Distribution” or “QCD” from their accountants this time of year. The idea is, if you are over 70 ½, instead of taking your required distribution from your IRA and handling your charitable …
LIBERTY FURNITURE ESTABLISHES $1 MILLION CHARITABLE FUND WITH COBB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
When Richard Brian started Liberty Furniture in 1992, his vision was a company that would thrive on the values of hard work, fairness and integrity. What began as seven people in a small section of a warehouse in west Atlanta …
6 Tips to Get Your 2019 Financial House in Order
Lisa Brown of Brightworth shares how making a New Year’s “date” to talk finances can pay off all year long….
On New Year’s Day, my husband and I sit down at the kitchen table and map out our financial plan …
Ferst Readers of Cobb
What is one way to create a stronger community? Give every child under five access to quality books in the home.
Ferst Readers was founded in 1999 to address the growing problem of children, many from low-income communities, entering kindergarten …
Simple Needs GA
Cobb Community Foundation is very excited to officially be partnering with Cobb non-profit, Simple Needs GA.
Simple Needs GA was founded in 2010 by this year’s East Cobb Citizen of the Year, Brenda Rhodes. As a longtime volunteer at MUST …
Recognizing the recipients of the 2018 James L. Rhoden, Jr. Award for Visionary Philanthropy, David and Brittney Bottoms
David and Brittney Bottoms have demonstrated visionary philanthropy in a way no one would ever want to experience: out of tragedy they created purpose.
David and Brittney learned thirteen weeks into her pregnancy that their son, John Tate, would likely …
