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10/14/2026

ABFE was glad to join leaders from across the country at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 55th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., and even better to see the Health Forward Foundation Health Forward Foundation team taking the stage and showing up in a major way throughout the conference! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

We’re celebrating President & CEO Qiana Thomason and the entire Health Forward Foundation team for bringing their leadership, voice, and perspective to one of the country’s most important gatherings of Black leaders.

Congratulations on an incredible showing at CBCF—we love seeing ABFE Members taking up space, leading conversations, and representing Black leadership across the field! 👏🏾

10/09/2026

🗳️ Ahead of the midterm elections, we’re going Beyond the Ballot.

Join us for ABFE’s final Membership Monday Spotlight of 2026: Beyond the Ballot: The Power of Voting, Impact on Philanthropy & Black Communities, featuring Rochelle Kelly-Apson, Board President of Black Voters of Long Island Inc. Black Voters of Long Island

📅 Monday, October 26th | 12 p.m. EST
🎟️ Free & open to the public
Register now by clicking the link 🔗 in our bio or visit: www.abfe.org/events

This timely conversation will explore the importance of voting and civic engagement in Black communities, voter participation, emerging policies that may impact our communities, and what leaders are seeing and hearing on the ground.

We’ll also examine the connection to philanthropy—including how the field can support informed and engaged communities, amplify Black voices, and help ensure Black history, experiences, and contributions remain part of the narratives shaping our communities.

10/09/2026

🗳️ Ahead of the midterm elections, we’re going Beyond the Ballot.

Join us for ABFE’s final Membership Monday Spotlight of 2026: Beyond the Ballot: The Power of Voting, Impact on Philanthropy & Black Communities, featuring Rochelle Kelly-Apson, Board President of Black Voters of Long Island Inc.

📅 Monday, October 26th | 12 p.m. EST
🎟️ Free & open to the public
Register now: https://lnkd.in/eCGyU9Ps

This timely conversation will explore the importance of voting and civic engagement in Black communities, voter participation, emerging policies that may impact our communities, and what leaders are seeing and hearing on the ground.

We’ll also examine the connection to philanthropy—including how the field can support informed and engaged communities, amplify Black voices, and help ensure Black history, experiences, and contributions remain part of the narratives shaping our communities.

09/25/2026

Black migrant communities are sounding the alarm. Is philanthropy listening?

A new Chronicle of Philanthropy article, “Black Migrants Are Being Hunted. Grant Makers Are Still Looking Away,” examines the realities facing Black migrants and the deep connections between immigrant justice and racial justice.

Following the tragic death of 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel, the article looks at the mounting pressures facing Haitian communities in Ohio and asks what responsibility philanthropy has to respond with greater urgency and sustained investment.

Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/ebFf5uac

09/23/2026

ABFE recently hosted our 2nd annual Umoja Circle Fall Retreat, bringing together over 30 Black foundation CEOs from across the country for three days of connection, reflection, and shared strategy. The retreat offered space for deep dialogue and renewal, including a Sankofa Panel exploring lessons from the past to guide the path forward and working sessions introducing ABFE’s CEO care initiatives. Attendees also engaged in a Wisdom Circle, creating space for candid, peer-to-peer exchange.

Umoja Circle continues to be a vibrant network for Black foundation CEOs — a place to build community, share strategy, and strengthen the leadership pipeline for Black philanthropy. We’re grateful to everyone who joined us and helped make this retreat so meaningful.

Learn more about the Umoja Circle by visiting https://lnkd.in/e3g2MHJ9 or contact [email protected] to connect and explore opportunities to engage.

09/18/2026

Chicago, we’re coming! The road to Harambee 2027 officially starts NOW. 🙌🏾 🎉

Next April, ABFE is bringing the largest annual gathering of Black professionals in organized philanthropy to Chicago for what is shaping up to be our biggest Harambee yet. From April 11–14, 2027, our community will come together from across the country for four days of connection, leadership, learning, celebration, and collective action.

