To support its William and Geraldine Curry Scholarship Fund, the Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) is putting the power of Alabama football to work by launching the 2021 Rev. William Curry Scholarship Football Contest! The prize for this contest will be a VIP package which includes...
The Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) is conducting its “Throw & Go Contest” – an annual fundraiser created by the BBCF’s Community Associates to support the Black Belt Community Grants Program. The prize is well-sought after in the state of Alabama, a pair of tickets...
The pandemic has reminded us that JOY is essential. The #BlackGirlJoy Challenge (#BGJ Challenge) welcomes girls and young women ages 12-24 to describe their ideas for spreading JOY with their friends, families, and communities. To apply for the $400 challenge award, young people will share their...
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...
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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...