The 2025 Grant Cycle is now open
2025 Black Girl Dream Fund
The Black Girls Dream Fund supports Education, Health+Wellness, Economic Opportunity, Social Justice, and Leadership+Empoerment nonprofit organizations or projects.
Dec 4, 2025 | 07:00 PM
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Dec 4, 2025 | 07:00 PM
ABOUT THE BLACK GIRLS
DREAM FUND
The Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium (Southern Black Girls) launched the Black Girls Dream Fund to disrupt current grantmaking efforts in the south and to channel greater resources toward organizations that are, intentionally, supporting and empowering Black girls and women. Southern Black Girls is excited to invite new applicants, who are Black women-led projects and/or organizations within our 13 state region, to apply. The 2024 Black Girl Dream Fund offers general operating grants to support the capacity of organizations that care for Black girls.
The Black Girls Dream Fund offers support in five categories: Education, Health + Wellness, Economic Opportunity, Social Justice, and Leadership + Empowerment in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, East Texas, West Virginia and Virginia.
We engage our Wisdom Council to select which applications will receive awards. The Wisdom Council is composed of Black women leaders of organizations or projects in our 13-state region. Notifications of awards will take place in January 2024.
our 2024 Dream Fund recipients
Here are the recipients:
Alabama
Macon M.E.A.N.S. for Cancer Support
BAMA Kids Women in Training, Inc.
Destination Liberation, Inc
Project Say Something
Arkansas:
The Alternative Tribe, Inc.
Texas:
Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation Illustrious Angels Youth & Family Services
Georgia:
Hope for Youth, Inc
New Vision MSK
The Simple Vue Academy
3D Girls, Inc.
Lanier Xhibition Studios Performing & Visual Arts Co. HHSisters
Kentucky:
Operation Be You, Inc.
Black Birth Justice
Louisiana:
Daughters Beyond Incarceration Geaux Girl Giving
Virginia:
Justice for Black Girls
North Carolina:
The Beautiful Project
Koinonia Community Solutions
Black Girls Film Camp
South Carolina:
E3 Foundation (Educate, Empower, Elevate)
Sally R Brasley Foundation
Tennessee:
The F.I.N.D. Design
Tarik Black Foundation
Florida:
Empowerment Resources Inc
Fire Forged Recovery
The Greatest Investment Girls Empowerment Program Girls in Christ
West Virginia:
Aspire Achievement Project
Norman Jordan African American Arts & Heritage Academy
Mississippi:
Reaching and Educating for Community Hope (RECH) Foundation
GRANT-SEEKER WORKSHOP SERIES
The Southern Black Girls will host a series of workshops for new and returning applicants to learn more about how to submit a winning application for the Black Girls Dream Fund.
Available Dates
Dec 4, 2023 | 07:00 PM
Dec 4, 2023 | 07:00 PM
Dec 4, 2023 | 07:00 PM
Dec 4, 2023 | 07:00 PM
NEW APPLICANTS FOR 2024 BLACK GIRLS DREAM FUND
New applicants to the Black Girls Dream Fund must complete an application via our grants management system. To prepare for the application process, register for an informative grant-seeker workshop and review the FAQs.
Completing the Application
The Southern Black Girls will offer several grant-seeker workshops from November 14, 2023, through November 28, 2023. Register here.
The SBGWC uses an online application grants management system called Fondant. Applicants will need to create a profile to complete the application.
Requirements
Your dream must serve black girls and women and be community-led.
Applicants must live and work in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, East Texas, Virginia, or West Virginia.
Organizations must have their 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(c)(3) organization. Please let us know if you need assistance in obtaining a fiscal sponsor.
Not Eligible for Funding
Profit-making organizations
Electoral lobbying for initiatives or public office
Major capital projects
Religious-based programming
The Southern Black Girls Mighty Network
Visit this online community to learn about new opportunities, or to catch up with other SBGWC partners.
