Funders for a Just Economy 2020 Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, March 23, 2020 - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Webinar
... and safe during our events. We recognize the urgency of a conversation on how to strategically build philanthropic ... for this conversation and we appreciate your understanding of this shift. If you have already registered for the ... for longer term reforms toward democracy and economic inclusion ? And most importantly, how can philanthropy partner ...

Building Power in Place - Nashville: Reshaping the City Towards an Economy for All

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Thu, February 25, 2021
... eyes on 2020 voter mobilizations to give voice to hundreds of thousands of Black, Latinx, and API voters in Georgia and ... gentrification and relentless state-level pushback against inclusion , new upsurges in labor-community organizing in ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Webinar
... more equitable communities for low-income and communities of color becomes even more critical as cities and regions ... like Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit, large populations of low-income black communities, immigrant communities, and ... , at nile@nfg.org . Systems Changes Towards Equity and Inclusion in the Midwest: Vision and Practical Grantmaking ...

Funders for a Just Economy Florida Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, April 8, 2019 - Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Fort Myers, FL
... trade. However, Florida has also long been an epicenter of inequality. Industries there have used forced labor ... and gender and have led to huge differences in the quality of life amongst Floridians. Income data indicate that earners in the top 1% make 39.5 times that of the other 99%, making Florida one of the most unequal in ...

Funders for a Just Economy 2021 Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - Friday, March 12, 2021
Virtual
... deteriorating conditions for Black, Indigenous, and people of color, low-income communities and workers, rural ... and support these multi-racial and broad coalitions of grassroots community and labor organizations, who are ... Sara Nelson , International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA , AFL-CIO Session: Relief and a ...

Welcome Manisha Vaze, Sr. Program Manager of Funders for a Just Economy

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
03/02/2017
... grassroots organizing. Most recently, she was the Director of Organizing at Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy ... barriers to social and economic barriers for residents of South L.A. There, Manisha helped build replicable job ... proactive solutions among funders around the future of work, with a focus on the social movements engaging and ...
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Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... (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 ... Ford, he served as program officer for Strong Local Economies at the Surdna Foundation, where he led the design ...

Project Phoenix Readings

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, March 06, 2017
Below are several of the reports and readings that supported our learning in ... program for funders exploring fronts ranging from local economies and climate justice to worker co-ops under the ... that can help local efforts to promote racial economic inclusion and equitable development in different policy ...

City of Pittsburgh, The Heinz Endowments, and the p4 Sustainability Model: People, Planet, Place, and Performance

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Webinar
... 11 am CT / 12 pm ET — REGISTER HERE — The City of Pittsburgh and The Heinz Endowments are spearheading a major effort to forge a new model of urban growth and development that is innovative, ... global relationships with cities, advocates for equity and inclusion , clean technology innovators, universities, and ...

Building a Funding Response to Scenarios after the Election

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, October 29, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... to respond to the immediate, medium and long term needs of movement leaders. We’ll pay particular attention to the ways to protect workers, Black, Indigenous and people of color, LGBTQIA and gender non-conforming people, women, ... information-sharing and a clear understanding of what can be ahead is key, and we hope this will be a vital ...

Organizing for Wall Street Accountability and Financial Reform: Funders’ Briefing and Discussion

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Washington, DC
... by Senator Elizabeth Warren Hosted by: American Federation of Teachers, Arca Foundation, Communication Workers of America, Ford Foundation, Inclusive Economy Fund, Open ... States has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of billionaires and large, ...

Surdna Foundation Stepping Up for Racial Justice

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/14/2020
Don Chen, President of Surdna Foundation , announces the foundation's plans to ... and distinguished by healthy environments, strong local economies , and thriving cultures. Across the U.S., millions ... of the Foundation beyond grantmaking. Our Inclusive Economies , Sustainable Environments , and Thriving .....

Funder Delegation to AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention

Event type: 
Convening
Sunday, September 8, 2013 - Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
... new ways to help working people gain a voice—new forms of representation for workers, new approaches to politics and ... quadrennial Convention is the most important gathering of labor leaders in the country, making crucial decisions about the future of the labor movement, electing officers and engaging a broad ...

