WE'RE THE FIRST
U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FOR BLACK YOUTH AGED 9 TO 24.

Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc., a nationally recognized 501(c)(3) economic development organization and certified Community Development Entity (CDE) under the U.S. Department of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc. is the only U.S. Chamber of Commerce exclusively dedicated to serving and engaging Black youth aged 9 to 24. The Chamber provides early business education, professional skills training, Black Community Trauma education, and connects youth to internships, job training, apprenticeship programs, mentoring, and more, with the goal of increasing the number of successful Black entrepreneurs, skilled workers, and corporate professionals over time.

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The organization’s mission is to "Move Black America Forward" through innovative programming, including the establishment of Noir Black Business Clubs on college campuses nationwide, Noirbbc Clubs in major cities for both college and non-college Black youth aged 18-24, and the national launch of the free Noirbbc Clubs App 18-24, which engages Black youth in online educational programming. Efforts are underway to move to Phase Two of Four with the launch of the Noirbbc Clubs High School Initiative, followed by Noirbbc Clubs for Middle School, and, lastly, Noirbbc Clubs for Elementary School youth. His work emphasizes economic and social mobility, trauma-informed mental health education, and fostering entrepreneurship, professional skills, and career readiness among Black youth.

In addition to empowering young individuals, the Chamber’s CDE arm, works to identify large-scale economic development projects planned in low-income census tract areas, where it advocates for New Market Tax Credits financing to support transformative projects that create jobs, revitalize disinvested neighborhoods, and promote long-term economic growth in underserved communities.