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From Sao Paolo to Minneapolis, Lagos and beyond, converging crises threaten 20th century gains in all corners of the Black World. But as givers, investors, and innovators, we have the capacity to create a New Black Funding Renaissance that rebuilds our communities. Fierce Urgency of Now: From Dream to Action will highlight new strategies to advance lasting funding and racial equity in Black communities worldwide.

Stay tuned over the coming months for announcements of exciting BPM 2022 keynote speakers and more. Economic justice is the final frontier of King’s Dream of civil and human rights. Thank you for supporting us as we work to make the dream of equity real in our time.

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View the 2021 BPM 10th Anniversary Report report at bit.ly/BPM2021results.

Black Philanthropy Month (BPM), held every August, was created in August 2011 by Dr. Jackie Bouvier Copeland and the Pan-African Women’s Philanthropy Network (PAWPNet) as an annual, global celebration of African-descent giving. Recognized by the United Nations as part of its Declaration of 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent, and declared by Congressman Keith Ellison, with proclamations from Minnesota’s governor and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul, we invite all Black communities and their allies to take August and beyond to promote the power of giving to transform lives.

In 2013, a widespread and concerted effort began to invite public participation in a wave of high-impact events, media stories and service projects. Expanding each year, the BPM civic engagement and awareness campaign occurs online and in communities with local and global dimensions.

Primary aims of BPM are informing, involving, inspiring and investing in Black philanthropic leadership to strengthen African-American and African-descent giving in all its forms. A new organizing concept frames the BPM campaign each year.