“People are actively looking for ways to make a difference, and it’s important to provide ways for them to do so.” — Brandon Calloway, co-founder and Executive Director at GIFTKC, a nonprofit funding Black-owned businesses

Making a difference can mean many things, including contributing to a community fund to support Black-owned businesses, seeking new knowledge and perspectives for anti-racism education, or pursuing a new legal structure that expands a business’s focus beyond shareholders.

Through these actions featured in B The Change Weekly — and many more — Certified B Corporations are addressing social and economic inequities while uplifting the people who contribute to their success and protecting the environment for future generations.

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To help business leaders navigate the journey to adopt benefit corporation status as a requirement of B Corp Certification, B Lab is releasing a new downloadable resource, the Board Playbook, to lay out the process and demystify the risks. Find highlights and testimonials from the new Board Playbook on B The Change.
 

B Lab and the global community of Certified B Corporations are continuously developing ways to build a more just, inclusive, and actively anti-racist economy. In honor of Black History Month in the United States, we share a list of recommended reading and viewing resources on systemic racism and injustice compiled by the team at B Lab U.S. & Canada.
 

The Board Playbook: The Case and Process for Adopting Benefit Governance offers guidance for companies looking to adopt the highest form of stakeholder governance.
 

GIFT is a Kansas City-based nonprofit providing grants to local Black-owned businesses while working to fill the gaps left by a lack of intergenerational wealth and decades of discriminatory practices. By leveraging a crowdfunding platform with the power of personal and professional networks, GIFTKC demonstrates how to create a model for lasting change that draws on public support and shifts funding toward Black-owned businesses.
 

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