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Top 35 Black Nonprofit Blogs and Websites To Follow in 2021

1. The African American Leadership Forum

Minneapolis, Minnesota, the United States

About Blog, The African American Leadership Forum (AALF) is comprised of over 1,500 African Americans who self-identify as Thought Leaders, Influencers, and Ambassadors. Our mission is to foster a just society that works better for all Americans by addressing disparities in Economic Development, Health & Wellness, Education, and Family & Culture in the Black community, and convening, supporting, and developing the leadership capacity of Black leaders across Minnesota.

Frequency 4 posts/month Blog tcaalf.com
Facebook fans 3.8K ⋅ Twitter followers 2.4K ⋅ Domain Authority 31 ⋅ Alexa Rank 3.2M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

2. NBJC

 Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

About Blog, NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma. NBJC supports Black individuals, families, and communities in strengthening the bonds and bridging the gaps between the movements for racial justice and LGBTQ+/SGL equity.

Frequency 1 post/week Blog nbjc.org
Twitter followers 7.8K ⋅ Social Engagement 4 ⋅ Domain Authority 56 ⋅ Alexa Rank 5.2M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

3. ASALH | The Founders of Black History Month

 Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

About Blog, Established on September 9, 1915, by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, we are the Founders of Black History Month and carry forth the work of our founder, the Father of Black History. We continue his legacy of speaking a fundamental truth to the world that Africans and peoples of African descent are makers of history and co-workers in what W. E. B. Du Bois called, ‘The Kingdom of Culture.’ ASALH’s mission is to create and disseminate knowledge about Black History, to be, in short, the nexus between the Ivory Tower and the global public. We labour in the service of Blacks and all humanity.

Frequency 2 posts/day Blog asalh.org
Twitter followers 10.4K ⋅ Domain Authority 57 ⋅ Alexa Rank 275.8K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

4. Goodie Nation Blog

 Atlanta, Georgia, the United States

About Blog, Goodie Nation exists to eliminate the relationship gap that stands in the way of success for too many promising entrepreneurs, especially those who are people of colour, women, or aren’t located in coastal financial centres. By making sure that every entrepreneur, no matter their background or location, can access the relationships they need to thrive, we are building a more sustainable and prosperous future for all. Goodie Nation is national support nonprofit for tech-focused social entrepreneurs and diverse founders.

Frequency 1 post/month Since Jun 2017 Blog goodienation.org/blog
Twitter followers 3.4K ⋅ Domain Authority 35 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.2M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

5. Essie Justice Group

 Oakland, California, the United States

About Blog, Essie Justice Group is a nonprofit organization of women with incarcerated loved ones taking on the rampant injustices created by mass incarceration. Our award-winning Healing to Advocacy Model brings women together to heal, build collective power, and drive social change. We are building a membership of fierce advocates for race and gender justice including Black and Latinx women, formerly and currently incarcerated women, transgender women, and gender non-conforming people.

Frequency 2 posts/month Since Sep 2016 Blog essiejusticegroup.org/news-e..
Twitter followers 5.5K ⋅ Social Engagement 3 ⋅ Domain Authority 48 ⋅ Alexa Rank 2.7M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

6. The Compiler

 San Francisco, California, United States

About Blog, /dev/colour is a non-profit organization that aims to maximize the impact of Black software engineers. This blog was created to give Black engineers a place to learn about what it takes to reach the highest levels of leadership in tech. Additionally, we want to give everyone a chance to learn about how we see our communities, technology, and the world.

Frequency 1 post/month Since Jun 2018 Blog blog.devcolor.org
Twitter followers 11K ⋅ Domain Authority 49 ⋅ Alexa Rank 943.9K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

7. The Hidden Genius Project

 Oakland, California, the United States

About Blog, The Hidden Genius Project is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It was founded in 2012 by five Black male entrepreneurs/technologists who were unnerved by the dramatic juxtaposition between the high unemployment of Black male youth and the plethora of career opportunities within the local technology sector. To address this challenge, the founders established a program to connect young Black males with the skills, mentors, and experiences that they need to become high-performing entrepreneurs and technologists in a 21st century, global economy.

