Organizations

For more than seven decades, this principle has remained at the heart of UNCF, enabling us to raise more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students and counting not just attend college, but thrive, graduate and become leaders.

We do this in three ways: By awarding more than 10,...

Through the Black Guns Matter movement we educate and inform urban communities on their 2nd amendment rights and responsibilities.

Blackbookstore.com was created to be a resource for independent Black authors. A place where their work can be celebrated, and their stories shared among the generations.

We bring Black books to your doorstep in a business exchange that supports Black authors as literary entrepreneurs....

The Woodson Center is partnering with groups of Black mothers across the country to create a movement known as Voices of Black Mothers United. Voices of Black Mothers United strives to unite mothers of fallen children and community partners to amplify their voices to the nation, to heal and...

Parents Defending Education is a national grassroots organization working to reclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas. Through network and coalition building, investigative reporting, litigation, and engagement on local, state, and national policies, we are fighting...

Persuasion is for everyone who shares three basic convictions: We seek to build a free society in which all individuals get to pursue a meaningful life irrespective of who they are. We believe in the importance of the social practice of persuasion, and are determined to defend free speech and...

Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change work includes changing the dynamic of trauma within our communities, reducing recidivism, and building strong families and organizations. We take our responsibility head-on by aggressively linking our communities to a wide range of programs and resources...

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Center for Policing Equity (CPE) produces analyses identifying and reducing the causes of racial disparities in public safety and advocates for large-scale and meaningful change. Using evidence-based approaches to social justice, we use data to create levers for social, cultural and policy...

New City Kids offers after school programming for local low-income youth. Children and teens get a chance to explore music and academics in a creative and fun environment. Though there are many challenges of urban life, especially for youth, these programs give children a safe place to feel and...

The Harlem Children’s Zone started with one mission that was the most ambitious and audacious in U.S. history: to end intergenerational poverty in Central Harlem and lead the way for other long-distressed communities nationwide and around the world to do the same. Harlem Children’s Zone breaks...

Color Us United is a home for those who want to live in an America united in our individuality and freedoms. We will support those who fight for a united and free America. We are the voice of those who oppose dividing America by race, religion, sexual orientation or any other characteristic. We...

Speak for Ourselves spotlights writers and content creators who challenge the dominant narratives imposed on people of colour by media elites. We welcome individuals from across the political spectrum who dare to step outside of conventional ideological boundaries to offer authentic and informed...

OpenMind is an interactive, psychology-based platform designed to foster intellectual humility, empathy, and mutual understanding across a variety of differences. OpenMind equips people with skills and a shared language to overcome their differences and work together to solve their collective...

Synthesis teaches kids how to think and collaborate through complex games and simulations.

The Free Speech Union is a non-partisan, mass-membership public interest body that stands up for the speech rights of its members. [...] The Free Speech Union is not just for those who make a living through the expression of ideas, such as academics, intellectuals, columnists, pundits, novelists...

The City of Hope Outreach exists to advocate for others by opening holistic centers in Central Arkansas's under-resourced areas. Here, we influence change through unique community engagement and philanthropic support. Imagine men, women, and children attending a place where they live and...

The Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to advancing civil rights and liberties for all Americans, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding and humanity. We defend civil liberties and rights guaranteed to each individual...

Braver Angels seeks to depolarize American politics. Our work is rooted in grassroots organizing. From the grassroots however, our volunteer leaders (supported by a small staff) leverage Braver Angels programs and unique organizing structure to impact community life and American institutions....

Founded in 1978, Black Classic Press is devoted to publishing obscure and significant works by and about people of African descent. We specialize in republishing works that are out of print and quite often out of memory. We began publishing because we wanted to extend the memory of what we...

Children of Promise, NYC is a community-centered organization that partners with children and families impacted by mass incarceration to dismantle the stigma and heal from the trauma plaguing Black and Brown communities.

From their first orientation meeting, Prep students are taught our motto: Excellence, Integrity, Commitment, and Courage. Underpinning the four words of the motto is the theme of Community. The motto becomes a touchstone—values that shape their actions and the Prep for Prep Community as a whole...

In a culture polarized by race, and where conversations about race often lead to division, strife, and blame, the Center For Biblical Unity exists to lead respectful and Bible-centered conversations on race, unity, and justice. […] Terms like woke, white fragility, or whiteness have no place...

Equal Opportunity Ventures invests in early-stage businesses that increase opportunity in America. We support entrepreneurs in creating commercially successful companies that advance economic mobility.

We believe that market forces can power great ideas to drastically expand economic...