No Time for Business as Usual

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/16/2017
Sharon Alpert, NFG member and President & CEO of The Nathan Cummings Foundation , shares an update on NCF's ... democratic institutions are under attack. The legitimacy of the press is being questioned and critical public ... many, and lifting up new models of economic and democratic inclusion . Our inclusive clean economy work partners with .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Facing and Recovering from Soul Trauma

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/09/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 ... NFG Board Member and Chief Operating & Financial Officer of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation , reflects on the ... increasingly choosing violence over peace, oppression over inclusion , and greed over generosity. More importantly, what ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practice in Place-Based Philanthropy

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, September 19, 2016 - Wednesday, September 21, 2016
... thrive there. The time is ripe to rethink the role of funders and in supporting community resilience and cohesion as a part of community power building. On September 19-21, 2016, ... , Vice President of Policy & Programs at Center for Social Inclusion , shares three lessons that funders should build on ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Philanthropy Moving Forward a Bolder Approach to America’s Housing Crisis

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/04/2021
This blog was written by Nile Malloy, Director of NFG's Democratizing Development Program to urge ... assistance, and foreclosure delay relief to slow the rate of some families from being pushed towards the cliff of ... Kataly Foundation and Managing Director of the Restorative Economies Fund. These examples and countless others .....
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Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Be vigilant and move the money: NFG's January 2021 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
01/27/2021
In NFG’s final Strike Watch blog of 2020, Manisha Vaze — Director of our Funders for a Just Economy Program — issued this ... for systemic change.” As we wrap up this first month of 2021 and continue to celebrate — and fund! — the ...
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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
... crisis with devastating impacts in rural communities of color, the coronavirus pandemic has crippled the economy, ... in rural areas, and facilitate a transition to working economies that are ecologically resilient and sustainable. ... domestic workers advocating for respect, recognition, and inclusion in labor protections for all domestic workers. Over ...

Highlights from Amplify this July

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/23/2020
... We were thrilled to end June and begin July with so many of you at the start of NFG’s 2020 virtual convening series: 40 Years Strong . On the fourth day of programming, on Thursday, July 2, Melody joined Jazmin ...
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Program: 
Amplify Fund

Project Phoenix

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, February 1, 2016 - Monday, January 30, 2017
... the past few years exploring fronts ranging from local economies and climate justice to worker co-ops under the frame of a “just transition” or “solidarity economy” or ... for environment, economy and democracy. Alternative local economies and finance mechanisms will deliver more equity and ...

As the South Grows

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, June 12, 2018
As the South Grows is an initiative of Grantmakers for Southern Progress (GSP) and the National ... FERTILE SOIL Despite growing challenges to civil rights, inclusion and economic justice across the country, and ... change. Both regions have land- and water-dependent economies such as agriculture and commercial fishing. Small ...

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
... and the ultra-wealthy also pushed their agendas of racialized and gendered inequality ahead, most notably ... "gig" worker proposition. While the full significance of the election is still unfurling, the results point to the power of long-term, worker-led organizing led by unions, .....

Bending the Arc from Interest to Advancement

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Wed, April 08, 2015
... This document was shared by Reverend Starsky Wilson, of the Deaconess Foundation. Read the original document here ... As philanthropic leaders, we acknowledge the impact of inequity on the people and communities we serve. We are ... Foundation ( triostl.org ) supports Diversity, Equity and Inclusion table through Gateway Center for Giving. ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity

New Southern Strategies: Employment, Workers' Rights and the Prospects for Regional Resurgence

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Tue, October 03, 2017
... an understanding and attention to the political economy of the South can help funders and field organizations develop ... Theodore assesses economic indicators affecting quality of life in the South and examines corporate strategies that are driving these changes. It presents some of the efforts underway in the region to improve the quality ...

2019 Budget and Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, February 21, 2019 - Friday, February 22, 2019
Washington, DC
... an economy that works for all. This event is offered free of charge and open to foundations, donor collaborative ... committed to bringing funders together to discuss a range of topics during this event. Due to the sensitivity of the materials that will be presented and the strategy ...

Racial Capitalism, Power, and Resistance Movements Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 9:00am - Friday, October 18, 2019 - 3:00pm
Brooklyn, NY
... resistance movements currently tackling the concentration of wealth and power within corporations and building ... During the event, FJE will build upon our understanding of how slavery, genocide, and patriarchy has shaped—and ... event to learn about racial capitalism and how our history of patriarchy and white supremacy are contributing to rising ...

Disrupt the System: How Labor and Philanthropy can Build Worker Power in a New Era

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 -
8:30am - 5:00pm
Washington, DC
... Please reach out to Manisha Vaze, Senior Program Manager of Funders for a Just Economy, at manisha@nfg.org if you are ... the way that workers can collectively bargain. In spite of these challenges, we have seen phenomenal and organic ... that have amped up their tactics to elevate the message of workers, develop new leaders, and build worker power. ...

