Blackbelt Benefit Group

Charitable: The mission of Blackbelt Benefit Group (BBG) is to create, promote and sustain solutions that provide a better quality of life in Alabama's Blackbelt Region to keep talented local residents here and to attract new residents and new opportunities to the area. To accomplish this, BBG 1) provides high-quality local programs and events that improve the local quality of life and 2) provides grant funding to other local community organizations that provide complementary programming, ensuring our grant dollars are spent on holistic community solutions designed improve the quality of life for Alabama's Blackbelt and its residents. BBG envisions a healthy, educated, revitalized, growing Blackbelt that provides better educational, economic and cultural opportunities for residents while attracting new and returning visitors who will become cultural ambassadors for a growing, healthy, strong and revitalized Alabama Blackbelt.

To promote charitable and educational community enrichment in Selma Alabama by organizing and supporting cultural and fundraising events including Riboff Chili Cook-Off and Art Jam providing disaster relief and recovery assistance and awarding scholarships to under-served youth.