How much funding does IE Black Equity Fund provide?

Funding amounts vary. Check the grant details for specifics.

When is the deadline for IE Black Equity Fund?

This grant has a rolling deadline or the deadline has not been announced.

Who has received IE Black Equity Fund funding?

Inland Empire Community Foundation's IRS filings list 1 award under this program (2021). Recent recipients include Ceem (Ontario, CA), $55,000 in 2021.

IE Black Equity Fund

Inland Empire Community Foundation

Foundation Grants for BIPOC Grants for Nonprofits Foundation Grants

Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

Geographic Scope: Inland Empire, California

Purpose: Support for Black-led organizations in the Inland Empire

Funding Goal: $5 million to be raised over two years (as of July 2020)

Background: Announced July 14, 2020, by the Inland Empire Funders Alliance and the Black Equity Initiative of the Inland Empire. The fund uses a trust-based model of philanthropy with members of the Black Equity Initiative participating in the distribution of resources.

Governance: Members of the Black Equity Initiative are part of the decision-making process and get to decide how funds are distributed

Initial Funding Partners:

Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF)
California Endowment

Fund Type: Accepts gifts from both foundations and individual donors, creating a pooled fund structure

Past recipients of this program

Recent awards under this program (from Inland Empire Community Foundation's IRS filings)

Ceem

Ontario, CA · 2021

$55K

1 grant in Inland Empire Community Foundation's 2021 filings reference “IE Black Equity Fund” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.

What Inland Empire Community Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024: 266
Total given: $28.18M
Median grant: $20K
Range: $5,350–$5M

By dollars: California 47%, Texas 18%, Oregon 18%. Top recipient cities: Riverside, CA; San Bernardino, CA; Redlands, CA.
0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
37% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR

Health and Human Services

$5M
San Antonio Food Bank · San Antonio, TX

Health and Human Services

$5M
Desert Scholarship Foundation · Boise, ID

Scholarship

$1.02M
Jobworks Education and Training Systems · Fort Wayne, IN

Civic Benefit

$747K
Inland Empire Labor Institute · Colton, CA

Community organizing/Building

$723K