Baltimore Housing Justice Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - Thursday, September 26, 2013
Baltimore, MD
September 25 - 26, 2013 Baltimore , MD RSVP: lorraine@nfg.org Please join the ... to promote social and economic equity through affordable housing and community development in the Baltimore ... from across the country that are working on housing justice issues! We will provide ample opportunities to ...

Baltimore Uprisings

Resource type: 
Other
Tue, April 28, 2015
... hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] Baltimore is rising up to protest the police killing of ... efforts from our partners and members of Funders for Justice : ABFE circulated From Ferguson to Baltimore : We Must ... the Ground Think of the Uprising in Baltimore by Darnell L . Moore, April 28, 2015, Mic. Gang members: We did not make .....
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity

Housing Justice Solutions: Field & Funder Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Webinar
... Wood Johnson Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Family Housing Fund, McCune Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Common ... shared assessment of the work each group is moving around housing , development, and community. The convening also ... and joined an impactful learning tour with the Housing Justice League to learn more about the local solutions and ...

Shifting Resources Towards Permanently Affordable Housing

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, October 10, 2019 -
11:00am - 12:30pm
Webinar
A wave of housing solutions to protect, preserve, and build community ... How are funders supporting this ecosystem of housing justice strategies to build community power? Hear how funders ... , United Workers, co-chair of the Housing Roundtable in Baltimore Athena Bernkopf, Project Coordinator, East Harlem ...

Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political Moment

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, March 30, 2017 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... continue to build organizing strategies that address housing , displacement, and gentrification at the local, ... developing community land trusts, and financing affordable housing has had some success, but the demographics of many ... engaged in a range of social, economic and environmental justice organizations and fights in the Bay Area and ...

Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political Moment

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... continue to build organizing strategies that address housing , displacement, and gentrification at the local, ... developing community land trusts, and financing affordable housing has had some success, but the demographics of many ... and Slides: Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political ...

Webinar Recap of Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political Moment

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... continue to build organizing strategies that address housing , displacement, and gentrification at the local, ... developing community land trusts, and financing affordable housing has had some success, but the demographics of many ... engaged in a range of social, economic and environmental justice organizations and fights in the Bay Area and ...

Organizations Addressing Police Accountability and Racial Justice

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
... organizations addressing police accountability and racial justice . Please note that this list is in formation and is ... Assata's Daughters New York Audre Lorde Project New York Baltimore Algebra Project Maryland Baltimore Bloc Maryland ... other strategies and tactics that strengthen and protect housing rights, civil rights, food justice and gender .....

Convening in Crisis: Health, House, Race, Equity and Power

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, June 12, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
As millions of people peacefully protest for justice for George Floyd and the hundreds of lives lost by ... Democratizing Development Program hosted the Health, Housing , Race, Equity and Power Convening earlier this year ... and policy demands focused on quality affordable housing for all. Nonprofit and community leaders are ...

A Place to Call Home: Housing Policy Roundtable

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Webinar
A vital discussion of how the Housing Policy Playbook & the BREATHE Act can inform federal housing policy and what the Biden-Harris administration & ... do in the short and long term to reinvigorate housing justice . Register Button.png Presented by Shelterforce, ...

A Pivotal Moment for Racial Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/05/2015
... Officer of Ford Foundation 's Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice program, reflects on emerging opportunities for the ... pivotal moment, one filled with opportunity for the racial justice field. In ways we haven’t seen before, these ... that has compelled the White House and the Department of Justice to announce federal changes to policing practices, .....

Funding the Ecosystem: Organizing to Build Housing and Community Ownership Opportunities

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, September 17, 2020 -
11:00am - 12:30pm
Webinar
... tenants tirelessly organize with United Renters for Justice for racial justice , tenant protections, eviction ... on short and longer-term strategies to address affordable housing and community development solutions during the ... pandemic. Funding the Ecosystem: Organizing to Build Housing and Community Ownership Opportunities ...

Community Ownership and Land Trusts: Power-building Solutions for America’s Housing Crisis

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/08/2019
... a deeper dive on alternative land and community ownership housing models. The funder track was an impactful opportunity ... to support the movement for community control of land and housing . Community Visioning for Health, Housing , and Local ... focused on transportation, climate change, economic justice , and voter engagement. As they saw how much ...

Local Housing Solutions: Tackling a national problem on a local scale

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/14/2019
A growing number of places are grappling with housing affordability. As the problem spreads from famously ... for middle-income households. These trends have pushed housing affordability onto the national stage in an ... event held at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice to highlight the Local Housing Solutions platform. ...

Speak Out: Social Justice Advocacy for Private Foundations

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:15am
Webinar
... sure how to make the case for funding advocacy for social justice or equity? Uncertain whether you can fund grantees ... speak out on a particular policy issue such as affordable housing ? Private foundations have an important role to play ... foundation. Bolder Advocacy , a program of Alliance for Justice , will demystify Meyer’s advocacy work with a ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Field & Funder Convening explores strategies to resource transformative solutions to the US housing crisis

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, August 01, 2018
... align and move more resources to support housing justice efforts happening throughout the country. The ... narrative shift, a funder tour through Atlanta with the Housing Justice League , and deep discussion on the role of ...

Catalyzing a Movement for Health and Housing

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2019
... discussion on how philanthropy can invest in community housing solutions. Despite the large number of concurrent ... the room to dig deep into the urgent issue of equitable housing — and what role health funders can play in ... Program , were to mobilize health funders to invest in housing solutions and to get more funders to support ...

Unions, Activists Align on Affordable Housing

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
09/04/2014
... unions have forged a coalition with affordable housing activists to ratchet up pressure on Mayor Bill de ... for lower- and middle-income residents, a key tenet of the housing advocates' agenda and a departure from past practice ... that are 40% lower than normal union pay on affordable- housing projects in certain neighborhoods in Queens , .....
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Workers' Rights

Funders for Justice Announces Inaugural Advisory Committee of Field Leaders

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/05/2017
... we were founded three years ago, a pillar of Funders for Justice has always been close partnership and guidance from ... and as frontline staff for the Holistic Life Foundation, a Baltimore -based yoga and mindfulness program, and as a ... and Political Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and a dual master’s degree in Public ...
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Prisons/Detention Centers, Racial Justice, and the Environment in Rural Places

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, January 28, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... Group's Integrated Rural Strategies Group and Funders for Justice invite you to a webinar in which you’ll hear from ... all residents, centered on education, jobs, health, and housing — and an end to prisons and detention centers. ... Center for Law & Policy Prisons/Detention Centers, Racial Justice , and the Environment in Rural Places .....

Five Questions with Casey: Sophie Dagenais on the Baltimore Unrest and the Way Forward

News type: 
Member News
... 2015, By the Annie E. Casey Foundation As director of the Baltimore Civic Site team, Sophie Dagenais oversees Casey’s ... investment strategies and grant-making activities in Baltimore . She also advises the Foundation on investing in the East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative, a major community and ...

"Intersections of Justice in the Time of Coronavirus" by Cara Page & Eesha Pandit

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/25/2020
... Page and Eesha Pandit, who are part of the Funders for Justice community, and urges us to hold this moment for ... (e.g Iran sanctions ). We also know that the need for housing , electricity, clean water, and access to dignified ... as lack of access to dignified and quality health care and housing , a living wage, electricity, running water and ...

FJE 2018 Policy Briefing: Evolving Strategies for Worker Justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Washington, DC
... are the leading edge strategies toward worker and economic justice ? How can funders support these efforts? The Funders ... The crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice “; and the author of “ ‘They’re Bankrupting ... form the NYTWA. The 19,000-member-strong union fights for justice , rights, respect, and dignity for New York City’s ...

NFG 2018 National Convening — Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - Thursday, June 7, 2018
St. Louis, MO
... committed to racial, social, economic, and gender justice in the U.S. We shared models, strengthened ... Program at Shelter Rock since 2014, focusing on racial justice and economic equity. AMORETTA MORRIS | Director of ... Hyams Foundation MARIA MULKEEN Program Officer, Affordable Housing , Hyams Foundation TYLER NICKERSON Director of ...
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Health, Housing, Race, Equity and Power Funders Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Oakland, CA
... to protect renters and preserve and expand affordable housing . Yet, from rural to urban, and from hot to cool ... low-income individuals and families continue to struggle. Housing is one of the best-researched social determinants of health , and selected housing interventions for low-income and communities of color ...

NFG speaks with place-based funders on how they are using impact investing to further justice and equity

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/10/2019
... — not just 5% — to advance their place-based and justice -oriented missions. Last month, several Neighborhood ... and Chelsea, Massachusetts. In addition to its affordable housing PRIs, Hyams is exploring additional social, economic, ... utilizing PRIs, including two active loans to affordable housing loan funds. These investments are examples of using ...

Healing Justice Institute

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -
9:00am - 5:00pm
Seattle, WA
... on Health Philanthropy Hosted by NFG’s Funders for Justice Registration Cost: $250 Presented with support from ... Third Wave Fund, and Urgent Action Fund The Healing Justice Institute is an opportunity for grantmakers to ... learning and strategy institute about supporting healing justice at the intersections of racial justice and health ...

Shifting Gears for Racial Justice

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/08/2016
... field, culture, and conversation around issues of race and justice we have witnessed in the past year and a half. I ... group, which came together under the name Funders for Justice , continues to meet regularly in person and on calls, ... funders working on issues of police accountability, racial justice and criminalization in order to learn, coordinate and ...

Time to Invest for Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Rudi Navarra , Program Officer at The ... And last month, at NFG's "Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice " National Convening in St. Louis, Missouri, Ferguson ... Kayla Reed from the St. Louis Action Center and Electoral Justice Project at Movement for Black Lives reminded us in .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

VICTORY: HUD Program Changes to Reduce Foreclosures and Increase Affordable Housing

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
04/30/2015
... and the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) of HUD announced significant ... Blackstone is now the largest landlord of single-family housing in the country. Community groups have been calling ... modifications with principal reduction and an affordable housing plan for vacant properties. Instead, 90% of the ...

