The Cobb Board of Commissioners has approved federal CARES Act funding totaling $842,500 for 68 non-for-profit organizations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The organizations were recommended by SelectCobb, the economic development arm of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, and will receive grant funding for personnel and operational expenses.
They include community service organizations, animal welfare groups, special-education schools and arts entities.
The cash grants range from $2,500 to $25,000, and will go organizations that are locally-operated. They include the following:
$25,000
- MUST Ministries
- Nobis Works
$20,000
- MDE School of East Cobb
- liveSAFE Resources Inc.
$15,000
- The Georgia Ballet Inc.
- The Center for Family Resources
- The Extension
- Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta
- Good Mews Animal Foundation
- Friends of the Strand
- Davis Direction Foundation
$10,000
- Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art
- Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue & Adoption
- Food Security of America
- Curing Kids Cancer Inc.
$2,500
- Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society
- Family Promise Cobb County
- Marietta Police Athletic League
The full list of recipients can be found here. In July commissioners approved $2 million for the not-for-profits; all CARES Act funding must be designated and distributed by Dec. 31.
Commissioners also voted last week to allocate an additional $57,864 in emergency food funding from the CARES Act to 25 Cobb organizations, including MUST, the Noonday Baptist Association and the YMCA of Metro Atlanta.
Each organization will receive $2,314 and the full list can be found here.
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