BBCF's History

Our History

The Black Belt Community Foundation was born from a merging of two separate efforts. One effort was led by Dr. Carol P. Zippert, vice president of the Babcock Foundation Board, co-publisher of the Greene County Democrat, and director of the Society of Folk Arts and Culture. As a board member of the Babcock Foundation, Zippert participated in a conference sponsored by the Council on Foundations in New River Valley , VA , in 1998. At that gathering, a special presentation was made by the newly formed Community Foundation of the New River Valley . Zippert was so impressed by the possibilities of a community foundation she immediately returned to the Alabama Black Belt intent on organizing a community foundation.