Help Us Celebrate 120 Years with a Bold Goal

We’re aiming to raise $120,000 to support our 211 lifeline—a vital resource connecting families to food, shelter, and essential care. Let’s make this milestone count—together.

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120 years of community

Since 1905, we’ve worked at the heart of our community, uniting Atlantans to make a difference in the lives of millions. Come shape the next 120 years with us.

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Our Impact

These aren’t just numbers. They’re our neighbors. In the past year...

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34,148

children became strong learners.

82,310

youth had paths opened for higher education and high growth careers.

61,356

people received access to health care, improving their economic stability and quality of life.

13,539

lives improved because of community-led solutions in Clayton, South DeKalb and South Fulton counties.

Our goal

To help every child unlock their full potential by improving education, healthcare, and economic mobility in the communities where they live.

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News and Events

Students play educational activities—the Georgia full-day Pre-K program that we know today is a direct result of GEEARS’s advocacy.

September 19, 2025

Setting GEEARS in motion

Alana Dorsey cuts the ribbon to celebrate her newly renovated early learning center with partners from United Way of Greater Atlanta, PAACT, Quality Care for Children, Early Learning Property Management, and Banner Services Group.

September 12, 2025

Building up our youngest learners

Mary Wilson, Executive Director of the Trans Housing Coalition, is one of our first OUT Georgia Impact Fund recipients—and has helped house more than 300 transgender and gender-nonconforming clients across Greater Atlanta.

October 10, 2025

Out of the margins into housing that heals

Take a walk down the streets of Atlanta, and you’re bound to see—or look away from—the faces of neighbors experiencing homelessness. In 2019, Trans Housing Coalition (THC) Founder and photographer Jesse Pratt Lopez refused to look away. She began photographing women on the street around Piedmont Avenue, drawn to their strength and resilience. The LGBTQIA+…