The Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys Foundation, Inc. (GABWA Foundation) is GABWA’s charitable arm.
The GABWA Foundation, a 501(c) 3 organization, was founded in May 1983. Through its Foundation, GABWA sponsors a
number of community service projects, including the Sister to Sister Mentoring Program and the Civil Pro Bono Project.

The Civil Pro Bono Project
The Civil Pro Bono Project (CPP) has two service components. The first is a joint effort between GABWA and Forever Family
(formerly known as AIM), through which volunteers provide legal assistance to the children of incarcerated women. The
second, which launched in April 2007, is a partnership between GABWA and Atlanta Legal Aid, through which volunteers
provide legal assistance to citizens of Atlanta who suffer from AIDS/HIV by providing them with Advanced Health Directives
& Wills. Less than one year after its inception, the GABWA Foundation Civil Pro Bono Wills Project won recognition from
the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations as the recipient of its 2008 Public Service Award.

The Sister to Sister Mentoring Program
In 2000, GABWA and the Fulton County Juvenile Court, with the assistance of the Georgia Supreme Court Commission on
Equality, began the Sister to Sister Mentoring Program (Sister to Sister). Sister to Sister is designed to assist at-risk girls who have entered the Fulton County Juvenile Court system as either truant or status offenders. This program is the only one of its kind in Fulton County. Mentors and students meet on the second and fourth Saturday of each month for two hours. Sister to Sister was fully funded with a portion of the settlement proceeds from a lawsuit won by the Georgia Attorney General’s Office against Nine West. Sister to Sister also received grant funding from the Junior League of Atlanta to support Sister to Sister’s pregnancy-prevention projects. By introducing the girls to the promise that their lives hold if they make positive choices, Sister to Sister encourages these young girls to continue their education, remain abstinent, and develop behaviors that will prevent future contact with the criminal justice system. In August 2007, Sister to Sister received the 2007 Public Service Award from the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations. Due to great success, the Foundation expanded the program in February 2008 and now offers mentoring services to girls in Savannah. Before the end of the year, Sister to Sister will expand even further to enrich the lives of teenage girls in Macon.

The Isabel Webster Gates Nursery at the Andrew & Walter Young Southwest YMCA
In furtherance of GABWA’s commitment to improving the lives of women and children, in 2005, GABWA began supporting
the Isabel Webster Gates Nursery at the Andrew & Walter Young Southwest YMCA. The nursery is named in honor of Isabel
Webster Gates, one of the first African American women attorneys in Atlanta. Since 2005, GABWA has contributed $9,000
toward the construction of the Nursery. The nursery is now complete and GABWA is proud to have played a part in helping to
provide a beautiful nursery for children at the Southwest YMCA.

Scholarship & Endowment
GABWA is committed to providing scholarships to Georgia law students. Since 2002, GABWA has awarded $80,000 to
twenty-one African American women law students. In 2007 alone, GABWA awarded $30,000 to six women law students. In
addition, GABWA initiated its endowment campaign in late 2003, coined “Project Endowment.” To date, Project Endowment
has garnered more than $30,000 from members and friends. The Project Endowment Campaign continues today such that
Foundation Directors are requesting GABWA members, friends and corporations to assist the Foundation in increasing funds from $30,000 to $300,000.