Got a Startup With Purpose? Apply for 2026 Epiphany Grant!

Epiphany 

Every startup begins with a spark. First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is now accepting applications for the 2026 cohort of its Epiphany program, a faith-based social entrepreneurship incubator supporting startups tackling today’s most pressing challenges. The deadline to apply is January 6! You may apply via the link here firstpresatl.org/epiphany. Epiphany is an evergreen initiative that equips entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions to social issues with funding, mentorship, and strategic guidance. If you are an emerging founder with a vision to address societal challenges often overlooked by traditional markets, Epiphany offers the resources needed to help your venture grow. Examples of qualifying ventures include businesses that employ formerly incarcerated individuals or adults with developmental challenges, as well as enterprises offering services such as coding training for refugees or mechanical skills development in low-income communities. Since its launch, Epiphany has awarded nearly half a million dollars in grants and supported multiple successful ventures, including Refuge Coffee Co., PadSplit, and Purposeful Gourmet Foods. Modeled in part after the format of Shark Tank, the program provides early-stage entrepreneurs with capital, mentorship, and access to a network focused on impact areas such as hunger, homelessness, housing, refugee resettlement, racial equity, poverty, healthcare, education, and environmental sustainability. To learn more about Epiphany, explore previous grant recipients, or apply for the 2026 cohort, visit firstpresatl.org/epiphany.

Fulton County

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Midtown

Georgia

Every startup begins with a spark. First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is now accepting applications for the 2026 cohort of its Epiphany program,...

Brookhaven Resident Will Spiers won a national pizza competition recently when submitted his entries on a 'whim'. He spotted an ad explaining the contest a month before the deadline, reports said. His entry, "The darkest hour is before the doorbell rings", beat out more than 8,000 other entries in Domino's online Pizza Proverb competition which ran from July - October last year. The proverb will grace pizza boxes being delivered from more than 5,000 stores across the country, said an article in the <a href="http://www.northside-neighbor.com/stories/Brookhaven-resident-wins-national-contest,171964?content_source=&amp;category_id=1,2,6,8,9&amp;search_filter=&amp;event_mode=&amp;event_ts_from=&amp;list_type=&amp;order_by=&amp;order_sort=&amp;content_class=&amp;sub_type=stories&amp;town_id=&amp;page=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Northside Neighbor</a>. "It was probably a month or so before the deadline. I was just online and saw an ad," Spiers said in a quote  printed in the Northside Neighbor. "I think it was just seeing the number of entries already there and thinking 'I can do better than that." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reprinted the press release in its food blog <a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/food-and-more/2011/05/23/proverb-from-atlanta-resident-will-spiers-selected-in-dominos-pizza-contest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Brookhaven Resident Will Spiers won a national pizza competition recently when submitted his entries on a 'whim'. He spotted an ad explaining the contest a month before the deadline, reports said.

His entry, "The darkest hour is before the doorbell rings", beat out more than 8,000 other entries in Domino's online Pizza Proverb competition which ran from July - October last year. The proverb will grace pizza boxes being delivered from more than 5,000 stores across the country, said an article in the <a href="http://www.northside-neighbor.com/stories/Brookhaven-resident-wins-national-contest,171964?content_source=&amp;category_id=1,2,6,8,9&amp;search_filter=&amp;event_mode=&amp;event_ts_from=&amp;list_type=&amp;order_by=&amp;order_sort=&amp;content_class=&amp;sub_type=stories&amp;town_id=&amp;page=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Northside Neighbor</a>.

“It was probably a month or so before the deadline. I was just online and saw an ad,” Spiers said in a quote  printed in the Northside Neighbor. “I think it was just seeing the number of entries already there and thinking ‘I can do better than that." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reprinted the press release in its food blog <a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/food-and-more/2011/05/23/proverb-from-atlanta-resident-will-spiers-selected-in-dominos-pizza-contest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

DeKalb County

Brookhaven

Will Spiers created a 'pizza proverb' that now appears on Domino's pizza boxes