Nana Grants Partners With Per Scholas to Support Job Training
Nana Grants, Inc. is proud to partner with Per Scholas, Inc. to cover the cost of child care so low-income single mothers can attend job training programs that will help them get good-paying jobs in the technology industry and attain economic mobility. The partnership...
[From NPR] ‘Incredibly Scary’: Single Moms Fear Falling Through Holes In Pandemic Safety Net
A lot of people need help in the pandemic, but especially single mothers. There are approximately 13.6 million single parents in the U.S., raising 22.4 million children. Eighty percent of those single parents are moms. Women have lost more jobs than men during the...
Donor Matching Opportunity: Nana Grants + SNAP Works
Donor Matching Opportunity: Nana Grants + SNAP Works Maximize your investment in Nana Grants In July, Nana Grants launched a partnership with Georgia DFCS and Goodwill of North Georgia to support SNAP Works student mothers in college. Nana Grants will receive up to...
In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both.
Our struggle is not an emotional concern. We are not burned out. We are being crushed by an economy that has bafflingly declared working parents inessential. Last week, I received an email from my children’s principal, sharing some of the first details about plans to...
A Letter From Our Executive Director: Structural racism thrives on economic disenfranchisement
A letter from Erica Stephens, executive director of Nana Grants In 2016, Nana Grants was founded to address a systemic problem. Over the years, I’ve used different words to describe this problem: multi-generational poverty, educational inequality, gender bias, unequal...
Nana Grants Receives $10,000 Grant from Junior League of Atlanta
For more than 100 years, The Junior League of Atlanta has been a catalyst for community change by empowering women who are passionately focused on the health, education, and welfare of women and children. On May 11, Nana Grants was awarded a $10,000 grant from JLA's...
2019 Impact Report
2019 was a breakout year for Nana Grants in terms of fundraising, grant making and operational development. Learn more! The Nana Grants 2019 Impact Report is available for download.
Nana Grants Receives $50,000 Molly Blank Fund Grant
On behalf of our hardworking student mothers, we are honored. Nana Grants has received a $50,000 Molly Blank Fund Grant to provide child care for low-income mothers in college. The fund is overseen by the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. Formed in 1995, the Blank...
Gas South Awards $50,000 to Nana Grants
Gas South, one of the Southeast's leading natural gas providers, presented six local nonprofit organizations – Atlanta Mission, Kate's Club, Los Ninos Primero, Nana Grants, Shepherd Center and Sunshine on a Ranney Day – with $50,000 each. These Impact Investments will...
[October 18] Issues Forum: Eliminating Child Care as a Barrier to Economic Mobility
Join us for an in-depth discussion of child care as a barrier to economic mobility for low-income families. Learn how a lack of quality, affordable child care prevents families from taking advantage of valuable educational, job training, behavioral/wellness, and other...
Welcome New Members of Our Board of Directors
Nana Grants is pleased to welcome four new members to our Board of Directors: Karen Fite, director of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at Georgia Tech; Darby Weyland, account executive at United Collab; Jimmy Lee, manager, Client Accounting...
Bennett Thrasher Foundation Grant Award
Thanks to Bennett Thrasher Foundation for their generous financial support of Nana Grants! Established in 2003, the Bennett Thrasher Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of Bennett Thrasher associates. These associates are responsible for carrying...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Nana Grants Receives Grant from Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia
The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia held its annual grant awards celebration this week -- and gave a record $425,000 to Gwinnett-area nonprofits. The 24 grants awarded were focused on education and food insufficiency. “Our communities have so many...
Apply Today for Summer Camp Assistance
Nana Grants is offering more than 30 weeks of summer camp for low-income single mothers attending technical colleges in Hall and Gwinnett counties. Students attending Gwinnett Tech and Lanier Tech should contact Erica Stephens for details and to apply:...
Spring 2019 Grant Awards
Introducing our two newest Nana Grants recipients, Catriona and Andrea. Catriona is a student in the Gwinnett Technical College Nursing Bridge Program. Andrea is pursuing her accounting degree at Gwinnett Tech. We are so proud to support these families!
Gwinnett Giving Girls
Last year, the Gwinnett Giving Girls made their first grant to Nana Grants Inc, a non-profit that pays for child care for low-income, single mothers in college. Check out the good work of The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia.
2017 Annual Report
Our 2017 Nana Grants Annual Report is now available for download.
First Nana Grants Recipient Graduates from Gwinnett Technical College
Our first Nana Grants recipient graduated from Gwinnett Technical College on April 30. Amber earned a degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography, and today she begins an exciting new chapter of her life. Congratulations, Amber! We are so proud of you.
Nana Grants Receives Grant from Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia
Nana Grants has received a $5,000 grant from Gwinnett Giving Girls, in partnership with Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia. Gwinnett Giving Girls was founded in 2017 by a group of philanthropically-minded women with the goal of supporting emerging nonprofits...
Our Cups Runneth Over, Indeed
Green tea, black tea, rooibos...oh my! A lovely day for the Nana Grants "Our Cups Runneth Over" Tea Tasting yesterday at Renaissance on Peachtree. Handmade tea cups donated by Roswell Clay Collective made the afternoon extra special.