MISSION
THE BELAFONTE FAMILY FOUNDATION
(BFF)
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THE BELAFONTE FAMILY FOUNDATION is a public foundation committed to creating equitable access and opportunities for historically underserved youth, adults, and communities across racial, gender, and economic lines. Our progressive programming and resources prioritize diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion.
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As a family deeply rooted in service, we have adopted a multi-generational approach to philanthropy. Our pillars address critical areas of human development and success, working to ensure that diverse issues are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. Regrettably, many of the challenges faced by our past generations persist, threatening the future of our children and those yet to come.
While the ultimate goal of global harmony and coexistence should be pursued, a significant disparity exists in the distribution of education, opportunity, health, and well-being. As a public foundation, with your needed support, The Belafonte Family Foundation continues to address this imbalance by providing accessible pathways to a more fulfilling life.
OUR PROGRAMS
SOCIAL JUSTICE | FOOD JUSTICE
HEALTH & WELLNESS | MENTORING | SCHOLARSHIPS
In keeping with its multi-generational approach, the foundation is developing programs creating relief and opportunities for the world’s systemically disenfranchised youth and communities.
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We are building initiatives that focus on health and wellness, social and food justice, and mentoring to help enhance quality of life and add to the probability of a better future.
“The responsibility to help carry forward the tireless commitment that permeated the diverse atmosphere in which I grew up was unquestionable. When Malena and I married and had children, the realization that this responsibility was not only ours but that of our children’s as well, fueled the founding of our innovative, multi-generational approach to the tasks at hand, incorporating lessons from the generations before us, our current experiences, needs and insights, while truly listening to the youngest of generations... that is what sets us apart. It is what drives our board, supporters and my family.”
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- David Belafonte, Co-Founder, Executive Director
“What my father-in-law has achieved is nothing less than astonishing. But sadly the work is far from done. Having been so fortunate to follow along in the shadows of this amazing man, it is paramount that we use the precious present to continue his legacy. And we need to diversify the reach by including our children, and build on what we have all fought for to achieve a better world. We need to heal the divide: racially, socio-economically, gender and sexual orientation-wise, environmentally, and politically. We need to fix this mess and that can only be done generationally. Coming together for the goal of healing and thinking forward by using lessons from the past, actions from the present in order to change the future. It is time to shift the paradigm while being kind to one another.”
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Malena Belafonte, Co-Founder
Thank you for your consideration and support.
We look forward to welcoming you into our family.
Please join us!