Minorities in Philanthropy (African American community) Supervisor: Svetlana V. Titova Project work done by: Marina Yurovskaya 2008

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.

Vision Statement The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.

Objectives 1.To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens; 2.To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States; 3.To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes; 4.To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights; 5.To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination; 6.To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.

History The nation's oldest civil rights organization has changed America's history. Despite violence, intimidation and hostile government policies, the NAACP and its grass-roots membership persevered. Formed in 1909, by a multiracial group of progressive thinkers, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a non-profit organization established with the objective of insuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority groups.

Civic Engagement The NAACP Civic Engagement Department has developed a 2006 Voter Empowerment Program (VEP '06) as a nonpartisan campaign designed to empower African Americans and people of color by increasing awareness and participation in the electoral process. Education Department The overall goal of the NAACP National Education Department is to ensure that all students have access to an equal and high-quality public education by eliminating all education related racial and ethnic disparities.

Women in the NAACP The purposes of WIN are: 1.to enhance the leadership role of women; 2.to serve as an advocacy vehicle for issues affecting women and children; 3.to advocate for the positive development of children; 4.to support the on-going work of the NAACP and its units, especially civil and cultural activities to enhance membership.

NCFBP The National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc. (NCBP) was established in Washington, D.C. in 1999 as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization to promote and strengthen African American participation in all aspects of modern philanthropy.

Mission to promote philanthropic giving in the African American community, foster full participation by African Americans in all aspects of philanthropy; educate the public about the philanthropic contributions of African Americans; strengthen and support people and institutions engaged in the practice of Black philanthropy; and conduct research into the contributions of Black philanthropy to the social and economic well-being of all Americans.

National Conferences The National Conference on Black Philanthropy has become the pre-eminent gathering place to discuss, celebrate and plan for African American achievement in philanthropy. The conferences feature, on average, over forty workshops, panels and plenary sessions exploring black participation in grant making, fundraising, individual giving, and faith-based philanthropy through the Historically Black Church.

Regional Conferences Regional conferences, modeled after the national conferences, have also been well attended and highly successful in their own right. These conferences provide an opportunity for groups to address uniquely local issues and concerns to which the national conferences could not devote much attention.

Black Business and Philanthropy The Black Business and Philanthropy program is aimed at African American business owners, entrepreneurs and black executives of "majority" companies to promote increased philanthropy. Its primary goal is to educate black business people about how modern philanthropy can help them achieve their own goals of "giving back" to the community, while also doing more business with the multi-billion dollar Third Sector (non-profit) market.

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