The Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) holds a yearly Arts and Community Grants Cycle, offering 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.
PLEASE NOTE: Applications have closed for the 2025 Grants cycle. Results will be announced in mid-March.
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.
The Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) is celebrating the impact of its 2025 combined Arts & Community Grant cycle across all 12 counties it serves in the Alabama Black Belt region. Community-based organizations from Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, and Wilcox Counties applied for grants with the opening of the granting cycle in January. A total of $344,447.20 will be awarded through 141 different one-year long project grants to 126 different community organizations that are significantly impacting their communities in transformative ways that contribute to the strength, innovation and success of Black Belt citizens and said communities. A complete list of the grants to be awarded is available below:
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.