Invest in Black Women-Led Organizations:
XII. Conclusion
• Increase unrestricted, multi-year funding to groups by/for Black Women.
Black Women in California have never asked for pity—we’ve demanded possibility. We’ve built movements from scarcity, raised generations on faith and focus, and transformed pain into purpose. But let’s be clear: resilience should not be the requirement for survival. data—it’s a reflection of lived experience and a call to disrupt the status quo. It confirms what we’ve long felt in our bones: that Black Women carry This report is more than a compilation of
• Require funders to name Black Women explicitly in grant criteria.
Support Service Delivery & Intersectional Strategies:
• Fund wrap-around services alongside advocacy (e.g., childcare, housing assistance)
• Embrace multi-issue, multi-strategy models.
Advance Black Women’s Leadership: • Expand corporate and nonprofit board pipeline programs.
more than our share. We work more, earn less, and lead with less support. We
raise families while holding down multiple jobs. We care
• Prioritize
promotions and mentorship equity.
for communities while navigating systems that too often ignore or devalue us.
Improve Data & Accountability:
• Create a CA Black Women Equity Dashboard
But within these pages is also a powerful truth: we are not powerless. We
• Fund ongoing research from
are the key to California’s future—and when we are fully seen,
orgs like California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute, Black Women Organized for Political Action, Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Policy Institute, and Black Women Leadership Institute. • Build Safer, Healthier Communities that address environmental concerns
supported, and invested in, we don’t just survive—we soar.
So, let this report be a tool, a blueprint, and a catalyst. Let it shape budgets, guide legislation, inform philanthropy, and transform institutions. Let this data be the fuel that powers policies rooted in justice and practices grounded in care. Let it dismantle the false narratives that Black Women are invisible or unworthy of investment.
• Expand housing access and protections for renters and caregivers.
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2025 STATE OF BLACK WOMEN
IN CALIFORNIA
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