METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — For nonprofits around north Metro Atlanta and the globe, the dollars that pour in on Giving Tuesday help fund a significant portion of their services and programs offered the next year.
Giving Tuesday, a worldwide generosity movement, acts to refocus from the shopping deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Rather than spending money on items for yourself, friends and family, Giving Tuesday promotes giving to those you may not know who are in need of help.
For North Fulton Community Charities (NFCC), a Roswell-based nonprofit celebrating its 40th year in service, Giving Tuesday is the biggest fundraising day of the year. On Nov. 28, NFCC raised more than $154,000, and it has more donations rolling in.
“It’s fun coming right after Thanksgiving because everybody’s kind of starting to get into that giving mode,” said Melissa Pinsky, NFCC director of marketing and communications.
With the Giving Tuesday donations, Pinsky said her organization intends to “stabilize” 130 families.
North Fulton Community Charities provides a wide range of services to those in emergency need, living in Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Mountain Park and Roswell. The nonprofit offers food, clothing and financial assistance, various classes as well as goods from its food pantry and its thrift shop.
In Dunwoody, Spruill Center for the Arts raised $5,250 on Giving Tuesday but anticipates raising around $50,000 in its two-month fundraising campaign, concluding at the end of the year.
With Spruill’s new expansion in mind, CEO Alan Mothner said this year’s campaign is focusing on the future. The $2.7 million project, opening next year, will add seven studio spaces and a community center in the main courtyard, providing more space to programs designed to reach underserved communities.
In 2023, Mothner said Spruill awarded…
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