The Chisolm Trimble Foundation is committed to empowering communities, families, and scholars through strategic Scholarship -making and meaningful partnerships.
We don't do this alone. We partner with individuals and businesses who want to help us give back. Together, we provide scholarships, fund community giveaways, and support families in need — no complicated systems, just real help.
We show up for communities with practical, hands-on support. Whether it's a scholarship for a student, school supplies for a child, or a meal for a family, our work is direct, personal, and driven by compassion.
Metropolitan Atlanta Arts
The purpose and goal of the Foundation’s Metropolitan Atlanta Arts scholarship is to support and provide resources to strengthen independent arts organizations with annual operating budgets between $25,000 and $2 million. These creative enterprises promote public access and encourage the breadth of arts and cultural programming in our metro-Atlanta community. These general operating support scholarship are intended for programming and operations to allow organizations to increase public engagement as well as providing access to various forms of art across the region.
2026 scholarship Submission Timeline:
Application opens – March 16
Application orientation – March 25 at 11 a.m. – Register here.
Office hours – April 15 from 10 a.m. to Noon. Join here.
Application deadline – April 30 at 5 p.m.
Application reviews – May – July
scholarship notifications – Late August through early September
Application Resources:
MAA Guidelines
MAA Budget Template
MAA Full Application Questions Document
MAA Organizations Eligible for Condensed Application
MAA Condensed Application Questions Document
Upload Guidance
Click here to apply.
A Place to Perform
A Place to Perform provides scholarship to nonprofit literary and performing arts organizations in the 11-county Atlanta region to gain access to performance venues and facilities so they can, in turn, produce a performing art experience for the public. Requests for funding can be for a single direct rental. Eligible costs include the performance space rental, load-in costs, required equipment, or venue-related technician fees, including venue-specific box office or direct front-of-house fees.
A Place to Perform seeks to expand the options your entity has for choosing a venue, not to replace regular operating or production expenses. Requests may not include funds for artistic or general creation, staging, or production costs. This scholarship does not serve as commissioning support.
2026 scholarship Submission Timeline:
Application opens – May 15
Application orientation – May 27 at 11 a.m. – Register here.
Office hours – June 10 from 10 a.m. to Noon. Join here.
Application deadline – June 30 at 11:59 p.m.
Application reviews – July
scholarship notifications – Late August through early September
Application Resources:
APTP Guidelines
APTP Application Questions Document
Upload Guidance
Click here to apply.
Through the Extra Wish opportunity catalog, our donors provide monetary contributions for tangible goods that contribute in a clear way to the success of organizations and the people served. 2026 cycle timing to be announced.
To continue to honor the legacy of the original donors of the Frances Hollis Brain Foundation and to adhere to the mission and purpose of the fund, the Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund accepts requests by invitation only. Priority will be given to organizations that have received prior funding.
Nonprofit housing developers and builders are invited to apply for grant funding through the Wealth Opportunities Realized Through Homeownership (WORTH) initiative from the Wells Fargo Foundation, which aims to create or preserve 6,000 homeowners of color. Eligible applicants can apply for grant funding to support predevelopment activities and “shovel-ready” housing developments in the five core counties: Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett.
Grants vary by affordability level and are eligible for homes priced up to 150% of Area Median Income (AMI). Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Learn more and apply here.
For 2026, CFGA discretionary funding for housing will be focused on housing stability, as well as policy and advocacy efforts to advance affordable housing at the local and state level. Funding will prioritize support for the following areas:
In recognition of the significant capacity required to go through a full application process, CFGA will not be requiring an application for 2026 for any organization that has either a) submitted an application to our housing portfolio in the last two calendar years (2024 and/or 2025); or b) received a strategic grant from our housing portfolio in the last three calendar years (2023-2025). Organizations who fall into one of those two categories do not need to submit an application for 2026 – they will automatically be considered for potential funding. Organizations that are new to CFGA’s housing portfolio may submit an application to be considered at this link. Staff will be reviewing applications and developing recommendations periodically throughout the year, so we recommend new applications be submitted by July 1st, 2026. However, we will continue to accept new applications until September 30th, 2026. For additional detail, please review the guidelines at this link.
The Neighborhood Fund is a participatory grantmaking program focused on supporting the Foundation’s three priority neighborhoods, College Park (S. Fulton, Clayton Counties), Fair Oaks (Cobb County), and Thomasville Heights (SE Atlanta). For more than 30 years, the Neighborhood Fund has historically provided neighborhoods of metro Atlanta with critical resources needed to accomplish community-based projects, build the leadership skills of residents and enhance the organizational capacity of community focused nonprofits. Residents have been awarded grants that support civic activism, generate cultural events, organize community members toward a common goal, create welcoming greenspaces, build opportunities for kids in the neighborhood, and improve community safety.
2026 cycle timing to be announced.
In 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center, in partnership with the Community Foundation, launched the Vote Your Voice initiative with the goal of ensuring full voter participation and fair representation for communities of color in the Deep South.
This year, Field Strengthening Grants are offered to fund organizations that effectively engage communities of color year-round to encourage their participation in voting and other civic actions.