Mini Grants

In addition to serving the Athens community with our members’ volunteer hours, the Junior League of Athens annually donates a portion of the funds we raise to local nonprofits that share our mission, improving women’s health in the Athens community, through our Mini Grants.

This program seeks programs that complement the mission of the Junior League of Athens. Junior League members want the opportunity to improve our community in meaningful and challenging ways specific to our current area of impact: Women’s Health. Our Mini-Grants program seeks to fund agencies and projects that complement this focus area.

Congratulations to the 2026 Mini Grant recipients:

  • Food Bank of Northeast Georgia
  • Essentially Elegant
  • Athens Area Homeless Shelter
  • Athens Area Diaper Bank
  • UCBC Cares
  • The Cottage
  • Acceptance Recovery Center
  • Athens Parent Wellbeing
  • Lydia’s Place
  • Athens Family Promise
  • Nuci’s Space
  • Project Safe
  • Brightpaths
  • Athens Wellness Clinic
  • Encourage HER

 

2025 Mini Grant Recipients:

  • Lydia’s Place
  • Family Counseling Service of Athens, Inc.
  • Period Project of Athens, Inc.
  • Athens- Oconee Court Appointed Special Advocates
  • Acceptance Recovery Center
  • Cultivating a Lifetime of Legacy, Inc.
  • Athens Area Diaper Bank
  • The Cottage
  • Project Safe
  • Athens Parent Wellbeing
  • BrightPaths
  • Encourage H.E.R
  • Essentially Elegant, Inc.
  • Athens Area Homeless Shelter
  • Friends of Advantage
  • Joy Village
  • Family Promise of Athens

2024 Mini Grant recipients:

  • Lydia’s Place
  • Acceptance Recovery Center
  • Cultivating a Lifetime of Legacy, Inc.
  • Athens Area Diaper Bank
  • The Cottage
  • Project Safe
  • Athens Parent Wellbeing
  • BrightPaths
  • Encourage H.E.R
  • Essentially Elegant, Inc.
  • Athens Area Homeless Shelter

 

2023 Mini Grant recipients:

  • Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation
  • Athens Area Diaper Bank
  • Athens Parent Wellbeing
  • Brightpaths
  • Essentially Elegant, Inc.
  • Georgia Children’s Chorus
  • Lydia’s Place, Inc.
  • Strong Girls Serve

 

2022 Mini Grant recipients:

  • Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation
  • Athens Area Diaper Bank
  • Athens Area Homeless Shelter
  • Athens Parent Wellbeing
  • Book for Keeps
  • Bright Paths
  • Essentially Elegant
  • Georgia Children’s Chorus
  • Lydia’s Place
  • Strong Girls Serve

 

2021 Mini Grant recipients:

  • Athens Area Diaper Bank
  • Athens Area Homeless Shelter
  • Books for Keeps
  • Cultivating a Lifetime of Legacy, Inc.
  • Essentially Elegant, Inc.
  • Foundation for Excellence
  • Prevent Child Abuse Athens / Brightpaths
  • United Way of Northeast Georgia