Recent African American Community Fund Work
Anthony Ray Hinton, St. Joe County Public Library, 2022
Although the African American Community Fund no longer accepts grant applications through a competitive grants process, the committee continues to identify and support projects and initiatives of importance to the local African American community.
FY 2026
In Fiscal Year 2026 (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026), $54,000 in funding from the AACF supported:
- The MLK Jr. Dream Center
- South Bend Symphony Orchestra’s MLK Concert Series
- South Bend Civic Theatre’s diversity productions
- Imagination Library
- MLK Jr. Community Celebration Breakfast
- Indiana Citizen Education Foundation
FY 2025
In Fiscal Year 2025 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025), $56,500 in funding from the AACF supported:
- The MLK Jr. Dream Center
- South Bend Symphony Orchestra’s MLK Concert Series
- South Bend Civic Theatre’s diversity productions
- Imagination Library
- Gentlemen & Scholars
- MLK Jr. Community Celebration Breakfast
- Indiana Citizen Education Foundation
- WNIT’s Legends of Michiana
FY 2024
In Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024), $82,500 in funding from the AACF supported:
- The MLK Jr. Dream Center
- South Bend Symphony Orchestra’s MLK Concert Series
- South Bend Civic Theatre’s diversity productions
- Imagination Library
- Gentlemen & Scholars
- Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Joseph County
- Imani Unidad’s program expansion
- MLK Jr. Community Celebration Breakfast
- NC100BW South Bend Chapter Scholarship Fund
- WNIT’s Legends of Michiana
FY 2023
In Fiscal Year 2023 (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023), $174,000 in funding from the AACF supported:
- The MLK Jr. Dream Center (payable in four installments)
- Imagination Library
- South Bend Symphony Orchestra for MLK Jr. Celebration Concerts
- South Bend Civic Theatre to support diversity productions
- Project Impact for MLK Jr. Breakfast
- NC100BW South Bend Chapter Scholarship Fund
- NAACP Scholarship Fund