Rapid Response Racial Justice Fund

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/23/2015
... Hill Foundation have launched the Rapid Response Racial Justice Fund . The purpose of this fund is to address the ... at nonprofit community groups that are advancing racial justice and developing strategies to advance lasting systemic ... a donation, please visit this Rapid Response for Racial Justice Donation Page. For more information, please contact ...

Why We Move Money for Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Lorraine Ramirez , Senior Program Manager of NFG's Funders for Justice , talks about mobilizing resources for social change. ... change in St. Louis and around the world. Funders for Justice (FFJ) was honored to meet some of the leaders of the .....

Grassroots Racial Justice Funding Opportunities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Fri, December 16, 2016
... & Rights Collaborative Urgent Action Fund Criminal Justice Initiative Third Wave Fund Common Counsel Foundation ... Solidaire Network Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Ms. Foundation for Women Special Funds Created for ... Fund for Black Lives – Headwaters Foundation for Justice (Minneapolis) Rapid Response Fund – Foundation for ...

Healing Justice Institute - 4-Part Series

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - Saturday, August 15, 2020
Virtual
... to invite you to join us for the upcoming Funders for Justice (FFJ) Healing Justice Institute to deepen our understanding, build ... relationships, & coordinate strategy to resource healing justice . This virtual series will take place over the course ...

Seven Ways That Funders Can Support Racial Justice

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, June 27, 2014
... months ago I spoke to Eva Paterson, president of the Equal Justice Society , who described “disturbing trends in some ... a recent article that appeared in Moving Forward on Racial Justice Philanthropy , a new report from the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity. “Racial justice has been strengthened when individuals in foundations ...

Surdna Foundation Stepping Up for Racial Justice

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/14/2020
... in the United States guided by principles of social justice and distinguished by healthy environments, strong ... is stepping up, too. Meeting the Moment Racial and social justice has long been at the heart of every grant we make. ... Surdna is increasing its grantmaking for racial justice by approximately $36 million over the next three ...

Funders for Justice Meeting in New York City

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, June 12, 2015
New York, NY
... Foundation co-hosted the gathering under the Funders for Justice umbrella. The goal of this meeting was to identify ... organizing resources for police accountability and racial justice in the next year (2015-2016). Participants ... donor organizing from their institutions. Funders for Justice is an initiative of the Neighborhood Funders Group, ...

Justice Dept. to investigate NYC chokehold death

News type: 
News from the Field
... Press, December 3, 2014. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will conduct a federal investigation into ... Ferguson, Missouri, a case also under investigation by the Justice Department and in which a local grand jury last week ... homicide and found that a chokehold contributed to it. The Justice Department had been monitoring the outcome of the ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Webinar
... Director of Political Research Associates , a social justice think-tank that studies the entire spectrum of the ... that is leading the fight to address social and economic justice in rural America through democratic engagement and ... in Southeast Minnesota. Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

Game Changing Advancement in Fostering Access to Opportunity: HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Webinar
... schools? Why is it so challenging to place affordable housing in opportunity rich communities? Redlining and other ... The newly released Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule (AFFH) will require local and state government ... to use a new approach called an ""Assessment of Fair Housing ” in determining the use of federal resources to .....

Philanthropy OUTlook: LGBTQ Criminalization and Criminal Justice Reform in the U.S.

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, March 13, 2017
Philanthropy OUTlook: LGBTQ Criminalization and Criminal Justice Reform in the U.S. LGBTQ people— especially LGBTQ ... disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. Biased policing and aggressive sentencing ... how funders are addressing criminalization and criminal justice reform. To view and download the infographic, go to ...

Sustaining Black Resistance: A Call to Black Racial Justice Leaders

Event type: 
Events in the Field
Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Friday, July 31, 2015
... to it and the openings it presents to advance a racial justice agenda. This moment offers multiple opportunities for ... of political alignment among this generation’s racial justice leaders. The demonstrations and uprising did not emerge in a vacuum. Racial justice organizers and advocates have been building ...

Headwaters Foundation for Justice Relaunches Emergency Fund for Black Lives

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/12/2016
... have catalyzed a conversation about racial and economic justice in Minnesota. Organizers on the ground are demanding ... is to amplify the power of community to advance equity and justice . We put race at the center of our work, and fund ... Minneapolis’ 4th Precinct and developing a larger racial justice agenda. Ultimately, we raised over $104,000 from 102 ...

FJE 2017 Policy Briefing: The Road Ahead for Worker Justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - Friday, May 19, 2017
Washington, DC
... of the major forces and players that impact worker justice ; explore the offensive opportunities and defensive ... will build hope about where we can lean in for worker justice in the short and long haul, and yield concrete ... Ideas and Provocations on Strategies for Worker Justice Organizing for Corporate Accountability and Worker ...

Building Momentum From The Ground Up: A Toolkit For Promoting Justice In Policing

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, June 14, 2015
... and commitment to, the movement for police and criminal justice reform. Communities across the country that have ... calling for a transformation of our policing and criminal justice systems. They are making it clear that it is time for ... Momentum from the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Promoting Justice in Policing. The Toolkit is a direct response to ...

Backing Protests: Funders for Justice Members Answer Activist Movements' Call

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/19/2016
... which is funding several activist groups. Funders for Justice was launched during the Ferguson crisis to support ... Rock — two organizations backing grass-roots social- justice efforts — joined with the Ford Foundation to start ... Hunt-Hendrix, granddaughter of the oil and gas tycoon H. L . Hunt. Ford was moved to act by the Ferguson shooting and ...

Funders for Justice Announces 2nd Cohort of Field Advisors

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/15/2018
... US. These leaders organize in multiple racial and gender justice movements to end criminalization of communities of ... including: organizing in Native nations, Latinx migrant justice , transgender rights, youth and multi-generational ... organizing, South Asian migrant and worker justice , power-building in the South, bail reform, Black ...
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Headwaters Foundation for Justice Launches Emergency Fund For Black Lives

News type: 
Member News
... MINNESOTA, December 9, 2015 – Headwaters Foundation for Justice is launching “the Emergency Fund for Black Lives” ... is supporting emerging leaders to move the work for racial justice forward. “We plan to use the dollars from ... Lives Matter Minneapolis. ### Headwaters Foundation for Justice was established in 1984 by thoughtful donors who ...

Justice Oregon for Black Lives: A five-year, $25 million commitment

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/14/2020
... Black-led and Black-centered organizations working toward justice and systemic change. This post was originally ... coronavirus pandemic to add their voices to the calls for justice . In Portland, Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero ... to make strategic investments in Black lives. “ Justice Oregon for Black Lives ” is the largest initiative ...

How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, March 14, 2015
... simple steps that white leaders can take to promote racial justice : Become educated about the issues. The burden of ... This has to change. Go, listen, and learn. Link racial justice to your foundation’s mission. No matter what issues ... it’s likely that there is a connection to racial justice . It’s essential that you understand that connection ...

Jews for Racial Justice Moving the Conversation About Police Brutality Into White Communities

News type: 
News from the Field
... many a heart, was organized by Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) . Over 400 members of JFREJ, including Rabbis ... How are you working to move white people into the racial justice movement in this time? What's working? And what are ... we're currently working to move white people into racial justice work in ways that will last beyond this current .....

Webinar Resources from Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 18, 2017
... of Political Research Associates (PRA), a social justice think-tank that studies the entire spectrum of the ... that is leading the fight to address social and economic justice in rural America through democratic engagement and ... Webinar Resources from Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class ...

AG Holder announces first six pilot sites for the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice

News type: 
News from the Field
... for Safe Communities at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is honored to be leading this effort, under ... detailed site-specific plan that will enhance procedural justice , reduce bias, and support reconciliation in ... We are eager to begin this work. “The Department of Justice is committed to using innovative strategies to ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

The $3.4 Trillion Mistake: The Cost of Mass Incarceration and Criminalization, and How Justice Reinvestment Can Build a Better Future for All

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
... Cost of Mass Incarceration and Criminalization, and How Justice Reinvestment Can Build a Better Future for All , detailing how the U.S.’s misguided criminal justice policies wasted $3.4 trillion over the last three ... from 1982 to 2012, the U.S. increased its spending on the justice system from $90 billion annually to nearly $297 ...

L.A. RISING: The 1992 Civil Unrest, the Arc of Social Justice Organizing, and the Lessons for Today’s Movement Building

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, April 28, 2012
... turning points, and so many skirmishes in the fight for justice . But we try to capture parts of the puzzle, offering ... - Liberty Hill Foundation, Los Angeles, CA ...read more. L .A. RISING: The 1992 Civil Unrest, the Arc of Social Justice Organizing, and the Lessons for Today’s Movement ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

The Road Ahead for Worker Justice: Where to Lean In, Pull Up, Push Back and Pivot

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Sat, June 24, 2017
... of the major forces and players that impact worker justice . FJE members engaged in strategic conversations about ... the Economic Policy Institute , Sarita Gupta of Jobs with Justice , and Michelle Miller of Coworker.org set the stage ... power analysis to drive their economic and racial justice agendas. This was followed by a continued ...

Key Insights from #BaltimoreUprising

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, May 18, 2015
... Thompson, director Youth Engagement Fund Understanding Baltimore ’s Uprising Freddie Gray….It is a now too ... story. Multitudes take to the streets in pursuit of justice for an unarmed black male killed by the police in a ... with deep structural racism and economic inequalities. Baltimore ’s recent uprising following the death of Freddie ...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade, Interviewed by Manuela Arciniegas

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/06/2017
... sustainable leadership at the helm of the social justice movement. What are some of the ways Communities ... and preserve those buildings as long-term affordable housing . On healthcare, we’re working to expand access to ... of March 4 Our Lives, CU youth joined with youth from Baltimore and Washington, D.C. to launch the Good Kids Mad ...

