About the GRO Fund

The GRO Fund was founded in 2021 and was born out of the work of an Atlanta based Task Force examining inequality in the city. The GRO fund address gap between policy makers, experts, and impacted communities by convening this actors around bold, actionable, community-based initiative and policies.

The GRO Fund accomplishes this by:

• engaging deeply with communities,

• rooting our work and initiatives in a systemic analysis of longstanding inequality,

• bringing together policy-makers, innovators, and community leaders.

Our flagship project is the In Her Hands initiative which will provide an average of $850 a month to 650 women across Georgia.

In Her Hands emerged from the recommendations of a community-driven Task Force that examined the root causes of economic insecurity and wealth disparities in the Old Fourth Ward of Atlanta, Georgia.

Community members play a central role in shaping, directing, and guiding our work from the very beginning, lending deep expertise and leadership to ensure we create an initiative built by those whom it was meant to serve.

Through a community survey, listening sessions, extensive research, and conversations with leading experts, the Task Force confirmed what many already know: that Black women face some of the harshest economic insecurity and financial instability in Georgia, with significant ripple effects on individuals and their families.

At the same time, Black women experiencing poverty are community-driven and creative in using their personal networks and various financial systems to “make it work” — but these only offer temporary relief to deep and long-standing inequities.

Our Partners

· GiveDirectly

· Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resource Collaborative

· AidKit

· Economic Security Project

· Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Our Supporters

· Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation

· The Kendeda Fund

· LISC Atlanta

· National Basketball Players Association

· William Josef Foundation