JPWF Impact

By centering health equity, place matters and disaggregated racial data on health outcomes is critical to improving health disparities for women and children. Partners are evaluated and investments are awarded based on a high degree of alignment around healthcare access, care coordination, integration of care to meet the patient where they are, as well as collaboration. Our intent is to improve health equity in the five county service areas of Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton and Gwinnett.

2023 Grant Recipients

In 2023, the Jesse Parker Williams Foundation awarded grants totaling approximately $833,000 to organizations including:
Angel Eyes Fitness and Nutrition

Capacity building support to expand the fitness and nutrition program in metro Atlanta.

CaringWorks

Capacity building support for the JumpStart fundraising program.

Clarkston Community Health Center

Program support for Women's Health Services.

Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School

Project support to collaborate with Paint Love to empower youth through creative projects that are artist-led and shaped by trauma-informed standards.

DDD Foundation

General operating support to increase capacity in providing oral health care to pediatric patients with developmental disabilities.

Diamond in the Rough Youth Development

Program support for The CARE Project focusing on mental health, wellness and self-care.

Focused Community Strategies

Program support to implement the Atlanta Thriving Neighborhoods Index.

Friends of Refugees

Program support for the Embrace Refugee Birth Support program, which guides refugee mothers through the pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience.

Gateway Center

Program support for Trinity Women's Center.

Girassol Wellness

Program support for the Bridges to Therapy program offering trauma-informed and resiliency-focused interventions for children and youth between birth to 26 years of age, including prevention, treatment and family wellness services.

Good Shepherd Clinic

Program support for the Women's Clinic.

Grady Health Foundation

General operating support

Heirborn Servants

Program support for the Give Rides Program, increasing access to transportation help and resources for single moms.

Kate's Club

Operational support for grief programs serving children and families.

Kids' Doc on Wheels

Capacity building support to expand school-based health services delivered through pediatric mobile medical and telehealth services.

L.E.A.D. Center for Youth

General operating support for sports-based youth development and mental wellness.

Phenomenal Women's Health

Program support for Building Beautiful Beings -I Will Thrive, Stepping Out into Success and The Loving Me initiatives.

Prevent Blindness Georgia

Capacity building support for programming and specialized equipment.

Resilient Georgia

Capacity Building support for the JumpStart Fundraising program.

Sewn Arts

Program support for The Arts Pharmacy.

SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice

Program support for advocacy and The Birth Justice Care Fund in Atlanta.

The Confess Project of America

Capacity building through the JumpStart fundraising program.

The Imperative Fund

Program support for Black Women's Health and Black Male Mental Wellness (under age 18).

Ujima Way

Program support for Progressive Efforts and Approaches to Combat Homelessness (P.E.A.C.H.) Health Outreach in Clayton County.

Vot-ER

Program support for healthcare-based civic engagement in Atlanta

the Dharma Project

Capacity building support for the JumpStart fundraising program

2022 Grant Recipients

In 2022, the Jesse Parker Williams Foundation awarded grants totaling approximately $1,186,000 to organizations including:
A. G. Rhodes Home — Atlanta

Atlanta, GA General operating support for the Jesse Parker Williams Wing

COR

Atlanta, GA Program expansion for school-based mental health support for marginalized students

Camp Twin Lakes

Atlanta, GA  Program expansion support

CaringWorks

Atlanta, GA Program support for MOVE DeKalb Behavioral Health 

Center for Black Women's Wellness

Atlanta, GA General operating support

Cobb Collaborative

Atlanta, GA Program support of Mind Your Mind in partnership with Cobb County School District

Friends of Atlanta Urban Food Forest at Brownsmill Communities Collaborative

Atlanta, GA Program support for community peer health workers

Gateway Center

Atlanta, GA Program support for Trinity Women's Center

Georgia Center for Child Advocacy

Atlanta, GA Program support for educating Georgia on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) through Connections Matter Georgia

Georgia State University Foundation

Atlanta, GA Program support for implementing and evaluating a peer-delivered mental health program for refugees in Clarkston, GA

Grady Health Foundation

Atlanta, GA Program support for building a robust network for trauma informed care at Grady Health System

Gwinnett Coalition

Lawrence, GA Program support for Resilient Gwinnett, a regional cohort of Resilient Georgia.

