Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report

TACKLING ATL’S MOST PRESSING NEEDS

In the face of the pandemic, Hands On Atlanta engaged over 14,000 people to serve 137,000 hours with 140 partners across metro Atlanta.

President + CEO, Hands On Atlanta

Dear Atlanta

Service is at the heart of everything we do at Hands On Atlanta. It centers us as we live through the global pandemic, economic turmoil and calls for racial justice – as well as the uncertainty of what might come next. Though I can’t be confident in what the future holds, I can be resolved in our mission: to mobilize the Atlanta community to tackle our city’s most pressing needs. 

The pandemic has served to highlight the pre-existing inequities that have challenged Atlanta for generations – from education and affordable housing to food insecurity and poverty.  As a result, more of us than ever before understand the chasm of disparities and the need for systems change. Though the times are uncertain, we remain rooted in our belief that Atlantans are the most powerful force for change in our community.  Individual actions, both big and small, have significant impact. And through these actions, we can tackle Atlanta’s most pressing needs. 

This year’s annual report highlights the diversity of individual actions that have impacted our city. I invite you to learn more about our work, our partners and our stewardship of charitable funds. As we continue our journey to a more engaged and equitable community, we are honored that you have chosen to join us as a partner, supporter and friend.

Hands On Atlanta Week

From Oct. 3-10, 2021, 5,000 Atlantans battled a global pandemic, racial, political and economic divide, hurricane season, and constant uncertainty to unite in Atlanta’s biggest week of service.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

In FY21, Hands On Atlanta provided direct and wraparound services to nearly 2,000 students (1,931 unduplicated) in Atlanta Public Schools, Fulton County Schools, and Cobb County Schools. Most of our programming shifted to a virtual setting, with the notable exceptions of our Disco pop-ups and Centers of Hope learning pod facilitation.

TUTORING + COACHING

38 Hands On Atlanta AmeriCorps members entered virtual and in-person classrooms at 10 partner sites to provide coaching and tutoring to 387 K-8 students, completing 44,449 hours of service.

OUT-OF-SCHOOL LEARNING

Our virtual volunteers supported 98 students, serving over 700 hours across 6 elementary schools and 5 part-time staff served over 50 families at 2 City of Atlanta Parks & Recreation’s Centers of Hope.

FOOD ASSISTANCE

With an organization-wide emphasis on food insecurity, 1,500 meals were packed and distributed for families at 3 of our partner schools through our Meals4Kids program.

MLK DAYs of service

From Jan. 14-18, 2021, 1,500 people from Atlanta to India (yes, India) engaged in our MLK Days of Service, presented by The Home Depot. More than 30 nonprofits and 30 companies joined the action, hosting or supporting volunteers at 150 in-person and virtual projects and events to help build Dr. King’s Beloved Community.

Shifting our FY21 focus to the “Atlanta’s most pressing needs” piece of our mission, we engaged 14,320 people to serve close to 137,000 hours at virtual and in-person projects. In total, our volunteers filled 21,000 needs for our nonprofit partners with an average Net Promoter Score of 87.

VOLUNTEER + CIVIC LEADERSHIP

13 Civic Fellows served 850+ hours with almost 100 students in our Disco program. They also led a series of volunteer projects during Hands On Atlanta Week and MLK Day.

FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY

9,500+ Hands On Atlanta volunteers supported 22 Atlanta Community Food Bank partner food pantries to help distribute 8.6 million meals across metro Atlanta.

NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING

130 nonprofits partnered to post over 8,000 projects to our opportunity calendar and built capacity by attending Implicit Bias, Marketing and other workshops.

SPRING FOR SERVICE

In celebration of Global Volunteer Month (April), we mobilized 3,000 volunteers across 6,000 hours and highlighted the exceptional work of volunteers through inspirational volunteer stories.

Hands On Atlanta was backed by 130+ corporations, foundations and government institutions and more than 1,000 individuals in FY21. In total, philanthropic support totaled $3.1M! We’re grateful the Atlanta community “let our hands be yours” do the work, as we grew our individual donor base by 33%.

It’s the support of these organizations and individuals that make the impact possible. Here’s a deep dive into our Corporate, Foundation and Individual support.

• Atlanta Braves Foundation

• Change Healthcare

• Chick-fil-A Foundation

• Facebook

• Georgia Department of Public Health

• Gould Family Foundation

• Mercedes-Benz USA

• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

• The City of Atlanta

• The Home Depot Foundation

• Accenture

• Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

• Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation

• Hisense

• J.B. Fuqua Foundation

• Livingston Foundation

• Major League Baseball

• NCR Foundation

• Norfolk Southern Foundation

• Salesforce

• Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation

• ADP

• American Tower Corporation

• Georgia Power

• HBB Foundation

• NERC

• Publix Super Markets Charities

• Scott Hudgens Family Foundation

• Strayer University

• Target

• Alston & Bird LLP

• Amazon

• Fifth Third Bank

• Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

• GE

• Georgia Natural Gas

• Google

• Hands On Bay Area

• HOK, Inc.

