For Black Philanthropy Month, we’re sharing stories of our giving circle members. Meet April Mellion, a one-year member who shares why she joined Black Benefactors and how she’s honoring her husband’s legacy through giving. “My husband Roy and I dreamed of starting a nonprofit to simply help wherever the need existed in Washington, DC. After […]
Meet Our Members: Jalisa Whitley
For Black Philanthropy Month 2020, we’re sharing stories of our giving circle members on why they joined Black Benefactors. Meet Jalisa Whitley, a six-year member who works in philanthropy. “I am so proud to be a six-year member of Black Benefactors. I joined as a graduate student at the University of Maryland where I first […]
Grantee News: iFLY Youth Featured in Condé Nast Traveler
2019-20 grantee partner iFLY Youth is one of the international youth travel organizations featured in Condé Nast Traveler about the global pandemic’s impact on their programming: “This is the first time many of them have gotten on a plane,” says iFLY Youth Executive Director Cidney King. The three-year-old organization works with Black and brown middle […]