Audrey Jacobs, Director of The Center for Family Philanthropy
Contact Audrey Jacobs(404) 588-3194
AUDREY L. JACOBS, JD serves as Director of The Center for Family Philanthropy for The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. She oversees all aspects of the Center and its role providing family-centered grantmaking, educational and estate planning services to donors and their families. This philanthropic advisory program focuses on developing deep, sustained relationships with donors by honoring family traditions in philanthropic giving.
Audrey has more than 15 years’ experience working with nonprofit organizations in New York and Atlanta. She most recently served as president of Strategic Resolution, Inc. providing consultation to various nonprofit and for-profit organizations. While with the organization Audrey focused on management consultation, fund development, Board development, program development, strategic planning, technological consultations and general research. Her clients included the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, The Morehouse School of Medicine and the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc.
In New York, Audrey served as Deputy Executive Director for Program Operations for Lenox Hill Neighborhood House focusing on youth and family services, older adult services, homeless services, community services and education and fitness and recreation. She also worked with several other nonprofit organizations including The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc., W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The New York Women’s Foundation and Community Counseling and Mediation. Her legal background includes work with The Legal Aid Society, Day, Berry and Howard and the NAACP Legal and Education Defense Fund, Inc.
Audrey holds a law degree from New York University School of Law, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Barnard College, Columbia University. Audrey lives in Sandy Springs with her husband Roland Matthews, and sons, Remi and Omari.