Black Philanthropy Month

For Martin Luther King Day 2024, we are proud to announce our theme for this year: “Afro-Futures of Giving!” From its roots, Black Philanthropy Month (BPM) has been a beacon of empowerment and community finance traditions, shaping a brighter future for Black communities worldwide. For 2024, BPM is activating contemporary Afro-futurism to help our Movement throughout the US and worldwide imagine and co-create a more powerful future for Black giving and community finance in general. We are asking all community and sector leaders, as well as our allies, to use Dr. Martin Luther King’s Day, to start answering three Afro-future prompts for the year-round BPM season. Don’t wait for August. Respond to this nee theme today with your vision of an ideal future for Black giving and/or social finance. Answer these questions. 1. What factors are driving the future of Black giving and social finance to promote wellness, equity, and justice in Black families, institutions, and communities? 2. What are three concrete actions that you will take as a change agent in your family, community, workplace, and/or other affiliations during 2024 to increase the chances that your vision of a Black Giving Future comes to fruition over the next five years? BPM and partners will be by your side, providing tools over the next 8 months to map, celebrate, and share your Black Giving Future. 🛠️🎉 Complete our Black Giving Futures Survey at https://lnkd.in/eT5sBQ2N. For more information about our 2024 theme, Afro-Futures of Giving, visit our website at blackphilanthropymonth.com. Together, let's tap into our collective power of hope, self-love, and mutual support to change the course of history—again. 🌟❤️ #BPM2024 #BlackPhilanthropyMonth #BlackPhilanthropy #AfroFuture #AfroFuturesofGiving #BlackFunding #MLKDay

What a great 4th annual #ReunityBlackWomenGiveBackAwards, celebrating 10 more amazing #BlackWomenFunders, creating #AfroFuturesofGiving, the Black Philanthropy Month for this year. Also the #UnitedNations #InternationalDayforPeopleofAfricanDescent, we closed #BPMAugust and opened #BPM365 with the launch of the annual #BlackGivingSeason worldwide. We’re SO proud of all 40 of our honorees. Meet the 2024, #ReunityBlackWomenGiveBack here bit.ly/BWGB2024.

As Black Philanthropy Month and #Reunity founder, I have some reflections and appreciations to share with more to come. While this is the last day of #BPM2024, it’s the first day of the #BlackGiving and funding equity advocacy season, which is year-round. Remember that Black philanthropy is not just about money. It’s our superpower; our love language—how we transform pain into a better tomorrow for our people, all humanity, and the planet we share. Look for our annual report, the new #BlackFundingFutures as well as 2025 theme from our survey results, and important #BPMFutures updates soon. Congratulations to our 10 #ReunityBlackWomenGiveBack honorees from all over the world, upholding our giving traditions and creating new #AfroFuturesofGiving. And well done to all the nonprofits and others around the world that used #BPM2024 to jumpstart their fundraising often collaborating with each other, including, for example, YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE Giving Gap, among others. A special thanks to so many stakeholders, including our partners, sponsors, leaders, all participants, and first-ever Futurist-in-Residence, Trista Harris, who can also help you with your strategic plans through her company, FutureGood. Thank you to Jeannie Infante Sager, who was my stalwart partner in bringing #Reunity’s #BlackWomenGiveBackAward to life in her former role as director of The Women’s Philanthropy Institute. Our wonderful 2024 new and long established sponsors made it happen: National Philanthropic Trust Global Fund for Women blueskies Voice. Vision. Value. Black Women Leading Philanthropy BackBlack The WISE Fund GIFE PeiYao Chen Eileen R. Heisman Cedric Brown We salute our BPM Global Council Leaders too representing the world Floyd Jones Toya Randall Antonia Edward Jones Nelson I. Colón Rebecca Darwent Liban Abokor Thaís Nascimento Gustavo Bernardino Almaz Negash Precious Zumbika MBA Edward Jones ABFE. A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities A special thanks to the #Reunity advisory committee members Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome Jean Fountain Tsehai Wodajo Nunu Kidane Thelma Ekiyor Antonia Apolinario-Wilcoxon, Ed. D Chingwell Mutombu representing the USA, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Brazil, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, helping BPM grow worldwide and engage local communities in their countries for decades. And eternal gratitude to all leaders and participants in Black Philanthropy Month throughout the USA and worldwide. Open to all, we need for everyone to take the survey at bit.ly/BPM2024Survey and pass it on. Together we have engaged 100 million people in 60 countries and growing! The future is now. Keep the #BPM365 spirit with #loveinaction everyday. Because when #BlackGiving thrives, everyone benefits. Support Fearless Fund #stayfreetogive

Today is the last day of Black Philanthropy Month! It is hard to believe that our global celebration has already come to an end! 🌍 Have you gotten involved yet? There's still time to share your voice in our Black Funding Future's survey⏳✨! Help us shape the future of Black Philanthropy and take the brief survey here: https://lnkd.in/ez2ubCTN Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be part of this transformative movement! #BlackPhilanthropyMonth #BPM2024 #SupportBlackGiving #CountdownToChange #GetInvolved Dr. Jackie “Bouvier” Copeland

Join us for the 4th Annual Reunity: The Black Women Give Back Awards happening TODAY, Friday, 30 August at 2 PM EDT at bit.ly/BPMReunity. The program honors 10 of the world's most exemplary Black women funders, officially closes BPM 2024, and celebrates the UN's International Day for People of African Descent. During the program you will hear from a few of the next generation Black Philanthropy Month leaders including: Trista Harris, Floyd Jones, Morena Mariah Couto, Una Osili, and Toya Randall We can't wait to see you there #BlackPhilanthropyMonth #FundingEquity Dr. Jackie “Bouvier” Copeland

As Black Philanthropy Month founder, congratulations on keeping our traditions alive for the new times. Philanthropy is more than money. At its core, since ancient times in Africa, it’s love of humanity, including Black people. Thank you for celebrating #BPM365 by sharing your gifts with the community all year, everyday. BackBlack

Thank you to long time partners and Black Philanthropy Month champions of change ABFE. A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities ! We are grateful for your tremendous leadership and support in building the movement.

We are excited to amplify the work of YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE and of Black Philanthropy Month Global Council member Ebonie Johnson Cooper ! Give 8/28 Day is an amazing opportunity to support Black led and Black benefitting organizations. #give828 #blackphilanthropymonth

Thelma Ekiyor thank you for your longtime, ongoing support of Black Philanthropy Month ! Your example and contributions make a difference for many, including me. I am most proud of you for your groundbreaking leadership of The Nigeria Philanthropy Office, an unprecedented, trustworthy channel to support job creation in Africa’s most populous country. I look forward to the panel tomorrow and thank you for your participation.

As Black Philanthropy Month founder, my heart is full as this 23-year-old movement of self-love, giving, and equity continues to grow for more than a generation with new exciting leadership in the wings. Thank you for the shout out and support. Let’s keep creating the future of #BlackGiving everywhere. Floyd Jones Toya Randall Almaz Negash Thaís Nascimento Trista Harris Ebonie Johnson Cooper #afrofuturesofgiving #loveinaction #BPM2024 #BPM365