Alabama · Community foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc
To ensure all black belt residents live and work in healthy, prosperous, inclusive, educated, creative and giving communities. We serve twelve counties: bullock, choctaw, dallas, greene, hale, lowndes, macon, marengo, perry, pickens, sumter, and wilcox. Each of these counties is considered a "persistent poverty county" as identified…
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 45
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,706
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $242,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $572k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 34 | $1.5M | 41% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $2.4M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $3.8M | 64% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $1.2M | 68% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $2.0M | 79% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $242k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $444k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $85k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Philanthropy$5.6MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.3MYouth Development$792kScience & Tech$695kCivil Rights$613kCommunity Improvement$582kHuman Services$528kArts & Culture$415kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
KY
WV
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Southern Communities Inc | $3,812,809 | 7 | 69% |
| Appalachian Community Fund | $2,139,188 | 7 | 52% |
| Truthspeaks Innovation Foundation | $977,056 | 3 | n/a |
| Hale County Community Enrichment Society Inc | $370,950 | 6 | 100% |
| Greene County Foster and Adoptive Parents Associations | $352,500 | 5 | 95% |
| Bama Kids Inc | $338,415 | 7 | 32% |
| Divine Girls Coalition | $291,950 | 3 | 93% |
| Fathers of St Edmund Southern Missions Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Blackbelt & Central Alabama Housing Authority | $158,000 | 2 | 57% |
| Gospel Tabernacle Church | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Southern Communities Inc | $3,812,809 | 7 | 69% |
| Appalachian Community Fund | $2,139,188 | 7 | 52% |
| Truthspeaks Innovation Foundation | $977,056 | 3 | n/a |
| Hale County Community Enrichment Society Inc | $370,950 | 6 | 100% |
| Greene County Foster and Adoptive Parents Associations | $352,500 | 5 | 95% |
| Bama Kids Inc | $338,415 | 7 | 32% |
| Divine Girls Coalition | $291,950 | 3 | 93% |
| Fathers of St Edmund Southern Missions Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Blackbelt & Central Alabama Housing Authority | $158,000 | 2 | 57% |
| Gospel Tabernacle Church | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas County Family Resource Center | $150,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Coalition of Concerned Families | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Destination Liberation | $95,400 | 4 | 20% |
| The United Christian Community Ass0 | $84,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Moore Wright Group | $82,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Theo Ratliff | $79,000 | 4 | 42% |
| Alabama Institute for Social Justice | $70,750 | 2 | 2% |
| Lowndes County Community Life Center | $64,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Women in Training Inc | $59,750 | 3 | 13% |
| Water Finance Exchange Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Selma Center for Nonviolence Truth and Reconciliation | $49,975 | 3 | n/a |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc | $48,935 | 1 | 2% |
| Society of Folk Arts & Culture | $48,475 | 3 | n/a |
| Black Belt Justice Center | $47,050 | 2 | n/a |
| Project Say Something | $46,250 | 2 | 5% |
| Hale County School District | $46,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sowing Seeds of Hope Inc | $46,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Harvest Ministries | $42,434 | 3 | n/a |
| Sapps Community Center | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Macon Means for Cancer Support | $37,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Sapps Community Center | $35,860 | 1 | n/a |
| No More Martyrs | $35,550 | 2 | 8% |
| A T a P Community Development Cooperation | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Children of the Village Network Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 32% |
| Choice | $30,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Everyblackgirl Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable Empowering | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tuskegee United Women's League Inc | $29,000 | 2 | 32% |
| Bullock County Social Justice Foundation | $28,927 | 2 | n/a |
| Latch Foundation | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crosspoint Christian Chruch | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Union Springs | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Selma Area Food Bank | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Tuskegee Interdenominational Ministers Council | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Outreach Alliance of Dallas County Alabama | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls in Christ Incorporated | $24,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Awareness and Prevention Programs | $23,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Alabama Unite | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| New Shiloh Community Development | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of West-End | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Help Organizationinc | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marengo Bbcf Distribution | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dynamic Young Minorities of Nashville D-Y-M-O-N in the Rough | $20,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Kuntry Kidz Youth Foundation | $20,550 | 1 | 58% |
| Womens Foundation of the South | $20,550 | 1 | 1% |
| Webb Teaching Ministries | $20,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Selma Housing Development Corp | $20,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Greatest Investment Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Appalachian Community Fund | $18,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Empowerment Resources Inc | $18,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Omega Chi Foundation | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Curtis House | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Council of Negro Women Inc | $16,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Hale County Library Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Panola Outreach | $15,725 | 2 | 7% |
| Greene County Childrens Policy Council | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 4th Judicial Community Corrections | $14,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Gainsville Youth Outreach Project | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bullock County Humane Society & Shelter | $12,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Health and Wellness Educational Center | $12,123 | 2 | n/a |
| McRae Learning Center Inc | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Loving Assisting Nurturing Educating and Supporting | $10,550 | 1 | 7% |
| Artsrevive Community Development Co | $10,050 | 2 | 2% |
| Tuskegee-Macon County Community Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas County School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legal Services Alabama Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Selma Bridge Crossing | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Whistle Work | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ninth District Ame Ministry of Economic Development Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Selma City Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lowdnes Co Board of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young West Virginia Power Building Movement | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Perote Colored Cemetery | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ivy Center of Huntsville Madison County Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Sumter County Board of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Macon County Board of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greene County Board Of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bullock County Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coleman Center Board of the City of York Term | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Demopolis City Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marengo County Board of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dallas County System of Services Inc | $9,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Coming Together Organization of Demopolis Alabama Inc | $9,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Belt Human Resource Dev Center | $7,895 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice United | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Done Right Construction Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Demopolis Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sumpter County Alumni Association | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern Star Baptist Church Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Collirene Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $7,225 | 1 | n/a |
| The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Co | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hope on the Hill Ministry | $6,910 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Talk 1 on 1 Inc | $6,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Saiasi Foundation | $6,217 | 1 | 17% |
| Butler Youth Football League | $6,217 | 1 | n/a |
| Men of the Coalition | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reach Rural Enrichment Accessing Community Hands Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Federation of Southern Cooperatives | $5,725 | 1 | 0% |
| Marengo County Foster Parent Association | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lcuwp Sewer Board | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bobbys Community Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Selma Dallas County Historic Preservation Society | $5,000 | 1 | 50% |
| New Hope Community Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge Crossing Jubilee Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakwood University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Resource Center of Dallas Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alabama A&M University Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tukabatchee Area Council Bsa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Save the Children | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| U Matter | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| House of Praise | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lisman Volunteer Fire Department | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mt Gilead Scholastic and Artistic Institute | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maciles Museum of Miscellanea | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Foundation and Mus | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lincolnite Club | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Magnolia Grove Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($144k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Alabama Power Foundation IncAL42× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc · Tombigbee Resource Conservation and Development Council · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Ala-Tom RC&D Council Inc · Alabama Forward · Southern Partners Fund Inc · International Paper Company Foundation · Alabama Arise · Weaver-Parrish Charitable Trust
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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About The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc
- How much does The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc give?
- The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc reported 45 itemized grants totaling $1,543,547, out of $2,294,033 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (48%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fund for Southern Communities Inc ($3.8M), Appalachian Community Fund ($2.1M), Truthspeaks Innovation Foundation ($977k).
- Does The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alabama Power Foundation Inc, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation.
- Where is The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc based?
- The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc is based in AL.
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