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Black-Led Social Change Database

Database Highlights

Black-Led Funds
Black-led funds established or currently housed at a foundation with a funding goal of
more than $100K.
Black-Led Organization (BLO) Funds
Black-ed funds created by a BLO with a funding goal of less than $100K.
Black-Serving Philanthropic Initiative
An initiative launched by a foundation for the purpose of supporting Black leadership,
communities, organizations or institutions.
BLO Initiative
An initiative launched specifically by a BLO for the purpose of supporting Black
communities.
Coalition
A collective, alliance or partnership among different organizations representing a broad
range of interests that brings different assets, missions, perspectives, constituencies,
relationships and strategies to work collaboratively towards a common goal.

focusing on housing, police abolition, holistic care, and youth leadership.

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Napa

Solano

Contra Costa

Santa Clara

San Mateo

Santa Cruz

Fund Name
Investment Area
City
County
Type
Status
100 Black Men of the Bay Area: #100CARES Initiative
Oakland
Alameda
BLO intiative
Active
Action Fund (BlackOUT Collective)
Community Organizing & People Power
Oakland
Alameda
Black-led fund
Active
African American Holistic Resource Center
Research & Intellectual Power
Berkeley
Alameda
Black led project or program
African American Response Giving Circle Fund (East Bay Community Foundation)
Economic Development & Economic Power
Oakland
Alameda
Black-led fund
Active
African American Small Business Revolving Loan Fund
Economic Development & Economic Power
San Francisco
San Francisco
Black-led fund
Inactive
Afrikan Black Coalition (ABC)
Community Organizing & People Power
Richmond
Contra Costa
Black led coalition or collective
All in For Oakland (Akondi Foundation)
Community Organizing & People Power; Policy Advocacy & Systems Reform
Oakland
Alameda
Black-serving philanthropic initiative
Active
ArtsWeb Alameda County- Strategy: Building Black Equity + Power in the Creative Ecosystem
Communications Narrative & Social Power
Oakland
Alameda & Santa Clara
Black led project or program
ASCEND: BLO Initiative (East Bay Community Foundation)
Economic Development & Power
Alameda & Contra Costa & Marin & San Francisco & Santa Clara & San Mateo
Black-serving philanthropic initiative
Active
Bay Area Black Owned Business Relief Fund
Black-led
Inactive
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