The North Georgia Community Foundation awarded $16,500 in Community Impact Grants to nine nonprofits in Northeast Georgia to help fund programs designed to improve the quality of life in the North Georgia region. This year’s recipients are Toccoa-Stephens County Literacy Council, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, the Guest House, Family Promise of Hall County, Children’s Center for Hope & Healing, Community Helping Place, Community Pantry of Rabun County, St. Vincent de Paul Society and Abba House. The Community Impact Grants are available annually to classified 501(c)3 tax-exempt organizations in the 15-county North Georgia region including Banks, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White counties.