An Atlanta-based nonprofit awards $100,000 in grants to five Westside schools

A group of well dressed people pose in front of a colorful wall after receiving a check to support schools in the area.
Westside Future Fund is awarding $100,000 in grants to five schools in the Booker T. Washington Cluster. Principals of the 5 schools were presented a check on August 27, 2025. (Marlon Hyde/WABE)

Westside Future Fund, an Atlanta-based nonprofit, is giving $100,000 in grants to support schools on the city’s Westside.

The organization is dedicated to revitalizing Atlanta’s Westside through elevating the area’s unique history and the community that lives there now.

“There are five schools that make up the Booker T Washington cluster, one of Atlanta’s most historic clusters. Booker T. Washington High School being not only Atlanta and Georgia’s first Black high school, but the first Black high school in the Southeast,” said John Ahmann, the president and CEO of Westside Future Fund.