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Together We Live: Making Room for Neurodivergent Families

By NBA Cares | March 18, 2026

People think and function in different ways. Traditional approaches have seen conditions like ADHD, autism, or dyslexia as diagnoses that need to be cured. However, in recent years, a more…

Meet NBA’s 2026 SENT Cohort Members!

By NBA Cares | February 6, 2026

Leadership development, healing spaces, and empowerment for Black men, women and girls of African American, Indigenous, and diasporic descent; access to sensory-centered STEM opportunities and products designed for hard of…

The Power of Connection

By NBA Cares | November 24, 2025

As part of our year-end giving campaign this year, we’re looking at ways that NBA brings justice to life every day, through clarity, courage, and creativity. Between now and the…

2025 SENT Seminar: Embodying God’s Dream For Justice, Belonging, and Flourishing

By NBA Cares | September 30, 2025

NBA’s Social Entrepreneurship program recently hosted the 2025 SENT Seminar. This year’s theme was “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Building Impactful Futures.” Throughout the two-week event a variety of experts discussed challenges…

NBA Announces Members of the Fifth SENT Cohort

By NBA Cares | March 19, 2025

The National Benevolent Association is pleased to announce the members of the 2025 Social Entrepreneurship (SENT) Cohort. Launched in 2021 by NBA’s Social Entrepreneurship program, the SENT Cohort is a…

imPACT Fellows Celebrate Early Achievements

By NBA Cares | December 18, 2024

The NBA Social Entrepreneurship team is excited about the launch of our pilot imPACT Fellowship, onboarding two exceptional fellows dedicated to advancing social entrepreneurship within historically marginalized or under-resourced communities…

Health & Social Service Partner New Communion Reflects on the Impact of Working with NBA

By NBA Cares | February 28, 2024

New Communion is a mobile market and pantry nonprofit covering the Piedmont Triad region (Winston Salem, Greensboro, and High Point) in North Carolina. Led by Rev. David Harrison, their mission…

Camp Sunflower Provides a Place for LGBTQ+ Youth to Soar

By NBA Cares | September 1, 2023

In 2018, Camp Sunflower launched in Wichita, Kansas to serve as a safe place for young people of all sexual orientations and gender identities to connect with others, develop leadership skills, and…

NBA Welcomes Two Social Entrepreneur Cohort Members as Incubate Partners

By NBA Cares | July 21, 2023

The National Benevolent Association’s Social Entrepreneurship program is proud to welcome two new social enterprises to our lineup of Incubate Partners. Like all NBA Incubate partners, these organizations are Disciples-related health and social…

Meet the 2023 Social Entrepreneur Cohort

By NBA Cares | January 23, 2023

The National Benevolent Association is proud to announce the 2023 Social Entrepreneurship Cohort. Launched in 2021, the SENT cohort is part of NBA’s Social Entrepreneurship Program led by Rev. Darnell Fennell and Rev.…