Charlottesville Funder Briefing

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Webinar
... organizers on the ground asked Funders for Justice , a program of Neighborhood Funders Group, to host a ... investments were funding for a heritage center, public housing , and GED programs. White nationalist leaders called ... of policing of non-violent Black protestors in Ferguson, Baltimore , New York, Baton Rouge, and Texas (and many other ...

Our Work Today: A Statement from FFJ Leadership

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
08/14/2017
... investments were funding for a heritage center, public housing , and GED programs. White nationalist leaders called ... of policing of non-violent Black protestors in Ferguson, Baltimore , New York, Baton Rouge, and Texas (and many other ... a state of emergency in Charlottesville . Funders for Justice is watching this specific development carefully, as ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

Support Minneapolis Protesters

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
11/27/2015
... in the wake of an ongoing peaceful occupation demanding justice for Jamar Clark outside of Minneapolis’ 4th Police ... too familiar occurrence in our nation. From Ferguson to Baltimore to New York and everywhere in between, our ... our broken institutions: policing, health care, education, housing , and so many more. At Headwaters, we fund groups ...

CPR Statement re: Deaths of NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu & Rafael Ramos

News type: 
News from the Field
... who earlier in the day seriously injured a young woman in Baltimore , and who killed himself after shooting the ... to link today’s tragic events with a movement that holds justice , dignity and respect for all as its core values are ... New Yorkers must find a path forward that creates a justice system and society that works for all of us,” said ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

NFG's 2020 Convening Series — What’s Land Got to Do with It? The Role Land Plays in Our Social Movements: Past, Present, and Future

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 -
9:00am - 11:00am
Virtual
... frontline leaders working at the intersection of climate justice , sovereignty and land justice . The conversation will acknowledge the history and ... of challenges black and brown communities are facing – housing and food insecurity, joblessness, disaster capitalism ...

NFG celebrates 40 years! NFG's January 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
01/23/2020
... home at a time when moving resources to struggles for justice is critically important: communities of color are bearing the brunt of the housing crisis, growing wealth and income inequality, and ... is continuing to explore structural racism in health and housing , racial capitalism, migrant worker justice in rural ...
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Lifting up how Black communities are reclaiming land ownership & addressing the racial wealth gap: NFG's February 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
02/28/2020
... fight for community power, land rights, and environmental justice in the face of corporate power, criminalization of ... Development Program (DDP) hosted a two-day Health, Housing , Race, Equity and Power Funders Convening in Oakland, ... with how anti-Blackness and xenophobia fuel the complex housing & health crisis and community trauma, and heard ...
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Be vigilant and move the money: NFG's January 2021 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
01/27/2021
... to defund the police as a pathway to community and worker justice . We have an enormous opportunity in philanthropy to ... repair our communities and to stop homelessness. We need a housing overhaul. In 2021, DDP will continue to bring ... forward BIPOC organizing and policy solutions for land, housing , community ownership and power. We will further ...
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We will not be silenced.

News type: 
News from the Field
... by the NYPD to silence the efforts of citizens seeking justice for victims of police violence. The letter, drafted ... our thoughts and prayers as we continue our movement for justice . “This is not a time for political grandstanding ... Audre Lorde Project Hello Racism Youth United for Change Baltimore Algebra Project Read original statement on ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Innovative community land trust from Puerto Rico wins 2015-16 UN World Habitat Award

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
03/01/2016
... common vision for better living conditions,” said Carmen L . Febres-Alméstica, president of the grassroots Group of ... have placed Puerto Rico once again as a reference point in housing innovation.” The Fideicomiso de la Tierra is the ... as a tool to overcome poverty and achieve environmental justice . The channel’s obstruction leads to constant ...

National Dialogue

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Webinar
... will be presented have achieved major wins for affordable housing , inclusionary zoning, and transit-oriented ... jobs for thousands of residents - key wins for labor and housing advocates alike. Presenters will spend time talking ... Cities and member of NFG's Working Group on Housing Justice and Community Transformation and Working Group on .....

Funding Opportunity: Protesters in Cleveland

News type: 
Member News
... remember our fallen. Three months later, there has been no justice in the city of Cleveland or in the state of Ohio for ... the greater community rather than respond to demands for justice . This November weekend of action is a crucial ... Cleveland’s story to those in Chicago, Charleston, Baltimore ,Yellow Springs, Beaver Creek, New York City, and ...

Supporting Transformative Change with NFG

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/14/2019
... in naming and elevating issues of racial and economic justice in philanthropy: The role that NFG plays in the ... root causes of displacement and lack of safe, affordable housing . This led Alex and others to a stronger understanding ... of the role power-building plays in moving the needle on housing justice issues and to consider what a coordinated ...

Statement from Center Social Inclusion

News type: 
News from the Field
... Brown, to proclaim that #BlackLivesMatter, and to demand justice . Yesterday, justice was not served. The criminal ... created and maintained these conditions. For example, housing policies dating back to the early 20th century, from ... in St. Louis County, where Ferguson sits. Because housing was segregated, schools became segregated as well. ...

A Call for Social Solidarity: COVID-19 Response from NFG's Programs

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/30/2020
... as lack of access to dignified and quality health care and housing , a living wage, electricity, running water and ... payout or your current averages. Root in racial justice now more than ever. We are continuing to resource ... Program Across the country , we are seeing health and housing justice leaders push for COVID-19 Housing and ...

Rapid Response Conference Call: Current Attacks and Burning of Black Churches

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
... the nation in response to police brutality, criminal justice reform, the removal of the confederate flag in ... Southern public spaces and various intersectional social justice issues. Is there a connection to the current Black ... church burnings? If so, how should funders and social justice allies best respond? The overall purpose of the call ...

Recapping the Strategy in Action Learning Tour: Equitable Revitalization and Regional Power-Building in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, August 28, 2017
... includes jobs that sustain working-class families and a housing market where all people have access to thriving ... wage jobs, family-supporting benefits, and affordable housing . Tour Highlights: Building power from the local to ... immigration, jobs, housing , environment, and other social justice issues is the kind of intersectional organizing that ...

Reclaim, Remain, Rebuild: A Conversation with Funders on New Strategies for Urban Democracy & Equity

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, October 20, 2014
New York, NY
... understand the current political moment and the role of housing organizing as a pillar of economic justice and civic engagement. Welcome by Jerry Maldonado, ... Tony Roshan Somara, Senior Program Manager of Land Use and Housing at Urban Habitat We will share stories of organizing ...

National and Local Recommendations for Police Accountability

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, December 10, 2014
... For the families and individuals harmed by law enforcement justice and accountability are often elusive or non-existent. ... sphere of life including: criminal justice , employment, housing , education, health, land/property, voting, poverty ... profiling based on race, religion, national origin, housing status, sexual orientation, gender and gender ...

Is Democracy Funding Undemocratic? Funding Civic Engagement in an Era of Protest

News type: 
News from the Field
... millennials’ voices and thoughts on diversity and justice . We urge you to read how this project came together ... “What we are trying to do is build a democracy,” said Baltimore organizer Tre Murphy to television news crews moments after a sit-in protest at Baltimore ’s City Hall. Murphy and fifteen others were ...

DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 17, 2018
We believe that our collective investments in housing , education, health, transportation, food security, ... an intersectional toolkit website created by Funders for Justice , helps grantmakers connect with funder colleagues ... food, and being able to afford childcare, healthcare, and housing .” Jenny Arwade, FFJ Field Advisor and Co-Director ...

Ferguson Action Demands

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, November 01, 2014
from Ferguson Action OUR VISION FOR A NEW AMERICA WE WANT JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL BROWN. WE WANT FREEDOM FOR OUR ... us of our right to a life with dignity. We Want Decent Housing Fit For The Shelter Of Human Beings Our communities have a human right to access quality housing that protects our families and allows for our ...

Systems Changes Towards Equity and Inclusion in the Midwest: Vision and Practical Grantmaking Steps

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Webinar
... with problems ranging from poor schools, low quality housing , and lack of job opportunities. Community groups ... violence, or others that link to equitable development, housing affordability, and community ... Learn how philanthropic leaders are addressing racial justice and structural racism issues with their grantees ...

Funder Briefing: The Future of Work and the Workforce

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 9:00am - Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 5:30pm
Baltimore, MD
... invites you to The Future of Work and the Workforce Baltimore , MD December 2-3, 2014 Please mark your calendars ... -to- Wednesday December 3, 2014 at 5:30 PM EST Where: Baltimore Hilton 401 W Pratt Street / Baltimore , MD 21201 Funder Briefing: The Future of Work and ...

Building Strong, Healthy, and Resilient Communities in Ferguson and Beyond

News type: 
News from the Field
... marginalization, crumbling schools, unaffordable housing , high unemployment, and an eroding social safety net. ... will require long-term investments to improve education, housing , jobs, health care, and mental health services; to ... rights activists, police reform advocates, and social justice organizers. Looking ahead, Grantmakers In Health will ...

Announcing the 2019 Discount Foundation Legacy Award Winner

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/01/2019
This International Workers' Day, Jobs with Justice Education Fund and NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy ... of supporting leading edge organizing in the worker justice arena beyond its spend down as a foundation in 2014. ... underserved communities on issues ranging from affordable housing to establishing the first ever Community Benefits .....

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/01/2019
... about current Chicago happenings and the role of healing justice in “building the power necessary to change the ... women have a stated an ongoing commitment to criminal justice and juvenile justice reform, and addressing the cycle ... public resources are invested in meeting the employment, housing , educational and health needs in communities of color ...

