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Inland Empire Black Equity Fund aims to advance advocacy, promote change

Rebecca K. O’Connor, Press Enterprise

Inland Empire Community Foundation is accepting applications for the first round of grants from the IE Black Equity Fund through Sept. 22. The funding provides support to Black-led, Black-empowering and Black-serving organizations in the Inland Empire with a goal of creating better outcomes within the communities they serve.

In partnership with IE Funders Alliance and IECF, IE Black Equity Fund was created by The Black Equity Initiative – Inland Empire, a coalition of nonprofit leaders whose work is focused on ending systemic racism and building political and economic power for the Black community in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The fund has received significant support from The California Endowment, The James Irvine Foundation, IECF, and more than 50 donors.

Inland Empire Black Equity Fund accepting applications for grants

Rebecca K. O’Connor, Desert Sun

Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) is now accepting applications for the first round of grants from the IE Black Equity Fund through Wednesday, Sept. 22. This funding opportunity provides capacity and core support to Black-led, Black-empowering and Black-serving organizations in the Inland Empire with a goal of creating better outcomes within the local communities they serve.

In partnership with IE Funders Alliance and IECF, the fund was created by The Black Equity Initiative – Inland Empire (BEI-IE), a coalition of nonprofit leaders whose work is focused on ending systemic racism and building political and economic power for the Black community in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Since its inception, the fund has received significant support from The California Endowment, The James Irvine Foundation, IECF and more than 50 corporate and private donors.

Inland Empire Black Equity Fund aims to advance advocacy, promote change

Rebecca K. O’Connor, Daily Bulletin

“Once the fund was launched, we wanted to be intentional about bringing community-based organizations into a space to co-design and create the request for proposals,” said Felicia Jones, co-founder of BEI-IE and associate director of C.O.P.E.

Grants will be awarded to nonprofits focused on systems change and power building work in civic engagement, criminal justice transformation, housing justice, health equity, education equity and economic liberation.