# Living on purpose: How Floyd Jones builds community and raised $2M for Black-led nonprofits

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Podcast: [RKD Group: Thinkers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rkd-group-thinkers-239730)
Published: 2025-11-06T15:11:06+00:00
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## Resource

As the child of immigrants from West Africa, Floyd Jones recalls going back home to visit and seeing people lined up outside his family’s house, knowing his parents were always there to offer resources and work. So helping others has always been “part of my DNA,” Jones says. Fast forward to today, Jones is a speaker, a coach and a community builder. The founder of BackBlack, he’s raised over $2 million for black-led nonprofits. He is a catalyst for change, and energizes everyone in his vicinity. In this episode of “RKD Group: Thinkers,” Floyd chats about how music and movement-building shaped his approach to fundraising and why he treats AI as an amplifier, not a replacement, for human connection.

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