A coalition of community-led organizations building a better Chicago.
Brilliance & Excellence brings together, empowers, and mobilizes young people across Chicago's most impacted neighborhoods.
BE is the collective.
Brilliance & Excellence (BE) is a coalition of community-led non-profit organizations with a common mission: to bring together, empower, and mobilize young people to enhance Chicago and bring forth a better tomorrow. Anyone can help do this work, and we welcome partners of every background to the table.
We are the backbone of MBK Chicago-President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative-stewarded citywide across 17 priority neighborhoods.
Over 300 years of service. 100,000+ hours in community.
Our commitment has been unwavering in supporting youth across our communities. The collective's leaders have been doing the work for decades-long before it was funded, and long before it was fashionable.
Become a BE verified organization or donor.
Share in the commitment of growing a better Chicago. Whether you're an organization on the ground, a corporate funder, or a neighbor with hours to give-there's a role for you at the table.
