When Meredith Leapley arrived at last year’s Numbers Too Big To Ignore Luncheon, an annual banquet held by the Atlanta Women’s Foundation (AWF), she was overjoyed to see not only a high number in attendance but also donations. The highest number of donations in the foundation’s history, raising over $1.2 million, noted Leapley in a recent Zoom conversation.
In a time when most businesses and organizations are still recovering from financial hits from the COVID-19 pandemic, AWF has continued to rise in funding and familiarity throughout the city.
“I think that Atlanta Women’s Foundation is uniquely positioned in that we are seeing more interest and funding from that period of time,” said Leapley. “People are much more aware and have slowed down.”
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