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Moving Black America Forward
America’s First Chamber of Commerce Specifically For Black Students Ages 9 to 24!
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Noir Black Business Clubs
Free Clubs & Online Programming for Black College, High School, Middle School, and Elementary School Students Ages 9 to 24
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Black Community Trauma Program
Mental Health & Black Community Trauma Programming
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BLACK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITY (CDE)
Rebuilding Communities Through New Market Tax Credit Investments
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NOIR ACE OF SPADES JACKPOT
National Weekly Online Social Media Drawing
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Noir Black Lending CDFI
Black Access to Business and Consumer Loans & Financial Education
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Noir Black Realty
Residential, Commercial, Rent-To-Own, Property Management, Corporate Services, Real Estate Investing
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Noir Black Real Estate School
National Online Real Estate School Platform & Continued Education Courses
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KPI New Housing Development
Building Single Family & Multi-Family Housing
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inSPIRE Black Louisville Magazine
Showcasing Positive Black Lifestyles
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Become A TeleMentor
Mentor Students Via Online 30-Minute Sessions
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HOUSEARAMA
A Showcasing Event Of Multiple Newly Built & Renovated Homes For Sale
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NOIR BOARD MEMBERS & SPONSORS
Become A Board Member Or Corporate Sponsor
JOIN OUR EFFORTS
"To Move Black America Forward"
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WHO WE ARE

Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc. is a national 501(c)(3) Economic Development Organization headquartered in Louisville Kentucky, which is focused on “Moving Black America Forward” through the creation of innovative programming that will lead to economic and social mobility for Black Americans. Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc. is unique in that it is the first U.S. Chamber of Commerce to specifically focus on business education and professional skills learning earlier for black youth ages 9 to 24.

The Chamber’s primary focus is on 10 Pillars, which are critical to the future success of Black America. The first 4 Pillars are centered around Business Education and support for black youth and adult entrepreneurs to “Start, Small black businesses to “Grow”, mid-size black businesses to “Sustain” and black corporate professionals to “Rise”.

 The remaining 6 Pillars are centered on systemic economic and social issues affecting the black community and their “Root Causes”, which include programming centered on Black Community Trauma Therapy Education, Black Youth Higher Professional Career Attainment, Non-College-Bound Youth Apprenticeships and Job Training, Welfare Reform, Homeownership, and Black Talent Corporate Placement. 

About Noir

Our Programs

Noir-Black-Lending-CDFI

Black Access to Business and Consumer Loans; Financial Education

Noir Black Lending CDFI

A separate nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Community Development Loan Fund created by Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc. to provide credit builder and small dollar consumer loans to Kentucky’s Black/African American population and other unbankable individuals in need of loans for critical living needs.

Noir Black Business Clubs

Free Clubs; Online Programming for Black College, High School, Middle School, and Elementary School Students Ages 9 to 24

Noir Black Business Clubs

A primary programming initiative of Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc. created to engage Black students ages 9 to 24 in business education and professional skills learning earlier, in the hope of increasing the number of successful Black entrepreneurs and Black corporate professionals overtime. The program is focused on establishing Noir Black Business Clubs on college and university campuses across Kentucky, as well as creating online clubs for high school, middle school, and elementary school kids.

Become a Telementor

Professionals Mentor Students Via Online 30-Minute Sessions

Become A TeleMentor

An initiative created to support the Noir Black Business Clubs students by connecting them to professional mentors through an online mentoring platform that minimizes time for the student and mentor.

Noir Black Community Trauma Program

Mental Health; Black Community Trauma Programming

Noir Black Community Trauma Program

A primary programming initiative for Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc. created as a “preventive” measure to engage Black youth early in community trauma arts therapy education to all ow then to learn how to identify, work-through, and move past various types of personal and generational traumas.

Noir Community Development Entity (CDE)

Rebuilding Black Communities Through New Market Tax Credit Investments

Noir Black Community Development Entity (CDE)

Rebuilding Black Communities Through New Market Tax Credit Investments

Noir KPI Housing Development

Building Single-Family; Multi-Family Housing

KPI Housing Development

Kentucky Poverty Initiative Inc. (KIP) is a separate 501c3 housing development organization under Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc., which is focused on the building of single and multi-family housing in low-income areas to help meet the growing need for affordable housing for low-to-moderate families.

Noir Realty

Residential, Commercial, Rent-To-Own, Property Management, Corporate Services, Real
Estate Investing

Noir Black Realty Inc.

Noir Realty Inc. is a for-profit real estate entity under Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc., which is focused on moving more Black families towards homeownership, thought providing guidance to interested homeowners on processes and funding opportunity available to them.

Noir Black Real Estate

National Online Real Estate School Platform; Continued Education Courses

Noir Black Real Estate School

The Noir Black Real Estate School initiative is a national online real estate licensing platform created by Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc. to increase the number of Black real estate agents across the country. The platform offers students affordable real estate educational licensing pricing, and continued education sessions to maintain licenses.

Noir Black Community Trauma Program

Open the door with homebuyer education

Noir eHome America HUD Homebuyer Certificate Course

The Noir eHome America Homebuyer HUD Certificate Course provides potential homebuyers access to required training for homebuyers to obtain additional funding to use for downpayment assistance and for specific loans.

Noir Ace of Spades Lottery

Play To Win National Weekly Online Jackpot Drawing! The Winner Gets Half; The Other
Half Supports Educational Programming. “A Win-Win For All”

Noir Ace of Hearts Jackpot!

Funds raised will go towards development and programming support for the Noir Black Business Clubs initiative.

Noir Realty

The Showcasing of Black Positive Lifestyles and Successes Across America Through the
Black Lens

inSPIRE Black Louisville Magazine

A Louisville-focused black positive lifestyle magazine created to inspire young black youth, uplift black adults, and educate other ethnic groups on positive black lifestyles

Noir Black Real Estate

A showcasing event of multiple newly built and renovated homes for sale in up-and-coming revitalizing neighborhoods across America

Housearama ©

A homeownership and community revitalization program centered around showcasing events in Spring, Summer, and Fall of newly renovated and new built homes in overlooked up-and-coming neighborhoods in Louisville to spur revitalization of West and South Louisville disinvested neighborhoods.

Donations and Support

Board Members, Donors & Sponsors

Corporate Memberships & Corporate or Individual Sponsorships

In Order To Accomplish Our Mission To “Move Black America Forward,” Funding Through Various Giving Channels Are Needed.

Noir Realty

Connect with City Black Businesses!

By Black City Guides

There is something special about every city. ByBlack, in partnership with local African American Chambers of Commerce, have launched curated City Guides of some of our favorite Black-owned businesses across the country. Connect with City Black Businesses and Black Businesses Can Get Registered!

John Howard Shaw-woo
Our Executives
John Howard Shaw-Woo
John Howard Shaw-Woo
Founder & CEO, Noir Black Chamber Of Commerce Inc.
"In order to change the negative trajectory of Black America, We must invest in our next black generation"