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Devin contributes through his named role on the foundation’s board.
Berkshire County · Nonprofit partnership
Blackshires Foundation
Local leadership.
Collective possibility.
Supporting BIPOC leadership, civic participation, and community-led projects in Berkshire County.
Our role
Board participation & digital support
Blackshires lists Reaction Foundry founder Devin Shea as a board member and credits Team R3SET with building its website. The foundation’s work is led by the Blackshires team, participants, and community partners.
Why we’re invested
More people should have the support to shape their community.
The connection is to a central Foundry idea: relationships, practical systems, and shared resources can help people move from an intention to collective action. Blackshires applies that idea through community-rooted leadership.
The work in focus
Support visibility
Team R3SET provides the credited website work that helps people find the foundation and its programs.
Connect the work
The partnership sits within a wider network of community development initiatives.
Impact & progress
Leadership backed by skills and resources.
40+program graduates
$100k+fellowship & completion grants
Blackshires reports more than 40 graduates and over $100,000 in fellowship and completion grants across the three years described on its leadership program page. These are program-wide results reported by Blackshires, not outcomes attributed solely to Reaction Foundry.
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