2025 BBCF Arts & Community Grants - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
The Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) is pleased to announce the launch of its 2025 Arts and Community Grants Cycle, beginning January 7, 2025. The foundation will offer arts grants ranging from $500 to $3,500 to support arts organizations across BBCF’s 12-county service area which includes Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter and Wilcox counties in Alabama’s Black Belt region and community grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 to support community-based organizations and non-profits in the BBCF service area. We are eager to see the creative initiatives that will be fostered through this funding.
The grant cycle will culminate in an Arts Grants and Community Grants Awards Ceremony scheduled for May 3, 2025, celebrating the achievements and contributions of grant recipients.
Key Dates:
- January 7, 2025: Grant Cycle Opens
- January 14 & 16, 2025: Virtual Grant Seekers Workshops (AM/PM sessions)
- January 17, 2025: Final Virtual Grant Seekers Workshop
- January 24, 2025: Applications Due (12:00 PM)
- February-March 2025: Arts and Community Grants Committee Meetings
- Mid-March: Notification of Results
- May 3, 2025: Arts and Community Grants Awards Ceremony
To ensure successful participation, BBCF will host mandatory virtual workshops for organizations new to BBCF arts and community granting (who have not applied before) or those unfamiliar with the online grant system.
Please note: If you have previously applied and received a grant using the Foundant portal, you are not required to attend a Grants Seekers Workshop. Grant Seekers Workshops are only required for new potential grantees.
One final Grant Seekers Workshop will be held by zoom video conferencing at 1:00 p.m. on January 17th. Registration is required to be admitted into these workshops. Grant Seekers Workshop link is listed below:
Friday, January 17, 2025 @ 1:00 P.M. (CST)
Grant applications will be accepted through our online portal via the button below. The application period closes on Friday, January 24, 2025, at noon.
Following the application deadline, proposals will undergo a comprehensive review process culminating in the BBCF Board’s approval by mid-March of 2025. All applicants will be notified of results promptly thereafter.
Please contact Samantha Ledbetter (sledbetter@blackbeltfound.org) or Wendell Paris, Jr. (wparis@blackbeltfound.org) for more information about Community Grants.
Please contact Aaron Head (ahead@blackbeltfound.org) for more information about Arts Grants.