📍 Chicago, Illinois
📅 Pre-Conference | April 11, 2027
📅 Annual Conference | April 12–14, 2027

And as we build toward Harambee 2027, help us power what’s next. Your investment helps ABFE continue creating spaces like Harambee where Black philanthropic leaders can connect, strategize, strengthen relationships, and move our collective work forward.

🔗 Learn more about Harambee 2027: https://www.abfe.org/harambee-conference
💛 Help power what’s next: https://www.abfe.org/form/donation-form

More exciting announcements are coming soon! Stay connected. Invest in the movement.

09/16/2026

A new name. A renewed vision. A powerful next chapter. Join us in congratulating Sharon Bush and the entire AMARA team as they step into an exciting new chapter! 🎉

For years, Sharon Bush, ABFE’s recent past Board Chair and a seven-year member of the ABFE Board, simultaneously served as President of The Grand Victoria Foundation, helping advance its work to fund power, liberation, and justice for Black communities across Illinois.

Now, the organization is stepping boldly into its next chapter as AMARA: A Movement Activating Repair & Abundance In Illinois . More than a new name, AMARA reflects a continued commitment to racial equity, Black leadership, community power, and building toward a future rooted in repair and abundance.

ABFE extends our warmest congratulations to Sharon and the entire AMARA team on this exciting new chapter! We celebrate the vision, leadership, and collective work that brought AMARA to this moment and look forward to all that lies ahead.

Learn more about AMARA and its next chapter: https://amarail.org/

09/15/2026

Black voters matter! 🗣️

This , we’re proud to uplift ABFE Member Black Voters of Long Island (Black Voters of Long Island ) and their work to ensure Black communities have the information and resources they need to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

Ahead of this year’s election, Black Voters of Long Island has developed its 2026 Voter Guide to help make voting information clearer and more accessible—from understanding how, when, and where to vote to knowing your rights and learning more about who is on the ballot.

Explore Black Voters of Long Island’s voter resources and learn more about their work: https://blackvotersli.org/2026voterguide

📣 Your voice matters. Get vote ready. Make a plan. Share the resources. Help your community do the same.

CivicEngagement

09/15/2026

ABFE is proud to join Community Investment Network (Community Investment Network ) for Rooted: The Long Game, taking place October 1–3 in Charleston, South Carolina!

This gathering is for those who understand that community philanthropy, collective action, and movement-building are measured across generations — not grant cycles. Rooted brings together leaders of giving circles, collaborative funds, mutual aid networks, and community foundations alongside institutional partners, emerging philanthropists, and allies committed to building lasting change through shared resources and long-term vision.

Learn More & Register Now: https://www.thecommunityinvestment.org/event-details/rooted-the-long-game
Thursday, October 1st - Saturday, October 3rd |
Charleston, South Carolina

Join us in Charleston and be part of the conversation about what becomes possible when we build on the traditions, wisdom, and collective power already rooted in our communities.

09/08/2026

We may be in September, but we’re still feeling the energy of Black Philanthropy Month and all the powerful moments that brought our community together. One of those moments was ABFE’s Power & Purpose gathering on Martha’s Vineyard, where Black philanthropists, investors, and sector leaders came together for a candid conversation about moving Black generosity from transaction to transformation.

Moderated by Tahira Christmon, ABFE Vice President of External Affairs, the conversation featured Susan Taylor Batten, ABFE President & CEO; Lola C. West, Co-Founder, Chairwoman & Chief Culture Officer of Westfuller; and Valaida Fuller, Founding Member of the New Generation of African American Philanthropists. Hosted by C’Ardiss “CC” Gardner Gleser at Black Ivy Collective, the gathering reminded us what is possible when we come together with intention, build deeper relationships, and invest boldly in Black-led institutions and communities.

We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us, supported the gathering, and continues to move this work forward with us. may be over, but the momentum is not. Let’s keep building, giving, connecting, and investing in Black communities all year long.

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