WHAT WE DO

Provide financial assistance to local organization that serve, improve and enrich the lives of Black American families in Wisconsin.

Generate charitable revenue by participating in employee payroll deduction campaigns, including federal, state, and local government employees as well as corporate employees.


WHY CHOOSE US

Your financial donations support the work of local non-profit organizations in critical areas:
  • Health Disparities
  • Education
  • Children
  • Community Building
  • Environmental Justice
  • Economic Equity
PHILANTHROPY FACTS
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  • During the 1800’s, hundreds of organizations provided assistance to the Underground Railroad and the Abolition Movement (Twenty-First Century Foundation, 2001)

  • Black churches and mutual aid associations were the first Black philanthropic organizations (Twenty-First Century Foundation, 2001)

  • After the Civil War, schools and education were the main focus of Black philanthropy (Twenty-First Century Foundation, 2001)

  • The John F. Slater Fund (1882) was the first philanthropy in the United States devoted to education for Blacks.

  • The Negro Rural School Fund (1907), was created by Philadelphia Quaker An T. Jeanes. The fund supported Black master teachers (Jeanes supervisors) who assisted rural Southern schools. (Southern Education Foundation, 2001)

  • The Virginia Randolph Fund (1937) was created to honor the first of these “Jeanes Teachers” with monies raised by Jeanes teachers across the South. (Southern Education Foundation, 2001)

  • More than half (52%) of black households make charitable donations. (White House Council of Economic Advisors, 2000)

  • Blacks are more likely to make charitable contributions than Whites (White House Council of Economic Advisors, 2000)

  • Blacks are more likely to give to religious organizations than to formal philanthropic groups: about 60% of black giving is to churches. (White House Council of Economic Advisors, 2000)

  • Racial and ethnic minority communities receive a lower proportion of grants and also receive smaller grants than mainstream communities. (National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, 2000)