Our Community. Our Power. Our Prosperity.
Building Black Generational Wealth, Health, and Well-being
As a society, we are called on to change, to disrupt the imbalance of power and create a liberated future with shared prosperity for Black people.
The Black Future Co-op Fund is a new paradigm for philanthropy uplifting Black-led solutions that ignite Black generational wealth, health, and well-being.
Standing with Black Spokane
Wildfires have destroyed hundreds of homes and displaced tens of thousands in Spokane. And as we’ve seen time and again — from Katrina to today — natural disasters don’t hit us equally. Less insurance, less family wealth to rebuild, less institutional support to fully recover.
In Spokane, organizations like Maji Rising, Jesus Is The Answer City Church, The Hope Club, The Way to Justice are already on the ground — running food banks, distributing K95 masks, clothing and hygiene supplies, and showing up for families who’ve lost everything. This is exactly the kind of Black-led, community-rooted infrastructure that shows up first and stays longest, and it deserves our support.
Here’s how you can help:
– Give directly to those organizations who are coordinating relief for fire-affected families right now.
– Share their work — visibility drives both donations and volunteers.
– Stay engaged past this week. Recovery will take months, even years, long after this leaves the headlines.
– Advocate for equitable disaster response — policies that meet people where they are, not just where property values are highest.
What We Do
Connecting Black communities for collective power
We believe connection is a strategy for change, uniting Black communities across Washington to share knowledge and build shared objectives for systems change.
Promoting truthful Black narratives
We’re committed to uplifting the full truth of Black life in Washington state. We honor the mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, aunties and uncles, children and grandparents who are vital members of our society.
Investing in Black generational prosperity
We fund with trust. We believe that funding should be barrier-free because Black prosperity is not conditional.
Shifting the paradigm of philanthropy
We are redesigning philanthropy away from the status quo. We model a new way, rooted in Black genius, art, culture, and joy. By centering Blackness in all we do, we show what it means to move away from gatekeeping to reciprocity and liberation.
Featured Grantee
CD Forum for Arts and Ideas
Located in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood, CD Forum envisions a world where Black lives, contributions, and expressions are cherished. They do this by empowering Black artists and communities across Seattle through equitable access to resources, brave spaces, and collective discourse.
CD Forum hosts events ranging from “Food as Art: Behind the Bite”, where community members enjoy complimentary bites, music, and conversation from local chefs, to their largest free public event, Community Soul Feed, where they provide free meals, haircuts, hygiene kits, and resources for community members.
Through this work, CD Forum is cultivating a community of belonging, solidarity, and collective empowerment for Black artists and community members across Seattle.
Artist Spotlight: Masters of the Stitch: Threaded Stories
Narrative Quilts by Black Americans
An exhibit featuring 12 Black artists, Masters of the Stitch: Threaded Stories at Claire Oliver Gallery in Harlem spotlights remarkable narratives in fabric ranging in perspective, from childhood memories to the COVID-19 pandemic to civil rights actions like the Freedom Train.
“Black American quilts occupy a singular position in the history of American art: they are simultaneously an intimate domestic practice and a form of public witness,” the gallery says.
Marion Coleman, “Waiting for the Freedom Train” (2011)
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