The Roots of Injustice in Our Agricultural System

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:00am
Webinar
... immigration status, gender and workers’ rights. As part of this continued exploration, FJE is excited to host a ... and why farm worker issues have historically been left out of US labor law protections, and how farm workers are ... from leaders Jeannie Economos (Farmworkers Association of Florida), Mily Treviño-Sauceda (National Alliance of ...

Eroding the Power of Police Unions

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, September 3, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... and successes rolled back, by the political power of police unions. Join NFG's Funders for Justice for this ... that will be covered include preventing the renewal of a detention center contract, cutting the police union ... toxic in electoral campaigns and policy fights. In each of these examples, police unions have gone on the offensive .....

Webinar Recap: Why Should Social Justice Funders Care About Impact Investing?

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, July 14, 2017
... co-hosted a webinar to discuss the current landscape of impact investing and highlight examples of how philanthropic institutions are supporting social ... opportunities for investors to shift away from extractive economies to a renewable, sustainable and just economy. These ...

Funder Meeting on Government Alliance on Race and Equity

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Minneapolis, MN
... to a special funders learning/strategy meeting in advance of the Convening on Racial Equity, co-hosted by Minneapolis ... 2014 3:30 - 5:30pm The McNamara Alumni Center University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, 200 Oak St. SE, Minneapolis, ... Glenn Harris, new president of the Center for Social Inclusion and former Race and Social Justice Initiative ...

Standing in Our Power Together

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/16/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 ... Justice . Here, Manisha Vaze , Senior Program Manager of NFG's Funders for a Just Economy , reflects on funder ... shifts. While conservative forces are oppressing people of color and social movements more than ever, the movements .....

A Multiracial Rural Equity Summit: Why Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/16/2020
As part of Neighborhood Funders Group’s virtual convening series , ... As Americans across the country rise up in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, IRSG calls on philanthropy to: ... to healthy food, healthcare, education, quality jobs, and economies that are non-extractive of the local populations or ...

Seven Ways That Funders Can Support Racial Justice

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, June 27, 2014
... Center A few months ago I spoke to Eva Paterson, president of the Equal Justice Society , who described “disturbing ... away from race where they seem to be adopting the notion of post-racial America.” “What,” asked Patterson, “is ... a year after the LA uprising — “diversity and inclusion ” were considered cutting edge ideas in ...

Power Building and Equity: Rural Electric Cooperatives

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, January 25, 2021 -
9:00am - 10:00am
Virtual
Want to fuel rural communities of color building power? Access to electric utility ... in these communities – particularly in rural communities of color as well as low-income communities in rural areas. ... with Clean Energy Works to learn how rural communities of color are using democratic participation strategies to ...

Are funders ready to fight for our freedom?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/04/2018
By Manisha Vaze , Senior Program Manager of NFG's Funders for a Just Economy This Labor Day weekend, as we celebrate the last days of summer with barbeques and back-to-school preparation, I am thinking about how the labor movement is facing some of the most serious threats to its future. Well-funded .....

New Southern Strategies Webinar: Employment, Workers’ Rights and the Prospects for Regional Resurgence

Event type: 
Other
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Webinar
... an understanding and attention to the political economy of the South can help funders and field organizations develop ... report assesses economic indicators affecting quality of life in the South and examines corporate strategies that are driving these changes. It presents some of the efforts underway in the region to improve the quality ...
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Topic: 
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

What's Next in the Movement for Working Families Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Webinar
... the country, working people struggling on the frontlines of America’s service economy are standing up for jobs that deliver stability and respect. Millions of working people scramble with ever-changing workweeks that ... conservative right stokes America’s popular imagination of a “good middle-class job” by glorifying the ...

2020 Nashville Virtual Site Visit

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, September 21, 2020 - Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Virtual
... Located in middle Tennessee, Nashville has now become one of the fastest growing cities in the last decade since the ... to rising housing prices and rent, and the displacement of many community members and local businesses. While ... movement leadership today. Community organizations, many of whom rely on their base of volunteer activists, ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/15/2020
... defining US and global capitalism — and the role of philanthropy within these structures. FJE is moving this ... and opening a conversation about the underlying history of the US economy and the origins of philanthropy as a way to ... nationalism; “building as we undo” through solidarity economies and other alternatives; and thoughtfully advancing ...