Frequency 1 post/week Since Apr 2020 Blog hiddengeniusproject.org/news
Twitter followers 4.8K ⋅ Domain Authority 50 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.5M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

8. National Black Women’s Justice Institute

 Berkeley, California, the United States

About Blog, The ‘Lift Our Voices’ blog features analysis and opinion from NBWJI’s experts on the latest issues and news. The National Black Women’s Justice Institute (NBWJI) aims to eliminate racial and gender disparities in the U.S. criminal legal system that is responsible for its disproportionate impact on Black women, girls, and gender-nonconforming people.

Frequency 10 posts/quarter Since Sep 2017 Blog nbwji.org/blog
Twitter followers 1.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 26 ⋅ Domain Authority 39 ⋅ View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

9. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | Press & News

 The United States

About Blog, Get the latest news on cases, major issues, and the impact of NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund! The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. LDF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Frequency 8 posts/week Since Jul 2010 Blog naacpldf.org/news
Twitter followers 141.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 118 ⋅ Domain Authority 68 ⋅ Alexa Rank 355.4K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

10. BE NOLA | Blog

 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

About Blog, Black Education For New Orleans (BE NOLA) is a Black-governed, Black-led nonprofit organization whose mission is to support Black educators and schools to ensure an education that creates better outcomes and opportunities for Black children in New Orleans.

Frequency 6 posts/month Since Sep 2018 Blog blackedunola.org/blog
Twitter followers 403 ⋅ Domain Authority 19 ⋅ Alexa Rank 4.3M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

11. digitalundivided | White Papers – Diversity in Technology

 Newark, New Jersey, the United States

About Blog, Founded in 2012, Didtechnology, Inc (d.b.a digitalundivided), is a social startup with 501 (c) 3 status that merges data and heart to develop innovative programs and initiatives that catalyzes economic growth in Black and Latinx communities.

Frequency 10 posts/month Since Aug 2020 Blog digitalundivided.com/insights
Twitter followers 16.9K ⋅ Domain Authority 55 ⋅ Alexa Rank 473.9K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

12. SisterLove

 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

About Blog, SisterLove is the oldest and largest women-centred HIV and sexual reproductive justice organization in the Southeastern United States. It was founded in 1989 to address health test women’s need for HIV-related education, prevention, and research, and to support reproductive justice.

Frequency 4 posts/week Blog sisterlove.org/newsroom
Twitter followers 5.2K ⋅ Social Engagement 8 ⋅ Domain Authority 45 ⋅ View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

13. National Urban League | News Releases

New York City, New York, the United States

About Blog, The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment, equality, and social justice. Founded in 1910 and headquartered in New York City, the Urban League collaborates at the national and local levels with community leaders, policymakers, and corporate partners to elevate the standards of living for African Americans and other historically underserved groups. Frequency 20 posts/week Blog nul.org/news/news-releases
Facebook fans 71.1K ⋅ Twitter followers 111.4K ⋅ Social Engagement 23 ⋅ Domain Authority 61 ⋅ Alexa Rank 379.7K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

14. Code2040 on Medium

 San Francisco, California, United States

About Blog, Read writing from Code2040 on Medium. Code2040 is a nonprofit activating, connecting, and mobilizing the largest racial equity community in tech to dismantle the structural barriers that prevent the full participation and leadership of Black and Latinx technologists in the innovation economy.

Frequency 1 post/month Since Jul 2015 Blog code2040.medium.com
Twitter followers 61.2K ⋅ Domain Authority 96 ⋅ Alexa Rank 71 View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

15. Dream Corps | Updates

 Oakland, California, the United States

About Blog, Dream Corps is a bipartisan nonprofit, impacting the intersection of criminal justice reform, climate, and technology. We bring people together across racial, social, and partisan lines to create a future with freedom and dignity for all.

