Core Pillars

Why We Exist

Our Approach

  • Advocacy

  • Economic Empowerment

  • Professional Development

  • Shared Leadership

  • Accountability

  • Black-led organizations receive less funding and when funded, are resourced at lower amounts.

  • Shared learning is cost effective and builds community in a sector that many leaders find isolating.

  • There is a capacity building desert in Houston; the limited resources that exist are often not accessible for Black-led organizations (price, location, hours, inclusion and belonging).

Theory of Change.  Black Impact Houston seeks to change the narrative by creating an environment where these organizations can flourish and have access to the resources they require to maximize their impact.

Shared Vision

Houston can become a region of vibrant, equitable Black communities.

Shared Purpose

Supporting BLOs to grow their capacity to serve their communities.

Shared Resources

Learning and growing together benefits both organizations and the leaders working in them.

Our Priorities

Build the
Infrastructure of BIH

  • Identify a new fiscal sponsor

  • Raise enough money for one FTE plus administrative costs

Grow Capacity of BLOs

  • Technical Assistance

    • Build a system of technical support for BLOs through skill-building programming that meets the needs/interests of members

  • Infrastructure Building

    • Shared Services

    • Nonprofit Accelerators

  • Leadership Development

    • Offer professional development programming for Black leaders