Black Empowerment Works promotes Black self-determination, social mobility and economic prosperity by providing resources and funding to community-based, Black-led work.

Reviewers are responsible for upholding the vision of Black Empowerment Works by recommending the work to receive funding.

We are glad you are interested in taking part! The following questions will be used to help us select a diverse and engaged reviewer pool with representation across age, race/ethnicity, gender, geography, experience and perspective.

Note: this application may take anywhere from 20 - 45 minutes to complete.

The application closes June 5 at 11:59p.m. ET.

Visit the Black Empowerment Works site for more information. If you have any questions, comments, concerns or need support, do not hesitate to reach out to us at black-led@uwgc.org or 513.762.7233

This section aims to give us some more information about your experiences and perspective. There are no right or wrong answers. Use as many or as few words as you need to respond to the questions.

Signing up to be a reviewer includes a commitment of time and resources. All reviewers will participate in:

• Training
• Written application reviews
• Discussions with fellow reviewers
• Grantee/Reviewer conversations

We are seeking to select a diverse reviewer pool., and the following demographic questions include areas of diversity we are looking to include. For the following questions, choose the response that best fits. You can select "prefer not to say" if you are not comfortable sharing.