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Fund to preserve, assist Black churches gets $20M donation

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A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the U.S. has received a $20 million donation. St. James AME Church, founded in 1868 just three years after the Civil War, will receive $100,000. The project plans to assist more than 50 Black churches nationwide over the next three years.

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Fund to preserve, assist Black churches gets $20M donation

2 years ago·United States

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Fund to preserve, assist Black churches gets $20M donation

A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20 million donation that will go to help congregations

2 years ago·United States

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Fund to preserve, assist Black churches gets $20M donation - Local News 8

By JAY REEVES Associated PressBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20 million donation that will go to help congregations. The National Trust for Historic Preservation says Lilly Endowment Inc. contributed the money to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. It will serve as seed funding for the Preserving Black Churches Project. The first recipient is St. James…

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Newsweek

$20 million donated to preserve, rebuild historic Black churches across U.S.

The Preserve Black Churches Project was officially announced on Monday to coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

2 years ago·United States

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MY Northwest

Fund to preserve, assist Black churches gets $20M donation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20 million donation that will go to help congregations including one that was slammed during the tornado that killed more than 20 people in Mayfield, Kentucky, last month.Lilly Endowment Inc., which supports religious, educational and charitable causes, contributed the money to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund as seed f…

2 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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Fund to preserve, assist Black churches gets $20M donation

A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20 million donation that will go to help congregations including one that was slammed during the tornado that killed more than 20 people in Mayfield, Kentucky, last month.Lilly Endowment Inc., which supports religious, educational and charitable causes, contributed the money to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund as seed funding for the Preservin…

2 years ago·Miami, United States

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