# Spotlight On CLT Black Philanthropy Month
GUIDE TO NONPROFITS
Black Philanthropy Month (BPM), held every August, was created as an annual global celebration of African-descent giving. BPM culminates with a giving day on August 28 initiated by Young, Black and Giving Back Institute to promote financial support for Black-led and Blackbenefiting grassroots organizations.
Here locally in Charlotte, BPM is an initiative led by NGAAP to
observe BPM, celebrate Black giving, and advocate racial funding equity in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
SHARE Charlotte has 130+ Black-led/Black-benefitting nonprofit organizations on our site. Highlighted in this guide are examples of these organizations and how you can support them and their impact in our community.
ARTS & CULTURE:
Hope for Harvest
To assist, encourage and educate the under-served and homeless youth throughout the Charlotte community.
Charlotte African Drum and Dance Collective
Our mission is sharing culture and building community through Traditional West African Drum and Dance.
Charlotte Soul Fest Inc
Charlotte Soul Fest uses the power of arts and culture as a joyful bridge to connect under-served residents with healthcare services and affordable housing resources, fostering wellness, stability, and community pride.
CineOdyssey Animation Festival
At the CineOdyssey Animation Festival, our mission is to elevate the voices of filmmakers of color by celebrating the rich tapestry of the diaspora.
EDUCATION:
Money Magnets Club
To serve as a community that encourages entrepreneurship and financial literacy among elementary school kids and their responsible adults through education, exposure, and resources, to build generational wealth.
The A.L. Harper Foundation
To reduce the amount of debt HBCU students graduate with through scholarships and other awards.
Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
Ausie & Martin Rivens Foundation
To empower area youth by providing life skills workshops, providing food outreach, promoting continued education, and providing educational and financial assistance for future employment skills and entrepreneurial success.
Fearless Brown Girls®
Fearless Brown Girls® equips girls from historically under-served communities with the education, resources, and mentorship needed to build financial confidence, achieve independence, and evolve as fearless leaders.
SociaLight Stars
To educate & empower our community on the effects of social media trauma and cyberbullying.
Raise a Child Carolinas
Our mission is to provide children with access to academic enrichment opportunities that go beyond what is commonly available in their communities.
LiveLearnPlay
We are on a mission to empower and engage marginalized and under-served youth and their families through holistic outdoor learning to create happy, healthy and confident lifelong learners.
Thrive Liberation Community Center
To create a safe haven for Black youth and young adults (ages 13-30) to gather, learn, heal, and be.
The Academy of Goal Achievers
The Academy of Goal Achievers is a youth mentorship organization whose mission is to develop youth leaders to impact communities, while preparing youth and families for post-secondary success
Fathers United Inc
Our mission revolves around delivering essential resources and educational tools, enabling fathers to navigate the intricacies of parenthood with confidence.
HEALTH & WELL-BEING
Evolutionary Aquatics
We support and promote recreational water activities while providing education that corrects historical inaccuracies and celebrates Black aquatic culture to reclaim and honor our heritage.
Power is Giving Inc
Delivering culturally resonant, evidence-driven whole food, plant-based (WFPBlifestyle education that empowers communities to prevent, arrest and reverse lifestyle-driven chronic illnesses while dismantling systemic barriers to wellness equity.
The Fatherhood Empowerment Network
Our mission is to empower the community of under-served single fathers.
TruSolace Counseling and Wellness Center
To provide mental health services to traditionally under-served communities
The FACTS Initiative
To help children and families achieve social and emotional well-being by providing quality, trauma-focused, child and family mental health care in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area.
The WEBE Institute
The Women’s Empowerment and Birth Equity
Institute supports and informs Black women and their communities before, during, and after pregnancy through one to one support, health programs, and advocacy initiatives to improve Black maternal health outcomes.
Crittenton of North Carolina/ Florence Crittenton Services
Our mission is to empower women and children through education, health, residential care, and supportive services.
Connected to Recover
Connected to Recover empowers individuals and families impacted by mental health and substance use through education, advocacy, and compassionate support.
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy
Our mission is to pursue justice for those in need.
Gladys Love Project
We improve the mental health of elders and caregivers by engaging them in mindful and creative activities that counter the effects of elder isolation and caregiver burnout.
HOUSING & SHELTER
The Harvest Center of Charlotte
To create a community for individuals affected by homelessness, poverty, and unemployment to be empowered through our transitional programs and transformed by the love and ministry of Jesus Christ.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
Black Women Network
BWN empowers Black women entrepreneurs through education, technology, and business development to drive innovation and growth.
SOCIAL SERVICES
Chosen Leadership Academy
Chosen Leadership Academy is a after school program that provides youth with volunteer reading tutors students are taught and given leadership opportunities. Demonstrating mentoring and exposure to other areas of life beyond their own backyard.
Exodus Foundation
Stop the flow of African-Americans to Prison
The Park Community Development Corporation
The Park Community Development Corporation’s mission is “to create sustainable change within marginalized communities by investing in solutions to affordable housing, healthy living, and economic mobility.”
Green Box Solutions
Green Box Solutions empowers individuals and families to prepare for life’s unexpected challenges by providing education, resources, and tools for aging, caregiving, and emergency planning.
Charlotte Angels
The Charlotte Angels mission is to walk alongside children, youth, and families in the foster care community by offering consistent support through intentional giving, relationship building, and mentorship.
Project Outpour
Project Outpour provides free mobile shower access and hygiene services to individuals who are moving through homelessness.
Anderson Outreach
The mission of Anderson Outreach is to support the health and well-being of equity-impacted youth through programs and funding that focus on basic needs, quality education, and housing resources.
