When students are diagnosed with Dyslexia, parents must make decisions on how to best help them to be successful learners. The idea for GRACEPOINT School in Marietta was developed in 2012 by two moms who were deeply committed to providing …
Welcome Family Promise of Cobb County!
When a family with children unexpectedly falls into homelessness, it creates a snowball effect of negative consequences that makes recovering without help extremely difficult. The leadership at Family Promise National understands the obstacles these families are facing, and they have …
Art Blooms at Smith-Gilbert Gardens
When you think about a botanical garden, you may picture lush landscapes, colorful blooms and a collection of trees. Smith-Gilbert Gardens offers yet another element to nature – Art! Located in Kennesaw, Georgia and nestled in seventeen beautiful acres, Smith-Gilbert …
Boiling down the alphabet soup: What actually are RMDs and how do they relate to QCDs?
If you get cross-eyed when you start reading about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) and Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), you are not alone! And, given the December 2022 passage of SECURE 2.0 legislation, changes to RMD rules are especially important to …
CCF’s First Nonprofits Making a Difference Bus Tour of 2023: Here’s Where We Went
A big part of our mission is connecting donors who care with causes that matter. One way we do this is by inviting CCF fundholders and friends to meet some impactful nonprofit organizations through quarterly Nonprofits Making a Difference Bus …
Welcome Tommy Nobis Scholarship Fund
For over 45 years, the programs of the Tommy Nobis Center (TNC) have been changing lives by championing workplace success for people with disabilities. Through the extraordinary efforts of Bobbie Knopf, a Georgia special education teacher, Joyce Slaughter, a parent …
Private Foundations and Donor-advised Funds: Debunking 3 Myths
If you’ve been involved with charitable giving for a few years, you’ve no doubt become familiar with both private foundations and donor-advised funds and their popularity as charitable giving tools. As is often the case with tax and estate planning-related …
WELCOME TO THE BLUE THANKSGIVING FUND!
Background Blue Thanksgiving started small in 2013 as a way to show support to our local law enforcement community at a time when public sentiment was particularly low resulting from a period of negative national news stories. Founders, Kimberly and …
Brian Family of Liberty Furniture Industries To Be Honored by City of Hope
Followers of Cobb Community Foundation are well familiar with Liberty Furniture Industries and its founders, the Brian Family. In 2018, Liberty established a $1 million charitable fund a Cobb Community Foundation, a moment that Jason Brian, Liberty CEO, (pictured above) …
Welcome Shelly Owens, Director of Nonprofit Services
Shelly joined Cobb Community Foundation in March of 2023 as the Director of Nonprofit Services. She has over two decades of nonprofit experience serving with local, national, and global organizations of all shapes and sizes. Her years of unique and …
