Delta Community Awards $20,000 to 4 DeKalb Nonprofits

DECATUR, GA — Delta Community Credit Union will invest a total of $125,000 from its annual Philanthropic Fund grant program to 20 metro Atlanta nonprofits throughout the 2021 year, including four within DeKalb County, the credit union announced in a Dec. 4 press release. These grants are decided annually by a committee of volunteer, rotating Delta Community employees from different functional areas.

A total of $20,000 of the grant fund will go to four DeKalb County-based groups: Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities, Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage & Disability, East Atlanta Kids Club and The Elaine Clark Center.

"With these 2021 grants, our Philanthropic Fund will have invested $750,000 since 2014 in nonprofit organizations that support financial education; science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education; and health and human services," Delta Community CEO Hank Halter said in the release. "We're grateful for opportunities to support organizations that share our commitment to improve the physical and financial health of people who live in the communities we are privileged to serve."

Individual grants of $10,000 will be awarded to:

• Fill Ministries' Meals by Grace
• Georgia Council on Economic Education
• S.H.A.R.E. House Family Violence Crisis Center
• StandUp for Kids - Atlanta
• The Multi-Agency Alliance for Children (MAAC)

Grants of $7,500 will be awarded to:

• 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc.
• Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice
• Morehouse School of Medicine

Grants of $5,000 will be awarded to:

• Children's Museum of Atlanta
• East Atlanta Kids Club
• Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage & Disability
• Operation Lunchbox
• Rising Phoenix Enrichment Program, Inc.

Grants of $2,500 will be awarded to:

• BH Technology Group
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• Songs for Kids Foundation
• The Elaine Clark Center
• Together Friends Organization

The application period for 2022 grants will open July 1, 2021. More information is available on the program page.