Place Based Community Change: The Time is Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
... inequitable development and the fiscalization of land and housing . It has to build the participation and leadership of ... anti-displacement efforts that promote truly affordable housing , strong tenant rights, and housing security for those ... clearly about the need for racial, economic, and gender justice . Lift up the stories of those most impacted by the ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

The New Jim Crow

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, January 16, 2012
... right to be free of legal discrimination in employment, housing , access to education and public benefits. Today, it ... and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial ... at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America. Visit the official website. The New Jim ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Updates on Ferguson, Cleveland, and NYC

News type: 
NFG Blog
... about current protests, calls for action, and demands for justice at the federal level, visit FergusonAction.org , and ... youth in the Ohio Student Association have been demanding justice and organizing to fundamentally shift the ... York , yet another police assault on residents of public housing . The NAACP held a candlelight vigil for Gurley on Nov ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Resourcing the Movement for Black Lives

Fri, June 03, 2016
... social movements in a timely way, including worker justice , climate change, immigration, and anti-Black racism. The uprisings in Ferguson and Baltimore were game changers for Solidaire. Last year, ... Lives, distributing funds directly to groups in Ferguson, Baltimore , Minneapolis, and Chicago. Since officially ...

More is required of us

News type: 
Member News
... exist. Difficult for those of us who have worked for justice all of our lives and want to believe that the sweat ... that, in fact, not nearly enough has changed for racial justice in America. As the push for change intensifies, white ... healthcare, lack of access to reproductive justice , unsafe housing – the list goes on. There are different answers ...

We Can’t Win a Right To The City Unless #Black Lives Matter

News type: 
News from the Field
... struggles for social, economic, environmental, and racial justice . The spirit of openness and honesty that this ... included full employment, universal healthcare and good housing for all. “The Freedom Budget is essential if the ... Case for Reparations by illustrating the racist history of housing policy in the Unites States. Having been enslaved for ...

How NFG is Disrupting Funder-Grantee Dynamics

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/04/2018
... and investment strategies: Environmental and Climate Justice , and Land Use through Community Power. As the Program ... from a background in urban planning and environmental justice organizing, Helen is delighted by this opportunity to ... They don’t have access to transit or quality, affordable housing , and are not able to withstand the stresses of ...

Feature: Freedom Inc.’s Creative Response to the Criminalization of Black Communities in Madison, Wisconsin

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/08/2016
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice has been supporting Freedom Inc. (FI) for 4 years. FI ... abolition, LGBT rights, education rights, and reproductive justice . FI aims to challenge the fundamental root causes of ... LGBTQ youth today are criminalization; policing; lack of housing ; immigration restrictions; and concerns of safety and ...

NFG at the 2019 CHANGE Philanthropy Unity Summit

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, November 18, 2019 - Thursday, November 21, 2019
Seattle, WA
... sessions at the summit, including a pre-conference Healing Justice Institute , workshops on 'me too.' in philanthropy ... for racial and economic equity, plenaries on migrant justice and the leadership of women of color in movements, ... for Justice believes that our collective investments in housing , education, health, transportation, food security, .....

Strike Watch 2020 Review: Defund the Police to Build Worker Power

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/17/2020
... towards that interlocking vision of economic and social justice through strategic and incremental wins and constantly ... can be invested into infrastructure, social protections, housing , worker protections, and other community needs. ... and the carceral system and invest in community safety, housing , and other public investments. We need to open ...

Webinar Recap of From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, March 21, 2017
... immigration reform, economic development, and affordable housing to build upon emergent work that addresses the threat ... framework that connects Sanctuary Cities and immigration justice to intersectional issues that impact low-income, ... rights, racial justice , criminal justice , affordable housing , gentrification, economic justice , and gender justice ...

Learning Tour in Puerto Rico

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - Friday, November 14, 2014
San Juan, PR
... Rico From Displacement to Inclusion: Reimagining Public Housing and Community Development in Puerto Rico Tour and Panel Discussion, Gautier Benítez Public Housing Project, Caguas, Puerto Rico Over the past thirty ... Afternoon Learning Tour: Adjuntas, Puerto Rico Balancing Justice , Development, and the Environment: Lessons from ...

2018 Community Change Learning Exchange (CCLE)

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - Thursday, May 10, 2018
Chicago, IL
... has Fueled the Accumulation and Privatization of Wealth [ Justice Funders, 2018] Shifting Philanthropy From Charity to Justice [ Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2017] A Tale ... E. Casey Foundation convened the first CCLE meeting in Baltimore in 2014 and has served as the CCLE convener and ...

Strategies to Address How Amazon’s HQ2 Will Impact Workers and Local Economies

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... Erica Smiley , Organizing Director at Jobs with Justice Greg LeRoy , Executive Director of Good Jobs First ... Meinster , Executive Director of Warehouse Workers for Justice Mariah Montgomery , Future of Work Director at the ... and Workers United) in Virginia, and SEIU Local 500 in Baltimore . She was national field director of Choice USA (now ...

Strategies to Address How Amazon’s HQ2 Will Impact Workers and Local Economies

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... Erica Smiley , Organizing Director at Jobs with Justice Greg LeRoy , Executive Director of Good Jobs First ... Meinster , Executive Director of Warehouse Workers for Justice Mariah Montgomery , Future of Work Director at the ... and Workers United) in Virginia, and SEIU Local 500 in Baltimore . She was national field director of Choice USA (now ...

In Defense Of Black Lives — How NFG's Amplify Fund is Supporting Power Building in Black Communities

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/08/2020
... of our NFG colleagues and members through Funders for Justice , by divesting from criminalization and investing in ... equitable development through efforts like affordable housing and ensuring quality jobs. Carolina Youth Action ... feeds. NAMING RACE and examining how to apply a racial justice lens and action to every aspect of our work. PUSHING ...

Building the Road to Belonging: Three Ways Philanthropy Can Help End Mass Criminalization

News type: 
Member News
... about the latest abuses perpetrated by the criminal justice system? How did criminalization become a defining ... by Richard Rothstein highlights how past and present housing , banking and education funding policies continue to ... expansive vision to Ban the Box everywhere, including on housing , business and professional licensure applications. It ...

5 Hot Causes for Donors in 2015

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/04/2014
... of Philanthropy, January 15, 2015 The Battle for Racial Justice : Grant makers are uniting to address racial- justice issues as tensions remain high following the failure ... black men in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City. Funders for Justice , a new group of about 30 foundations and other groups ...

2020 Nashville Virtual Site Visit

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, September 21, 2020 - Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Virtual
... city, the subsequent population increase has led to rising housing prices and rent, and the displacement of many ... landscape and this year’s climate, public health, housing , and economic crises, Nashville’s organizers are ... from disasters, community development, and economic justice . NFG’s Amplify Fund and Funders for a Just Economy ...

Say Their Names: Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Dion Johnson

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/29/2020
This piece was written by NFG's Funders for Justice program leadership. We say their names: Breonna ... Black organizing. We Stand in Solidarity: Funders for Justice stands in solidarity with protestors in Minneapolis, ... that keeps communities safe — like health care, housing , and education — and funding the people, .....

A Multiracial Rural Equity Summit: Why Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/16/2020
... of rural communities demanding economic and environmental justice . Uplift the voices of Black, Indigenous and people of ... to learn from rural organizations that have a racial justice analysis. Paralleling rural & urban divestment Since ... of rural communities. Decades of racialized divestment in housing , healthcare, and education have re-segregated cities, ...

Strike Watch: San Francisco Foundation's Jidan Terry-Koon on Finding our (Philanthropic) Front Lines

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/21/2020
... coverage and analysis of the many uprising for economic justice – from the Strikes for Black Lives to fights for ... are changing their practices to better support economic justice organizing in this dynamic moment. FJE was fortunate ... We fund cooperatively owned business, land, and housing – and this is the kind of transformative ...

NFG Member Spotlight: Tremaine Foundation

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
... focused on people of color, faith groups, affordable housing groups, and others are resourced to be key ... working to bridge internal gaps regarding equity and justice experiences that enable these to become central ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
In the spring of 2017, Funders for Justice (FFJ) launched its inaugural cohort of Advisors ... leadership in community power-building, racial and gender justice , police accountability campaigns, and ... food, and being able to afford childcare, healthcare, and housing . That’s why we partner with allies across the ...

Breaking: Ferguson Activists Meet with President Obama to Demand an End to Police Brutality Nationwide

News type: 
News from the Field
... nationwide have responded to the miscarriage of justice by carrying out more than 150 sustained, coordinated ... and our organized movement will not relent until we see justice .” The young leaders conveyed the experience of a ... or racially profile. Instead of having the Department of Justice (DOJ) wholesale giving more than $250 million to ...

How not to only fund the loudest voices in the room: NFG's September 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
09/29/2020
... from disasters, community development, and economic justice (watch this video to learn more about these ... Nashville visit coincided with the news that there is no justice for Breonna Taylor and that the systems that killed ... and criminalization impacts private and public funding for housing , healthcare, education, and other infrastructure ...
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‘Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us’

News type: 
News from the Field
... of April 25 at the corner of Pratt and Light Streets, in Baltimore ’s revitalized downtown district, more than 100 ... was severely injured while he was in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department. Only a handful of ... to North Charleston, S.C., in April. Mckesson, who is from Baltimore , had returned to his hometown not long after ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

White People and Activism in the Trump Era

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Caitlin Duffy , senior associate for ... including our local chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), which engages white folks in the movement for racial justice and fosters accountability to local partners like ...

The Road Ahead

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
11/11/2020
... are still mobilizing to defend democracy and working for justice to reshape their cities and rural regions, and we at ... resources to racial, economic, gender, and climate justice . How NFG is making meaning of the road ahead There ... for justice — including defunding police, putting housing protections in place, dismantling ICE and border ...

After #FergusonOctober

News type: 
NFG Blog
... Police Department, unfurled banners with messages of justice at the Rams game, shut down City Hall, as well as ... left cities in search of better economic opportunity and housing . Thus the recent events in Ferguson should be viewed as part of a longer continuum in which race, class, housing and education challenges require intentional, ...

