Community Grantee Partners

Half Step provides catalytic solutions to expand access to capital and loans for underserved businesses.

The Higher Purpose Hub (HPH) is a regional nonprofit intermediary focused on improving intergenerational economic opportunity across the Mississippi Delta. HPH works with local, state, regional, and national partners to create impact.

Founded to protect the residential assets surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth site on Auburn Avenue, HDDC is dedicated to preserving the availability of affordable housing in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward. 

The only app where you can find prenatal, birthing, postpartum and pediatric reviews of care from other Black and brown women.

Polished Natural Nail Bar is a natural nail salon in Newport News, VA that specializes in the health of your natural nails and are passionate about nail health and beauty.

Poppa's Custard makes premium, restaurant-quality chilled dessert custard. We encourage people to slow down and savor life's simple pleasures.

A Flint, Michigan-area automotive shop specializing in GEN III, GEN IV, and GEN V LS/LT builds, rebuilds, performance, swaps, and tuning.

We are a national network of Black Churches organizing to advance health, wealth, and power in our communities.

The Black Mill empowers Black millennials to be change agents for their communities. Complete with philanthropic advising and consulting for nonprofits impacting underserved communities, Black Mill provides unique strategies for maximum funding and partnerships. 

Black Yield Institute is a Pan-African institution based in Baltimore, Maryland. It aims to build independent power by establishing an action network and incubator of and for Black people and entities in pursuit of Black food sovereignty.

CCDS believes in the power of influencing the world through great design. Utilizing the mediums of graphic, data, digital and print design, CCDS tells stories that captivate audiences. 

Diaspora Salon, located in Baltimore’s Hampden/ Wyman Park neighborhood, is a boutique hair salon where stylists are trained in the specific needs of all naturally curly and coily hair types. Diaspora is focused on the preservation and continuance of various Diasporic cultures and heritages outside of Africa through hairdressing. 

Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center (BCCCRC) at The Family Tree serves as the hub for issues relating to the care and education of young children in the City of Baltimore.

Fem Equity is an emerging future of the workplace platform that creates solutions for women and underrepresented professionals going through pay or professional gaps in real-time.

FullBlast STEAM is an EdTech design studio delivering immersive, hands-on technology experiences that blend fun with future-ready skills.

Ignite Capital is Innovation Works' bold and unique solution to address the critical gap in access to capital necessary to lead and grow sustainable enterprises. Ignite Capital aims to support historically underserved entrepreneurs in communities facing chronic disinvestments, which are also Baltimore’s greatest opportunity for growth.

Justis Connection is the premier Black attorney referral platform dedicated to educating and empowering the community in the law.

A Baltimore breakfast and brunch restaurant serving delicious American fare with a down-home, homestyle flare.

Opportunity Main Street is a for-profit social enterprise that works to increase access to capital and build community wealth.

She’s WELL Networked Inc.’s mission is to radically shift and deepen investment in Black women entrepreneurs by creating spaces where we can thrive, tell our stories, and invest in our own assets.

Young Successful Leaders was created to impact the lives of youth and affect the community. YSL’s main focus will be creating young leaders, entrepreneurs and financial builders.

Boone Productions is a pioneering children's television production company based in Detroit responsible for the beloved series The Nap Time Show.

College Career & Beyond | Midnight Golf Program is a postsecondary success program that’s transforming the lives of thousands of the Detroit area’s most academically-ambitious and driven students.

Detroit Wealth Club empowers individuals and families by providing comprehensive education and hands-on support in personal credit, business credit development, estate planning, real estate investing, homeownership, small business startup, and franchising. 

Jit Masters is a movement designed to make the Detroit Jit known worldwide.

The Minority Freedom Community Fund is dedicated to improving the lives of African Americans in the US through economic support, social programs, and holistic wellness.

Where style meets purpose — and every purchase makes an impact.
We're a Detroit-born, family-owned kids thrift store, reimagining how families shop for kids.

The Mushroom Angel Company is a Detroit-based consumer packaged goods food manufacturer producing mushroom-first functional foods that cut and bite like meat but taste like veggies.