The Black Belt Community Foundation awarded more than $335,000 at its 2026 Arts and Community Grants Awards Ceremony on Saturday, April 18, at the Carl C. Morgan Convention Center.

These grants aim to support projects that strengthen, uplift and empower communities across Alabama’s Black Belt.

A total of about $336,000 was awarded to 147 different community organizations and nonprofits across the BBCF’s 12-county service area–Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter and Wilcox.

In addition to that, two Black Belt-based festivals, the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the Society of Folks Arts and Culture, received $15,000 each.

The recipients of the community grants are selected by grant committees located in each of the 12 counties served. The community grants awarded ranged from $500 to $7,500, and were funded through fundraising with support from the BBCF Board of Directors.

The arts grants, selected by a single committee and funded through the BBCF, ranged from $500 to $3,500.

The Dallas County Community Grant recipients include:

-Agape Community Economic Development Inc.

-Ages CDC

-Charity Fellowship Outreach

-E.M. Brown Community Center

-Five Points Community Development Center

-Girl Level Up Inc.

-Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church Selma, AL Legacy Foundation, Inc.