Donate to help end poverty and narrow the racial wealth divide.
At the GRO Fund, we build bold, evidence-based, and community-led solutions to address poverty and narrow wealth inequality.
Your gift puts direct cash and wealth-building opportunities into the hands of people and communities who need them most while building long term policy change.
We are living through a moment of deep economic uncertainty. For countless families, the stability they work for remains fragile, and more people are being left out of an economy that should work for everyone. The urgency has never been clearer: we must move from simply seeing the challenges to funding the solutions.
As policies threaten to intensify inequities, we are accelerating promising solutions. We are not waiting for change—we are building the solutions that make it inevitable.
Why Your Support Is Critical Right Now
Your gift provides:
1. Rapid Response During Economic Crises - The GRO Fund rapidly deploys cash assistance during unexpected crises—most recently supporting over 1,200 Georgia households with children when the nationwide pause in SNAP benefits left families without essential food support. Our SNAP Response Program and Rapid Response Fund ensure families aren’t left behind when systems fail.
2. Support for In Her Hands and Freedom Futures Programs - In Her Hands provides income support to over 1,000 women and their families across Georgia. Freedom Futures is an accelerated baby bonds pilot program generating insights on promising early wealth building solutions. Your donation helps to support the expansion of these programs.
3. Build Policy Change - Our programs go beyond immediate impact. Both are reshaping national conversations about poverty and wealth inequality and the role of cash and capital. Your donation supports our advocacy and systems change work to ensure our economy works for everyone.
Impact from Our Programs
SNAP Rapid Response is GRO's rapid relief cash assistance for families with dependent children impacted by the pause in SNAP benefits. GRO Fund deployed rapid, direct cash to families across Atlanta.
In Her Hands is a no-strings-attached income support program. Participants experience greater financial stability, fewer evictions, greater goal attainment and better overall health compared to the control group. However, data alone only tells a fraction of the story. Our participants' experiences most clearly reflect the impact of no-strings-attached income support.
Freedom Futures is an accelerated baby bonds pilot program. The pilot combines income support, financial education, and an investable lump sum. The program will be one of the first in the country to generate evidence on Baby Bonds.
