YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE

This Monday, join us for an engaging conversation with President Pines and Reverend Dr. William Barber II at the upcoming Presidential Distinguished Forum! This virtual event, scheduled for October 28, will delve into themes from the 2024 First Year Book, “Poverty, by America” and discuss how we can foster social and economic justice through systemic change. Rev. Barber is a prominent leader in social justice serving as Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, a 2018 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” recipient and the New York Times best-selling author. We're delighted to co-sponsor this event alongside the First Year Book and College Park Scholars. Please spread the word and invite your community to an important and thought-provoking discussion! Register Here: go.umd.edu/DrBarber

We are 10 years old, aren’t we?! We’re grateful to all who have been with us all these years! Featured in the photo: Jalisa Whitley, MPP Charis Goff Samantha Paige Davis, MPP /behind the camera Kassidy Johnson, MBA Gizelle C. … Can you believe it?! ❤️❤️❤️ Grateful what’s been and for what is to come! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

SOUND THE ALARM 🚨 and SHARE! To GOD Be The Glory! It’s been over a year of being in a federal court case and now it’s finally dismissed! A few things that need to be clarified: 1. This is a WIN and positive outcome for the Fearless Fund and our community. 2. The US federal court of appeals stopped the Fearless Strivers grant program for Black women on June 3rd ruling suggesting we were in violation of the law. This program has not been operating since it entered the appeals process back in September 2023 and it was at its conclusion of the grant program when the court case began August 2023, it was designed to award 6 people in one year and it was at its end when the case began. 3. We strategically avoided a Supreme Court ruling (the deadline to appeal our appeal has passed) because a ruling not in our favor at the Supreme Court would’ve ended minority based funding across the country and that would not be wise, we have already seen the Supreme Court ruling for the colleges end affirmative action for all colleges in schools and admissions. 4. Elections have consequences, we have had 3 federal rulings in this process where 4 Trump appointed judges ruled against us, 2 Clinton and 1 Obama appointed judges ruled for us. The writing is on the wall of who wants this work to continue and who does not. Be sure to vote November 5th! 5. This work is important because the statistics for the underfunded are overwhelming and this is why we have invested millions of dollars and awarded grants to over 500. 6. Any false narrative floating that anyone is claiming we are not moving forward at the Fearless Fund is not true, what is true is that we are proud to announce our new debt fund (our loan program is live on our website) for under resourced entrepreneurs- male and female! 7. The one grant program the US appeals courts stopped was funding 6 entrepreneurs, this new program will touch over 3000 entrepreneurs, that sounds like a WIN to me. WE ARE STILL FUNDING WE ARE STILL FEARLESS! #FEARLESSFREEDOM

On August 28th we did a thing. We hosted the 7th Annual #Give828 day! After a long 15 hours of fundraising, 280 Black-led and benefitting orgs raked in more than $215K!!! We can’t say enough for their endurance, passion, creativity and success! We’re proud of them, so you should be too! Thank you to our partners who really out did themselves. Can’t wait to do it again. Valaida Fullwood and #NGAAP BackBlack Community Foundation of Sarasota County Do Good Institute St. Louis Community Foundation Foundation for Louisiana National Partnership for Women & Families Let’s give it up! A round of applause… 👏🏾👏🏾 #give828 #fundraising #Leadership #BlackExcellence #Proud #BPM2024 #Proud

On August 28th we did a thing. We hosted the 7th Annual #Give828 day! After a long 15 hours of fundraising, 280 Black-led and benefitting orgs raked in more than $215K!!! We can’t say enough for their endurance, passion, creativity and success! We’re proud of them, so you should be too! Thank you to our partners who really out did themselves. Can’t wait to do it again. Valaida Fullwood and #NGAAP BackBlack Community Foundation of Sarasota County Do Good Institute St. Louis Community Foundation Foundation for Louisiana National Partnership for Women & Families Let’s give it up! A round of applause… 👏🏾👏🏾 #give828 #fundraising #Leadership #BlackExcellence #Proud #BPM2024 #Proud

So glad we got to put on this event this year! In 2023, we were excited to try putting on this event for the first time but a hurricane rained on our parade and cancelled it 😭. Congrats to Ebonie Johnson Cooper and the team at YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE for coordinating another successful Give 8/28 day and to all the nonprofits that participated. And thank you to our friends at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe for being wonderful host. Can't wait to do it all again next year. ☺️🎉

So glad we got to put on this event this year! In 2023, we were excited to try putting on this event for the first time but a hurricane rained on our parade and cancelled it 😭. Congrats to Ebonie Johnson Cooper and the team at YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE for coordinating another successful Give 8/28 day and to all the nonprofits that participated. And thank you to our friends at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe for being wonderful host. Can't wait to do it all again next year. ☺️🎉

Join us for the 4th Annual Reunity: The Black Women Give Back Awards happening TODAY, Friday, 30 August at 2 PM EDT at bit.ly/BPMReunity. The program honors 10 of the world's most exemplary Black women funders, officially closes BPM 2024, and celebrates the UN's International Day for People of African Descent. During the program you will hear from a few of the next generation Black Philanthropy Month leaders including: Trista Harris, Floyd Jones, Morena Mariah Couto, Una Osili, and Toya Randall We can't wait to see you there #BlackPhilanthropyMonth #FundingEquity Dr. Jackie “Bouvier” Copeland

Did we tell you we've partnered with Greater Washington Community Foundation to start a Giving Circle?! Meet Benefactors: A Black Giving Collective. “Benefactors is about catalyzing the giving capacity of Black people who want to invest funds into our communities in a meaningful way.”- Ebonie Johnson Cooper, Member “When no one else is there for Black-led organizations, we are and must be there for our own. It is the philanthropy from our own that sustains and continues to sustain us.”- Leslie Jefferson “To me, Benefactors represents the future of Black philanthropy,” - Chelsea Brown, MPM In other words, we're changing the face of philanthropy - again! Read more about Benefactors on the GWCF blog! https://lnkd.in/dFEMhFn8 #givingcircle #support #blackphilanthropy #philanthropy #nonprofits #grantmaking

My reflection to come... Thank you Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas URBAN Employee Networking Group for this amazing opportunity to elevate Black Philanthropy/Month and inspire everyone to support our causes.