Blank Foundation, One of the South’s Biggest Philanthropies, Puts Focus on Housing, Environment, and More

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Wednesday announced a new set of grant making priorities, providing a road map for how some of Home Depot founder Blank’s multibillion-dollar fortune will be put to use.

The foundation, which gives mostly to groups in Georgia and Montana, will devote its resources to five causes: Atlanta’s Westside neighborhood, democracy, the environment, mental health and well being, and youth development. Grant programs focusing on the arts, early-childhood development, and parks and green spaces have been discontinued.