Black Belt Community Foundation Taking What We Have To Make What We Need

Working for Our Community

BBCF awards community program and arts grants to over 100 nonprofits in the region each year.
Serving our Community

BBCF offers leadership training, organizational capacity building, and community collaboration to grow the skills needed to transform our communities.
Sunset in the Black Belt

God's beauty on display in Alabama's Black Belt region
Beauty...A Way of Life

Beauty is a distinct characteristic of life in the Black Belt region enjoyed throughout the generations

2014 Grant Application

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2014 Grant Application Announcement

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Grant Application Deadline: April 15, 2014 The Black Belt Community Foundation announces its 2014 Grant Cycle. Community-based organizations from Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter and Wilcox are encouraged to apply. The Black Belt Community Foundation seeks to support organizations engaging Black Belt citizens in addressing critical issues identified by […]

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BBCF Sanders Smith Legacy Dinner

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Black Belt Community Foundation marks 10th anniversary with inaugural legacy dinner The Black Belt Community Foundation will mark its 10th anniversary by honoring two of its founding members, Alabama Senator Hank Sanders and Julian Smith, a retired vice president of Alabama Power, at its inaugural Hank Sanders – Julian Smith Legacy Dinner on Thursday, February […]

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Grants Spotlight: B-HYPE

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Bethlehem—Helping Young People Excel Ashten Tinker wants to be a singer. But if that doesn’t work out, the 14-year old wants to be a lawyer. Edjuan Jemison, 11, wants to be a teacher. They don’t mind school, not even the dreaded subject of math, and they are looking forward to going to college. But it […]

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Shomari Asim Foster Scholarship Fund

A scholarship fund has recently been established in loving memory of Shomari Asim Foster...

Community Grants

The Community Grants Program awards approximately 40 organizations each year to community-based organizations based...

Black Belt Arts Initiative Grants

Special to Black Belt Community Foundation A partnership of three organizations that believe in...