What kinds of work does NAACP Foundation fund?

Its active programs support voter registration and turnout, voter education and protection, civil rights litigation and advocacy, scholarship and fellowship opportunities, and Black-owned small business support. The mission statement centers on building Black political, social, and economic power to end racial injustice.

How does NAACP Foundation support voting rights work?

Through the Building Community Voice Fund, it grants to 501(c)(3) organizations working on voter registration, voter turnout, voter education, and voter protection. The 2025 focus in the program materials is Virginia House Districts 57 and 75.

What geographic areas appear in the foundation’s program portfolio?

The program portfolio includes Virginia House Districts 57 and 75, New England, and multiple U.S. states such as Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, and Texas. The recent grant record is U.S.-based, and the named recipient in that record is in Baltimore, Maryland.

How does NAACP Foundation support Black-owned businesses?

It uses several partnership-based programs, including the Power Forward Small Business Grant, which provides $25,000 awards and marketing and design resources, and the NAACP and Leslie’s Certification Boost Grant, which provides $5,000 to help entrepreneurs obtain business certifications.

Naacp Foundation

Name: Naacp Foundation — grants, 990 financials & funding data
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BALTIMORE, MDWebsite

About Naacp Foundation

To build Black political, social, and economic power to end racial injustice.

Focus Areas

voter registration and turnoutvoter education and protectioncivil rights litigation and advocacycommunity organizingresearch and data on Black well-beingyouth programs and scholarships

Who They Fund

Black communities / Black Americansyouth (including Black youth)grassroots organizers and local NAACP chaptersunderrepresented and disenfranchised voters

Funding Style

capacity building (grassroots organizing)

About Naacp Foundation

The largest recent grant on file is $727,002 to NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc for general support, showing how the NAACP Foundation channels substantial funding into core organizational work. The foundation’s mission is to build Black political, social, and economic power to end racial injustice, and that mission appears across its grant programs and recent awards. Its portfolio includes voting rights and civic engagement work, scholarship and fellowship support, and business-focused initiatives for Black entrepreneurs and small businesses. That mix makes the foundation unusual among public charities: it pairs advocacy-oriented grantmaking with economic and educational support. In the recent-grants record, the foundation also backed a Baltimore-based affiliated organization, reinforcing the role of NAACP-linked entities in its funding approach. Beyond that flagship award, the foundation’s active programs show support for voter registration and turnout, voter education and protection, civil rights litigation and advocacy, youth programs, scholarships, and Black-owned business growth. The overall picture is of a funder using grants, partnerships, and program support to advance multiple parts of Black community power at once.

What Naacp Foundation Funds

A major strand of the foundation’s work is democracy and voting rights. Through the Building Community Voice Fund, it provides grants to 501(c)(3) voter registration and voter turnout initiatives, along with voter education and voter protection programs, with a 2025 focus on Virginia House Districts 57 and 75. Economic empowerment is another visible area. The Power Forward Small Business Grant offers $25,000 awards and marketing and design resources for Black-owned small businesses across New England, while the NAACP and Leslie’s Certification Boost Grant provides $5,000 to help entrepreneurs obtain business certifications in places including Arizona, California, and Florida. Education and leadership also appear in the NAACP Inspire Initiatives, which includes scholarships, fellowships, internships, and related awards for students and emerging leaders. The BeyGOOD / NAACP Small Business Grants program likewise reflects emergency economic support for businesses affected by COVID-19 and social unrest.

How Naacp Foundation Gives

The recent grant record shows a single award of $727,002 in 2025, which is far larger than the fixed-size small business and certification grants listed in the active programs. The foundation is a public charity and also makes program-related investments. The available grant record does not show repeated grantees across multiple years, so the pattern on file is better read as a mix of a large general-support grant and separately structured program partnerships rather than a steady series of recurring awards. Several programs are administered with partners, including GSSA, Vistaprint, the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation, BACARDI, Leslie’s, Nextdoor Kind Foundation, and Hello Alice.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$727K

Total Assets

$14.9M

Total Revenue

$1.5M

Total Expenses

$916K

Geographic Reach

Local1 state funded

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