Our Funding
In 2001, we were a team of six. 20 years later, we’ve grown into a collaborative team of 50. This growth means more services, greater reach, and a higher quality of care — but it also requires more funding.
The pandemic shifted our fundraising approach from in-person fundraisers to digital campaigns and virtual events. Despite the challenges, our community came together to raise more than $1 million for our 2020 Annual Campaign. Because of your generosity, we’ve expanded our team, doubled our recurring donors, and provided more free legal and social services to low-income Atlantans than ever before.
Our 2020 Grantors
Administrative Office of the Courts (in partnership with Atlanta Legal Aid Society) • AEC Trust* • Annie E. Casey Foundation* • Anonymous • Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation • Atlanta Partners for Education* • Bank of America Charitable Foundation • Bobbie Bailey Foundation, Inc.* • Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta • Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta – Donor Advised Fund • Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta – Spark Opportunity Donor Circle* • Cousins Family Foundation* • Criminal Justice Coordinating Council • DLA Piper Foundation* • Emory University Philanthropic Lab* • Georgia Bar Foundation • HouseATL • Humana • Ida Alice Ryan Foundation • Jones Day Foundation • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. • Kendeda Fund • Kresge Foundation • Liz Blake Giving Fund • Mailchimp • Mary Allen Lindsey Branan Foundation • May P. & Francis L. Abreu Charitable Trust • Misty Meadows Foundation* • Morgens West Foundation* • Office on Violence Against Women • Partners for HOME • Purpose Built Schools • PwC • RentPath Gives Back • Rich Foundation, Inc • Sartain Lanier Family Foundation* • Stadium Neighborhoods Community Trust Fund • Tull Charitable Foundation • United Way of Greater Atlanta • United Way of Greater Atlanta/City of Atlanta CARES Act Fund* • United Way of Greater Atlanta/Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund* • W.G. Raoul Foundation • WellCare • Wells Fargo Foundation • Westside Future Fund • Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation*
*denotes grants dedicated to COVID-19 assistance
Grant Spotlight:
Arthur M. Blank
Family Foundation
In 2020, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation made an investment in the Safe & Stable Families Project to ensure that seamless service continued to survivors of intimate partner abuse. Thanks to continued support from the Blank Family Foundation, survivors can get legal help, safety planning, longer-term financial assistance, and other resources from our staff without ever having to leave their home.
The Blank Family Foundation’s support helps our Standing with Survivors Program provide comprehensive mobile advocacy for survivors of intimate partner abuse throughout the pandemic. This funding allows us to coordinate with partner organizations, law enforcement, and the Courts to immediately respond to crisis situations and help survivors get the protection they deserve.
Check out some of our impact stories below.
Paying Rent for an Uninhabitable Home
Angel Moved into her apartment and noticed a terrible smell right away. The Housing Authority came out to inspect the property multiple times. They suggested that she move.
Another Illegal Eviction Averted
John already had serious health problems which required surgeries and nurse home visits before his issues with his home began. But the nurses refused to keep coming for home visits because of hazardous conditions at his property.
Nowhere to Turn
Intimate partner abuse is one of the leading causes of homelessness, and Connie found herself trapped between two impossible options.
Home Is Not For Rats
Most of the apartments in Willa’s complex were abandoned. Rats came to her unit looking for food. Her landlord shrugged and provided rat traps.
Income
Financial information is from the unaudited year end 2020 financials.
Expenses
Funder Spotlight:
Epiq’s Diversity and Inclusion
Committee launched the
Epiq Kids Technology Initiative
Epiq, a global leader in the legal services industry, recognized that students living and attending schools in low income communities experienced severe disruption in their educational continuity due to COVID-19. Remote learning requirements and the lack of accessible technology created unique challenges. The Epic Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee decided their first Community Outreach program would focus on connecting students with the vital technology they need to continue their education.
The D&I Committee partnered with AVLF and identified Thomasville Heights Elementary, Slater Elementary, Price Middle School and Carver STEAM High School as the first Epiq Kids Technology Initiative recipients. The funding provided the following for students and teachers:
- Chromebooks with headsets
- Desktop computers and monitors for computer labs
- Color printers
- Laptops for teachers
- Covers for Chromebooks, backpacks and/or computer bags for students and teachers
In order for the initiative to be successful each student also needed access to the internet. AVLF’s partner, Purpose Built Schools Atlanta, worked with Comcast to pay for families’ in-home internet under the Internet Essentials Program. Comcast also agreed to waive past debts due during the pandemic to allow access. This program combined with the Epiq Kids Technology Initiative ensured the students of the Thomasville Heights neighborhoods had the necessary technology to support their education.
