The Black Belt Community Foundation awarded $32,000 in community and arts grants to seven Perry County organizations at a ceremony held in Selma this past weekend, part of a region-wide grant cycle that distributed nearly $359,000 across 12 Black Belt counties.
Perry County received $25,000 in community grants shared among five organizations and $7,000 in arts grants to two organizations.
The community grantees are:
- Project Horseshoe Farm
- Bobcats Nation PTO
- The Erwin Dudley Foundation Inc.
- Project G.R.A.C.E. Central AL Inc.
- Sowing Seeds of Hope
The arts grantees are:
- Lincolnite Club Inc.
- Sowing Seeds of Hope, which received grants in both categories
Perry County’s combined total of $32,000 was the second-highest among the 12 counties served by the foundation, behind only Greene County at $40,500.
Across all 12 counties, the foundation awarded a grand total of $358,883.81 through 150 grants to 142 separate organizations.
- Community grants totaled $265,443.81 across 125 grants
- Arts grants totaled $73,440 across 23 grants
- The foundation also awarded two $10,000 festival grants to organizations in Greene and Dallas counties
The foundation’s board of directors approved $120,000 for community grants in its 2026 budget, with a $10,000 allocation per county based on a 2-to-1 match of up to $5,000.
Local fundraising in 2025 generated $142,371.62, and the foundation’s final board match was $116,298.40.
