Impact Report: A Decade of Risk, Urgency and Momentum

In 2008, the Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA) was launched under the auspices of the Open Society Foundations (OSF). Although it was originally intended to be just a three-year campaign focusing on improving the life outcomes for Black men and boys, the leadership of OSF responded to the initial national impact of CBMA and lifted the three-year term limit. Since its launch, CBMA has focused on supporting leaders who have been committed to Black men and boys for generations, and has contributed to the development of new organizations and a new group of leaders. In 2015, CBMA spun off from the Open Society Foundations into an independent entity to ensure its sustained work of leaders on the ground. Since its spin-off, CBMA increased its efforts to chart a courageous way forward with its strategic framework, which sits at the intersection of movement and field building—supporting leaders on the ground while amplifying and catalyzing Black Male Achievement around the country.