100 Black Men-Greater Beaumont
Association / Organization in Beaumont, TX
- Address
- 700 North St, Beaumont, TX, 77701
- Phone
- (409) 832-6543
- Website
- 100bmgb.org
About 100 Black Men-Greater Beaumont
100 Black Men of Greater Beaumont specializes in leadership development and mentoring for grade-school and college-bound youth in the greater Beaumont, Texas area. Its flagship Youth Leadership & Mentoring Academy is designed to help middle and high school boys build confidence, compassion, and the practical skills needed to become capable community leaders. The organization organizes its work around the national 100 Black Men framework of four pillars: mentoring, education, health and wellness, and economic empowerment, translating each into concrete local programming rather than abstract goals. A significant part of its work involves financial support for secondary and higher education, helping remove cost as a barrier for students pursuing college. The chapter partners with the Southeast Texas Nonprofit Development Center and other regional organizations to extend its reach and share resources across the nonprofit community. Programming is built around sustained, one-on-one and small-group mentoring relationships rather than one-time events, with volunteer members serving as consistent role models for participating students throughout the school year. The organization also engages in community fundraising and awareness initiatives, such as its "Four For The Future" program, to sustain scholarship and mentoring funding. Its work sits within the broader context of Beaumont's Black community history and civic life, aiming to build a pipeline of educated, confident young leaders equipped to give back to the same neighborhoods that raised them.
100 Black Men of Greater Beaumont, Inc. is the local Beaumont, Texas chapter of the national 100 Black Men of America network, which was founded in 1963 in New York City by a group of Black professional men committed to improving conditions in their communities through direct mentorship of young people. The Beaumont chapter adapted that mission to Southeast Texas, focusing on grade-school and college-bound youth in the Beaumont area. Registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the chapter built its programming around the national motto "What They See Is What They'll Be," emphasizing visible role models as the core mechanism of change. Over the years it has developed its Youth Leadership & Mentoring Academy and forged partnerships with regional nonprofit support organizations to expand its scholarship and mentoring capacity across the greater Beaumont community.
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