The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc
Selma, AL · EIN 63-1270745. Reported 167 grants totalling $8,846,021 to 96 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 96 distinct organizations, with 34% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 36% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $23,400; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $1,855,694. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Southern Communities Inc | Decatur, GA | $3,030,984 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Appalachian Community Fund | Knoxville, TN | $1,448,363 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Truthspeaks Innovation Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $977,056 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greene County Foster and Adoptive Parents Association | Eutaw, AL | $323,500 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hale County Community Enrichment Society | Greensboro, AL | $292,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Divine Girls Coalition | Livingston, AL | $291,950 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bama Kids Incorporated | Camden, AL | $211,340 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blackbelt & Central Alabama Housing Authority | Selma, AL | $158,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dallas County Family Resource Center | Selma, AL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fathers of St Edmund Southern Missions Inc | Selma, AL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gospel Tabernacle Church | Selma, AL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coalition of Concerned Families | Selma, AL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Destination Liberation | Selma, AL | $90,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The United Christian Community Association Incorporated | Safford, AL | $84,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women in Training Inc | Montgomery, AL | $59,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alabama Institute for Social Justice | Montgomery, AL | $58,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program | Montgomery, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Water Finance Exchange Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Say Something | Florence, AL | $46,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hale County Board of Education | Greensboro, AL | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Theo Ratliff Center | Demopolis, AL | $44,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Moore Wright Group | Aberdeen, WA | $40,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sapps Community Center | Aliceville, AL | $40,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lowndes County Community Life Center | Fort Deposit, AL | $38,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Macon Means for Cancer Support | Tuskegee, AL | $37,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| No More Martyrs | Birmingham, AL | $35,550 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Everyblackgirl Inc | Columbia, SC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable Empowering | Birmingham, AL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tuskegee United Womens League Inc | Tuskegee, AL | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls in Christ Incorporated | Hollywood, FL | $24,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alabama Unite | Montgomery, AL | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of West-End | Birmingham, AL | $22,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marengo Bbcf Distribution | Linden, AL | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| D-Y-M-O-N in the Rough - Dynamic Minorities of Nashvill | Nashville, TN | $20,550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kuntry Kidz Youth Foundation | Hattiesburg, MS | $20,550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Foundation of the South | New Orleans, LA | $20,550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greatest Investment Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Selma Housing Development Corporation | Selma, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Appalachian Community Fund | Knoxville, TN | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Empowerment Resources Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvest Ministries | Lisman, AL | $17,434 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Choice | Uniontown, AL | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sowing Seeds of Hope Inc | Marion, AL | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Panola Outreach | Aliceville, AL | $15,725 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Awareness and Prevention Programs | Butler, AL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fourth Judicial Circuit Community Corrections Program | Selma, AL | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greene County Childrens Policy Council | Eutaw, AL | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bullock County Humane Society | Union Springs, AL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Young Men Building for the Future | Gainesville, AL | $12,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loving Assisting Nurturing Educ & Supporting Teen Girls Inc | Orlando, FL | $10,550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Atap Community Development Corporation | Selma, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bullock County Schools | Union Springs, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Choctaw County Schools | Butler, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dallas County Schools | Selma, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Demopolis City Schools | Demopolis, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greene County Board of Education | Eutaw, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal Services Alabama Inc | Montgomery, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Linden City Schools | Linden, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lowndes County Public Schools | Hayneville, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Macon County Schools | Tuskegee, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marengo County Schools | Linden, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ninth District AME Ministry of Economic Development Inc | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Perote Colored Cemetery | Banks, AL | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perry County Board of Education | Marion, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pickens County Schools | Carrollton, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Selma Bridge Crossing | Selma, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Selma City Schools | Selma, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Society of Folk Arts and Culture | Eutaw, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sumter County Public Schools District | Livingston, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Selma Center for Nonviolence Truth & Reconciliation | Selma, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whistle Work | Lexington, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wilcox County Schools | Camden, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young West Virginia Power Building Movement | Martinsburg, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas County System of Services Inc | Selma, AL | $9,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice United | Irondale, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bullock County Social Justice Foundation | Union Springs, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Demopolis Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | Demopolis, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Done Right Construction Inc | Union Springs, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eastern Star Baptist Church Inc | Demopolis, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hispanic and Immigrant Center of | Birmingham, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children of the Village Network Inc | Livingston, AL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Community Corrections Programs Inc | Livingston, AL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope on the Hill Ministry | Lowndesboro, AL | $6,910 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Health and Wellness Educational Center | Livingston, AL | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Talk 1 on 1 Inc | Miami, FL | $6,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Butler Youth Football League | Butler, AL | $6,217 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saiasi Foundation | Gilbertown, AL | $6,217 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund | Atlanta, GA | $5,725 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Morning Star Baptist Church Senior Citizens | York, AL | $5,725 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Morning Star Community Center Development Board | Cuba, AL | $5,725 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marengo County Foster Parent Association | Linden, AL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Council of Negro Women Inc | Camden, AL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bobbys Community Center | Pennington, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lisman Volunteer Fire Department | Lisman, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Operation Save the Children | Butler, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| U Matter | Butler, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
25 of 96 (26%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Bama Kids
COMMUNITY PARTNER - HEALTHY FAMILIES - Truthspeaks Innovation Foundation
2024 BLACK GIRL DREAM FUND - The United Christian Community Association Inc
BLACK BELT FOOD SUSTAINABILITY APPLICATION - Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program
2024 TRANSFORMING WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE U.S. - Greene County Foster and Adoptive Parents Association
STORM SHELTER/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Al Unite
2024 CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 63 of 96 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | $1,180,500 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $3,770,094 | $9,600 |
| 2023 | 50 | $2,351,880 | $10,900 |
| 2024 | 45 | $1,543,547 | $13,706 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
45% of its giving went to organizations in Georgia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
12 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 18 grants totalling $3,698,373 to The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc. That is 21% of the 57 funders we can see giving to it. Those 12 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a community foundation.
5 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novo Foundation | New York | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Educational Foundation of America | Maryland | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Whitman Institute | California | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation | California | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Knowledge Freedom Foundation | Massachusetts | $15,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Maryland | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hill-Snowdon Foundation | District of Columbia | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marguerite Casey Foundation | Washington | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family | Delaware | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 12.
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Georgia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 83 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 2020, Selma, AL, 36702.
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