Higher Purpose

Black-led Higher Purpose Co seeks to build community wealth with Black residents in Mississippi by promoting ownership of financial, cultural and political power. RSF supported the organization with a $100,000 loan guaranty in 2020 to enable more loans to Black women entrepreneurs; the $50,000 grant from the Racial Justice Collaborative contributes to HPC’s $1 million capital campaign for phase one of its new headquarters, designed to serve as a hub for Black entrepreneurs, farmers and artists in the Delta. The building will house HPC offices, mission-aligned business tenants, a food hall, retail, a civil rights museum, a creative learning lab and a theater.