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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
Alabama Power donates $100K to Black Belt Community Foundation
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Ford Foundation
MONTGOMERY, AL - Alabama Power is contributing $100000 to the Black Belt Community Foundation, a donation that will be matched with $50000 from the Ford ...See all stories on this topic...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Ford Foundation
MONTGOMERY, AL - Alabama Power is contributing $100000 to the Black Belt Community Foundation, a donation that will be matched with $50000 from the Ford ...See all stories on this topic...more
BBCF gives out $12000 to Macon organizations
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Ford Foundation
During the ceremony on Saturday, BBCF Board members Carol P. Zippert and George McMillan reported on the foundation's challenge grant to raise funds in the ...See all stories on this topic...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Ford Foundation
During the ceremony on Saturday, BBCF Board members Carol P. Zippert and George McMillan reported on the foundation's challenge grant to raise funds in the ...See all stories on this topic...more
Rural Development: Philanthropy's Secret to Success « Minnesota ...
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, East Tennessee Foundation, Humboldt Area Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, West Central Initiative
West Central Initiative, The Nebraska Community Foundation, The Humboldt Area Foundation in California, The East Tennessee Foundation, The Black Belt Community Foundation, The Aspen Institute...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, East Tennessee Foundation, Humboldt Area Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, West Central Initiative
West Central Initiative, The Nebraska Community Foundation, The Humboldt Area Foundation in California, The East Tennessee Foundation, The Black Belt Community Foundation, The Aspen Institute...more
BBCF awards $24900 in Macon
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
Organizations in Macon County were awarded $24900 in grants Saturday, May 15, from the Black Belt Community Foundation during its annual Grant Awards ... See all stories on this...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
Organizations in Macon County were awarded $24900 in grants Saturday, May 15, from the Black Belt Community Foundation during its annual Grant Awards ... See all stories on this...more
$170K doled out
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation has been working for six years to help out some of the local arts programs and businesses with grants. ... See all stories on this...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation has been working for six years to help out some of the local arts programs and businesses with grants. ... See all stories on this...more
Support Wilcox County through the Black Belt Community Foundation ...
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
Support Wilcox County through the Black Belt Community Foundation. We can all help end poverty and the disadvantages of ongoing segregation in the Deep South. Some may choose to volunteer, organize,...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
Support Wilcox County through the Black Belt Community Foundation. We can all help end poverty and the disadvantages of ongoing segregation in the Deep South. Some may choose to volunteer, organize,...more
Selma Times-Journal | Alvarado to run for District 2
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
Bill Riley's Black Belt Action Commission, on the Youth and Culture Committee, as a community association for the Black Belt Community Foundation, as a director of 21st Century Youth Leadership...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
Bill Riley's Black Belt Action Commission, on the Youth and Culture Committee, as a community association for the Black Belt Community Foundation, as a director of 21st Century Youth Leadership...more
University of Alabama News » UA in the News: July 16, 2009
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The sponsoring program, called “Black Belt 100 Lenses,” began two years ago as a partnership between the Center for Community-Based Partnerships at the University of Alabama and the Black Belt...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation
The sponsoring program, called “Black Belt 100 Lenses,” began two years ago as a partnership between the Center for Community-Based Partnerships at the University of Alabama and the Black Belt...more
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