Governance, Participatory Budgeting and Grantmaking

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Webinar
... CST / 2:00 - 3:30 pm EST This Neighborhood Funders Group webinar will examine democratic and participatory models where community ... out additional call information and materials before the webinar date. This webinar is open to all staff and trustees of foundations ... contact Shannon Lin at shannon@nfg.org . Governance , Participatory Budgeting and Grantmaking ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... on to address the housing crisis? Participants in this webinar heard from funders and field leaders building community-led power to ... http://www.slideshare.net/NeighborhoodFundersG/ webinar -stabilizing-commu... Speakers: Dawn Phillips | ...

Peer Coaching Training Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 1:00pm
Webinar
... take action. Join us for a peer coaching training webinar ! Note: At the NFG 2018 National Convening in St Louis, MO, we ... in joining a circle, there is no need to attend this webinar ; please email Adriana Rocha at adriana@nfg.org to sign up for a ...

Native Voices Rising: National Funder Briefing Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Webinar
Thursday, December 8, 2016 11 am PT / noon MT / 1 pm CT / 2 pm ET Please register here for call-in information. Join Native Voices Rising for a web briefing that will highlight the critical need to strengthen support for indigenous community organizing and leadership development. The discussion will feature a diverse range of organizers and community leaders, and it will highlight the Native Voices Rising grant making initiative that is working to model Native-led grant making and bolster support for...

Webinar: Investments that Build Wealth and Power

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 -
10:30am - 12:00pm
Webinar
... and the Integrated Rural Strategies Group — in this webinar to dive into two case studies: the Boston Ujima Project and We ... issues, please contact support@nfg.org . Webinar : Investments that Build Wealth and Power ...

NFG Midwest Equity Funders Meeting

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 -
9:00am - 4:00pm
Milwaukee, WI
Photo by Towpilot on Wikimedia The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Ford Foundation, Needmor Fund, and the Neighborhood Funders Group invite you to a Midwest equity project meeting in deepening our shared practice towards equity and justice in the region. Originally planned for January 2019, this meeting was rescheduled due to extreme weather conditions. The purpose of the meeting is to bring together a core group of Midwest funders working on issues of equity, justice, and economic inclusion to learn, share, and identify ways to engage others in philanthropy committed to working toward equity...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Sat, June 24, 2017
... the infrastructure for successful campaigns and progressive governance by Dr. Manuel Pastor of the University of Southern California’s ... three dimensions that route pathways to progressive governance : the demographic, economic, political and geographic conditions; the ...

Grant-making with an Intersectional Lens

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 24, 2018 -
11:00am - 12:30pm
Webinar
... causes of systemic poverty and economic discrimination. This webinar will feature Alex Delvalle ( Groundswell Fund ), Holly Bartling ( ... on race, gender and migration status. Additionally, this webinar will explore Journey Towards Intersectional Grant-Making , ...

Rural Rising: Supporting Equity, Sustainability, and Resilience in Rural & Small-Town America

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, December 13, 2018 -
11:00am - 12:15pm
Webinar
... really means, we invite you to join this dynamic three-part webinar series and explore opportunities to learn from, lift up, and support ... Systems Funders (SAFSF) invite you to join our three-part webinar series, Rural Rising: Supporting Equity, Sustainability, and ...

From Sector Newcomer to Board Member

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/04/2018
Marjona Jones joined the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock four years ago after working in the field as an organizer for 14 years. She came to Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) through an existing relationship between Veatch and NFG: Molly Schultz Hafid , former assistant director at Veatch, also served as an NFG board member and co-chair for the Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) working group. “She was outgoing co-chair when I was hired at Veatch — the relationships she had built through that working group were important to me as well because I also worked around economic...

Grant Makers Give Money Fast to Challenge Trump Policies

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/13/2017
February 24, 2017 By Rebecca Koenig, The Chronicle of Philanthropy The unprecedented sums individual donors have given to progressive nonprofits since the presidential election have drawn ample attention. The American Civil Liberties Union alone raised $24 million in one weekend after it took on Donald Trump’s travel ban, earning the venerable charity headlines in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and Politico. Foundation responses to the new administration’s policies have flown under the radar. But grant makers worried about how the change in leadership might affect the...