• John and Mary Franklin Foundation

• KaVo Kerr

• Kearney Lubo Fund

• McKinsey & Company

• Microsoft

• Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

• Northside Hospital

• Office Depot

• OxBlue

• SEI

• Siemens

• The Clorox Company Foundation

• UCB, Inc.

• UPS Foundation

• Ad Victoriam Solutions

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution

• BDO

• Bennett Thrasher

• BWL Charities CNA

• David Forbes Haddow TTEE By Jals Foundation

• DeKalb County Office of Community Partnerships

• Emory University

• Fairlife

• FieldEdge

• Georgia-Pacific

• HLB

• Gross Collins

• Kia Motors America

• Lowe Law Firm

• Mingledorff's Inc.

• PayPal

• Saint-Gobain

• Schneider

• Scripps Howard Foundation

• Snap Inc.

• AARC-360

• Allstate Giving Campaign

• AmazonSmile

• Artwork by Spoon

• AT&T

• Atlanta Public Schools Psychological Services Department

• Autodesk Foundation

• Badcock Furniture

• BB&T

• Benevity

• BOKS Kids

• CallRail

• CarMax

• Carroll Organization

• Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

• Costco

• Dell

• DNA Green Consulting LLC

• Emch Family Trust

• FEDCAHH Inc

• Finders Keepers Inc

• Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

• George Pepper, RTRP

• GlobalFoundries

• Goizueta Foundation, Inc.

• Horizons Atlanta

• IBM

• Insight Global

• JLL

• Jones Lang LaSalle Americas

• Ketchum

• Kroger

• LexisNexis Risk Solutions

• Mary Ryan & Henry G. Kuhrt Foundation

• Max Touch Cares

• MetLife

• Omni Fight Club

• People.ai, Inc.

• RentPath Gives Back Foundation, Inc.

• Rheem Manufacturing

• Ross Department Stores

• Social Civics Cocktail Club

• Soliant Health LLC

• The Bruce Firm LLC

• The Mondelez International Foundation

• The Standard

• T-Mobile

• TPA Group, LLC

• UBS

• United Way of Greater Atlanta US Bank

• VC3

• WarnerMedia

• Wells Fargo

• Williams and Roy Salon

• Zuora

$10,000 +

• Bernie Wedge

• David and Donna Brown

• Becky Schmitt

• Elizabeth Chrane

• John Cleveland

• John Reed

• John V. Burch

• Kelly Chancy

• Naka Nathaniel

• Richard & Debbie Goldsmith

• Ryan Wilson

• Tiffani Nevels

• Yasir Mirza

• Adam Harrell

• Amy Phuong

• Andrew Liebler

• Annie Loescher

• Anthony Reh

• Brent Perper

• Camry Blaising

• Carrie Lassiter

• Chris Kohne

• Cindy Abel

• Cynthia Kuhlman

• David Jernigan

• David Richardson

• David Wender

• Donald Weber

• Ellen Brown Landers

• Frank Dellaert

• Greg Thompson

• Indu Ladd

• Jay Bernath

• Jay Cranman

• Jennifer Hartz

• Jianan Sun

• Jim Grien

• Jim Morgan

• Kent Alexander

• Kerri Sauer

• Larry Slovensky

• Marva Lewis

• Matt Prince

• Matthew and Millar Freeman

• Meredith Artley

• Michelle Nunn

• Michelle Wirth

• Monique Shields

• Nick Costides

• Sandeep Soni

• Sarrah Schoenewald

• Scott Hilsen

• Sean O'Brien

• Steve Green

• Terri Theisen

• Tim Palmer

• Allison Anderson

• Amna Mahmud

• Anirudha Mididoddi

• Ann Cramer

• Ashley Collier

• Boris Galanter

• Brian McCarthy

• Cara Stevens

• Celiann Ojeda de Young

• Chloe Barzey

• Christine McNeal

• Dana Scott

• Debbie Maslia

• Denise Reese

• Eileen Lee

• Elizabeth Pickren

• Gabrielle Powell

• Gordon Strause

• Greg Hammonds

• James and Diane White

• Janis Smith

• Kathleen Graydon

• Keith Brogan

• Kelly Harper

• Kelsey Osman

• Kenneth Costner

• Kim Vu

• Kimberly Clarke

• Linda Silberman

• Manda Turetsky

• Marinus Kuik

• Michael Kay

• Michael Silber

• Perry Dewayne Lazenby

• Peter Popo

• Rachel Sprecher

• Randall Pilkenton

• Robert Chrane

• Samantha Mojica

• Steve Sauer

• Summer Tyler

• Susan Turick

• Takeesha Morrison

• Timothy Brown

• Trace Johnson

• Whitney Deal Marshall