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Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation was established in 2003 to pull together human and financial resources to improve life in the area by funding projects that brings about permanent improvement and change to the region.
The Black Belt Community Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to work with all of our citizens to help improve the quality of life in a region that stretches from Mississippi to Georgia . The 12-county area that is our focus is almost one-sixth of the land area of the state. It is home for nearly a quarter of a million people. Rich in human, geographic, cultural and economic diversity, Alabama 's Black Belt got its name from the rich, dark soil found here. The area also is home to the highest percentage of African American residents in Alabama .
Web Address
www.blackbeltfound.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @BlackBeltFound
The Black Belt Community Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to work with all of our citizens to help improve the quality of life in a region that stretches from Mississippi to Georgia . The 12-county area that is our focus is almost one-sixth of the land area of the state. It is home for nearly a quarter of a million people. Rich in human, geographic, cultural and economic diversity, Alabama 's Black Belt got its name from the rich, dark soil found here. The area also is home to the highest percentage of African American residents in Alabama .
Web Address
www.blackbeltfound.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @BlackBeltFound
Assets and Giving for Black Belt Community Foundation
Assets
2018 - 3,499,261
2017 - 2,410,810
2016 - 1,279,303
2018 - 3,499,261
2017 - 2,410,810
2016 - 1,279,303
Domestic Grants
2018 - 606,228
2017 - 84,648
2018 - 606,228
2017 - 84,648
Recent News from Black Belt Community Foundation
Black Belt Community Foundation receives grant to improve opportunities for minority men
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
SELMA, Alabama The Black Belt Community Foundation has received a $415,000 grant to improve the health and enlarge the opportunities...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
SELMA, Alabama The Black Belt Community Foundation has received a $415,000 grant to improve the health and enlarge the opportunities...more
Black Belt Community Foundation receives grant
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The Black Belt Community Foundation has received a $415,000 grant to improve the health and enlarge the opportunities...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The Black Belt Community Foundation has received a $415,000 grant to improve the health and enlarge the opportunities...more
Black Belt Community Foundation awarded unprecedented grant to serve young men and boys of ...
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in partnership with Public Interest Projects announced a package of new grants to promote...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in partnership with Public Interest Projects announced a package of new grants to promote...more
Organization educates, inspires community foundation leaders
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Baltimore Community Foundation
By MAGGIE JARUZEL POTTER CFLeads helps community foundations advance their own practices by learning from peers in the field. This infrastructure organization strives to harness the energy...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Baltimore Community Foundation
By MAGGIE JARUZEL POTTER CFLeads helps community foundations advance their own practices by learning from peers in the field. This infrastructure organization strives to harness the energy...more
Black Belt Community Foundation Awards Grants
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation has recently awarded 53 grants amounting to $100,000, to community groups in its 12 county service area at a gala reception at Wallace Community College...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation has recently awarded 53 grants amounting to $100,000, to community groups in its 12 county service area at a gala reception at Wallace Community College...more
Black Belt Foundation Awards 53 Grants
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation doled out $100,000 in grant funding and gave it to 53 organizations across the Black Belt of Alabama. The recipients of the grant were community education...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation doled out $100,000 in grant funding and gave it to 53 organizations across the Black Belt of Alabama. The recipients of the grant were community education...more
Foundation to host youth event
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation is on a mission to inspire area middle school students by empowering them to embrace humanitarianism and philanthropy in their communities. The foundation will...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation is on a mission to inspire area middle school students by empowering them to embrace humanitarianism and philanthropy in their communities. The foundation will...more
Black Belt Foundation awards grants
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation will present grant awards to local organizations that have helped their community at its annual grants ceremony awards to be held at 1 pm Saturday inside Wallace...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation will present grant awards to local organizations that have helped their community at its annual grants ceremony awards to be held at 1 pm Saturday inside Wallace...more
Gulf Coast Leaders Mobilize to Aid Tornado-Ravaged Communities
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation serves Alabama's Black Belt, which stretches across the middle of the state from Mississippi almost to the Georgia line. Rich in human, religious, geographic...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation serves Alabama's Black Belt, which stretches across the middle of the state from Mississippi almost to the Georgia line. Rich in human, religious, geographic...more
Alabama Power gives to Black Belt
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Ford Foundation
Alabama Power has contributed $100000 to the Black Belt Community Foundation. The donation will be matched with $50000 from the Ford Foundation. ...See all stories on this topic...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Ford Foundation
Alabama Power has contributed $100000 to the Black Belt Community Foundation. The donation will be matched with $50000 from the Ford Foundation. ...See all stories on this topic...more
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