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

News type: 
Member News
Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing , Jan 9, 2015 As we begin 2015, we at the Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) have been re-inspired by the undeniable potential for young people of color to play a transformative role in advancing social justice. Young people of color are demonstrating a readiness to organize that has not been seen in many years. For funders and others who care about youth leadership and social and racial justice, it is an important time to support the actions taking place across the country to help them coalesce into a sustained movement. For funders...

How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, March 14, 2015

By Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Since last summer, a movement has been brewing in response to the police killings of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, and many others. People across the country have taken to the streets, demanding changes in policies that contribute to government-sanctioned violence against African- Americans and Latinos.

People of color are leading this movement, as they should be, but they shouldn’t be expected to move this agenda forward by...

Moving Forward on Racial Justice Philanthropy

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, November 28, 2014

Moving Forward on Racial Justice Philanthropy is the fifth volume of Critical Issues Forum series, which aims to deepen the discourse around important progressive racial justice issues within philanthropy. As PRE celebrated our 10th anniversary last year and engaged allies within the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors to mark the occasion with us, we heard "Have you seen any progress?" repeatedly and knew it was important to take stock of what many of us have been collectively aiming to move for decades. Through focus groups, webinars and direct interviews, our team has sought to get a...

The Black Philanthropic Resource Library

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Thu, December 11, 2014

In regions throughout the US, foundations and philanthropic groups convene panels, conduct webinars and interviews, create press releases, and develop various multi-media products to showcase the impact of philanthropic investment in Black communities. ABFE has compiled a growing list of these products to document the evolution of Black male initiatives in philanthropy and to highlight data of particular interest to members and colleagues throughout its networks.

Visit their website.

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... on to address the housing crisis? Participants in this webinar heard from funders and field leaders building community-led power to ... Director, Fund for Democratic Communities Webinar Recording and Slides: Stabilizing Communities: ...

Prisons/Detention Centers, Racial Justice, and the Environment in Rural Places

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, January 28, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... Group and Funders for Justice invite you to a webinar in which you’ll hear from leaders who organize for local investment ... RSVP to fundersforjustice@nfg.org This webinar will: Highlight rural community visions in this work, ...

Join the Inaugural Philanthropy Forward Leadership for Change Fellowship

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/18/2018
Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) and The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions are excited to launch a new leadership fellowship for CEOs of progressive philanthropic institutions. The first cohort of 15 dynamic fellows will be the start of an annually growing network of visionary CEO leaders who share a belief in a model of community partnership that centers community knowledge and power building. Together, fellows will be strategic thought partners, with a dedicated space to organize together, boldly envisioning and advancing the transformed future of philanthropy. A future that...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, October 26, 2018
Webinar
Come join your peers in philanthropy for a strategy discussion that will highlight the potential for a collaborative effort of building a Midwest learning community committed to advancing racial justice, powerbuilding, and opportunity for all people. This discussion aims to: deepen connections with and among Midwest funders working on increasing equity and opportunity engage funders in the process of developing a Midwest scan of grantmakers and nonprofit institutions interested in building shared equity and opportunity Over the last two years, Neighborhood Funders Group has brought together a...

Power Research

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Webinar
... and ongoing strategy and campaign development. Join this webinar to learn more about power research and how it is being used by ...
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Community Learning Partnership: A Model in Phoenix, New York, and Detroit

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Webinar
... NFG’s Working Group on Place-Based Community Change for a Webinar for Funders Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Time: 9am ... to be at the center of community change. Join this webinar to hear from three grantmakers who are supporting the CLP network and ...

Funders for a Just Economy - Network Meeting & Florida Tour Review

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
The Funders for a Just Economy invites you to a meeting featuring Brittney Frazier (Alleghany Franciscan Ministries) and José García (Ford Foundation) who will share a recap and review of the recent FJE and Florida Philanthropic Network Learning Tour. They will provide an overview of the tour and their experience, and then we’ll open it up for other participants to share and answer questions. Check out this recap of the learning tour on the NFG blog. In addition, we are excited to hear how network members are developing their strategies toward workers’ rights and racial, gender, and economic...

