Advice from Mary Black Foundation Senior Program Director Natalia Valenzuela Swanson was recently promoted to Senior Program Director. Natalia joined the Foundation team in 2015 and previously served as the Health Eating and Active Living Program Director.  Natalia earned her...

Happy New Year! A note from Mary Black Foundation President & CEO, Molly Talbot-Metz. The Mary Black Foundation would like to wish you a happy and healthy 2024! As we begin the new year, we want to take a...

Contributor: Lynne Shackleford, Spartanburg Academic Movement Director of Communications Over the last decade, Spartanburg stakeholders have led innovative, cross-sector strategies that have translated into real results for our residents, including increased economic growth, dramatically reducing teen births, and improved...

We invite you to imagine two moments. The first is hard, because we’d like you to recall a moment when you felt out of place. And the second is pleasurable, because we ask you to imagine a time you...

In 2018, the Mary Black Foundation invested over $3 million in grants and special initiatives through its three funding areas: Early Childhood Development, Healthy Eating and Active Living, and the Community Health Fund. 

To quote Steve Jobs, “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” When you walk into the doors of Whitlock Flexible Learning Center, one thing is clear, the staff love what they do.  Caring...