Real Dads Read Expands with $10,000 Grant

Fathers Incorporated was awarded $10,000 to expand and strengthen its Real Dads Read program in Atlanta, GA. The grant issued by the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta's Literacy For All Fund will support the implementation of programs, projects or efforts that approach literacy from a multi generational perspective.

Currently Real Dads Read has 27 libraries in barbershops around the city of Atlanta. This fall both Fathers Incorporated and its partnerFurthering Fathering will seek to expand by creating Real Dads Read Literacy Clubs in schools, headstart centers, day care facilities and libraries. "This grant is evidence of the support already shown by the Anne E. Foundation, Kelly Family Cuidiú Foundation and the United Way of Greater Atlanta for improving proficiency of our children by engaging dads," say Kenneth Braswell; Executive Director of Fathers Incorporated. Since 1951, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has been connecting the passions of philanthropists with the purposes of nonprofits doing that work. With 65 years serving the 23-county Atlanta region and a robust team of experts, the Community Foundation manages the behind-the-scenes details, empowering our donors to focus on the joy of giving. Please visit the Foundation’s website at cfgreateratlanta.org for more information.