The Concord Baptist Church of Christ

 The Christ Fund

Established in 1988, the Christ Fund was established to support the uplift of Central Brooklyn’s neighborhoods and people.  It was the first such fund created by an African American congregation, and it was made possible by the sacrificial and faithful giving of the people of Concord Church.  We believe that Christ makes the difference! 

The Christ Fund provides grants to organizations that are working to make a difference in the lives of people.  Funded at one million dollars, the Christ Fund gives away its annual interest through a process that is led by a Board of Governors.  The Board receives and evaluates proposals from community organizations and makes it recommendations to the congregation, which then votes.  Grants are presented publicly each year during the worship service which celebrates the birthday of the late civil rights leader and Baptist pastor, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

A sampling of grants made from 2001 -2010 includes the following:

The Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps

The Center for Law and Social Justice of Medgar Evers College*

The NAACP, Brooklyn Branch*

Dynamic Recovery Services

Project Reach Youth

Habitat for Humanity

Women’s League of Science and Medicine

Girls Incorporated of New York City

The Ladson Foundation

The Society for Weeksville and the Preservation of Bedford Stuyvesant History

Ifetayo Cultural Center

Leah House

The Billie Holiday Theater

Concord Community Development Corporation

The Fund for Theological Education

Bedford Central Community Development Corporation

DELBAC, Inc

Hope for a Better Life

Bedford Stuyvesant Lions Club

DeVry Institute

Discretionary Grants

The Eyes of the Prize Documentary Series (Part I)

Habitat for Humanity

*Grants marked with an asterisk denote the total of multiple grants made to an organization.

Contact Information: 

Ms. Lisa Bing, Chair

Board of Governors

The Concord Christ Fund

The Concord Baptist Church of Christ

833 Gardner C. Taylor Boulevard 

Brooklyn, NY  11216 

(718) 622-1818