For this effort, Epiq committed an $80,000 donation for the purchase of technology and asked the community to join them in this effort. Excess funds to cover these items were donated to AVLF in support of social justice efforts and the students of the Carver Cluster.
Chromebooks, headsets, cases & backpacks
desktops for an in-person lab
teacher laptops
color printer
$80,000
donated by EPIQ
Annual Campaign Donors
Champion:
$25,000 and above
Guardian:
($10,000-$24,999)
Defender:
($5,000-$9,999)
Debbie Segal & Randy Cadenhead • EY • Anonymous • Nancy Baughan & Kevin Kastner • DLA Piper LLP • Facebook Donors • Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC • Walter E. Jospin & Hon. Wendy Shoob • Sarah McCormack • Frank & Deborah Slover • Jaime Theriot & Hon. Wes Tailor • Mark VanderBroek • Weissman P.C. • Jack & Sarah Zampell
– Board President Nancy Baughan, Parker Hudson
Advocate:
($2,500-$4,999)
Virginia Adams & Derek Elmerick* • The AT&T Legal Department • Teresa L. Bailey • Baker Donelson PC • Balch & Bingham LLP • Berland for Court of Appeals, Inc. • Thomas E. Best • Tom & Lee Best • Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP • Buckley Beal LLP • Mazie Lynn & P. Troy Causey** • Matthew Clarke • Hon. Walter & Michelle Davis • Bettina & Geoffrey Drake • Duane Morris LLP • Erica Endicott • Fellows LaBriola LLP • Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC • Hall, Gilligan, Roberts & Shanlever LLP • The Home Depot Foundation • Ben & Rachel Hunter • Jackson Spalding • Jennifer Jackson* • Brian K. Jammer • James & Katherine Jordan • Susan Kupferberg & Richard Mitchell • Christin & Michael Lumpkin* • Jennifer Malinovsky • Petrina McDaniel • James J. McGinnis • The North Fulton Bar Association • Richardson Bloom & Lines LLC • Rogers & Hardin LLP • Will Shearer • Mr. & Mrs. Dan Short • Dave & Jamie Stainback • Chel Tanger • United Distributors, Inc. • Meka and Hon. Christopher Ward • Kristy Weathers • Womble Bond Dickinson LLP • Bernie Zidar, Jr.
Sustainer:
($1,000-$2,499)
Ellen Arnovitz • Bruce Baber • Katie & Adam Balthrop • Donna & Mark Bergeson • Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenbery, LLC • Mary Brann • Edward Buckley, III • Jason & Elisa Cashin • Hunter Cayton-Tran • Billy Ching • James Cifelli • Connell Cummings LLC • Tom & Ann Curvin* • Taylor & John Daly • Jennifer & Ryan Deal • Bradley Denson • Brittany & Tucker Ely • Todd Evans • Amanda Farahany • Fish & Richardson PC • John Fleming • Georgia Association of Professional Private Investors, Inc. • Timothy J. Goodwin • Derek and Jane Hardesty • Kasia Hebda • Elizabeth Helmer • Ashley & James Heintz • Steven J. Hewitson • Michael Hollingsworth • Eric Koontz • Edward Krugman • June and Henry Lee • McGuire Woods LLP • John Molesphini • Andrea Mravca • Stacy & Adam Myers • Charlie Newton** • Mary H. Nunnally • Prebula & Associates, Inc. • PwC • Reelection Campaign Committee for Judge Pinkie Toomer • Gregory L. & Kay Riggs • Andrew Rosenzweig & Pearlann Arnovitz* • Elizabeth Silbert • Doug and Andrea Spear • Margaret & John Stagmeier • Sean & Kelly Sullivan • Jane & Wayne Thorpe • Bryan Ward • Denelle Waynick • Rachel & Ari Weitz** • Eric Wilensky • Tyler & Lisa Wright
Alston & Bird has a long and steeped history of serving the community and AVLF. In 2020, we knew AVLF needed more resources to meet the overwhelming need of their clients so we became Champion level donors. While our attorneys and staff are actively volunteering for the Saturday Lawyer Program or the Safe Families Office, we are ensuring with our gift that AVLF will continue to be a leading legal service organization for Fulton County.”
