Nonpartisan Voter Education Program. Throughout the winter of 1993 and into the spring of 1994, NCBW/CSF joined the South Africa Free Elections Fund and the Fund for a Free South Africa in a fund-raising campaign to support nonpartisan voter education and participation among South Africa’s electorate. NCBW chapters across the nation raised money in a variety of ways. To bolster these efforts the national office entered into a partnership with Danny Glover during March 1994. The vehicle used to raise funds in six cities was BOPHA!, a film starring Glover and Alfre Woodard. Each effort was spearheaded by a chapter president, with overall direction provided by National.

Over the past 16 years, NCBW has received numerous in-kind donations. For example, the Colgate-Palmolive Company provided office space for $1 a year for almost two years; Tiffany & Co., the Candace Awards for five years; Phelps-Stokes Fund, office space, including utilities, for six years (1981–86); and Philip Morris, printing and postage for four years (1979–82).

Civil Institute For Women of Color: Funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation in 1998 for more than $250,000, Phase I—design and development—of this two-year initiative addressed the economic well-being of women of color through leadership training, experiential learning, public-policy analysis and the development of new models of leadership that cross generational and cultural lines and that are gender-specific. A work group of multicultural women participated in the process of designing the Institute.

En-Gendering A Gender Agenda: This initiative addresses the gender aspects of economic, educational and health-related issues. Funded by the Shell Oil Company Foundation in the year 2000 for $175,000 over a three-year period, it calls for the inclusion of a gender dimension in all NCBW programs, both national and local. The first program around this initiative took place in Palm Beach, Florida, in July of 2000 and the second one in Los Angeles, California, in January 2001. A panel of experts addressed the gender dimensions related to the foregoing issues.

NCBW Legislative Days: On March 28–29, 2001, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women held two round-table discussions on Capitol Hill to advocate for legislation under consideration by the 107th Congress, that supports NCBW’s national resolutions on health and economic development. Cosponsored by Congresswoman Julia Carson (D-IN) and Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), the meetings were well attended and successful in launching a national legislative advocacy agenda that will allow our voices to be heard and our presence felt on the Hill.