Impact story · Land-retention grant
Helping families
keep their land
The Foundation administers a land-retention grant; the Coalition leads the outreach, education, and technical assistance it funds. The first workshop, “Keeping It in the Family: Protecting Black Family Land and Preserving Legacy,” reached 37 attendees at Penn Center on August 22, 2026.
- Funder
- Forest Landowner Stewardship & Community Resilience Fund
- First workshop
- August 22, 2026 · Penn Center
- Attendees
- 37
- Led by
- The Coalition, with Foundation grant administration
What the funding made possible
Funder, purpose, and the work completed
- Funder
- Forest Landowner Stewardship & Community Resilience Fund
- Purpose
- Help Black families and rural landowners protect family land, resolve heirs’ property, plan estates, and put land to productive use.
- Work completed
- First workshop delivered August 22, 2026 at Penn Center on St. Helena Island, covering heirs’ property, estate planning, forestry, conservation, mapping, land-management planning, and productive use of family land.
- People reached
- 37 attendees at the first workshop
- Status
- Workshops under way
Who does what. The Foundation, the Coalition’s charitable 501(c)(3) sister organization, secures and administers the grant. The South Carolina Black Farmers Coalition leads the farmer-facing work.
Measurable results
What has happened so far
- 1
37 farmers, landowners, and family members attended the first workshop.
- 2
Seven topics covered in one day: heirs’ property, estate planning, forestry, conservation, mapping, land-management planning, and productive use of family land.
- 3
One intake now connects any South Carolina landowner to the project team and a custom Landowner Resource Manual.
Next steps
What comes next
More workshops are planned; dates and registration are posted on the Coalition events page.
Landowners who could not attend can start with the Landowner Intake Form and receive the same follow-up.
For landowners
Start with one form.
You do not have to attend a workshop to get help. Complete the Landowner Intake Form and the project team will prepare a custom Landowner Resource Manual for your situation and follow up within 10 business days.
Program support
This program is supported through the Forest Landowner Stewardship and Community Resilience Fund, in collaboration with the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention (SFLR) Network and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities.
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