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Black Squirrel
Black Squirrel is a Philadelphia-based organization that connects small businesses, particularly underserved Black and Brown enterprises, to essential resources and capital, aiming to foster business improvement and neighborhood revitalization.
Overview
What Black Squirrel does
What Black Squirrel is
Black Squirrel is a Philadelphia-based organization that connects small businesses, particularly underserved Black and Brown enterprises, to essential resources and capital, aiming to foster business improvement and neighborhood revitalization.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2019
- Approximate age
- About 7 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 10, 2026
Official channels
Find Black Squirrel elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Black Squirrel as a community
Community overview
Black Squirrel is an organization based in Philadelphia, PA, that focuses on business improvement and neighborhood revitalization. It was created to connect businesses with the necessary resources and service providers to help them scale. The organization aims to accelerate change by engaging with business, community, and organizational ecosystems in partnership with various stakeholders.
Community focus
Black Squirrel provides services aimed at small to medium-sized businesses, including business assessment through its proprietary tool, BizScoreline, real estate development and funding, particularly through the RiSE R/E Accelerator, which supports Black and Brown developers, and community and impact investment by connecting capital to neighborhoods for local development and revitalization.
Member value
Members benefit from access to resources, training, coaching, and capital to support their business growth and community impact initiatives.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Corporate Innovators
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community and bootcamp
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Notable members
Kevin Williams - Chief Executive Officer, James Burnett - Chief Strategic Design Officer, Thomas Webster - Chief Program Officer.
Common questions
What to know about Black Squirrel
Upseed classifies Black Squirrel under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 10, 2026
Known limits
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