FergusonOctober – Voices from the Ground

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/16/2014
... Police Department, unfurled banners with messages of justice at the Rams game, shut down City Hall, as well as ... left cities in search of better economic opportunity and housing . Thus the recent events in Ferguson should be viewed as part of a longer continuum in which race, class, housing and education challenges require intentional, ...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Stephanie Guilloud

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/20/2018
... struggle to defeat white supremacy and win freedom and justice for us all.” If you could stop a lynching today, ... Stevenson, the visionary lawyer and leader of Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) , had just told a heart-wrenching ... a slave warehouse in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, Equal Justice Initiative created a legacy museum that tracks the ...
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Philanthropy & the Case for Reparations

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, March 18, 2021 -
10:00am - 11:00pm
Virtual
... racism. Portland approved as their top racial justice measure to lobby the federal government on ... through environmental racism, slavery, food apartheid, housing discrimination”; and for “healing ongoing ... by Neighborhod Funders Group; Nile Malloy, Social Justice Resource Facilitator; and Edgar Villanueva, ...

Police Accountability: Organizing and Philanthropic Strategies

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 15, 2014
... of color in their communities – in education, jobs, housing , and elected representation. Following are resources ... how your philanthropic institution might support racial justice movements, including organizing for police ... and funding both within and across communities." L .A. RISING: The 1992 Civil Unrest, the Arc of Social .....
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

St. Louis Young Black Leaders Cohort Design Process Consultant Search

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
03/26/2019
... leaders of key groups on systems change, power, and racial justice . Support skill development – leadership development ... shared analysis regarding systems change, power, racial justice , campaign strategy and organizing models/tools, etc.) ... Experience in equitable development work, for example: housing justice , green infrastructure, and/or organizing ...

Five Things President Obama Could Do to Stop the Killing

News type: 
News from the Field
... their families. 1. Mandatory reporting The Department of Justice collects reams of data from local law enforcement ... police shootings. That in turn will help the Department of Justice and the public determine which police departments ... issue an executive order requiring that Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security withhold ...

Response to Ferguson: Systemic Problems Require Systemic Solutions

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, November 24, 2014
... we are willing to look—schools, health care, employment, housing , life expectancy, poverty, and the list goes ... does not mean the end of the road for those who seek justice for the death of Michael Brown. A refusal to indict ... the media dialogue and outside of the regional criminal justice process could invite a more intense level of ...

Reimagining How We Fund and What We Fund

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Dr. Carmen Rojas , NFG Board Member and ... retirement and to returning to work to cover health care, housing , and living expenses. The vast majority of working ... They are clear about their north star. We, who believe in justice , need to stop the calculations for what is palatable ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

What It's Going to Take to Change Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/06/2017
In October 2017, Funders for Justice (FFJ), a program of Neighborhood Funders Group, ... country with police accountability and gender and racial justice . As you've tried to grapple with everything that's ... dollars? Lets have a country that invests in education, housing and communities. How do we stop criminalizing .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

The Amplify Fund is Expanding Support for Power Building and Equitable Development in 2019

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/21/2019
... alter the course of disaster capitalism, ensure dignified housing , exert community influence over the application of ... to build power with communities of color affected by the housing crisis. In our vision, when people of color and ... to local groups, coalitions, and tables that center racial justice and community power. And, to be effective in ...

COVID-19 Funds: Where to Donate to Support Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Sat, March 28, 2020
... and social solidarity. We are seeing that health care, housing , social protections, water, electricity, and wireless ... jails, and prisons . Check out this statement from Climate Justice Alliance connecting climate in/ justice , quarantine ... and security for everyone in the form of health care, housing , food, and water — not military and police to ...

Bending the Arc from Interest to Advancement

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Wed, April 08, 2015
... Capacity The Ferguson Commission Media Engagement Juvenile Justice System Behavioral Health Economic Security Education ... a result, meeting basic needs can be challenging. Food, housing and transportation are necessary to ensure security ... in areas including education, economic opportunity, housing , transportation, health care, child care, business ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity

Discount Foundation Legacy Award

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
01/13/2021
... of individuals at the intersections leading the way toward justice for low-wage workers of color. This is a one of a ... eligible for the Award, a nominee must be active in worker justice , including but not limited to organizing and ... communities in Nashville, issues ranging from affordable housing to establishing the first ever Community Benefits ...

Pathways to Effective State Funding Strategies

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, February 5, 2018
Webinar
Join this installment of the First Monday + Election Series Discussion, hosted by Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) and co-sponsored by NFG. We will share insights and data points uncovered from our first State Funding Survey. We’ll also drill down and look at one state as a case study to understand how coordinating bodies, intermediaries, national and in-state funders are all operating from the lens of that one state. In this conversation, you will hear key highlights of the state funding landscape, how funders are approaching longer-term power-building investments in states...

Can you tackle poverty without taking on place?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/29/2016
... following three components. Remove barriers to affordable housing development in opportunity-rich neighborhoods. Local ... County, MD —have demonstrated that siting affordable housing in wealthier communities can help lift families out ... to better schools and neighborhood amenities. Improve housing mobility, allowing recipients of housing assistance ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Housing Justice

Announcing the 2018 Discount Foundation Legacy Awardee

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/11/2018
Enrique Balcazar Community Organizer and Leader at Migrant Justice Enrique "Kike" Balcazar immigrated to the United ... years on farms across the state. Enrique joined Migrant Justice and became a leader in the successful campaign to ... a worker-led program securing human rights and economic justice in dairy supply chains. In 2017, during a national .....

FFJ Webinar on Gender, Race, and Criminalization

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Webinar
... - 1 pm MT / 12:30 - 2 pm CT / 1:30 - 3 pm ET Funders for Justice (FFJ) has intentionally lifted up the work, lives, ... of women and trans folks of color, along with gender justice and LGBTQ funders—especially in regards to ... collaboratives, have started explicitly focusing gender justice . We are eager to have a conversation dedicated to ...

Homes for All Funder Alignment Gathering

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Atlanta, GA
... practitioners working at the intersections of health, housing , land use, community development, and place-based and ... addressing solutions and innovative alternatives to the housing crisis that are led by directly impacted communities. ... and grantmaking strategies addressing the ongoing housing crisis and innovative alternatives led by directly ...

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation Asks: What is NFG?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/05/2014
... NFG, we see the need for philanthropy to advance social justice and community change. We share NFG's fundamental commitment to economic and social justice - to supporting people in low and bottom income .....
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Democratic Development for Thriving Communities: Framing the Issues, Solutions, and Funding Strategies to Address Gentrification and Displacement

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Wed, May 31, 2017
... presented here emerged out of discussions about the housing crisis and neighborhood change now underway in strong housing markets in California, this framework intends to ... U.S. New public and private investments in cities—from housing to transportation to parks and open space—have ...

Democratic Development for Thriving Communities Report

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Mon, June 12, 2017
... presented here emerged out of discussions about the housing crisis and neighborhood change now underway in strong housing markets in California, this framework intends to ... U.S. New public and private investments in cities—from housing to transportation to parks and open space—have ...

Right To The City and Neighborhood Funders Group 2018 Field & Funder Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - Friday, July 20, 2018
Atlanta, GA
... practitioners working at the intersections of health, housing , land use, community development, and place-based and ... addressing solutions and innovative alternatives to the housing crisis that are led by directly impacted communities. ... and grantmaking strategies addressing the ongoing housing crisis and innovative alternatives led by directly ...

Just and Equitable Rebuilding of Cities After Disasters

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Webinar
... crisis, which created barriers to accessing water, food, housing , healthcare, education, and other basic human rights. ... for rebuilding and how they will—or will not—secure housing for displaced residents. Many uprooted families will ... their communities, such as the lack of affordable rental housing and resources to rebuild their homes. With already ...

NFG's 2020 Convening Series — Get It Together: How the Amplify Fund Supports Black-led Power Building and Organizing

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 -
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
... the majority of which are Black-led organizations. Racial justice grounds Amplify’s grantmaking strategy and our ... to make sure we are truly creating an internal racial justice (anti-racist) culture that supports our external racial justice goals. We are striving to work in a way that pushes ...

No more fake budgets?! Exploring Equity-Based Approaches to Financial Review

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/31/2017
... Foundation has been working to support and nurture racial justice movement building through our core grantmaking programs, the Arc Toward Justice Fund and the Beloved Community Fund. Over the past 17 ... align our internal systems and practices with our racial justice values. Through Akonadi’s involvement with Bay Area ...

A Warm Farewell & A Warm Welcome

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/08/2020
... goal of shifting money and power in philanthropy to justice and equity. __________ These initiatives include Funders for Justice (FFJ), an NFG program that was created in 2014 to ... by and for people of color at the intersections of racial justice , gender justice , anti-criminalization, and models for ...
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The 2016 Discount Legacy Award Nominations Are Open!

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
10/12/2015
... open for the first annual Discount Legacy Award. Jobs With Justice Education Fund and the Neighborhood Funders Group ... honor and support an exemplary individual from the worker justice movement. The selected awardee will be granted a ... the Discount Foundation and further its vision for worker justice organizing, the foundation created the Discount ...

JAG Unity Summit 2014

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, June 6, 2014 - Sunday, June 8, 2014
Washington, DC
... place in the South in response to recent attacks on social justice , such as the Zimmerman verdict and the erosion of ... philanthropy’s response to these attacks on social justice in the South, and some of the ways we are looking to ... Guilloud (@ProjectSouth), Project South What is a Justice Funder? Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. The ...

Board Transitions at NFG

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
04/19/2019
... KIDSCOUNT Initiative at The Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore , Maryland. In addition to working for The Annie E. ...
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Tour Reflections from a Native New Yorker

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, May 02, 2014
... homeless people, Tompkins Square drug deals, and public housing sprawl with only a sprinkle of middle-income co-op ... who face rising costs when trying to stay put in local housing or storefront businesses. The Learning Tour showcased ... working for Picture the Homeless, East Harlem proud public housing resident Agnes, and many others who joined us funders ...

NFG 2018 Award for Excellence & Discount Foundation Legacy Award

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/27/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . NFG Award for Excellence in Philanthropy NFG’s ... leadership as a co-founder of NFG’s Funders for Justice , developer of RoadMap’s Weathering the Storm ... of how she embodies excellence and innovation in social justice philanthropy. Read Molly's acceptance speech . .....

