HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Community Foundation of Central Georgia is expanding to Houston County.
It's a public charity organization, and they work to provide an accessible and efficient avenue for folks to invest back into their community through donations.
Folks, like Jim Taylor, who love to invest time to philanthropic work around Warner Robins, such as Habitat For Humanity.
"It is our obligation to give back to the community," he said.
Taylor said he's noticed many people in his county who like to donate to charity.
"I like to call them 'compassionate capitalists,'" he said. "They're ones who, yes, they make a lot of money off the community, but they give back an awful lot to the community. That's what Warner Robins Supply did."
Taylor is a retired Air Force veteran. His family used to own Warner Robins Building Supply Company before it sold a few years ago.
He said the foundation has invested in Houston County for years, helping fund projects like the Wellston Park Trail.
Taylor helped raise thousands of dollars for that project through Wellston Trees & Greens.
Their partnership with the Community Foundation of Central Georgia helped establish the first off-leash dog park in Warner Robins.
The foundation has also helped fund other non-profits and organizations in need of donations, like Genesis Joy House and the Houston County Volunteer Medical Clinic.
"Without funding any of those organizations, they're not near as impactful as when they have funding," he said.
List of Houston County nonprofits who have received grants from the Community Foundation of Central Georgia since its inception in 1993.
- 21st Century Partnership Foundation
- CASA of Houston County, Inc.
- Family Promise of Greater Houston County
- Fathers Among Men (F.A.M)
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes - Warner Robins
- First Choice Primary Care
- Friends of Perry Animal Shelter
- Genesis Joy House Homeless Shelter, Inc.
- Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame
- Georgia Kinship Project Inc.
- Go Dogs Go Rescue
- Heart of Georgia Developmental Disabilities Ministries
- Heart of Georgia Hospice
- Houston County Association for Exceptional Citizens, Inc.
- Houston County Council on Aging
- Houston County Habitat for Humanity
- Houston County Volunteer Medical Clinic Inc.
- iHOPE-Intentional Holistic Opportunities to Promote Empowerment, Inc.
- Keep Warner Robins Beautiful
- Museum of Aviation Foundation
- Protecting and Ensuring their Survival, Inc.
- Rainbow House Children's Resource Center
- Rebuilding Together Warner Robins, Inc.
- The HALO Group of Middle Georgia
- Warner Robins Little Theatre
- Wellston Trees and Greens
The foundation's supporters get to create meaningful change throughout Central Georgia, the Vice President of Development and Donor Services Julia Wood said.
"I think the most important thing to know about the Community Foundation of Central Georgia is that it is by Houston County and for Houston County," Wood said.
That's the foundation's mission: to get non-profits in touch with people who want to invest in the cause.
"It's another economic development tool that can be used as far as to recycle dollars back into your community," Taylor said.
You can join the Community Foundation's launch celebrations, including a ribbon-cutting, of their Houston County program on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. at the Houston County Commission Chambers on Carl Vinson Parkway.