Journey Towards Intersectional Grant-Making

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Thu, May 24, 2018
... grant-making together and create the beginnings of a central framework on economic justice grantmaking ... and key thought partners to inform their understanding of intersectional grant-making. The approach was an ... appreciative inquiry to affirm that there is a great deal of expertise in the field. The group then convened 18 ...

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
Pittsburgh is a “blue city," where nearly 80% of the population voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 ... gentrification is rapidly displacing low-income families of color from hot areas of the city while other neighborhoods have not seen any .....

“Advancing Together” the Democratizing Development Program

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
10/13/2016
... Development Program this summer with the goal of supporting our network to help create a shift in how ... toward a vision where low-income people and communities of color have actual decision-making ability to say what ... where and how they want to live. Here is a short list of what we have been up to. We also have lots of great ...

Grant-making with an Intersectional Lens

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 24, 2018 -
11:00am - 12:30pm
Webinar
... not designed for Black people, indigenous peoples, people of color, women, people who identify as LGBTQI, and migrants to thrive. As we consider the implications of this economic system, and philanthropy as a sector within ... historical and intersectional analysis in our grant-making of the economic policies that have led to systemic poverty, ...

Announcing Two New NFG Projects

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/17/2018
... in St. Louis. In case you missed it, here's a preview of what's coming. Philanthropy Forward: Leadership for ... our first ever leadership cohort for CEOs and presidents of progressive philanthropic institutions. This peer group of ... in rural areas; facilitating a transition to working economies that are ecologically resilient and sustainable; .....

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/11/2018
... Justice) talks about collective bargaining and the future of work and Michelle Miller (Coworker.org) describes the concept of “surveillance capitalism” and data generated by ... Foundation) share how they're thinking about the future of workers. The future of work is everywhere. Between the two .....

Puerto Rico: A Philanthropic Sneak Peak

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, October 10, 2014
Webinar
Webinar Sneak-Peak of the Tour! Friday, October 10, 2014 1pm-2:15pm eastern/ ... with the United States, there has been a limited presence of US mainland philanthropy in Puerto Rico. The island is ... the island are forging innovate ways to address a myriad of problems in innovative and effective ways. This webinar ...

Moving Money, Making Change: Funding the Movement for Black Lives

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, November 05, 2015
... Morris Fall 2015 - Responsive Philanthropy, the blog of National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy The ... It has been almost three months since the families of those 19 victims of police violence took the stage at the ... looking to do more should consider three things: Practice inclusion and accountability in new ways. One of the most ...

A Pivotal Moment for Racial Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/05/2015
Eric Ward, Program Officer of Ford Foundation 's Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice ... no indictment would be delivered in the police killing of Eric Garner. Following the grand jury decision not to ... when they thought he was grasping for a weapon instead of the medication he was actually reaching for. And on .....

Funder Briefing: Freedom Cities

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Webinar
... for Just Immigration (BAJI)—organizations with decades of experience organizing and advocating for women, Black and ... , Co-Director at Enlace Carl Lipscombe , Deputy Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration Moderator: FFJ ... the political context around the formation and launch of Freedom Cities. They then spoke on how Freedom Cities ...

From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance - Conference Call for Funders

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, February 27, 2017
Webinar
... Throughout the country, we also see a heightened increase of hate violence and racially charged rhetoric in the media ... stronger immigration enforcement, and the dismantling of the key deportation-deferral program, Deferred Action for ... People's Alliance Rachael DeCruz | Center for Social Inclusion (CSI) Greg Casar | Local Progress Board Member .....

What Have We Learned about Place-Based Investments?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
... Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Simran Noor of the Center for Social Inclusion shares the three lessons that funders should build ... my hometown, which allowed me to see firsthand the impacts of place-based investments. I was reminded of that work when ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

#SayHerName: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women

News type: 
News from the Field
... dead in a jail cell three days later, is the latest victim of police brutality against African American women, says ... law and society are shaped by race and gender. In honor of Bland, and to continue to call attention to violence ... Social Policy Studies and co-author of the report. “Yet, inclusion of Black women’s experiences in social movements, ...

Countering State Preemption and Protecting the Power of Local Government

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, July 10, 2017
Webinar
... 3 - 4 PM ET American cities have historically been places of innovation and incubation when it comes to advancing equity and inclusion . Today, however, they face a fast-growing threat. ... state lawmakers have become more aggressive in their use of preemption to stop local lawmaking across a broad and ...

Learning Tour in Puerto Rico

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - Friday, November 14, 2014
San Juan, PR
... solutions that advance equity and resilience. Decades of inequitable development patterns coupled with urgent ... and civil society partnerships that prioritize the needs of the island’s low-income communities. Against this ... Learning Tour: Caguas, Puerto Rico From Displacement to Inclusion : Reimagining Public Housing and Community ...

