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ABFE and Hill-Snowdon Foundation Release the BSCFN Case Statement

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ABFE WELCOMES 2017-2018 CLFP CLASS

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FEATURED VIDEOS

The Exit Interview

ABFE Learning & Action Network Convening Baltimore MD

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TRNN Town Hall: In Conversation with Michelle Alexander, Apr 21, 2015

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Investment Manager Diversity: The Hardest Taboo to Break

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SPOTLIGHT

READ SHERECE Y. WEST-SCANTLEBURY'S, ABFE's 2017 JAMES. A JOSEPH LECTURER, OP-ED TITLED "PHILANTHROPY'S NEW PRIORITY: BLACK WOMEN">>

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Susan Taylor Batten’s latest blog Relying on our Strength in Uncertain Times – Philanthropy Across the U.S. Diaspora >>

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ANNOUNCEMENT >>
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ABOUT BABUF >>
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WHO MANAGES THE MONEY?

How Foundations Should Help "Democratize Capital."

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#BlackLivesMatter PHILANTHROPIC ACTION FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

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MONTGOMERY TO FERGUSON: A NEW MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

A perspective from ABFE Fellow Terrance Pitts' weekend in Saint Louis/Ferguson during the national mobilization.
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ABFE'S DIRECTORY OF MINORITY- AND WOMEN-OWNED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FIRMS

ABFE's directory is a useful tool for foundation decision makers who are interested in casting a wider net to include high-performing minority-owned firms that have traditionally had limited access to this market. Contact Marcus Walton for more information.
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NEWS AND EVENTS

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DACA and the African Diaspora: Our Fight is a Global Fight

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ABFE’s 2018-2019 Connecting Leaders Fellowship Program (CLFP) Information and Q&A Webinar

Wed, May 23, 2018 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
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Special Edition: ABFE Pre-Conference Webinar - Funding Black Prosperity: How Foundations can Support Black Businesses and Strengthen Black Communities

Wed, Mar 28, 2018 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
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ABFE’s Black Social Funders Change Network Presents “Saving Our Democracy: Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Building Black Political Power”

Fri, Dec 15, 2017 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
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United for All Dreamers: Strategies for Supporting AAPI, Black, and LGBTQ DACA Immigrants

Tue, Nov 28, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
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Beyond Plight: Keys to Optimal Development for Black Men and Boys – A Funders Briefing

Thu, Aug 17, 2017 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
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The Color of Philanthropy: Southern Leaders, National Potential

Wed, Jun 14, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
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A Conversation About Black Social Change

Tue, Mar 28, 2017 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
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Black Resistance And Power Building In The Trump Era

Thu, Dec 15, 2016 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
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Gender Norms & Black Youth: Reconnecting Race, Class AND Gender

Tue, Now 29, 2016 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
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Foundations and Hospitals: New Partnerships to Improve Black Lives

Thu, Oct 20, 2016 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
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Policing Blackness: Black Communities and Criminal Justice

Thu, Aug 18, 2016 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
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Responsive Philanthropy in Black Communities

ABFE’s understanding of the strengths and assets as well as root causes of disparities in Black communities enables it to bring innovative solutions to address the issues at their core. ABFE’s, Responsive Philanthropy in Black Communities (RPBC), helps organizations develop a racial equity lens in their grantmaking, thereby maximizing philanthropic investments.

This new template on RPBC builds upon grantmaking with a racial equity lens but is tailored specifically to grantmaking in and for Black communities. As a result, we have designed a set of defining characteristics of philanthropy that we believe is more likely to reduce gaps in racial disparities facing Blacks in the United States and are looking to partner with grantmakers around the country to apply this framework to their investments.

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