COMBINING OUR FUNDS TO GET THE JOB DONE

ONE STEP AT A TIME

Imagine just 4¢ coming out of your pocket to fund a million-dollar project of great benefit to Ebon people somewhere in these United States...and/or eventually the whole world...whether that project is a supermarket selling healthy foods in a food desert; a vocational center training up a sorely needed future workforce of carpenters, plumbers, electricians, masons, etc.; a project that would allow Melanated people to control their own water supply; a machine shop where Black creators can manufacture metal/mechanical goods for the market...or whatever endeavor advantageous to the Ebon entities.

With around 30 million Black U.S. adults and the whole Black populace possessing a spending power of $1.6 trillion (reported in 2021), the money has always been there to accomplish the above goals. The only problem has been how to bring those dollars and cents together--how to AGGREGATE them in such a way that sufficient amounts can be compiled into a single storage place where they can be collectively applied to fund the Black-Advancement process.

That's where I come in. I, Keith B. Anderson, founder of B.A.D. and other organizations, offer my free services as your "aggregationist"--my invented term for: "an accumulator of funds/resources gathered from affected entities, in amounts universally affordable to all, for the purpose of combining all such assets in order to accomplish a goal desired by said affected entities."

The process is SIMPLE--and should by all rights be extraordinarily effective. We gather a list of worthy projects for Black Advancement. We then fund them one by one--one at a time--until they are all up and operating. Also, we stipulate that each lucrative (for-profit) enterprise receiving such funding must contribute a very affordable amount back into the pot to fund future endeavors. We limit each one to a million bucks, or less, capital to ensure funding is swift, never taking too long on any one. For those formerly funded, successful, needing to expand--and worthy of further support--we could always offer them special deals according to merit.

As far as facilitating donation amounts: We would establish a non-profit fund allowing contributors to open accounts and deposit money in dollar amounts into their accounts. Then, there would be an "Aggregation Fund" for each project, whereby the members could donate money via transferring funds (1¢ up) from their accounts into said Aggregation Fund. When the target amount is reached, the funds are released to the managers of the current project. Thus, a contributor deposits, say, $10 into his/her account. He/She then donates, maybe, 10¢ to the Aggregation Fund to fund that "food-desert supermarket"--no cost to him/her for that process. Or course, he/she could always donate more... or even less.

IF YOU'RE A BROTHA/SISTA INTERESTED IN THE AGGREGATIONIST CAUSE:

Simply contact me to tell me...
...if you want to donate, what kinds of projects you would support, and how much support you would give.
...if you want to receive funding/resources to establish a Project for Black Advancement (PBA). Simply describe your project and indicate how much you would need. (Projects tied to the needs of particular localities are preferred--but not required.)

Responses regarding proposed PBAs will be posted on this page, as will all donation results.