Working Better Together to Further Advance a Midwest Funders Strategy for Equity and Opportunity

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, October 26, 2018
Webinar
... a Midwest learning community committed to advancing racial justice , powerbuilding, and opportunity for all people. This ... who share an interest in equity, racial and economic justice , and creating more opportunities in both rural and ... Midwest, gaining a better understanding of the equity and justice work in the region is a central principle that ...

Eradicating Gender Based Violence Outside of the Carceral System Institute

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Webinar
... us for this institute for funders, hosted by Funders for Justice 's ‘me too.’ in Philanthropy Strategy Group . The ... Janetta Johnson, Transgender Gender-variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) Stacy Suh, Survived & Punished ... Project Lucane LaFortune, Consultant Mónica Ramírez, Justice for Migrant Women Morning Star Gali, Restoring .....
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Gender Justice

Welcome Faron McLurkin, Sr. Program Manager of the Integrated Rural Strategies Group

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
01/22/2019
... organizing infrastructure that centers values of racial justice and builds sustainable power in rural communities. ... Veatch, Faron oversaw its New York state and Environmental Justice portfolios. He has also served as the Executive ... for Third World Organizing, one of the oldest racial justice organizations in the country, and as a national ...

Capitalism and Racism: Conjoined Twins

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/03/2019
... linked mean for our work as funders of racial and economic justice ? Our grantee partners tell us how workers are ... the best vehicle this country has in pursuit of economic justice is through organizing workers, but traditional labor hasn’t always been the best vehicle for racial justice . As Bill Fletcher Jr. and Fernando Gapasin discuss in ...

Webinar: Building Movements with Narrative Change Strategies

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -
9:00am - 10:15am
Webinar
... with ReFrame , to learn more about how and why social justice organizers are using narrative change strategies to ... develop stronger, sustainable, and more effective social justice organizations and networks across the globe. Before ... bringing two decades of experience advancing social justice as a funder, advocate and educator. She was ...

Arizona Citizens Speak Out Against "Secret Police Bill"

News type: 
News from the Field
By Miriam Wasser Wed., Mar. 18 2015 at 1:37 PM Phoenix New Times Update 3/17/15 7:30 p.m.: SB 1445 passed in the House Wednesday afternoon. The vote was 44 to 13, with three members not voting. ( View the full voting breakdown here ) It will now advance to Governor Doug Ducey’s office. Original story follows: Community leaders and members of the ACLU gathered on the capital lawn this morning to speak out against SB 1445, a controversial bill that “limits the release of the name of a peace officer who is involved in a use of deadly physical force incident for 60 days.” Read...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

Obama Calls for Changes in Policing After Task Force Report

News type: 
News from the Field
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, The New York Times March 2, 2015 WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday called for prompt action to change police practices across the country after the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island at the hands of white officers exposed frustrations about law enforcement in minority communities. Mr. Obama, unveiling the recommendations of a White House task force created in the wake of the killings, said local law enforcement agencies should consider requiring independent criminal investigations and independent prosecutors in cases where the use...

Lead on Leave

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Webinar
Just Scheduled! : Please join Senior DOL Leaders to Learn About the Lead on Leave-Empowering Working Families Across America Tour Building on the President’s State of the Union announcements to support greater workplace flexibility for hardworking American families, and in follow up from the Working Families Summit last June, the White House Council on Women and Girls has partnered with the Department of Labor on Lead on Leave – Empowering Working Families Across America , a series of regional events focused on working family issues. The tour will kick off...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

Letter to President Obama and US Attorney General Eric Holder

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 25, 2014
... US Attorney General Holder take action. The Department of Justice has the power to arrest and prosecute Officer Wilson ... in where Missouri's politicians have failed, and secure justice for Mike Brown immediately. Here's the letter we'll ... send to the Obama administration and US Department of Justice . You can add a personal comment using the box .....

NFG Announces New President: Adriana Rocha

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/21/2020
... is a seasoned, action-oriented leader committed to social justice who brings a wealth of nonprofit and philanthropy ... home at a time when moving resources to struggles for justice is critically important. “We deeply trust Adriana ... philanthropy to create a stronger, collective vision of justice . She embodies the values & goals of members, board, ...
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Oct 22-24 in Chicago: Confronting the International Association of Chiefs of Police

News type: 
News from the Field
... to quickly develop policy platforms that address racial justice . Being disruptive may not always be polite and ... It is with this in mind that the Workers Center For Racial Justice and our strategic partners at Southsiders Organized ... Bester Executive Director Workers Center for Racial Justice Chicago, IL deangelo@center4racialjustice.org ...

Power Research

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Webinar
... grassroots organizers and movements in the struggle for justice . By definition, this strategy utilizes research, ... inequality. Grassroots racial, economic and environmental justice organizations use power mapping and research to take ... power and shape a progressive racial and economic justice agenda, power research is increasingly a central ...
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Building a Funding Response to Scenarios after the Election

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, October 29, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... the front lines, and where do funders invested in economic justice play a substantive role? NFG’s Funders for a Just ... and multi-faceted ways to support grassroots economic justice & worker organizations working tirelessly to preserve ... in decades. Speakers: Connie Razza, Social and Economic Justice Leaders Tarso Luis Ramos, Political Research ...

Families of people killed by Albuquerque police campaign to hold the police accountable

News type: 
News from the Field
... 2007. I started a petition to call on the Department of Justice to hold the officer who killed my son and others ... done. Please join my campaign calling on the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute the Albuquerque police ... A recent investigation conducted by the Department of Justice concluded that the APD has an ongoing pattern of ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization

The National Bar Association Responds to the Grand Jury's Decision Not to Indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the Shooting Death of Michael Brown

News type: 
News from the Field
... stands firm and will be calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to pursue federal charges against officer Darren ... will not rest until Michael Brown and his family has justice ” states Pamela Meanes, President of the National ... issues of inequality and racial bias in policing, the justice system, and violence against members of minority ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

NFG Bay Area Member Happy Hour

Event type: 
Reception
Thursday, November 15, 2018 -
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Oakland, CA
... hour in Uptown Oakland! Connect with your peers in social justice philanthropy gathering from around the Bay Area. This ...
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Lifting up Philanthropy Forward Fellows’ Response to Coronavirus

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/22/2020
... push for long-term systemic change; and advance justice , equity, and power: Fellows Nicky Goren, President ... of philanthropy: The COVID-19 Crisis is a Racial Justice Issue & our Response must Prioritize the Power of ... do we want to do things differently? And how can we center justice , equity and inclusion not as an afterthought, but as ...

Racial Capitalism, Power and Resistance: Perspectives from the Philanthropic Front Lines

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/19/2019
... to grantmaking? Part of the reason I came to social justice work is that my personal became my political. I come ... own circumstances in a broader spectrum of movements for justice and structural change. After college, I saw policy ... advocacy as my route – first, starting with economic justice and then moving into criminal justice reform. I ...

2018 Post-Election Briefing for Grantmakers

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Washington, DC
Join NFG's Funders for a Just Economy on November 27, 2018 in Washington, DC, for the 2018 Post-Election Briefing: Philanthropy at the Crossroads. Note: This meeting is free of charge and open to foundation representatives and philanthropic advisors only. This November, the whole House of Representatives, a third of the Senate, 36 governorships, and many state legislature seats are up for election. The results of this year’s midterm elections will have an enormous impact in shaping the political landscape for years to come. Assessing the new policy and funding environment...

Bringing Our Whole Selves to Philanthropy and Our Grantmaking

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Ryan Li Dahlstrom , Program Officer for the ... into the convening. One highlight was how disability justice and accessibility were uplifted: at the opening of ... space, provided a 10-minute overview of what disability justice is and why it matters, along with concrete ways that ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/09/2016
... this mean for our country, and the values of equity and justice that we hold dear? What can I do, or what can I do ... what is not in question is: If you believe in equity and justice , now is the time to do more. It is a time to think ...
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Racial Capitalism, Power, and Resistance Movements Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 9:00am - Friday, October 18, 2019 - 3:00pm
Brooklyn, NY
... of California at Los Angeles Dr. Barbara Ransby, Social Justice Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago Cindy Weisner, Grassroots Global Justice Dimple Abichandani, General Service Foundation ... Action Center on Race and the Economy Mónica Ramírez, Justice for Migrant Women Pamela Shifman, NoVo Foundation ...

Foundation for Louisiana Supports Baton Rouge Organizing with Rapid Response Fund

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/12/2016
... like these, we stand in solidarity with those demanding justice and who are pushing honest conversations that will ... violence, eliminate racial disparities in the criminal justice system and build trust between police and the ... the people who are leading the charge to achieve justice and equal accountability for everyone. These are ...

LGBTQ Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

News type: 
News from the Field
... 1966. We remember the White Night Riots after America’s justice system failed Harvey Milk. We remember that just two ... to Black and Brown people for much too long — is not justice . This must change. We recognize that Black people in ... our work is bound up with movements for racial healing and justice , and many members of our organizations and ...

Urgent Funding Needs and Opportunities

News type: 
Member News
... Hill Foundation have launched the Rapid Response Racial Justice Fund . The purpose of this fund is to address the ... at nonprofit community groups that are advancing racial justice and developing strategies to advance lasting systemic ... a donation, please visit this Rapid Response for Racial Justice Donation Page. For more information, please contact ...

NFG Midwest Equity Funders Meeting

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 -
9:00am - 4:00pm
Milwaukee, WI
... in deepening our shared practice towards equity and justice in the region. Originally planned for January 2019, ... core group of Midwest funders working on issues of equity, justice , and economic inclusion to learn, share, and ... of funders and field leaders working on equity and racial justice work to discuss various ways of strengthening ...

Statement from Within Our Lifetime

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/07/2016
... and all the people grieving, organizing and protesting for justice in El Cajon, Charlotte, Tulsa, Washington, D.C ... for joint work and joint action toward racial equity, justice , dialogue and healing. In short, WOL is committed to ... even fewer convicted. We call for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the killings, and to expedite the ...

