About Center for Black Health and Equity
The Center for Black Health and Equity focuses on community-level public health interventions for Black and other underserved populations, with a particular emphasis on tobacco prevention/awareness and pandemic response. They fund community-based organizations, advocacy groups, and culturally specific initiatives (including Black- and Latino-led groups) that deliver prevention education, outreach, and mental-health–linked programming. Grants tend to support program delivery and public awareness rather than capital or research.
Focus Areas
Tobacco prevention and cessation programs targeted to Black communitiesCOVID-19 public health response and community outreach in underserved neighborhoodsCulturally tailored public health education (Black and Latino communities)Community mental health promotion tied to health-risk preventionLocal community development organizations delivering health services
Who They Fund
general public / community populationscommunities experiencing health inequities (equity-centered populations)
About Center for Black Health and Equity
A single tobacco-prevention grant of $353,518 to Letitia Daniels Jackson in Dothan, Alabama stands out in The Center for Black Health and Equity’s recent grantmaking. That award reflects the funder’s emphasis on community-level public health work aimed at Black and other underserved populations, especially efforts that combine prevention education with local outreach. Across the recent grants list, the foundation supports community-based organizations, advocacy groups, and culturally specific initiatives that deliver public health education, tobacco awareness, and pandemic-related outreach. The Center for Black Health and Equity also backs organizations working where health risk and community equity overlap. Recent examples include grants to Heart Coalition for public health COVID-19 work, Radiant3 for public health and awareness, and the NAACP for tobacco prevention and awareness. Other awards support Black- and Latino-led efforts, local coalitions, and community development groups that are positioned to reach residents through education, awareness, and direct program delivery. The pattern is consistent with a funder focused on prevention-oriented services rather than capital projects or research. Its grants tend to be programmatic, locally grounded, and tied to specific public health priorities that affect Black communities and other underserved groups.
What Center for Black Health and Equity Funds
Tobacco prevention is the clearest theme in the foundation’s grantmaking. It supported BlaqOut Inc in Kansas City with $61,875 for Tobacco Prevention and Awareness, and it also funded Black Mental Health Village in North Nashville with $56,250 for the same purpose. The grant descriptions show a preference for prevention education and awareness over clinical or research work. Public health outreach during and after COVID-19 is another recurring area. Heart Coalition in Atlanta received $125,108 for Public Health - COVID-19, while Making It Count Community Development Corporation in Madison Heights, Michigan received $63,802 for COVID-19 work. The foundation also funds broader public health education, as shown by a $31,000 grant to NCNW - Bethune Leonard Section in North Charleston, South Carolina for Public health education and awareness. Equity-centered policy work appears as well. Daniel Dawes in Atlanta received $25,004 for Equity Centered Policies, indicating that the foundation also supports advocacy connected to health equity.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2M
Total Assets
$6.3M
Total Revenue
$4.5M
Total Expenses
$7.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $40K, with a median of $19K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$19K
75th Percentile
$40K
Geographic Reach
Regional19 states funded
About 17% of grants go to recipients in GA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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