POISE Foundation’s mission is to assist the Black community in achieving self-sustaining practices, through strategic leadership, collective giving, grantmaking, and advocacy.
The Critical Community Needs Fund (CCNF) aims to support small, Black Led Organizations (BLOs) addressing critical needs in the Black community amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes providing operating support to BLOs so they can continue offering essential services and maintain operations. Priority is given to initiatives that focus on critical life-sustaining community needs, mental, emotional, and social health, faith-based organizations meeting community needs, information dissemination, urban gardening, support for Black businesses, and efforts to bridge the digital divide for families and seniors.
We are dedicated to assisting BLOs within our geographical area, placing special emphasis on those organizations operating with a budget of no more than $600,000 and a team comprising 10 or fewer staff members.