Youth on the Move: How Funders Can Support the Growing Movement of Young People of Color in 2015

News type: 
Member News
... of color to play a transformative role in advancing social justice . Young people of color are demonstrating a ... who care about youth leadership and social and racial justice , it is an important time to support the actions ... of organizations and leaders for racial and social justice are taking hold. This is a clear moment when young ...

Standing in Our Power Together

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/16/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Manisha Vaze , Senior Program Manager of ... it can feel overwhelming to push forward our agenda for justice . This feeling isn’t a new one – movement work ... funders, discussing how best to resource the movement for justice , and hearing from inspiring speakers who shared their ...

Uprisings and Funding Needs

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Thu, September 22, 2016
... and communities rising up in collective power to demand justice . Say their names: Keith Lamont Scott , Charlotte, NC ... jailers turned water off in his cell NFG’s Funders for Justice program is a virtual organizing space for funders, ... and with movements for police accountability and racial justice across the country. In response to flashpoints and ...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Charlene Carruthers

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
... transformation across work, health care, the criminal justice system, and financial systems. Can you tell us more ... we based the action on came from the Ella Baker Center’s justice reinvestment work. That action led us to tighten up ... and writer with over 10 years of experience in racial justice , feminist and youth leadership development movement ...

CHANGE Philanthropy Convening

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Oakland, CA
... Speakers: Kung Li , NEO Philanthropy and Funders for Justice 's “What Keeps Communities Safe” invest/divest ... Tynesha McHarris , NoVo Foundation and Funders for Justice » Workshop: Practicing Philanthropic Solidarity ... philanthropic solidarity and be introduced to the Bay Area Justice Funders Network’s The Choir Book: A Framework for .....

Leading with Power: #NFG2016 Conference Recap

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, July 18, 2016
... and organizers in social movements for racial and economic justice , the conference provided a dynamic space where ... and organizers in social movements for racial and economic justice , the conference was full of dynamic spaces where ... it comes in. This is so important for anyone in the social justice field, but even more so to give funders a space to ...

Annual Policy Briefing of the Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - Friday, April 24, 2015
Washington, DC
... conversation about opportunities to advance economic justice and security for all. April 23 – 24, 2015 Public ... Perera , Florida New Majority; Sarita Gupta , Jobs with Justice ; Tsedeye Gebreselassie , National Employment Law ... and working families. Opposition threats: how social justice organizations can prepare for and protect themselves ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

NFG Announces Transition of President Dennis Quirin

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/12/2019
... on shifting power and money in philanthropy towards justice . NFG’s team has also grown to 15 staff members ... issues such as gentrification and displacement, racial justice and police accountability, just transition to a new ... as it activates philanthropy to support social justice and power building,” said Dennis. “Nearing its ...
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Real Talk on Police Reform

Event type: 
Member Event
Thursday, April 7, 2016
New York, NY
... of Communities United for Police Reform (including the Justice Committee, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Make the ...
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Join the Inaugural Philanthropy Forward Leadership for Change Fellowship

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/18/2018
... A future that centers and achieves equity and social justice . Philanthropy Forward fellows will be unlocking the ... individual and collective strengths as leaders for social justice Better understand and access support around ... term impacts, community centered strategies, and advancing justice , equity and power. Core Program Components – ...

Building Power in the Sunshine State: Lessons from FJE’s Florida Learning Tour

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/09/2019
... political infrastructure for workers’ rights, migrant justice , women’s rights, and more. Sienna Baskin , Director ... their families, and the wider community around a sense of justice , not by arguing politics. Alliance for Safety and Justice organizes crime victims around criminal justice ...

How to Creatively Fund Social Movements

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Webinar
... working on issues including immigrant rights, racial justice , access to higher education, women’s rights, health equity, LGBTQ equality and economic justice . Thenmozhi Soundararajan is founder and executive ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Black Churches Are Burning Again in America

News type: 
News from the Field
by Emma Green, The Atlantic “What's the church doing on fire?” Jeanette Dudley, the associate pastor of God's Power Church of Christ in Macon, Georgia, got a call a little after 5 a.m. on Wednesday, she told a local TV news station. Her tiny church of about a dozen members had been burned, probably beyond repair. The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco got called in, which has been the standard procedure for church fires since the late 1960s. Investigators say they’ve ruled out possible causes like an electrical malfunction; most likely, this was arson. The very same night, many miles...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

Development Without Displacement in Opportunity Zones

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
To register for this event, please log in to your account or create a new account . For any registration issues, contact support@nfg.org . Photo by Blake Wheeler on Unsplash Last month, NFG's Democratizing Development Program held two separate meetings with funders and community leaders to learn, network, and strategize about the impacts, implications, and potential actions we can take to ensure that Opportunity Zones are more equitable in cities across the country. The Opportunity Zones designation, a provision nested within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, presents significant...

Amplify Fund Learning and Evaluation Partner RFP

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
03/11/2019
... of a Learning and Evaluation Partner. We would like the L &E Partner to begin as soon as possible and commit to ... This is not a traditional Learning & Evaluation ( L &E) engagement. We are seeking a values-aligned partner that ... - 4:00 pm CT / 3:30 - 5:00 pm ET If you are a prospective L &E partner and would like more information about this ...

Control, Disruption and Democracy: Philanthropy's Role in Inclusive Civic Engagement

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, February 29, 2016
... requires us to acknowledge that the way the criminal justice system operates for Black and brown people, like the ... the (too-often racial) divide in our approach to social justice issues. Admirable as this is, this broader approach ... acknowledge two ideas. First, that the way the criminal justice system works should be seen by philanthropy, as it is ...

Choosing to be a Liberated Gatekeeper

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Amoretta Morris , — Director of National ... opening plenary address. Recently, a trusted social justice leader called me a philanthropic gatekeeper . And ... wanting this to be untrue because of our commitment to justice doesn’t change it. We have to acknowledge the ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

On Earth Day, Empowering Allies for the Year Ahead

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/22/2015
... of opportunity? Whether your starting place is economic justice or climate resilience, the solutions to these global ... resilience focused on social, economic, and environmental justice . Puerto Rico is facing a major financial crisis, ... one of 100 Resilient Cities . Historically, environmental justice represents a small portion of the “green funder ...

Funders for a Just Economy 2020 Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, March 23, 2020 - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Webinar
... hardest but also groundbreaking movement on economic justice . From successful teacher’s strikes addressing ... Progressive Technology Project Erica Smiley, Jobs with Justice Samantha Winslow, Labor Notes 2:00 pm Emergency ... Organizing Network (NDLON) Nafisah Ula, Jobs with Justice 4:00 pm State of Labor and Keynote Damon ...

A New Testament of Hope

News type: 
Member News
... all backgrounds, young people in particular, rallying for justice is a powerful, transformative sight. I hope we keep ... on the police department itself, as well as the larger justice system. It’s essential to pay respect to these ... one, am grateful for the service they commit to. But the justice system is more than the people who occupy it at any ...

A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

News type: 
Member News
... or volunteer staff, as well as older black-led social- justice groups that are already strapped for money. ... the black community needs to achieve real racial justice . Our focus on black-led organizing groups is an ... to better coordinate and align our grant making for racial justice for the black community That’s why we are working ...

I Am the Black Woman Who Interrupted the Netroots Presidential Town Hall, and This Is Why

News type: 
News from the Field
... As a human being and a person committed to the cause of justice , I was overwhelmed with grief for Bland, her family ... first criminalized, then brutalized by the United States' justice system. I was also determined that Bland's death and ... Black Alliance for Just Immigration , the premier racial justice and migrant rights organization in the U.S. As I .....

Ferguson Solidarity: Ways to Support the Fight

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, August 19, 2014
... Ways to Support the Fight All eyes are on the fight for justice for Michael Brown and the growing movement against ... the country. We all stand in solidarity as we demand for justice for Michael Brown, Eric Garner, John Crawford, and ... ways you can support monetarily: Support to the Family: Justice For Mike Brown If you want to donate online to ...

Women of Color on #BlackLivesMatter, Gender, and Racism

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Thu, December 11, 2014
... the place are declaring #BlackLivesMatter, and demanding justice . There’s been a proliferation of important writing ... that patterns of racial injustice are a reproductive justice issue. “Michael Brown was a son who is loved and ... separations are part of a long legacy of reproductive justice violations against communities of color that continue ...

Funders for a Just Economy Florida Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, April 8, 2019 - Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Fort Myers, FL
... issues, and their relation to immigration policy, migrant justice , women’s rights and gender justice , health and safety policies, mass incarceration, and ... the Contigo Fund: Contigo Fund, Central Florida Jobs with Justice , QLatinx 6:30pm: Dinner (Open invitation to ...

The Power of the People – SB1445 is a Strategic Victory With Lessons for Alliance Building

News type: 
News from the Field
... bill. As the Movement for Black Lives shines the light of justice on the crisis of police brutality plaguing Black ... progress as we fight to bend the arc of history towards justice , and seek more opportunities to build power. The ... for racial profiling, and the scathing Department of Justice report on the police practices in Ferguson, MO. The ...

Reports from the Movement Strategy Center

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 01, 2016
... that we are hearing and observing throughout the social justice world. As the title implies, these papers represent ... and Movement Building at the Intersection of Environmental Justice and Reproductive Justice We offer this executive summary as a welcome to all ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

WeTheProtesters Open Letter

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
03/04/2015
... promise of our union, establish true and lasting justice , accord dignity and standing to everyone, center the ... We are everywhere. We, the protestors, are dedicated to justice , a road on which there are no shortcuts. The time is ... at our core is love, accountability, and a thirst for justice . We, the protestors, hold these truths to be ...

