Hello Giving Black Family, 

Here is our final series of conversations to honour Black Philanthropy Month 2025 and celebrate our theme: Sankofa: Remember, Reclaim, Rise! 

I sit down with my dear friend, Brother Christopher Beck, Associate Director of Individual and Planned Giving at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia—one of a few Black male fundraisers that I know, and a Member Spotlight of African American Development Officers Network (AADO). 

As I often reflect, every time I speak with Brother Christopher, I never want the conversation to end. His knowledge is deep, his perspective wide, and his generosity and love for Black philanthropy is palpable. 

Brother Christopher shares powerful insights on Black philanthropy as both tradition and strategy. He highlights the need to recognize our everyday acts of generosity as philanthropy. Education about wealth-building tools, including investments and land ownership, combined with sophisticated philanthropic vehicles such as Charitable Remainder Trusts and Charitable Lead Trusts are necessary and important philanthropic resources and tools within the African American landscape of generosity.

Black philanthropy through the lens of Sankofa: is about building stronger communities. Drawing from the example of his father’s daily acts of sharing, Brother Christopher reminds us that wealth is deeply connected to generosity: “We’ve gotta get dirt in our name" to be secure in our philanthropy. 

This conversation is both a celebration and a call to action—an inspiring close to our Sankofa series.

To Connect with Christopher Beck you can reach him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbeckone/ 

Philanthropy Is The Heartbeat Of The World!

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