– Elizabeth Helmer and Sean Sullivan, Alston & Bird
Host:
($350-$999)
George Akers • Eric W. Anderson • Kimberly Averett* • Ben Barkley • Paul Barsness & Allison Ashe • Tully & Beth Blalock • James & Elizabeth Boswell • Meghan Breen & Patrick Milnes • Pat Brumbaugh • Leslie J. Bryan • Byron Burton* • Tamara Caldas • Andrew & Kim Case • Amy Cheng • Kitty & Ezra Cohen* • Charlotte Combre • Philip A. Cooper • Clint Crosby • Joshua D. Curry • Sherry Culves • Stephen Devereaux & Jill Wasserman • Audra Dial & Matthew Ford • Hon. Mary Grace Diehl & Michael Jablonski • Daniel Diffley • Jennifer Duncan • Deborah Ebel • Uchenna Ekuma-Nkama • Marty & Wendy Ellin • Hon. Philip & Brenda Etheridge • Rusty Fleming • Jenny Wheatley Fletcher • Kenneth Franklin • Eric Frisch • Will Gaines • Brian Galison • Sanjay Ghosh • Chris and Kelly Greene • Shelby Guilbert • Nina Gupta • Lennon Haas & Violeta Yoveva • Nekia Hackworth • Nedom & Carol Haley • John and Shara Harbin • Jon R Harris Jr • Kate Hausmann • Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Inc. • Kate Helm & Charles Beans • Holly Hempel • Richard Hines • Philip & Melinda Holladay • Charles Huddleston • Gautam P. Huded • Danielle Barav Johnson • Erik Johnson • Michael W. Johnston (King & Spalding) • Kevin Patrick Law • Brandee Kowalzyk • Ellen Brown Landers • Frank Landgraff • Lazega & Johanson LLC • Matthew & Marjorie Lerner • Charles T. Lester • Katherine M. Lewis • Andy Litvak • Melissa and Patrick Love • Russell Love • John MacMaster • Malow Mediation Inc. • Natalie Majeed • Adrienne E. Marting • Jennifer McCoy • Zachary McEntyre • Kellyn McGee • Erin Reeves McGinnis • Roger Mitchell • NASDAQ Matching Donors • Michael T. Nations • Coby Nixon • Bobbi Acord Noland and Sam Noland • Richard North • Russell Patterson • Steve Pepper • Elizabeth & Jeff Perry • Carole Powell • PulteGroup • John Rains • Michael Rafter • Kristen Rajagopal • Russell & Melanie Richards • Hon. Rebecca Crumrine Rieder • Adam Reinke • Lynn Roberson • Bethany Rupert* • Jimmy & Devon Rusert • Sam & Dawn Rutherford • Brennan Ryan • Amy Saul • Charity Scott & Evans Harrell • Larry Shackelford • Rebecca and Mike Shanlever • Daniel Shea • Scott N. Sherman • Mr. & Mrs. Sigman • Karen & Steven Sisselman • Andrew Smith* • Kathryn B. Solley • John Spinrad & Patricia Ayres • Sue Stoffer • Matt Stonebraker • Gregory Taube • Earle R. Taylor • Anita Wallace Thomas • James Thompson • Josh Toll • Eric Tresh* • The Tull Charitable Foundation • United Way Donors • Charles Vaughan • Suzanne Wakefield & Michael Shapiro • Megan Walker • Ryan and Susan Walsh • Kyle Wamstad • Carl & Gail Washington • Lucas Westby • Brian White • Leigh Wilco and Carolyn Wood • Suzann Wilcox • Rhys Wilson • Robert Woo • Sharon Zealey & Huiling Chen • Kathryn Zimmermann
Contributor:
(up to $349)
Darlene Adair • Maureen Adolf* • Sarah Aker • Ellie Ali • AmazonSmile Donors • Peter J. Anderson* • Ross Andre* • Anonymous • Anonymous* • Annie & Chris Appleton • Jenny Arnold • Sarah Arnold • Virginia Austin • Allison Bailey* • Umar Bakhsh* • Will Baldwin* • Ballard Spahr LLP • Donna Barwick • Christina Baugh* • Matthew Baughman • Judge Wenona Belton • Stephen Benjamin • Mary Benton • Harriet & Jim Berger • Jason Bernstein* • Mary Jane Bilik* • Beth Blalock • Susan Blizzard • Amanda Brandenburg • Graham Burkhalter • Jill & Jonathan Byers • Jhonae Caines • Clark Calhoun • Ronald Callender • June Carlson • Travis Carter • Abigail Castleberry • George B. Cauthen • Claudia Chafloque* • Susan Chasen • Reginald Clark* • Lucile Cohen • Amy Cole • Mike & Kay Cole • Katrenia Collins • Anne Compton-Brown* • David Cone • Kelsey Conway • Tim Cook • Monique Crapper • Katy Daniel and Thomas MacDonald • Lee C. Davis* • Priyanka Desai* • Dee Desnoyers • Sean Diamond* • Lyn Dodson • Robert