"We have a responsibility to lead not just based on profits, but also on morals.
I want to affect the type of change that emboldens us to speak up 
and call out hypocrisy that is suffocating our ability to prosper."
— Tawana Bain

When you join GEDDI, you support programming that is accelerating economic opportunities for the Black community and sustaining our ability to supply grants for economic development initiatives centered around Black-owned business development and local community initiatives including: Commercial Development, Leadership Advancement, Entrepreneurship Acceleration, Wealth Creation, and Job Creation.

 We urgently need a bold and united approach to healing our country. As the founder of the Derby Diversity & Business Summit (DDBS), an organization formed to push our state into the future on what it means to be inclusive, we ask that you join us in this fight to transform our country into a place where we all feel welcome - starting right here in our back yard - Kentucky. We are experienced in granting & reinvesting in organizations to drive equitable change.

We are no stranger to raising money for the marginalized and underfunded. Since our inception, each year we have donated a $5,000 grant to non-profits advancing diversity in the executive workforce and supply chain. Our platform was intentional to bring all Diverse groups together to break down the silos and bridge culture through business and candid conversations around race, gender, socioeconomics, age, and ability. It’s time to go bigger and fund initiatives around Economic Empowerment, Supply Chain Development and Workforce Development for the next five years.

We have consulted with some of the smartest, brightest, and most collaborative leaders in our state during this launch. They are rooting, they are proud, and they are propping us up to lead us forward in unification and restoration of trust across race and all zip codes. We ask for your financial support in GEDDI: a smart and sustainable approach to Racial Equity & Economic Justice.

Tawana Bain GEDDI Founder & Chairwoman of the Board

 

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ABOUT US: The Global Economic Diversity Development Initiative (GEDDI) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit foundation seeking donations to afford its fund development arm the ability to make grants to non-profit and for profit recipients focused on building economic wealth for the black community in the following areas- workforce opportunities,  economic empowerment, supply chain opportunities, leadership and development and business acceleration. In cases where GEDDI is solely the grant administrator for a targeted or restricted gift, GEDDI will abstract an administrative fee.  Through GEDDI, donors are assured their gift is going to vetted organizations serving the needs of the black population over the next 5 years.


GEDDI previously known as CLIFH, INC., officially spun off their year-round equity programming with the Derby Diversity & Business Summit (DDBS) in June 2020 to further the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work DDBS started back in 2017, DDBS will now become an annual program of GEDDI. Our foundation is 100% Black-founded and predominantly Black-led.

OUR MISSION: To establish a fund that serves as a worldwide giving choice for Racial Equity and Economic Justice initiatives to create generational wealth that meets present and future needs through creative and well-thought-out grant-making perpetually.