Frequency 1 post/month Blog thedreamcorps.org/updates
Twitter followers 11.6K ⋅ Domain Authority 60 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

16. UNCF | News

 Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

About Blog, For more than seven decades, this principle has remained at the heart of UNCF, enabling us to raise more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students and counting not just attend college, but thrive, graduate, and become leaders. We do this in three ways: By awarding more than 10,000 students scholarships, worth more than $100 million, each year. By providing financial support to 37 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Frequency 1 post/week Blog uncf.org/news
Twitter followers 24.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 18 ⋅ Domain Authority 65 ⋅ Alexa Rank 154.7K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

17. Equal Justice Initiative

 Montgomery, Alabama, the United States

About Blog, The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. It is a non-profit organization based in Montgomery, Alabama.

Frequency 1 post/week Blog eji.org
Twitter followers 202.6K ⋅ Social Engagement 5.5K ⋅ Domain Authority 78 ⋅ Alexa Rank 101.4K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

18. Harlem Children’s Zone

 New York City, New York, the United States

About Blog, Harlem Children’s Zone is a nonprofit organization based in Harlem that supports education, community outreach, and health and wellness.

Frequency 1 post/week Blog hcz.org
Twitter followers 12.1K ⋅ Domain Authority 59 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.4M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

19. Management Leadership for Tomorrow

 Washington, District Of Columbia, United States About Blog Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) is a non-profit organization that is changing the face of leadership across sectors and driving breakthrough results for individuals and institutions. It has transformed the careers and life trajectories of more than 8,000 Black, Latinx, and Native American individuals from college students to seasoned executives. It partners with more than 150 leading companies, social sector organizations, and universities to strengthen its recruitment and retention of diverse talent.

Frequency 1 post/month Blog mlt.org/blog
Twitter followers 7K ⋅ Social Engagement 46 ⋅ Domain Authority 51 ⋅ Alexa Rank 602K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

20. Profound Gentlemen

United States About Blog Our mission is to a build community of male educators of colour who provide a profound additional impact on boys of colour. We seek to dismantle the cradle to prison pipeline by establishing a cradle to career pipeline for boys of colour.

Frequency 3 posts/month Blog profoundgentlemen.org
Twitter followers 2.2K ⋅ Domain Authority 32 ⋅ View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

21. Black Lives Matter | News

About Blog #BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centring Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives. Frequency 10 posts/day Since Jul 2017 Blog blacklivesmatter.com/news
Twitter followers 1.1M ⋅ Social Engagement 338 ⋅ Domain Authority 69 ⋅ Alexa Rank 92.3K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

22. BOLD

BOLD (Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity) is a non-profit organization that facilitates social transformation and improves the living conditions of Black people by (re)building the social justice infrastructure required to organize Black communities.

Frequency 1 post/month Blog boldorganizing.org/bold-news
Twitter followers 970 ⋅ Social Engagement 1 ⋅ Domain Authority 35 ⋅ Alexa Rank 3.2M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

23. Amref Health Africa

 Kenya

About Blog, Amref Health Africa is the leading African health International NGO and works to create Lasting Health Change. This Newsroom is the source for recent news about Amref Health Africa. Read press releases, announcements, get updates, watch videos and download images.

Frequency 16 posts/week Blog newsroom.amref.org
Twitter followers 41.9K ⋅ Domain Authority 56 ⋅ Alexa Rank 288.4K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

24. Advancement Project

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

About Blog, Advancement Project is a next-generation, multi-racial civil rights organization. Rooted in the great human rights struggles for equality and justice, we exist to fulfil America’s promise of a caring, inclusive, and just democracy. We use innovative tools and strategies to strengthen social movements and achieve high impact policy change.

Frequency 10 posts/quarter Blog advancementproject.org/blog
Twitter followers 40.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 41 ⋅ Domain Authority 57 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.1M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

25. Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Blog

Oakland, California, the United States

About Blog, The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a non-profit strategy and action centre based in Oakland, California. We are named after Ella Baker, a brilliant, black hero of the civil rights movement. Following in her footsteps, we organize with Black, Brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons and punishment, and towards opportunities that make our communities safe, healthy, and strong. Everyone wants to live in a healthy and strong community that they have the opportunity to help shape.

