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More than $235,000 in Grants Awarded to Black-Led Organizations

The Central New York Community Foundation recently distributed 19 grants totaling $239,850 from its Black Equity & Excellence Fund. Grants from the fund support Black-led nonprofit organizations and projects that counteract systemic racism.


Pictured Above: All Mighty Boxing

October, 2024 – The Central New York Community Foundation recently distributed 19 grants totaling $239,850 from its Black Equity & Excellence Fund. Grants from the fund support Black-led nonprofit organizations and projects that counteract systemic racism.

100 Black Men of Syracuse $20,000

Support the Future 100 program, a mentorship program for young Black men centered on education, health and wellness, empowerment and mentoring.

Advance Student Resource Systems- $9,100

Launch a two-part STEM initiative led by multi-race STEM professionals to provide youth with hands-on robotics training and basic STEM education.

All Mighty Boxing – $10,000

Support the Mental Health Empowerment Program, which combines mental health support with boxing training to enhance youth mental and physical health.

BABY B.A.C.K. – $10,000

Expand outreach and distribution of educational resources about COVID-19 to Black communities.

BABY MOMMA ASSOCIATION – $10,000

Launch a 6-month boot camp program in collaboration with Vera House to help single mothers build entrepreneurship and professional development skills.

Black Girls WILL Get Love – $10,000

Host the Construction Training Program in collaboration with Heartfelt Construction and O.F.A. Construction to provide Black women and girls with hands-on construction and home-repair training.

Butterfly Community Innovations – $10,000

Host workshops for Black women to complete DiSC assessment personality tests to help them improve communication, teamwork and productivity.

Good Time Gang Cigar Club, Syracuse NY Chapter – $10,000

Launch a series of workshops, seminars and community events for Black men focused on health, wealth and family.

National Council of Negro Women -$15,000

Host the Youth STEAM project, which will provide STEAM education workshops for high school students.

Ninety-Two – $10,000

Host workshops, dance lessons, debutante training and a spring cotillion for girls in high school.

Nourish Syracuse – $10,000

Support the Sow and Grow program, which engages youth in agricultural education and food justice through hands on gardening, cooking demonstrations and community dinners.

Preserve The Black Child- $10,000

Host the Black Child Book Fair, which provides free books to multi-race families.

Restoreforlife- $12,500

Expand programming aimed at empowering families through self-sufficiency programs and community support.

S’Marie Photography – $10,000

Support the Captured Essence: Empowering Through Photography project, which will provide educational resources and access to affordable professional photography services.

Syracuse Reads+ – $10,000

Provide strategic training opportunities for community members interested in becoming reading tutors.

Syracuse STEM NSBE – $26,250

Expand STEM education and programming for students across Onondaga County.

The Institute for Equal Access – $27,000

Provide pre-med education and scholarships to high school students committed to addressing health disparities that disproportionately affect Black communities, and who plan to pursue the Master of Public Health (MPH) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) programs at SUNY Upstate Medical University.

The Joe Family Foundation for Disability Advocacy – $10,000

Host four workshops to provide caregivers with learning and networking opportunities about mental health and wellness.

Jubilee Homes of Syracuse – $10,000

Support the Build to Work program, which aims to eliminate barriers to employment for job seekers.

 

The Community Foundation’s Black Equity & Excellence Fund was launched in June 2020 in response to the tragedies and ensuing national conversation on race that has brought to light a common truth – that anti-Black racism is still woven into the fabric of the country. The Fund supports community-based projects for the Black community of Central New York that promote and encourage self-sufficiency and improve the physical and economic conditions that affect quality of life. It also encourages dialogue that will strengthen collaborative engagement on race-related matters and support social and educational growth in the community. Learn more at cnycf.org/equity

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