Black Belt Found

13 Jul BBCF Forms new Partnership to help Orrville Residents live healthier lives

Posted at 20:33h in News

UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center, (MHRC) and the Black Belt Community Foundation, (BBCF) established a partnership through the Orrville Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Coalition. The BHC and its leadership organized to help find ways to help Orrville residents address barriers and support...

16 Jun 2021 Community Grant Cycle Press Release

Posted at 17:57h in Press Release

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16 Jun Black Belt Community Foundation Announces the 2021 Community Grant Cycle

Posted at 17:42h in News

Calling non-profit organizations based in and serving the Alabama Black Belt to join us for a VIRTUAL GRANT SEEKERS WORKSHOP for the 2021 BBCF Community Grant Cycle. Non-profit organizations and groups with a fiscal sponsor in the following counties are eligible to apply: Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas,...

20 May Black Belt Community Foundation Announces 2021 Arts Grant Cycle

Posted at 19:12h in News

The Black Belt Community Foundation is announcing its 2021 Arts Grant Cycle. Community-‐‑based organizations from Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, and Wilcox Counties are encouraged to apply. The BBCF seeks to support organizations who engage citizens from the Black Belt...

17 Feb Prayers given on National Day of Racial Healing

Posted at 17:42h in THRT

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation will grant $24 million in support funding for its racial healing initiative in communities across the country, including in Battle Creek. It is the latest investment by the Battle Creek-based foundation to oversee parts of its Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation initiative, which launched last...

10 Dec The William Curry Scholarship

Posted at 15:45h in News

As we celebrate the holidays, we would like to invite you to a very special introduction event for the new scholarship. Our event will be an hour-long on-line ZOOM event on (Wednesday, Dec. 16th at 1PM CST). Please Register here in advance through Eventbrite. Registration...

28 Oct Alabama cities and counties must start spending now or lose out on pandemic aid

Posted at 14:19h in News

Alabama’s local governments have access to hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money to help fight the coronavirus, but nearly all of that money remains unspent. And if they don’t spend it soon, it could go back to the federal government. “We know these counties...

28 Oct Alabama’s Black Belt Figured Out Zero-Interest Local Government Financing

Posted at 06:40h in News

As head of the Black Belt Community Foundation, Felecia Lucky never imagined she’d get into the business of providing short-term liquidity for local governments, but hey, that’s 2020 for you. The need emerged earlier this year, at a meeting of the Black Belt COVID Task Force,...