Bree Jones

Named in honor of the first Black woman to charter a bank in the U.S. and serve as its president, the award celebrates the achievements of women in the U.S. who are economically empowering their communities and shaping a more inclusive world for all.

The 2023 award recipients are working to expand equitable access to capital for entrepreneurs and increase affordable home ownership opportunities, particularly for people in historically redlined neighborhoods.

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Named in honor of the first Black woman to charter a bank in the U.S. and serve as its president, the award celebrates the achievements of women in the U.S. who are economically empowering their communities and shaping a more inclusive world for all.

The 2023 award recipients are working to expand equitable access to capital for entrepreneurs and increase affordable home ownership opportunities, particularly for people in historically redlined neighborhoods.

“This year’s recipients exemplify the spirit of Maggie Lena Walker’s legacy and are building innovative solutions for increasing access to capital and revitalizing communities,” said Franz Paasche, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, PayPal. “Over the past three years, we have recognized 12 outstanding recipients. I am proud to see how this recognition has helped fuel their work and brought positive impact to communities across the country.”

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AFROTECH™ Future 50 honors outstanding achievements in technology and innovation.

Join us in celebrating the 2023 honorees who are advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and innovation through their career endeavors.

The Ashoka Fellowship is one of the world's most prestigious fellowships for global leading social entrepreneurs and change makers. Ashoka Fellows champion innovative new ideas that transform society’s systems, providing benefits for everyone and improving the lives of millions of people. Ashoka recognized Bree as a fellow in 2022.

The TED Fellows program provides transformational support to a global community of over 500 remarkable individuals who are collaborating across disciplines to spark future-shaping change around the world.

Open Society Institute-Baltimore is intensely focused on creating transformative change on the local level that can inform transformation in the U.S. and around the world. Their mission is to disrupt the long-standing legacy of structural racism in Baltimore by supporting powerful social change movements led by and centering the needs, interests, and voices of historically marginalized communities and communities of color.

The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) Fellowship awards three individuals to turn an inspired idea in the field of social justice into a reality. The program is designed for emergent leaders who have limited access to institutional philanthropy and whose work is traditionally underfunded.