2021 Year-End Giving to the SBCC

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Your dollars helped us achieve so much...

501 (C) (3) NON-PROFIT EIN: 95-4818928

This year's Young Leadership COllaborative (YLC) Entrepreneur program had over 40 applicants

2021 marks our 13th year and cohort of 16-23 year old students learning about business.

We have graduated over 200 students since the program's inception.

YLC The YLC is an SBCC youth program for scholars aged 16-23. Through this program, each group of students learns the ins-and-outs of starting a successful business, and becoming an entrepreneur.

Our recent graduates have gone on to careers in S.T.E.M, Fashion Design and Independent Business Ownership.

Your sponsorship dollars ensure the continuation of this program, impacting dozens of students each year. Additionally, students learn about the people and organizations like yours that make this program possible.

YLC Graduate Keyah Natae went on to graduate from Tuskegee University, and is now starting her Masters Degree at Morehouse, focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

Scholarships Each successful YLC graduate who completes all the requirements of the program walks away with the knowledge, skills, friendships, connections and life-lessons learned along the way. They also walk away with hundreds, if not thousands of dollars each in scholarship funding.

YLC Graduate Nailah DuBose received a full scholarship to Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo.

She then also started a small business doing hair for other Black students.

YLC Graduate Jasmine McKenna graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology and is now working in NYC designing eyewear and clothing for Target.

The Black population of Sacramento is just over 13% 1.7% of our city's business are Blackowned

We help facilitate B2B and B2C connections and are the voice and advocate for small/medium businesses.

Sustainability We are part of the Promise Zone Sustainable Communities Collaborative, and to date, four-of-six Solar Trees have been installed in under-served communities in Sacramento. The use of these dual array, 12-panel solar trees generates enough clean energy per year to: Power an electric passenger vehicle over 18,000 miles Charge over 1 million smartphones Illuminate 380 LED lightbulbs Replace the burning of over 4000 pounds of coal Equal the same carbon benefit as planting 70 natural trees

One of two, dual-array solar trees installed at the Simmons Community Center in South Sacramento.

Sustainable Education & Workforce Development The Energy Baron and Energy Pathways programs with EcoAlpha Engineering and SMUD, are Workforce Development Training Opportunities in the Facilities Energy Sector for those who live and/or work in the Sacramento Promise Zone. Their primary functions are to help lower the energy usage and utility cost for buildings by implementing energy efficiency best practices. Participants are taught the hands-on technical skills needed to work in the solar energy field.

Member Support 41% of Black-owned businesses across the nation went out of business during the pandemic, and 440,000 Black-owned enterprises had to shut their doors permanently. Not ONE Black-owned business that is a member of the Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce went under. At the height of the pandemic we were able to provide members with Personal Protective Equipment and direct them towards funding from the SBA to help keep them going.

Virtual and In-Person Networking Events

Members Need Sponsors & Other Members Business stability and longevity for our members relies upon regular interaction with new and familiar connections. Our members consistently generate fresh leads from the interactions we host that are both virtual and in-person. These opportunities wouldn't be possible without sponsorships, donations and events that prioritize networking and conversation.

In This Together

Contracting Opportunities In one year, one of our sponsors tracked that 20% of their contracts resulted from bids from small and emerging businesses, many of them from the Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce. These kinds of opportunities and numbers are a benefit to both businesses, and contribute towards a strong and diverse local economy.

Every Dollar Counts Being a member helps, and while our focus is on minority-owned businesses, not all of our businesses are Black-owned.

They are also corporate, nonprofit and diverse in many different ways.

Being a sponsor helps. Our members get to know you, learn about your initiatives, and trust that genuine community support can still happen with and from, "big business."

The Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation is a 501 (C) (3) Non-Profit EIN: 95-4818928

Why not start with membership?

Then, stay for the relationship.

501 (C) (3) Non-Profit EIN: 95-4818928

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Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation 501 (C) (3) Non-Profit EIN: 95-4818928