From Bail Reform to Closing the Jail: Organizing Wins for Divestment

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, July 30, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Webinar
Hosted by the Bail Reform Strategy Group of Funders for Justice . In recent months, as hundreds of thousands of ... Jail ATL Campaign Moderator: Katayoon Majd, Criminal Justice Initiatives at Borealis Philanthropy About the ... . The Campaign is led by Women on the Rise and the Racial Justice Action Center and has the support of over 40 ...

2020 National Convening update & more: NFG's April 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
04/30/2020
... and we have deepened our understanding of the disability justice practice to resist the pull and pressure of ... as we propel philanthropy to shift power and money towards justice and equity will continue virtually! To help us look ... more resources to racial, economic, gender, and climate justice through the NFG community, we would love to hear from ...
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No Time for Business as Usual

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/16/2017
... named a commitment to democratic values and social justice , supporting the most vulnerable, respecting diversity ... at the intersection of immigration policy and criminal justice reform. They reinforced that our programmatic pillars ... groups like the Pillars Fund . Our racial and economic justice work supports the efforts of groups like ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Staff Transitions at NFG

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/29/2017
... President of Operations. Adriana has worked in the social justice field for over 20 years, bringing great expertise in ... advocacy, and grassroots advocacy for racial justice , civil liberties, and human rights. Along with these ...
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The criminalization of Muslim students must end

News type: 
News from the Field
Ahmed Mohamed’s treatment by teachers and police show us the extent to which Islamophobia has spread to schools September 17, 2015 by Deepa Iyer, for Aljazeera America The experience of Ahmed Mohamed — a Sudanese Muslim high school freshman who was suspended and arrested in Irving, Texas, after his teachers and administrators believed that a clock he made was a bomb — has caught America’s attention. Even President Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg weighed in, inviting Mohamed to the White House and Facebook , respectively. But these gestures, as sincere as they are, cannot by themselves...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

What We’ve Gained And Lost Since Stonewall

News type: 
News from the Field
Black trans people have been struggling for acceptance for 50 years. And we’re not even close to getting it. By Miss Major There is no because of this or that — Stonewall just happened. There was a tendency at that time for white people to think, well, she’s a junkie or she’s an alcoholic or she’s a drug addict. She’s anything but human, so why listen to her? That was the basic attitude towards us trans women in the 60s. And it just happened to be everywhere. Some of the girls back then, like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, tried to speak up for us, but just got laughed at. Everyone,...

JPMorgan Chase, Detroit Development Fund and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Announce $6.5 Million Loan Fund for Detroit’s Minority-Owned Small Businesses

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/12/2015
... small contractors, and for-profit and nonprofit affordable housing developers. DDF currently manages $23 million in loan ... have been made to minority owned companies, and over 1,400 housing units were rehabbed as a result of DDF’s loans. DDF ...

Five Principles for Engagement on the Future of Work(ers) and Two Big Ideas

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/11/2018
In these videos, Sarita Gupta (Jobs with Justice ) talks about collective bargaining and the future of ... workers. We presented a workshop on the evolving worker justice movement during the NFG biennial conference in St. ... MO. And, we partnered with Sarita Gupta of Jobs with Justice and Michelle Miller of Coworker.org to hear their ...

Philanthropy’s Role in Holding Tension

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Megan Armentrout , Program Associate at ... spotlight, only made sense. Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice highlighted issues at the intersection of race, ... until others begin to recognize the complex nature of justice issues plaguing our nation. In this way, I believe ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Facing and Recovering from Soul Trauma

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/09/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Andrea Dobson , NFG Board Member and Chief ... highly respected philanthropic institution that has social justice in its DNA. In the opening plenary for Neighborhood ... our money where are mouths are? Are we funding social justice organizations like we expect them to win? Or am I ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Applications Now Open for 2019-2020 Philanthropy Forward Leadership Fellowship

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/06/2019
... A future that centers and achieves equity and social justice . Philanthropy Forward Fellows will be unlocking the ... individual and collective strengths as leaders for social justice ; Better understand and access support around ... strategies, centering long term impacts, and advancing justice , equity and power. Core Program Components – ...

NFG Colorado Funders Happy Hour

Event type: 
Reception
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Denver, CO
... home for 10 years and has deep roots in local social justice philanthropy. She currently serves as Board Co-Chair ...
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A Letter to the NFG Community from our President: NFG's June 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
06/09/2020
... home at a time when moving resources to struggles for justice is critically important. For 40 years, we have been ... ideas, and shift power and money towards transformational justice and equity, it is important to me that you know who I ... as we accelerate racial, gender, economic, and climate justice with our communities and movements. Keep reading for ...
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Post-Election Resources

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Tue, November 22, 2016
Social justice organizers, advocates, and the funders who support ... and planned approaches for funding and defending social justice organizations in the new political climate in this ... and Organizational Sustainability Alliance for Justice : “The Time for Advocacy Is Now" Alliance for .....

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Kris Hayashi

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/14/2019
... Andrew Free are joining in a national campaign calling for Justice for Roxsana and for all trans migrants. It will be a long and difficult fight, but we must and we will get justice for Roxsana and for all trans migrants. What Happened ... Free have been working with Roxsana’s family in seeking justice . Roxsana’s sisters shared the following statement ...

For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... ’s Strong Local Economies program, writes about racial justice and inclusive economic development. This post ... that is not only guided by principles of social justice , and working to address real societal problems, but ... South, an organization whose work for racial and economic justice was guided by principles of investing in people, ...

For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... ’s Strong Local Economies program, writes about racial justice and inclusive economic development. This post ... that is not only guided by principles of social justice , and working to address real societal problems, but ... South, an organization whose work for racial and economic justice was guided by principles of investing in people, ...
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For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... ’s Strong Local Economies program, writes about racial justice and inclusive economic development. This post ... that is not only guided by principles of social justice , and working to address real societal problems, but ... South, an organization whose work for racial and economic justice was guided by principles of investing in people, ...
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Strike Watch: Solidago Foundation's Rebecca Greenberg on Funding Democracy Defense from Georgia to Arizona

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/21/2020
... brings you original content from FJE on urgent economic justice issues and the latest developments in grassroots ... How did Solidago – a long time supporter of economic justice and worker movements – decide to jump into election ... do you think that it’s important for economic and social justice funders to consider resourcing this part of movements ...

Meeting the Moment: 2020’s New Civic Engagement Landscape in Rural and Small-City America

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:15am
Webinar
... 28) shared an overview of how COVID 19 and a new racial justice environment has altered the landscape for rural ... civic participation, democracy, climate change, and racial justice . Please direct questions to Lindsay Ryder, Senior ... rural communities toward racial, economic, and climate justice ; Explore how groups built power among rural ...

Strike Watch - Election 2020: Workers Redefine the Map, as Corporate Tech Pours Millions to Undermine Rights

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/13/2020
... Against Drunk Driving and the manipulation of racial justice language and data (via spurious groups like the ... on other intersecting issues of racial and economic justice , such as the significant Measure J in Los Angeles County supported by Black Lives Matter-LA, Justice LA coalition, Youth Justice Coalition and a wider ...

Racial Capitalism, Power & Resistance: Keynote Videos & Highlights for 2020

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/15/2020
... Dr. Barbara Ransby that grounded our meeting. Top ( L -R): Dr. Barbara Ransby, Mónica Ramírez, Dr. Ananya Roy ... Futures Lab led a conversation with Mónica Ramírez of Justice for Migrant Women , Aaron Tanaka of the Center for ... Economic Democracy and Cindy Wiesner of Grassroots Global Justice . These leaders shared that grassroots, ...

Funders for a Just Economy - Alabama Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Webinar
... wage beginning in 2015 , leaders in the movement for justice in Alabama come from a fierce and mighty lineage. ... and communities are implementing to advocate for economic justice . Funders learned about the immense history, culture, ... through Litigation, Leadership Development, and Social Justice Infrastructure Closing Discussion & Lessons Learned ...

A Letter from IRSG Members in Honor of Isabel Arrollo

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/04/2020
... and as allies and co-conspirators in the struggle for justice , we need to show up to defend our neighbors and human ... moment, at whatever level, to the environmental health and justice — and agroecological — organization, El Quinto ... for Agroecology , Central California Environmental Justice Network (CCEJN) , Foodlink Tulare County , Quaker ...

NFG 2016 National Convening: Philanthropic Strategies for People, Place, and Power

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - Thursday, June 16, 2016
Oakland, CA
... strategies for economic, social, and racial justice . For more information about this year's conference, ... is to build the capacity of philanthropy to advance social justice and community well-being. NFG organizes social change ... and practices that advance economic, racial, and social justice . Questions? We are working with a conference .....

Answering the Call from Movement Leaders

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Julia Beatty , Program Officer for the ... Group’s 2018 Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . This year, the convening surfaced good, hard ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

As We #SayHerName, 7 Policy Paths to Stop Police Violence Against Black Girls and Women

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, July 19, 2016
... women and policing over the past two years, as a Soros Justice Fellow. What follows is a list of seven starting ... The New York Young Women’s Initiative ‘s criminal justice recommendations released this week. I’ve also ... this plain. Recommendations: ​The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) should collect national data about police ...

From Grievance to Governance: 8 Features of Transformative Campaigns

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, May 03, 2016
... power. In order to govern with progressive and social justice values, that political power has to be independent ... That’s why a critical mass of progressive and social justice organizations is aligning around a strategic focus on ... #BlackLivesMatter network popularized an understanding of l eaderful networks and beautifully demonstrates the power of ...

Strike Watch: Workers refuse to relent for Black lives, as COVID-19 workplace dangers expand

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/26/2020
If there is an image that encapsulates the continued expansion of worker-led direct action in the last few weeks, it is Angela Davis on Juneteenth. With her fist raised high and face mask tight, Dr. Davis stood strong out of a roof of a car moving through a massive strike linking dockworkers and community to shutter the Port of Oakland for 8-plus hours. Led by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) shipping and transport workers, 29 ports were shut down as tens of thousands came together, and drew connections by featuring speakers such as fired Amazon warehouse worker Chris...