BlacQuity
Volunteers at the Roots & Rivers Festival in Bluffton

Support Black Entrepreneurs. Strengthen Local Business.

Across the South Carolina Lowcountry, BlacQuity works with Black business owners. We run the training, open the door to capital, and make the introductions.

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Building Economic Equity Through Entrepreneurship

BlacQuity is a nonprofit serving Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Colleton counties. We run a 12-week business school, walk owners through lenders and grant applications, and keep a network of people who pick up the phone for each other.

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Support a business, build your own, or fund the work.

Support Business

Find a Black-owned business near you, then go spend your money there.

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Build Business

Twelve weeks of classroom work and one-on-one coaching, one cohort at a time.

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Fund Equity

Put money behind the cohorts, the coaching hours and the pitch nights.

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Black Equity University cohort

“I now know my business and feel confident about it.”

QuinNett Williams · Hampton County · BEU Graduate

Build a Stronger Business with BEU

Black Equity University runs 12 weeks. Classroom sessions, one-on-one coaching, and a cohort that keeps meeting long after the last night. It is built for owners who already have a business and want it to hold up.

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Real Results For
Entrepreneurs

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100+
Entrepreneurs Served
BEU cohort at graduation
41
Businesses Launched or Scaled
BEU cohort in a working session
BEU graduates celebrating
70%
Women-Led Businesses
BlacQuity entrepreneurs at a cohort event
70%
Generating Revenue After Program
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Entrepreneur Stories

Meet the founders building something that lasts.

In the Lowcountry, BEU graduates have turned coursework into payroll, storefronts, and wealth their kids will inherit. Meet a few of them.

BEU helped me recognize my business deficiencies that stifle growth and ways to resolve them. It established network opportunities with other entrepreneurs and provided invaluable resources to next level my business. BEU Graduate · Follow-Up Survey
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Every dollar goes to the work.

Give once, sponsor a program, or partner with us. Your support puts money directly into local Black-owned businesses.

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Send referrals, share programming, or build a hiring pipeline with us.

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