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Foundation For Black Philanthropy grants

Foundation For The Carolinas

NontraditionalParticipatory grantmaking

Founded in 1993 as the African American Community Foundation, this Charlotte-region fund runs a competitive annual grant cycle whose decisions are made by a Board of Advisors of Black civic, business and community leaders.

Indicative award
Amount not published (varies by call)No per-grant range published. The foundation states it has distributed more than $500,000 in grants to local nonprofits since 1993.
Timing
Annual cycleNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The foundation publishes specific cycle dates annually and references 2026 cycle documentation on its page; no dated future deadline is stated.
Who can apply
Community organisation, Practitioner
Eligibility
Nonprofits serving Black communities in the Charlotte region. Two named funding streams (the Lethia Henderson Fund for a Healthy Black Community and the Elizabeth S. Randolph Fund for Education and Prosperity) shape what is fundable, so work outside health or education and outside the region will not fit. Applications go through the foundation's grant portal.
SSWR clusters
Topics
black health · education and prosperity · black giving · charlotte region
Apply at
https://www.fftc.org/FFBP
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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