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.

2024 Grant Recipients

In 2024, the Jesse Parker Williams Foundation awarded grants totaling approximately $1,340,000 to organizations including:
Athena’s Warehouse

Living Your TRUth Program

Atlanta Birth Center

General Operating Support

Atlanta Victims Assistance

JumpStart fundraising capacity and mentoring by Bonterra

Black Girls Smile

JumpStart fundraising capacity and mentoring by Bonterra

CVT – Georgia

A Clinical & Policy-based Approach to access to care for new Americans

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation

Addressing unmet mental health needs of young children and families in the child welfare system

Clarkston Community Health Center

Expansion of community-based, culturally appropriate healthcare

Cobb Collaborative

Birth-to-Five Strategy

Covenant House Georgia

Comprehensive support for pregnant and parenting youth experiencing homelessness

Families First

Crisis to Career – Gwinnett

Friends of Refugees

Embrace Refugee Birth Support

Georgia State University Research Foundation

ARCHI Collaborative’s Community Resource Hubs for better, sustainable and more equitable health outcomes

Girassol Wellness

JumpStart fundraising capacity and mentoring by Bonterra

Good Shepherd Clinic

Women’s Health Clinic

Gwinnett Coalition

Resilient Gwinnett

Hand, Heart and Soul Project

Advancing health equity through policy, early education, and farm stands in Clayton county

KFF

Health News Southern Bureau

March of Dimes

Atlanta Abundant Birth Project

Motherhood Beyond Bars

General Operating Support

NAMI Georgia

Mental health resources, support groups and training for youth and children

Our House

Integrated Whole Health Services

Ruby A. Neeson Diabetes Awareness Foundation

Nutrition for Wellness program

Self Discovery Pain, Positioning & Purpose

Self-discovery in turbulent times: mental health and wellness

Ser Familia

Culturally-proficient psychiatrist for Latino youth mental health services

The Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully (C.H.O.I.C.E.S.)

JumpStart fundraising capacity and mentoring by Bonterra

U-beyond Mentorship

Young Physicians Initiative

Ujima Way

P.E.A.C.H. Health Outreach in Clayton County

United Way of Greater Atlanta

Racial Justice & Healing Fund

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.

Soccer in the Streets

Strategic planning.

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.

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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The Foundation utilizes a one-step, online grant application submission process for receiving and considering grant requests. It is strongly encouraged that potential applicants communicate with the Foundation’s executive director prior to submission of any proposal.

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