Community Partnerships

Cash App and Atlanta Dream: Elevating Women’s Sports and Empowering Communities

Cash App’s partnership with professional women’s basketball team, the Atlanta Dream, is a collaboration that embodies our shared commitment to financial inclusion and economic empowerment.

Still Here for LA: Square and Cash App Commit $3M to Local Rebuilding Efforts

Square and Cash App are announcing a $3M direct commitment to LA sellers, to help these businesses and their communities rebuild long-term.

Square Financial Services Launches Grant Initiative to Drive Community Development in Utah

Calling all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations focused on community development in Utah: the application window for the 24 Squared grant initiative is now open.

Partner Profiles: Hannah Brennan — Scarf

In this installment of the series, we talk with Hannah Brennan, cofounder and CEO of Scarf, a community organization offering hospitality job training to young refugees and migrants in Australia.

Partner Profiles: Magnolia Perron and Zachary Pashe – ADAAWE Indigenous Business Hub

Learn about Block’s partnership with the ADAAWE Indigenous Business Hub in Ottawa, Canada.

A New Mural for Uptown Market

We talked with Timothy B, the artist behind the new mural in our Oakland Community Hub, commissioned by the Bay Area Mural Program (BAMP).

Partner Profiles: Melvin Coleman — Atlanta Black Chambers

In this installment of the Partner Profiles series, Melvin Coleman, CEO of the Atlanta Black Chambers (ABC), talks to us about ABC’s work and how it overlaps with Block’s purpose of economic empowerment.

Partner Profiles: Carolyn “CJ” Johnson — Black Cultural Zone

In the inaugural installment of Partner Profiles — a series that spotlights our community partners — Carolyn Johnson, CEO of Black Cultural Zone, talks to us about Oakland's Uptown Market and more.

Introducing Oakland’s Uptown Market

This month we opened Uptown Market, a retail space hosting local cultural markets on the ground floor of Oakland’s historic Uptown Station.

Making Space for the Oakland Community

In 2022, we opened the Oakland Community Space — a reservable event space where the local 501(c)3s can gather to work, collaborate, and celebrate.