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pro bono partnership of atlanta Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta Receives $50,000 Thanks to SunTrust and Over 150 Donors! By Rachel Epps Spears Executive Director Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta P rior to 2009, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta was funded primarily by law firms and corporations. During that period only 3% of the organization’s annual revenues came from individual donations, and over 75% of those donations were made by Board members. With the challenging economy, we realized that we had to diversify our funding sources, but we had never gained much traction with individual donors. What could we do to get individuals excited about making a personal gift in the middle of a recession? Atlanta in mind as you plan your year-end giving. Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta would like to thank the SunTrust Bank Foundation and the following individuals who gave $100 or more during the SunTrust Challenge (November 23, 2009 – September 30, 2010): Enter SunTrust. The SunTrust Bank Foundation suggested a challenge grant: if we raised $25,000 in individual donations from first-time givers, the Foundation would match such donations of $100 or more. For an organization that had raised less than $2500 in individual donations in 2008, the challenge was a daunting but exciting one! The SunTrust Challenge was announced on November 23, 2009, and with the help of a strong year-end giving season, we were already halfway to our goal by December 31, 2009. Donations slowed down with the new year but on September 30, 2010, with help from a fundraising event hosted by the Association of Corporate Counsel – Georgia Chapter and King & Spalding, we reached the $25,000 mark! Our next challenge will be to keep up this momentum in individual donations. So please keep Pro Bono Partnership of 22 THE ATLANTA LAWYER [email protected] January/February 2011 Donor ($100-$249) Akinlabi Afolayan Marcia Bansley Rupert Barkoff Scott Bates Pearson Beardsley Suellen Bergman Bruce Bowers Matt Block John Brumbaugh Carol and Joel Burk Laura Ellyson Halli Cohn Stanley Coker George Cole Phillip Cooper Jerry Cox Clint Crosby Hugh Davenport Tyler Dempsey Simone Denny Karen Dobson Stephen Dolinger Kirk Domescik Patrice Duncan Allison Dyer Alice Eason Jenkins Tracy Ediger Joseph Freeman Grace Fricks Rick Fuentes Mary Galinski Neil Ginn Chad Hale Nedom Haley Jeff Handler John Harbin Sandra Jewel Hatcher William Holby Brian Holmes Hope Family Ministry Jason Howard Heather Howdeshell Clay Howell Sarah Isabel Rober Jackson M. Hill Jeffries Matt Jewell Weyman Johnson Shawne Keenan Teresa Kennedy Lisa Keyes Valerie King Leslie Klemperer Caroline LaFleur Patricia Lamar Sue Laney Chris Lang Kathie Lee Dean Leeper Charlie Lester L. Joseph Loveland Sarah Lowe Kelly MacLanahan Mona Maerz Meghan Macgruder Catherine Manavi Catherine McClellan Phillip McClendon Teri McClure Rick McMurtry Robyn Miller Toni Millner Joshua Moore The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association