Speak Out: Social Justice Advocacy for Public Foundations

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, September 20, 2019 -
11:00am - 12:15pm
Webinar
A recording of this webinar is available here . (Enter contact info to access.) ... Bolder Advocacy , a program of Alliance for Justice, this webinar will provide you with a clear understanding of the kinds of advocacy ... outreach in historically undercounted communities? This webinar will answers these questions as well as share real-life examples of a ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/19/2019
In October 2019, Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) held a breakthrough Racial Capitalism, Power and Resistance Convening that brought foundations together for what many participants said was an unprecedented conversation on the racial and gendered inequality inseparable from US and global capitalism – and what funders can do to address these realities. The FJE program intends to continue the conversation throughout 2020 and integrate the frame of racial capitalism, power and resistance into all of our programming. As part of this process, we held a series of one-on-one dialogues with program...

Beyond Recovery: A People's Plan

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 10:00am
Webinar
Neighborhood Funders Group's Democratizing Development Program invites all funders to join this important conversation linked to health, housing, race, and community power during the growing coronavirus pandemic. Please join Right To The City / Homes For All for this online discussion with the network's member organizations on the impacts of and responses to the COVID-19 moment. Hear experiences from the frontlines of the grassroots housing justice movements and how the Beyond Recovery campaign is pushing to make housing a human right and to win homes for all. REGISTER HERE

COVID-19 Funds: Where to Donate to Support Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Sat, March 28, 2020

In this new moment of growing uncertainty brought by the outbreak of COVID-19, we are seeing the intersection of health care, public health, and community care in this critical time of physical distancing, economic crisis, and social solidarity. We are seeing that health care, housing, social protections, water, electricity, and wireless internet for all is possible, when people are put ahead of profits for even a moment. Yet this will be only a temporary glimpse of what’s possible if philanthropy does not step up in this moment and in the months to come to fund both basic life...

Amplify Fund's Response to COVID-19

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Tue, April 21, 2020

In the face of COVID-19, Amplify is stretching from our core! We maintain our central belief that community power drives just and equitable development, and feel strongly that all funders should:

  • Give more than you ever thought possible. As a time-limited pooled fund, we are reallocating budget items so we can distribute as much in direct support as possible. We hope you give at the maximum level possible even if that’s above the 5% minimum endowment payout or your current averages.

  • ...
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Program: 
Amplify Fund

NFG Newsletter - April 2020

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
04/30/2020
We hope that you are safe, supported, and healthy in this unprecedented public health and economic crisis. The NFG team has spent the last several weeks adjusting to this altered way of life — providing time off for staff, calling for social solidarity , urging funders to scale up and move money to communities of color on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking ways to highlight the particular impact of this moment on communities of color, low-wage workers, disabled, Deaf, and ill communities — and thoughtfully considering how to shift our work and programs. We had looked forward to...
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Highlights from Amplify this July

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/23/2020
... at the North Bay Organizing Project , for a 60-minute webinar hosted by the Funders Network (TFN) called Keeping it Local: ... accessible stories of their work. A full recording of the webinar is available here and many of the images that Amy shared about ...
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Program: 
Amplify Fund

2020 National Convening: 40 Years Strong

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, June 29, 2020 - Friday, December 18, 2020
Virtual
NFG's 2020 VIRTUAL CONVENING SERIES: 40 YEARS STRONG Since 1980, NFG has been a ‘political home’ for people in philanthropy: a place to connect, strengthen our analysis, and take action. Our virtual convening series: 40 Years Strong celebrates four decades of mobilizing philanthropy and brings funders together to explore what is possible in the current era of organized philanthropy. This series began on with our 40 Years Strong plenary session on people, place and power and a second plenary that focused on philanthropy's responsibility to be accountable to communities of color and low-income...