Dokson • Robert Dow • David Dukes • Lee Dumbacher • Brittany Edwards Franklin* • Philip Ehrenberg • Eric Ellis • Anne Emmanuel • The Luciani Family • Anjali Fehon • Jonathan Feldman* • Eric Fenichel • Paul Ferdinands • Arthur & Deborah Finn** • MG Finn** • Eric Fisher* • Marie Flannery • Kweku Forstall • Ann Fort* • Michele and George Fox • Lois Frank • Brooks Franklin • Angela Frazier • Katelyn Fredericks • Lehman Charitable Fund • Mitzy Sharp Futro • Rachel Gagnon • Adam Gajadharsingh* • Akshaya Garimalla • Adam Gaslowitz • Rebecca Gelfand* • Ayanna Giles • Karen Glass • Adam Gleklen • Kacy Goebel • Andrew Goldstein • Megan Gordon • John & Susan Gornall • Milton Green • Olga Greenberg • James Groton* • Divida Gude • Dan Gulden • John Guyton • Issa Hanna* • Happy Faces Companies • John Harbin • Catherine Harper • Susan Haskell • Sarah Hawk* • Shawntel R. Hebert • James Henderson* • Terri Hendley • Thomas Herman • Dionne Hines • Raphael Holloway • David Hoort • Judge David Hoort • David Howell • Jeremy Hudgeons • Ruth Hughes • Sarah & Brent Hullender • Jenna Rose Hunter • Chrystal Jackson • Phillip Jackson • Mary James • McChesney H. Jeffries III* • Paige Jennings* • Yeou-Rong Jih • Elizabeth Finn Johnson & Stuart Johnson • J. James Johnson • Danielle Johnston • Ayanna Jones Lightsy • Stanley & Barbara Jones • Stacey Kalberman • Alex Katz • Brent Kaufman • Nan & Joshua Kaufman • Rob Keenan • Michael G. Kerman* • Monica Khant • Justin King • Katie King • Libby King & Chad Rother • Paul M. Kurtz* • Joseph LaBranche • The Law Office of Brian H. Sumrall • Kathryn Lawler • Brittany Lee* • Hanbi Lee • Youngju Lee* • Ashley Lee • James Leonard* • Matthew Leonard* • Aaron & Leslie Lipson • Lawrence Slovensky • Michael Lucas • Leslie Manning • Michael Mannino* • Whitney Deal Marshall • Leslie Marshburn • Jay Maynard • Jason McCarter* • Cierra McEachin • Rebecca McFadyen • Kate McNeely • Madeline McNeeley • Lawrence Menter • Mrs. Kenneth L. Millwood • Mitchell & Shapiro LLP • Lisa Mitchum* • Stacey Mohr* • Laura Mongioi • Madison Morrow • Brandon Moulard • Don and Barbara Murphy • Cheryl Naja • Carly Nassar • Noah Nichols • Norma Nyhoff • Peggy & Marshall Orson • Melinda and Scott Ortwein • Cathy Owen • W. Henry Parkman • Michael Paulhus • Lee Peifer* • Camille Pendley & Matt Hau • Eileen Penman • The Perez Family (Weston, FL) • Mikhail Petrov* • Timothy Phillips • William Pickens* • Robert Pile • Larry Polk* • Spencer Preis • Henry Quillian* • The R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation • Wendy R. • Shawn Rafferty* • Michelle Rapaport • Alla Raykin* • Mark F. Raymond • Alison Remillard • Margaret Roberts* • Dena Rosezweig • Edward Z. Rosenzweig, Ph. D. • April Ross • William Rothschild • Jenna Rubin • Brian Rubin* • Michael Rubinger • Abdur Salaam • Rebecca & Josh Sale • Sallie Samuels • Alison Sawyer • Devin Schoonmaker* • Greg & Abi Schreier • Margaret Schuelke • Andrew Schuler • Kaori Sekine-Pettite • John Sharpe* • William Sheumaker* • Tori Silas • Jeffrey Sladkus • Tracey Smith • Aquaria Smith • Catherine O. Smith • Darryl Smith* • Warren Smith* • Joseph Snitzer • Scott Sorrels* • Rachel Spears • Beckie Spencer • John Spillman • Patrick Spook* • Ashleigh Starnes • Duncan Stephen* • Erica Taylor • Rocco Testani* • Kristina Thomas* • J. Tyler Tippett • Pam Troutman • John Tucker • Katherine Turner • Renata Turner • Paula Twilley • Michael & Ashley Van Cise • Sachin Varghese* • Amanda Wadlow* • Terry Walker* • Daniel Warren* • Jennis Warren (in memory of Liz Whipple) • Tiffany Watkins • Monica Wegner • Paul Weisbecker • Rob Wellon • Merle Westbrook • Matt Westmoreland • Sally Westmoreland • Mary Ellen Whipple • Connie White • William Wildman* • Paul Wilson* • Sari Wolmer* • Women Renewed • W. Scott Wright* • Allison Yorra • Amy Zehfuss