--- title: "Black Lives Matter Gains Management Support with New Partnership" id: "34884" type: "post" slug: "black-lives-matter-gains-management-support-with-new-partnership" published_at: "2016-09-07T22:15:02+00:00" modified_at: "2026-11-09T16:46:54+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2016/09/07/black-lives-matter-gains-management-support-with-new-partnership/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2016/09/07/black-lives-matter-gains-management-support-with-new-partnership.md" excerpt: "The quickly growing Black Lives Matter movement is getting strong support through a new collaboration with the International Development Exchange, a social-justice group that has supported similar movements for decades." taxonomy_category: - "Fundraising" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "donation" - "Fundraising" - "Leadership" - "nonprofit" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" - "C-Level" - "Executive Team" taxonomy_persona: - "Executive Leadership" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Black Lives Matter Gains Management Support with New Partnership #BlackLivesMatter is strengthening its power—in the back office. This week, the [Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLM) (opens in a new tab)](http://blacklivesmatter.com/) [announced it was partnering (opens in a new tab)](http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-black-lives-matter-charity-20160906-snap-story.html) with the [International Development Exchange (IDEX) (opens in a new tab)](https://www.idex.org/blog/2016/09/idex-and-black-lives-matter-announce-global-partnership/) to help support its rapid growth and future goals. IDEX will provide fiduciary oversight, financial management, and other staff and administrative services to BLM. In addition, as a 501(c)(3) public charity, IDEX can receive grants and tax-deductible donations and gifts on behalf of BLM. By turning management of its financial affairs over to IDEX, BLM says, it can focus on building local chapters and its overall organizational structure. BLM has agreed to make a donation in support of IDEX’s grassroots partners in Zimbabwe and South Africa, in lieu of paying an administrative fee for the charity’s support. Another key aspect of the agreement, [according to a press release (opens in a new tab)](https://www.idex.org/blog/2016/09/idex-and-black-lives-matter-announce-global-partnership/) , is providing learning exchange and alliance-building opportunities for BLM and IDEX’s grassroots partners across the globe. “We needed to partner with an organization who can support us as we build these connections on a global scale,” BLM cofounder Alicia Garza said in the press release. The new alliance offers mutual benefit by boosting both organizations’ missions. “We believe that people’s movements around the world have much to learn from each other, and we value our role in connecting them,” said IDEX Executive Director Rajasvini Bhansali. Garza also hopes to learn from global movements that IDEX is connected to. IDEX [has backed more than 500 activist groups (opens in a new tab)](https://www.idex.org/about/) around the world in the last 30 years, reportedly affecting 1.5 million people. While BLM [is not representative (opens in a new tab)](https://www.colorlines.com/articles/why-its-dangerous-lump-all-black-activists-under-black-lives-matter-banner) of all #BlackLivesMatter demonstrators and organizers, this partnership shows how a grassroots movement, with chapters in about 40 U.S. cities and some abroad, can develop into a structured organization at a time when donations are coming in. For example, last month, the BLM-affiliated Movement for Black Lives [announced it was working to raise $100 million (opens in a new tab)](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/black-lives-matter-partners-charity-sign-growth-41885761) from several organizations. Black Lives Matter protesters shown protesting at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal last year. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) [Patrick deHahn](https://associationsnow.com/author/patrick-dehahn/) Patrick deHahn is a contributor to Associations Now. 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