Heiborn Servants

Atlanta, GA Program support for the Give Rides Program

Hopebound Mental Health

Atlanta, GA Behavioral Health Capacity Building and Workforce Development

Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources

Atlanta, GA General operating support

Mary Hall Freedom Village

Sandy Springs, GA  Program expansion for the Destiny Unlimited Mental Health Program

Mental Health America of Georgia

Atlanta, GA General operating support

NAMI Georgia

Atlanta, GA Program support for mental health resources, support groups and raining for youth and children

Phenomenal Women's Health

Tyrone, GA Program support for the I Will Through in the Issues of the Heart Program in Clayton county.

Positive Growth

Clarkston, GA Program support for community support services and school based interventions.

Resilient Georgia

Atlanta, GA General operating support

Ruby A. Neeson Diabetes Awareness Foundation

Atlanta, GA Program support for Nutrition for Wellness

Self Discovery Pain, Positioning & Purpose

Suwanee, GA Program support for Sharing over Shaming: Community ShopTalks

Ser Familia

Kennesaw, GA Program support for mental heath services for Latino families

The Boyce L Ansley School

Atlanta, GA Program support to advance the mental health program for children experiencing homelessness

The Dharma Project

Atlanta, GA Program support for Trauma Informed Yoga and Mindfulness for Women and Children

The Urban Clinic of Atlanta

Atlanta, GA General Operating Support

U-beyond Mentorship

Lilburn, GA Program support for the Young Physicians Initiative

United Way of Greater Atlanta

Atlanta, GA Program support for Healing through Education Affirmation and Rising Together (HEART) in Clayton County

Vision To Learn

Los Angeles, CA  Program support for free eye exams and glasses for children in need at Forest Park Middle School and Unidos Dual Language School in Clayton county.

Wellspring Living

Atlanta, GA  Program support for mental health services for victims of sexual exploitation served through the Women’s Academy.

2021 Grant Recipients

In 2021, the Jesse Parker Williams Foundation awarded grants totaling approximately $1,400,000 to organizations including:
3D Girls, Inc.

Atlanta, GA General Operating Support — The Rose House

A. G. Rhodes Home — Atlanta

Atlanta, GA General operating support for the Jesse Parker Williams Wing

ARCHI Collaborative

Atlanta, GA Invert the Burden Strategies to Operationalize Trauma Informed Care

Amani Women Center

Clarkston, GA Program funding in support of the COVID-19 Helpline

Atlanta Victim Assistance

Atlanta, GA General Operating Support

Auditory-Verbal Center

Atlanta, GA Increasing Access to Services for Uninsured and Underinsured Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Breakthru House

Decatur, GA Recovery Expansion During COVID-19

Center for Pan Asian Community Services

Atlanta, GA Women's Health Initiative

Center for the Visually Impaired

Atlanta, GA Financial Assistance Fund to ensure access to services for people impacted by vision loss

Community Advanced Practice Nurses

Atlanta, GA JumpStart Fundraising Capacity Building Program

Foundation of Wesley Woods

Atlanta, GA Operating support for the Jesse Parker Williams Pavilion at Budd Terrace

Friends of Atlanta Urban Food Forest at Brownsmill Communities Collaborative

Atlanta, GA A Picture for Your Thoughts: PhotoVoice Training Series for Community-based Participatory Research Projects

Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential (GCAPP)

Atlanta, GA Accelerating Adolescent Health Equity Using a Community-based Participatory Approach

Georgia Center for Child Advocacy

Atlanta, GA Program support for Connections Matter Training for Trauma-Informed Communities

Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Atlanta, GA Child and Youth Program

Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett

Norcross, GA Women's Health Advantage

HealthMPowers

Atlanta, GA Program support for GEM: Girls Empowering Movement

Heiborn Servants

Atlanta, GA Managed Transportation Services Program

Hopebound Mental Health

Atlanta, GA Behavioral Health Capacity Building and Workforce Development

Immigrant Hope Atlanta

Atlanta, GA Improving Data Collection & Case Management for Legal Services for Immigrants

Inspiritus

Atlanta, GA COVID-19 Nursing and Clinical Services

L.E.A.D (Launch, Expose, Advise, Direct)

