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The Funding Crisis For Black Entrepreneurs, Part 4: Fund Black-Led Organizations Like You Mean It

May 19, 2025 | By

Fay Horwitt, Chief Program Officer of Forward Cities

This blog is part of The Funding Crisis for Black Entrepreneurs series.   In the previous installments of this series, we addressed the importance of engagement….

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The Funding Crisis For Black Entrepreneurs, Part 3: Why Ecosystem Builders Are the Key to Lasting Change

March 12, 2025 | By

Fay Horwitt, Chief Program Officer of Forward Cities

This blog is part of The Funding Crisis for Black Entrepreneurs series.   In Part 2 of this series, we explored why engagement-deep relationship-building and trust-is….

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The Funding Crisis For Black Entrepreneurs, Part 2: Why Engagement Must Be The Foundational Investment

February 10, 2025 | By

Fay Horwitt, Chief Program Officer of Forward Cities

This blog is part of The Funding Crisis for Black Entrepreneurs series.   In our first piece, we laid out a bold challenge to funders: if….

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The Funding Crisis for Black Entrepreneurs: A Five-Part Guide for Philanthropy & Private Investors

February 3, 2025 | By

Fay Horwitt, Chief Program Officer of Forward Cities

  For decades, efforts to close the racial wealth gap have focused on training, mentorship, and ecosystem-building-but too often, without real investment in Black entrepreneurs and….

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