Frequency 4 posts/week Blog ellabakercenter.org/blog
Twitter followers 23.4K ⋅ Social Engagement 14 ⋅ Domain Authority 58 ⋅ Alexa Rank 2M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

26. Girls For A Change | Changing the trajectory of Black Girls’ Lives

 Chesterfield, Virginia, United States

About Blog, Girls For A Change (GFAC) is a nonprofit youth development organization aimed at empowering Black girls and other girls of colour in Central Virginia. Our mission is to empower them to visualize their bright futures and potential through discovery, development, innovation and social change in their communities.

Frequency 8 posts/quarter Since Apr 2019 Blog girlsforachange.org/girls-speak
Twitter followers 14K ⋅ Domain Authority 42 ⋅ View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

27. Blacks In Technology

Cincinnati, Ohio, the United States

About Blog, Blacks In Technology Foundation is the official 501(c)(3) non-profit entity of Blacks in Technology, LLC. The #1 place for Blacks In Technology. It is a global platform for Black people in technology. We are ‘Stomping the Divide’ by establishing standards for world-class technical excellence. BIT serves members through community, media and mentorship. We provide resources, guidance and challenge members to establish new standards of innovation.

Frequency 10 posts/quarter Since Oct 2010 Blog blacksintechnology.net
Twitter followers 32K ⋅ Social Engagement 34 ⋅ Domain Authority 45 ⋅ Alexa Rank 319.6K View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

28. Acta Non Verba

 Oakland, California, the United States

About Blog, Acta Non-Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project (ANV) elevates life in Oakland and beyond by challenging oppressive dynamics and environments through urban farming. Founded and led mainly by women of colour from the surrounding neighbourhood and larger community, ANV creates a safe and creative outdoor space for children, youth, and families in East Oakland, CA. ANV engages and strengthens young people’s understanding of nutrition, food production, the natural world, and healthy living as well as strengthens their ties to the community.

Frequency 13 posts/year Since May 2014 Blog anvfarm.org/news-media.
Twitter followers 935 ⋅ Domain Authority 38 ⋅ View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

29. SoulTrak

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

About Blog, Soul Trak Outdoors is a D.C. based nonprofit organization that connects communities of colour to outdoor spaces while also building a coalition of diverse outdoor leaders. We run a variety of programming to serve hands-on, experiential programming.

Frequency 5 posts/year Since Jan 2019 Blog soultrak.com/blog
Facebook fans 675 ⋅ Twitter followers 263 ⋅ Domain Authority 33 ⋅ Alexa Rank 4.7M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

30. Outdoor Afro

Oakland, California, the United States

About Blog, Outdoor Afro has become the nation’s leading, cutting edge network that celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature. We are a national not for profit organization with leadership networks around the country. With more than 80 leaders in 42 cities around the country, we connect thousands of people to nature experiences, who are changing the face of conservation. So come out in nature with us, or be a partner to help us grow our work so that we can help lead the way for inclusion in outdoor recreation, nature, and conservation for all!

Frequency 1 post/quarter Blog outdoorafro.com/stories
Facebook fans 45.1K ⋅ Twitter followers 16.8K ⋅ Social Engagement 94 ⋅ Domain Authority 52 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

31. The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation

The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2018 by Taraji P. Henson and led by Executive Director, Tracie Jade Jenkins. The foundation is named in honour of Ms Henson’s father, Boris Lawrence Henson, who suffered from mental health challenges as a result of his tour of duty in the Vietnam War. We are committed to changing the perception of mental illness in the African-American community by encouraging those who suffer from this debilitating illness to get the help they need.

Frequency 1 post/year Blog borislhensonfoundation.org
Twitter followers 282 ⋅ Social Engagement 98 ⋅ Domain Authority 55 ⋅ Alexa Rank 2.1M View Latest Posts Get Email Contact

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