2000 Rev. Ernest Hargrove was hired as Project Director of the National Office on Philanthropy and the Black Church. Rev. Hargrove has worked with community development as a pastor, a non-profit sponsor, and as an elected official.
T o provide grants for regional convenings and collaborative partnership building.
T o support the expansion of philanthropy within theAfrican-American religious community. The presidents of these two leadership organizations T he leaders of both institutions have a long history of working with religious institutions, in community development, and in philanthropy. The Foundation for the Mid South has worked with Black Churches throughout its region and provided leadership to one of the first Philanthropy and the Black Church regional convenings. I dentified clusters of grantmakers who were interested in sharing grantmaking opportunities with black churches. C onvened seven regional dialogues between grantmakers and black church leaders.