Our Community. Our Power. Our Prosperity.
Building Black Generational Wealth, Health, and Well-being
As a society, we are called on to change, to disrupt the imbalance of power and create a liberated future with shared prosperity for Black people.
The Black Future Co-op Fund is a new paradigm for philanthropy uplifting Black-led solutions that ignite Black generational wealth, health, and well-being.
Blackness is Forever: Celebrating 100 years of Black History Month
This February, The Black Future Co-op Fund celebrates a century of Black history. The past 100 years holds so much weight for our community—so much movement, so much resilience, and so much progress. Our pasts unfurl the prosperous revelation that we are the manifestations of our ancestors’ wild dreams. The foundational bricks that they lay have led to generations of passionate activists, thriving communities, and doors open that lay shut for so long. Today’s generation continues to bridge that gap towards liberation, spreading the seeds that their ancestors lay, and blooming new avenues for Black art, Black wealth, Black health, and Black prosperity.
Join The Fund in our celebration of the past, present, and future generations of brave leaders paving the way towards freedom.
What We Do
Connecting Black communities for collective power
We believe connection is a strategy for change, uniting Black communities across Washington to share knowledge and build shared objectives for systems change.
Promoting truthful Black narratives
We’re committed to uplifting the full truth of Black life in Washington state. We honor the mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, aunties and uncles, children and grandparents who are vital members of our society.
Investing in Black generational prosperity
We fund with trust. We believe that funding should be barrier-free because Black prosperity is not conditional.
Shifting the paradigm of philanthropy
We are redesigning philanthropy away from the status quo. We model a new way, rooted in Black genius, art, culture, and joy. By centering Blackness in all we do, we show what it means to move away from gatekeeping to reciprocity and liberation.
Featured Grantee
Pottery Northwest
A We See You grantee, Pottery Northwest knows that art has the power to bring people together, spark connections, and foster collective healing. Their mission is to inspire and educate an inclusive community centered in clay, and they do just that through intentional community building.
Through their free clay nights, robust scholarship program, studio apprenticeships, and more, Pottery Northwest is making clay accessible to everyone, one class at a time.
Artist Spotlight: Martine Chartrand
Black Soul
The stories our relatives tell us about our pasts are more than just stories—they are windows into our buried past, an oral tradition that binds us to the ones who came before us. Martine Chartrand, a Haitian-Canadian filmmaker, is an artist who understands the power that storytelling holds. In her short animated film, “Black Soul”, she depicts how a young boy traces his family’s roots through the stories his grandmother shares with him, creating a beautiful montage about the events that shaped their Black cultural heritage.
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