Atlanta, GA General Operating Support

LaAmistad

Atlanta, GA Birth-to-Five Latino Literacy Outreach

Latino Community Fund

Atlanta, GA Community Navigation & Health Access Program

Metropolitan Counseling Services

Atlanta, GA JumpStart Fundraising Capacity Building Program

Morehouse School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA Morehouse School of Medicine Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program

Mosaic Georgia

Atlanta, GA Trauma-Informed Yoga for Sexual Assault Survivors

Motherhood Beyond Bars

Atlanta, GA Caregiver Support Program

Mothers Advocacy Project

Atlanta, GA Child Trauma Intervention

Moving in the Spirit

Atlanta, GA Onsite/Online Hybrid Program

Partners for HOME

Atlanta, GA LIFT: Creating long-term housing recovery and stability for 2,000 households

Postpartum Support International — Georgia Chapter

Atlanta, GA Program support to address the mental health needs of Georgia's mothers

Premier Academy

Atlanta, GA JumpStart Fundraising Capacity Building Program

Project Healthy Grandparents

Atlanta, GA General Operating Support

Quality Care for Children

Atlanta, GA Building Resiliency in Children 0-5 years old

Rainbow Village

Duluth, GA Mental Health Counseling Program

Reach Out and Read

Atlanta, GA Program support for Relationships, Resiliency and Reading: Clayton County' s Prescription for Success for Early Literacy Intervention for Children.

Sadie G. Mays Health & Rehabilitation Center

Atlanta, GA General operating support

SafePath Children' s Advocacy Center

Marietta, GA Mental Health Response to Child Victims of Abuse during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ser Familia

Smryna, GA JumpStart — Fundraising Capacity Building Program

Soccer in the Streets

Atlanta, GA Building Youth Well-Being through Soccer

Special Olympics Georgia

Atlanta, GA Scholarship Support for the Fall Games

The Boyce L Ansley School

Atlanta, GA Project 180 Implementation for trauma-informed education

The Center for Victims of Torture

Clarkston, GA Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Refugee Women and Children

The Confess Project

Atlanta, GA Barber Coalition — A Mental Health Barber Shop Movement

The Imperative

Atlanta, GA Planning grant to Address Anti-Blackness in Healthcare

The Multi-Agency Alliance for Children

Atlanta, GA PACT Evaluation Capacity Building

The Nest Wraparound Center at Osborne High School

Marietta, GA Funding to support NE GA Covid-19 Relief Fund

The Summit Counseling Center

Dunwoody, GA Improving Mental Health Outcomes for Children

TheraPink for Girls, Inc.

Atlanta, GA Program Support for the Candid Conversations Program

Urban Health and Wellness

Atlanta, GA General Operating Support

West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA)

Atlanta, GA H.O.W. (Healing Our Wombs): A Black Womb Wellness Garden and Self Healing Project

Whitefoord

Atlanta, GA Woodson Park Academy School Based Health Center

Our Commitment to Health Equity

Mrs. Williams’s desire to help women and children centered on providing support to those who struggled to access care due to the lack of insurance or means to meet medical expenses over a prolonged period of time.  The Foundation recognizes that communities of color are the most underserved by the health community. The Foundation collects demographic data on the women and children served by Foundation grants and communities of color continue to make up the largest proportion of those served. The Foundation also collects data on grantee demographics in an ongoing effort to achieve health equity and deliver care and assistance to those most in need.

In a 2017 report by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation designed to increase consensus around the meaning of health equity, a definition was provided that is the “north star” for our Foundation. It states, “Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care.”

Annually, the board of trustees reviews an internal equity audit to reveal and address the inclusion of and investment in women, youth,and families, while prioritizing Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. The results for 2018-2020 are compiled below:

  • Board Diversity: 40% female and 20% African American

  • Diversity of Staff and Consultants: 55% female, 45% BIPOC

  • Diversity of Investment Managers: 15% female and 17% BIPOC

  • Diversity of Grantees: 72% female-led, 49% BIPOC-led

  • Of the 23,592 Individuals supported by grants: 63% African American, 16% White, 12% multi-racial, 2% Asian and 7% Other.

Community Impact

The Foundation’s evaluation team provides capacity building and consultation to grantee partners as they develop a plan for their grant impact.

Grantee Impact

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