Designing innovative solutions to drive meaningful social impact and community engagement.
At The Black Mill, we foster lasting social impact through strategic nonprofit engagement. We provide businesses, nonprofits, philanthropists, and foundations with essential tools and insights to become transformative change agents within their communities. Our services focus on enhancing community engagement, refining fundraising strategies, cultivating meaningful partnerships, and offering expert philanthropic guidance.
Black Mill provides unique strategies for maximum philanthropic design, social impact, grantmaking, funding, and partnerships.
We understand corporate social responsibility.
The Black Mill helps businesses and foundations find social or environmental causes that align with their values, identify employee volunteer opportunities, and build meaningful branding and marketing partnerships with nonprofits.
We offer nonprofits the tools to grow.
The Black Mill helps nonprofits identify, evaluate, and connect with corporations and foundations that align with their mission and funding goals.
We use our expertise to your advantage.
The Black Mill offers personalized support to for-profit and non-profit organizations to develop and sustain philanthropic and community engagement strategies worldwide.
Our Team
Chelsea Brown
principal & lead strategist
Takiyah Roberts
chief operations officer
Leslie Jefferson
Strategy, Evaluation, and Growth Advisor
Kimberly Edwards
Nonprofit Grant Writing Specialist
Denelle Joynes
Nonprofit Grant Writing Specialist
Briyana Mondesir
Nonprofit Grant Writing Specialist
Services
The Black Mill offers services for short-term, monthly subscription and long-term social impact and grant writing services, as well as a la carte services, including:
- Corporate Sponsorships
- Grant Management Design and Implementation
- Grant Research and Application Preparation
- Grant Reporting
- Social Impact/Corporate Social Responsibility Evaluation and Needs Assessment
- Strategic Planning
- Program Evaluation and Implementation
- Board Training
- Grant Readiness Assessment
Our Impact
Secured over $2 million in corporate, federal, and foundation funding within a year.
Engaged with over 20 clients across corporate foundations, nonprofits, and small businesses.
Demonstrated a 67% success rate in securing grants.
curated corporate sponsorship dollars at a 200% increase in less than 7 months.
created 10+ capacity-building programs for black nonprofit leaders and executives.
Past Clients
Resources
Partners
The Black Mill is proud to serve as a pipeline partner for the Revolve Fund, a philanthropic Initiative that aims to address systemic barriers that disproportionately prevent businesses and nonprofits owned and managed by people of color from gaining capital access.
*not inclusive of all clients
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