2024 Grants COMMUNITY AND ARTS GRANTS

The Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) is offering community and arts grant opportunities open to community-based organizations operating within its 12-county service area comprising Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, and Wilcox Counties of Alabama.

 

 

The 2024 BBCF Arts and Community Grants Cycle will open on March 26th with the online grant application going live followed by a series of in-person and online Learn Grants-BBCF Style Workshops. There will be an in-person workshop in each of the 12 counties which will serve as an opportunity for the community to meet the new BBCF Arts Director, Aaron Head, and to answer any questions you may have about the grant process.

For a more in-depth learning experience, covering all aspects of the BBCF grant process and including tips for writing a successful application, please plan to attend one of the two online workshops. Please note that any organization that has never submitted a grant application to BBCF MUST attend one in-person workshop session prior to applying. April 19th is the deadline for all applications, with final decisions being tendered by the end of May 2024.

 

BBCF’s Community Grant Cycle will invest in organizations engaging Black Belt citizens by addressing the most pressing community needs through grants ranging in size from $500 to $7500. This type of work includes but is not limited to education, economic development, health, criminal justice reform and intervention, civic engagement/participation, recreational programs, etc.

 

BBCF’s Arts Grant Cycle will target in-school, after-school and community-based arts and arts education programs as well as professional development and capacity building. These grants have a range of $500 to $5000.

 

For both Community and Arts grants, applicants will be able to find specific examples of previous projects funded and other helpful details via the grant application web resource page at: www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=blackbeltfound .

BBCF will host two virtual grant workshops during the 2024 Online Grant Summit for organizations who are interested in applying for a Community or Arts Grant to #LearnGrants – BBCF Style! We will also be hosting an in-person workshop in each of the 12 counties we serve. Please note that any organization that has never submitted a grant application to BBCF MUST attend one in-person workshop session prior to applying.  

2024 Online Grant Summit:

The Online Workshops will be held via Zoom on the following dates:

  • Tuesday, April 2, 2024 from 5:30 pm to 7pm
  • Wednesday, April 10, 2024  from 12:00pm to 1:30pm
 
2024 In-Person workshops

The In-person Workshops will be held on the following dates:

Perry County Workshop

  •  Wednesday, March 27, 2024 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
    •  Location: 200 Pickens St., Marion, AL 36756

 

Hale County Workshop

  • Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
    • Location: 1109 Main St, Greensboro, Alabama 36744

Greene County Workshop

  • Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
    • Location: 720 Greensboro St., Eutaw, AL 35462

 

Choctaw County Workshop

  • Monday, April 1, 2024 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
    • Location: 114 N. Academy Ave, Butler, AL

 

Bullock County Workshop

  • Tuesday, April 2, 2024 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
    • Location: 217 Prairie St. N., Union Springs, AL 36089


Wilcox County Workshop

  • Wednesday, April 3, 2024 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
    • Location: 2220 Highway 221, Camden, AL 36726

 

Dallas County Workshop

  • Thursday, April 4, 2024 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
    • Location: 444 Washington Street, Selma, AL

 

Marengo County Workshop

  • Monday, April 8, 2024 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
    • Location: 306 1st Ave, Demopolis, Alabama 36732

 

Pickens County Workshop

  • Monday, April 8, 2024 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
    • Location: 99 Commerce Ave, Carrollton, Alabama 35447

 

Macon County Workshop

  • Tuesday, April 9, 2024 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
    • Location: 210 N Elm St, Tuskegee, Alabama 36083

 

Sumter County Workshop

  • Thursday, April 11, 2024 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm 
    • Location: 211 N. Broad St., York, AL 36925

 

Lowndes County Workshop

  • Thursday, April 11, 2024 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
    • Location: 215A Tuskeena Street, Hayneville, AL 36040

For the past few years, BBCF has worked to streamline its granting process by deploying the best available tools. The grant application, along with detailed written and video tutorials will be available at: https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=blackbeltfound, beginning March 25th.

 

Grant applications are due on or before April 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM (NOON) Central Time

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Please contact Erica Williams at 334-874-1126 ext. 111 or 334-294-9661 (ewilliams@blackbeltfound.org) or Christopher Spencer at 334-874-1126 ext. 105 (cspencer@blackbeltfound.org) for more information about the workshops.