Community Foundation of Central Georgia

10/12/2026

10/10/2026

The Community Foundation of Central Georgia awarded more than $350K in grants to 21 nonprofits Thursday, as Macon-Bibb grapples with recent youth violence.

10/06/2026

Nonprofits: what's the one thing that would make your work easier this year?

High Five grant applications are open now!

High Five connects the specific, tangible needs of local nonprofits with donors who want to help. Past requests have included a Brother beginner sewing machine, an ice machine, playground equipment, and medical exam lights. These are the kinds of practical items that fall outside an operating budget but make a real difference day to day.

Here's how it works:
✔️ Submit up to three requests, totaling no more than $5,000
✔️ CFCG shares approved requests with our donors in early November
✔️ Donors choose which projects they want to fund

📅 Applications are due Friday, October 16 at noon.

Learn more and apply: cfcga.org/grant/high-five

10/01/2026

If you want to feel hopeful for the future, just listen to Kyler speak about his experience at the Barnesville Boys and Girls Club!

09/29/2026

For more than two decades, Kathryn Dennis has helped turn generosity into meaningful change across Central Georgia. 👏

As president of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Kathryn works alongside donors, nonprofit leaders and community partners to help make the region stronger. Her commitment to service reaches even further, with leadership spanning education, health care, economic development and civic life including OneMacon, the Rotary Club of Macon, the Junior League of Macon and numerous community boards.

A Leadership Georgia graduate herself (class of 1998), Kathryn represents the kind of thoughtful, lasting service this honor was created to recognize.

We’re proud to announce Kathryn Dennis as the 2026 recipient of the Judge Horace J. Johnson, Jr. & Michelle Bryant Johnson Distinguished Public Service Award!

Help us congratulate Kathryn in the comments, and join us in celebrating her at the Leadership Georgia Alumni Awards Gala on November 14 at the Delta Flight Museum.

✈️ Where Legacy Takes Flight.

09/08/2026

Congratulations to Shannon Ragusa, Tiara Groce, and Marie Lou Abbott — three of eight women who received Career Women's Network Scholarships this year.

It was an honor to celebrate them at last week's luncheon. We are so proud of all eight recipients and can't wait to see what they accomplish.

09/01/2026

The countdown to Wesleyan hockey continues! 💜🐺🏒

As our student-athletes gear up for an exciting first season on the ice, President Meaghan Blight and Head Coach Caleb Cameron are making sure some of our biggest supporters are ready, too!

Today, Kathryn Dennis of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia received her very own Wesleyan hockey jersey.

07/30/2026

August is Black Philanthropy Month!

This year's theme is "Many Voices, One Movement," many of us giving, one shared purpose. That's exactly what the Central Georgia Empowerment Fund was built to do.

Through our collective giving, we pool our resources so that black-led and black-serving organizations across Central Georgia have the support need for the work they're doing.

This year's grant application launches on August 1st. The deadline to apply is Monday, August 31st at noon.

Apply or learn more: https://cfcga.org/grant/central-georgia-empowerment-fund/

07/17/2026

This week in Macon, girls are learning lifesaving skills.

Through hands-on CPR training and learning how to use an EpiPen, Girls Dig Deeper Initiative is equipping young women with skills they'll carry for life. Next time someone needs help, one of these girls will know exactly what to do.

This is the third-year Girls Dig Deeper has run this program, made possible through MVP: Macon Violence Prevention, which has directed more than $2.9 million through the Community Foundation into work like this across Macon-Bibb.

That's what community investment looks like!

07/15/2026

This is what it looks like when a town takes care of its own.

A fire took Mama D's Restaurant and Goggans Florist off Market Street months ago. Now, a $15,000 grant from the Barnesville Disaster Relief Fund is helping the Downtown Development Authority rebuild, storefront by storefront.

That's what community looks like.