Mission and public details
to ENSURE ALL BLACK BELT RESIDENTS LIVE and WORK IN HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS, INCLUSIVE, EDUCATED, CREATIVE and GIVING COMMUNITIES. WE SERVE TWELVE COUNTIES: BULLOCK, CHOCTAW, DALLAS, GREENE, HALE, LOWNDES, MACON, MARENGO, PERRY, PICKENS, SUMTER, and WILCOX. EACH of THESE COUNTIES is CONSIDERED A "PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTY" AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE CENSUS. PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTIES ARE THOSE WHERE 20% or MORE of THE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE POOR, MEASURED BY THE 1980, 1990, 2000 CENSUSES, and THE 200-11 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY. ADDITIONALLY, BBCF OFTENTIMES INVESTS IN THE FOLLOWING 13 STATES: ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA,…
- Organization
- THE BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
- EIN
- 63-1270745
- Address
- PO BOX 2020, SELMA, AL, 36702-2020
- County
- Dallas
- Tax category
- Community Foundations
- NTEE classification
- T31
- Organization website
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