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Grant Funding

Financial Resources for Support

For Black-Led Wellness Work
For Black Healing Practitioners
For Black Parents

Black Wellness Innovation Fund

The Black Wellness Innovation Fund is a funder collaborative that supports innovative, Black-led wellness work in Black communities. We are calling on national organizations to join us in building out this Fund to further support the collective wellness of Black communities.

Despite the growing awareness of Black mental health and distress in the United States, no national fund exists to support innovative, Black led wellness and mental health resources. The Black Wellness Innovation Fund aims to fill this monumental gap.

Corporate Donors

Healthline Media

Pinterest

Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation 

Past Grant Recipients

Sober Black Girls Club Retreat

Sober Black Girls Club (SBGC) is hosting its first retreat to celebrate and highlight Black girls, women, femmes, and gender non-conforming people in recovery. During the two (2) day event, SBGC members will be able to experience the relationships and sisterhood created in their weekly, virtual support meetings within the last two years in person. This SBGC event is all about fellowship, connection, and having fun - learning to enjoy life again. Attendees can expect music and rhythm, live guided meditations, silent time, a lakeside BBQ, hiking, relaxation, and bonding with others who wish to live a substance-free life or practice harm reduction.

Award: $10,000


Black Birth Wellness Grants

We provided six Black families in Memphis, TN with a local doula and a $750 wellness stipend to support their birth journey. Information from their experiences will be used to draft a brief on the impact of doulas on the mental health and wellbeing of pregnant, Black folks.

  • Ladedra Fields
  • Zeori Harper
  • Kimberly Smith
  • Charniqua Thompson
  • Lauryn Webber
  • Alexis Yarbrough

Black Trans Women’s Wellness Grants

$10,000 Grant Awards

Daroneshia Duncan-Boyd - Birmingham, AL
TAKE Resource Center, Healing Justice Program
Grant funds will allow the TAKE Center to expand their services and wellness resources and will sustain their mental health groups led by therapists.

Nala Simone Toussaint - Brooklyn, NY
Reuniting of African Descendants (ROAD), Artivism Program
Grant funds will help reinstate the ROAD Artivism Program, which provides TLGBQIA+ artists with opportunities for expression and mentorship from more experienced artists to promote wellness & positive self-perception.

Toni-Michelle Williams - Atlanta, GA
Yakinii's Love Mentorship Program
Grant funds will support a mentorship and rites of passage program for young Black trans women between the ages of 14- 22.


REBUILD

  • Project REBUILD supports people who are formerly incarcerated with getting access to Black therapists to support their healing journey. Funds were provided to support the maintenance and sustainability of this project.

    Award: $15,000

LEARN MORE!
Black Wellness Innovation Fund informational PDF

Current Grant Opportunities:

Black Peer Support & Community Care Grants

APPLICATIONS CLOSED

Grant Information

In partnership with Healthline, we are distributing three awards of $10,000 to Black-led peer support and community health projects that center Black folks living in distress or living with mental health conditions.

What is this funding for?

General operating support for:

  • Peer support groups
  • Healing circles
  • Social support spaces
  • Wellness projects focused on Black folks

Who should apply?

  • Black disability justice collectives
  • Individuals or small non-profits convening Black folks for wellness circles regularly
  • Therapists or skilled wellness facilitators seeking funds to sustain groups that support Black folks

Deadline to Apply: November 18, 2022

Joseph Beam Black Gay Men's Wellness Grants

APPLY HERE!

Grant Information

In honor of Joseph Beam’s 68th birthday, BEAM is offering funding to organizations and projects that focus on supporting the mental health of Black gay men, ages 50+ living with HIV/AIDS

Three awards of $10,000

Who Should Apply:

  • Non profits with budgets under $500K
  • Organizations or collectives who hold wellness and mental health groups, relationship building events or maintain wellness & healing projects, specifically for Black gay men, ages 50+ living with HIV/AIDS

Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2023

Written Application

Southern Healing Support Fund

The Southern Healing Support Fund is a community-driven fund that provides funding for Black mental health and healing practitioners including clinicians, yoga practitioners, community workers, and group facilitators to implement innovative healing and support strategies in the Southern region of the U.S.

Past Funding

Past Fund Recipients

Grant Year: 2021
$4,000 Awards

Emanuel H. Brown, Wellness Practitioner
The Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom: South Carolina

Kayla Gore, Organizer
My Sistah’s House: Memphis, TN

Alphonso Mills, Counselor and HIV Advocate
Positive Impact Health Centers: Atlanta, GA

Crystal Monds, Healing Practitioner
Osatyam Wellness: Atlanta, GA

Julia Sangodare Wallace, Preacher and Filmmaker
Mobile Homecoming Trust: Durham, North Carolina

Grant Year: 2020
$500 Awards

Historic Mableton Community Garden 
Mableton, GA 

Alliance for African American Health
Austin, TX 

Grant Year: 2018
$1,000 Awards

Miajenell Peake, Birth Doula
The Melanated Birth & Yoga Retreat: Memphis, Tennessee

Dionne Hills, Herbalist
Community Roots Clinic: Atlanta, GA

Lorenzo Lewis, Mental Health Advocate
The Confess Project: Little Rock, Arkansas

Ratasha Elise, Healing Justice Facilitator
Chocolate Soul Revival: Durham, North Carolina

Past Corporate Funders

Lipton Tea 

Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech Summit

APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY CLOSED
southern Healing support Fund 2022

Questions?

We offer grants and monetary aid to organizations, collectives, and individuals. Contact us at grants@beam.community to learn more.

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Black Parent Support Fund

The Black Parent Support Fund provides direct monetary support to Black parents who are living with mental health conditions or supporting children living with mental health conditions. Funds are distributed on a quarterly basis.

“The BEAM Fund allowed me to be able to afford gas for my car as the prices go up, I was able to get my oil changed…and it also allowed me to buy my daughter a birthday gift that I would not have had the extra money for if it wasn’t for BEAM’s help.” – Past Fund Recipient

“The funds that my family received help tremendously with my kids. We are a family that loves art and we connect with each other using it. So it's no surprise that we used it also as a way to heal from our family trauma and also to express ourselves using art. With the blessing that BEAM gave my family we were able to buy much needed supplies to continue to create beautiful things that promote healing and self-expression. Myself and my family are extremely grateful.” – Past Fund Recipient

Past Funding

Past Corporate Funders

Finish Line Foundation: $30,000 (As recommended by singer & actress, Kelly Rowland)

Funding Disbursements

December 2022 - $24,375
For the holiday season, funds were distributed to over 160 Black families across the country. 
 
June 2022 - $15,000
In honor of Father's Day, funds were distributed to 50 Black fathers across the country. 
 
May 2021 - $17,700
For Mother's Day, funds were distributed to Black mothers across the country.
APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY CLOSED
Black Parent Support Fund (1)

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