Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation - Building power to advance racial equity across the American South Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Building power to advance racial equity across the American South Home Building power to advance racial equityacross the American South The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation partners with organizations and networks working to alleviate poverty and increase social and economic justice in 11 Southern states. We support groups building power to advance racial equity along three primary pathways democracy and civic engagement supportive policies and institutions and economic opportunity. From grantmaking to investing communications and organizational culture we are committed to centering a raceforward intersectional analysis in everything we do. Established in 1953 with a 12 million bequest from Mary Reynolds Babcock in its early days the Foundation supported historically black colleges and universities grassroots advocacy groupsvoter education and government accountability work a unique legacy for Southern family philanthropy.