The African American Unity Fund committee awarded $225,000 to 19 organizations supporting initiatives for the African American community in the Omaha metro. The Omaha Community Foundation received 76 applications with grant requests totaling $1,808,639.
The African American Unity Fund is one of OCF’s five Community Interest Funds. Anyone can donate to these resident-led grant programs.
2023 African American Unity Fund Recipients
- A Mother’s Love • $30,000 for Pregnancy Wellness Space
- All In The Family Mentoring & Support Services • $10,050 for Youth Mentoring Program
- B&B Sports Academy • $10,000 for B&B Summer Training Camp
- Bobby Byars Foundation • $15,000 for 2023 Community Safety Day
- Change of Omaha • $2,485 for Community Garden Impact expansion
- Code Black Tech • $15,000 for Funding Capacity Grant
- Emerging Ladies Academy • $10,000 for Tech Academy
- Everyday Science and Science Support • $10,000 for STEM for All
- Great Plains Black History Museum • $10,000 for operational support
- J’s Braintrust Consulting Services • $5,500 for youth sports officiating training
- Juneteenth Joy Fest • $22,150 for 3rd annual Juneteenth Joy Fest
- Kinship Refined • $15,000 for BIPOC Real Estate Professionals
- MOMentum • $5,000 for Career Empowerment Workshop
- Omaha Alternatives to Violence Project • $4,815 for Preparing Returning Citizens for Reentry
- Omaha Chapter of the Links • $15,000 for Links Locs Love
- SkateFest Omaha • $10,000 for operational support
- The House of Afros, Capes & Curls • $10,000 for Capacity Building
- Well-Read Women of Omaha • $10,000 for Adopt A Class
- Young Entrepreneurs of the Future • $15,000 for Life Skills To Entrepreneurship
Grants made through our Community Interest Funds are strategic investments meant to increase access and equity. We ask community members to lead the grant process using their own power and understanding. Each committee is made up of residents who come from or identify with the population being served. They review proposals and decide which projects to fund based on the needs they are seeing in their community.
The next grant cycle will open on January 1, 2024.