Throughout our history, BPI has pursued the same goal: to strengthen, support, and make a meaningful impact in local Black communities. As we accelerate Black-led social change at this historic point in time, we need your support to increase our investments in Black students, organizations, and families in Forsyth County.
We have the goal of raising at least $2 million in the next three years—with the vast majority going toward our annual grantmaking programs and the remaining to our endowment to ensure grantmaking dollars are available for years to come.
BPI published Rethinking Philanthropy: An Exploration of Black Communities in Forsyth County in 2018, drawing attention to our local Black history and the related systemic issues and inequities still prevalent in our community today. This data is guiding our efforts to educate and engage the greater community and collectively use our resources and investments to build a better future for Black residents and communities in Winston-Salem.
Black residents have experienced, and continue to face, the inequitable and discriminatory conditions of their time, yet they have provided the backbone of our area’s economic and social growth. Black experiences in Forsyth County are rooted in a long history of entrepreneurship, ingenuity, and courage. Through it all, there has been a spirit of giving rooted in faith, family, and community as Black people have looked after each other and made use of their time, talents, and treasure to create lasting change for future generations.
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