Covid-19 Vaccinations at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
The Mercedes-Benz Stadium Community Vaccination Center has been operating as a vaccination site since January 4th, 2021 and since March 24 has been operating as a Federal Pilot Program Community Vaccination Center in partnership with FEMA, Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency, Fulton Board of Health and the Department of Defense. To date, more than 100,000 doses of the vaccine have been administered. Over the course of the eight-week program with FEMA, 210,000 people will be fully vaccinated through 336,000 doses of the vaccine. The Mercedes-Benz Stadium Community Vaccination Center is the largest vaccination site in the southeast and has the ability to distribute more than 11,000 vaccines per day.
COVID Grantmaking
As we navigate this pandemic together, we are committed to partnering with organizations serving those in high-risk and vulnerable communities.
View our latest COVID relief grants.
A Letter from the Chairman
Every Foundation staff meeting, the team begins with what they are most grateful for. A small gesture that reminds us to take a moment to step away from the emails and phone calls to acknowledge one another. Not only for the good work we do, but for who we are as humans and what we mean to each other on a deeper, more personal level.
THE ARTHUR M. BLANK FOUNDATION TEAMS UP WITH CORE RESPONSE TO INCREASE ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY FOR FREE COVID TESTING IN ATLANTA
CORE is providing free COVID-19 testing in Atlanta. Available to anyone, with or without symptoms.
In partnership with the Arthur M. Blank Foundation, Latino Community Fund Georgia, and Project South, CORE is operating COVID-19 test sites across the city to increase testing availability to communities impacted by the global pandemic.
Resources for Grantees
In addition to funding, we want to provide our grantees with resources to help navigate this new landscape.
- Webinar: CARES Act and the provisions for nonprofits
- Council on Nonprofits
- Council on Philanthropy: Other loans and emergency benefits (resource is free to access after sign-up)
- Georgia Center for Nonprofits
- Montana Nonprofit Association
- Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
- Invest Atlanta COVID-19 Resources
- Montana Department of Commerce COVID-19 Resources