The Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium, a participatory grantmaking group based in Selma, Alabama, has announced grants totaling $1.2 million in support of Black women entrepreneurs and girls across the American South.
The awards include funding to more than 60 organizations and investments in over 25 Black women-led small businesses. The awards represent an expansion of the group’s efforts in response to nationwide rollbacks in funding for racial and gender equity initiatives. Since its founding in 2017 by regional community organizers and philanthropy sector executives LaTosha Brown, Felecia Lucky, Alice Eason Jenkins, and Margo Miller, Southern Black Girls has awarded over $11.4 million to more than 250 Black women-led organizations and provided over $600,000 in grants—including 100 awarded in 2025—to 1,000 girls and young women between the ages of 13 and 24.
“This year proved that even in difficult times, investing in organizations that center Black girls and women is an act of resistance, imagination, and faith in the future,” said consortium executive director Chanceé Lundy. “Even under pressure, we showed up, expanded our giving, and stayed intentional about meeting this moment.”
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This year saw several major gifts in support of various focus areas.
In what focus area do you think donors made the biggest philanthropic impact this year?
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