The Central New York Community Foundation is welcoming three new Black Equity & Excellence Fund advisory council members: Karla Hall, Indaria Jones and Reverend DeCarto D. Draper. Jr.

Orlando Mcinnsey launched a youth boxing and mental health program, All Mighty Boxing. It’s there that he trains local youth ages 6-18 in self-defense to help them cultivate resilience, emotional intelligence and community.

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Sixteen-year-old Azory Infinite dreams of redefining music while breaking cycles of poverty. Through the Good Life Youth Foundation's HipHop-preneurship program, youth like Infinite are learning about hip-hop, entrepreneurship and resilience, empowering them to rise above their circumstances.

Escucha a Chayna Short, fundadora de Women Overcoming Obstacles Together, hablar de cómo sus experiencias transformadoras con The Leadership Classroom (TLC) y nuestro proyecto de Subvenciones Participativas le proporcionaron orientación para desarrollar, fortalecer y hacer crecer su organización.

Giving Voice Invierno 2024: Historia de un becario

El Consejo Asesor para la Equidad y la Excelencia de los Negros se encarga de revisar las propuestas de subvenciones y de hacer recomendaciones de financiación, así como de identificar lagunas y oportunidades para crear un Nueva York Central más equitativo y económicamente inclusivo para...

Giving Voice Spring 2023: Donor Story

The Black Equity & Excellence Advisory Council is charged with reviewing grant proposals and making funding recommendations as well as identifying gaps and opportunities to create a more equitable and economically inclusive Central New York for the Black community.

Seventeen grants from our Black Equity & Excellence Fund totaling $240,000 were distributed to support Black-led nonprofit organizations and projects that counteract systemic racism.

Last month’s Juneteenth parade, a city-wide expression of pride, brought together the Black community in a display of cultural recognition and social dialogue. Without the phenomenal work of Juneteenth Inc., the festival would not have touched as many hearts as it did.