BFG. Do a little bit of good where you are. It is those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
- Desmond Tutu
Awards & Recognition
Fast Company 2023 Brands That Matter Award Winner
Fast Company 2022 World Changing Ideas Honorable Mention
Webby Awards 2022 Honoree, Websites and Mobile Sites, Charitable Organizations/Non-Profit
Good News
Hattie’s new Albany location part of unique nonprofit effort
TIMES UNION – Business for Good sparked excitement in Albany with a sign in the window of the former Lombardo’s Restaurant announcing Hattie’s Chicken Shack, another iconic brand, is moving into the building, but it is only one of many moves the new philanthropic foundation has made in the last 10 months.
Foundation throwing Voorheesville party, seeking restaurant input
TIMES UNION – The Business for Good foundation is throwing a party for villagers on Saturday, Oct. 30, and is seeking input on what type of restaurant the community would like to see in a vacant former Stewart’s store that the foundation bought earlier this year.
Why Are These Guys So Happy?
THE 12866 – In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), AIM Services, Inc., one of the area’s largest providers of services and support for individuals with disabilities, will receive a $25K Grant $50K from the Business for Good Foundation to solidify plans for a “Career Center” to support its Employment Services program
Businesses beating the odds, expanding despite pandemic
CAPITAL REGION, NY (WRGB) — From furniture.. to food. Two unrelated businesses betting on themselves to successfully bring their product to new locations.
Hattie’s fried chicken coming to Albany’s South End
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Hattie’s Restaurant, a popular fried chicken joint in Saratoga, is opening a location in Albany. The restaurant will open in the old Lombardo’s Restaurant space that’s been empty since 2018.
Hattie’s Restaurant to Open Fourth Location in Downtown Albany
CAPITAL REGION LIVING – Get ready for some breaking news from the Capital Region’s fried chicken scene: Hattie’s Restaurant, Saratoga’s longtime comfort food HQ, will be opening a new location in the former Lombardo’s Restaurant on Madison Avenue in Downtown Albany.
2021 Capital Region Gives Back: Lisa Mitzen, Member of the Board of Directors, Shelters of Saratoga
SARATOGA LIVING – In December 2013, Nancy Pitts, a 54-year-old woman without a home, froze to death on the loading dock of the Saratoga Springs Senior Center. It shook the city to its core.
Business for Good Foundation Donates Long-Term Use of 1 Franklin Square to Shelters of Saratoga
SARATOGA LIVING–The historic building, which is currently equipped to house at least four furnished apartments, will help expand SOS’s affordable apartments program.