Funders and philanthropic partners
Support project development, preservation, community access, institution-building, and long-term stewardship.
Partner with BHA
Some work requires more than one kind of expertise.
BHA works with families, communities, funders, cultural institutions, preservation organizations, legal and financial professionals, researchers, technologists, and other partners whose knowledge or resources can help important work move forward.
Why partner
The work crosses boundaries.
A property issue may also be a family issue.
A preservation project may require legal, financial, historical, and community expertise.
An emerging cultural institution may need capital, governance, technology, partnerships, and time.
BHA brings people together around work that is difficult to solve from one discipline alone.
Who we work with
Different partners play different roles.
Cultural and educational institutions
Collaborate on research, interpretation, collections, public programming, education, and shared initiatives.
Preservation and place-based partners
Help protect significant homes, land, buildings, neighborhoods, and cultural sites.
Legal and financial professionals
Bring expertise in estate planning, heirs' property, title, ownership, succession, nonprofit structure, and other areas where professional guidance is essential.
Community organizations and families
Bring lived knowledge, stewardship, relationships, and the priorities that should shape the work.
Research, technology, and design partners
Help create tools, systems, research, and experiences that make complex work more useful and accessible.
Ways to work together
Ways to work together.
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Fund
Support a BHA initiative, an incubated project, or the institutional capacity needed to make the work durable.
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Build
Develop a project, program, resource, or institution alongside BHA.
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Contribute expertise
Provide professional knowledge that a family, community, or project needs to move forward responsibly.
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Open a door
Connect BHA to people, institutions, resources, places, or opportunities that can strengthen the work.
What we look for
Good partnerships make the work stronger, not just bigger.
Respect stewardship
Families and communities should have meaningful voice in decisions that affect their history, property, and legacy.
Bring something real
Capital, expertise, relationships, access, tools, property, or institutional capacity.
Think beyond the moment
The strongest partnerships improve what can endure after a grant, event, or individual project ends.
Value clarity
Roles, ownership, rights, responsibilities, and expectations should be clear from the beginning.
For funders
Fund the conditions that let legacy endure.
BHA's work can require more than program funding alone.
Depending on the project, support may help:
- protect or stabilize significant property
- develop emerging cultural institutions
- expand community access
- support planning and professional expertise
- build governance and operational capacity
- create tools and systems needed for long-term stewardship
We welcome conversations with funders interested in Black cultural heritage, family and community continuity, preservation, ownership, place, and institution-building.
Talk with BHAProfessional and institutional partners
Bring your expertise where it can matter.
Some projects require skills BHA should not try to hold internally.
- Attorneys
- Estate and succession professionals
- Preservationists
- Architects and planners
- Financial institutions
- Museums and archives
- Universities
- Researchers
- Community-development organizations
- Technology partners
The goal is not to assemble a long vendor list. It is to build relationships with people and institutions that understand the responsibility of working with family, property, place, and cultural legacy.
Current stage
BHA is building its partner network now.
BHA is in an early stage of growth. Some initiatives are public. Others remain in development while relationships, stewardship, and project structures take shape. We are especially interested in partners who want to help build thoughtfully from the beginning.
Inquiry
Tell us what you're working on.
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