JAG Unity Summit 2014

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, June 6, 2014 - Sunday, June 8, 2014
Washington, DC
... Joint Affinity Groups (JAG) aims to build upon the power of shifting demographics that are making the US a majority-minority country of diverse communities. To be effective, philanthropy must ... action on equity among JAG groups and a broader range of stakeholders in the field during 2014. Click here for more ...

Boston - New York City Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - Thursday, April 3, 2014
Boston, MA
... inclusive place based change strategies? What are examples of place-based approaches that both build resident ... Neighborhood Initiative story. We'll spend the first half of the day with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, ... and with City Life/ Vida Urbana, which leads a number of effective campaigns for foreclosure defense, just cause .....

FJE 2017 Policy Briefing: The Road Ahead for Worker Justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - Friday, May 19, 2017
Washington, DC
Check out our recap of this event In a fundamentally shifting political and power ... policy briefing will update our most current understanding of the major forces and players that impact worker justice; ... times. Click here for the agenda, slides, and bios of each of the speakers. Panels & Discussions: Ideas and ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
04/30/2015
... Democracy (CPD), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) of HUD announced significant changes to the Distressed Asset ... that require investors to achieve a certain percentage of outcomes that help the surrounding neighborhood; The creation of special auctions for nonprofit bidders only; A 12-month ...

Safe and Just Return to Work

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Webinar
... disparities that have existed for decades. Workers of color and immigrants are dying from COVID-19 in large ... as they are disproportionately represented in many of what are now recognized as “essential jobs:” caring ... and providing us with food and other critical needs. Many of these jobs are among the lowest paid, with little or no ...

Transnational Workers Rights: Emerging Strategies from the Global North and South

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, April 15, 2015
... for Labour and Development (based in India), the Project of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ProDESC, based in ... labor forces and communities, and the increasing mobility of capital (and with it the threat of exit, disinvestment, and job loss) poses unique challenges ...

Nominate Labor Movement Leaders for the 2017 Discount Foundation Legacy Award!

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
09/29/2017
... Justice and Funders for a Just Economy (a program of Neighborhood Funders Group ), the Discount Legacy Award ... is meant only for individuals. Organizations, groups of individuals or institutions are not eligible for consideration. The winner of the 2017 Discount Foundation Legacy Award will be honored ...

Celebrating 20 Years of Leadership on Labor and Economic Justice

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... we are celebrating a milestone—the 20 th anniversary of the Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships ... Since 1996, the working group has kept a revolving circle of funders engaged, informed, and organized around funding ... its founding. The video features past and present members of the working group, as well as leaders in the worker rights ...

Power Research

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Webinar
... an offensive tool, power research guides the development of strategic campaigns that target and expose the drivers of racism and racial division that perpetuate structural ... and the fossil fuel industry. Furthermore, as networks of state-based grassroots organizations collectively build ...
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Strike Watch 2020 Review: Defund the Police to Build Worker Power

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/17/2020
... and physically exhausted. The never-ending tragedy of this year’s global pandemic, the job loss, the deep inequality of the economic and health systems, and the new exposure for ... and movement responses to 9/11 shaped my experiences of centering Black and Indigenous communities in our fight ...

Catalyzing a Movement for Health and Housing

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2019
... in community housing solutions. Despite the large number of concurrent sessions, funders filled the room to dig deep into the urgent issue of equitable housing — and what role health funders can ... in addressing this critical health determinant. The goals of the session, which was organized by NFG’s Democratizing ...

Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on What They Need from Funders

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Tue, June 05, 2018
... the Integrated Rural Strategies Group commissioned a scan of rural organizing work, Voices from the Field: Rural ... the group’s role and intended impact in the landscape of rural organizing. Capturing the voices of organizers on ... — Nick Olsen, Land Stewardship Project “Equity and inclusion should be the basis of the work we do. Having more ...

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

News type: 
Member News
... How did criminalization become a defining characteristic of American society? What can we in philanthropy do about it? In this article, we will look at some of the reasons why, as a society, we have taken a punitive ... belongs and a policy platform that holds membership and inclusion for all communities as its central principle – ...

Lifting up Philanthropy Forward Fellows’ Response to Coronavirus

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/22/2020
... Forward fellowship provides dedicated space for CEOs of progressive philanthropic institutions to organize ... and power: Fellows Nicky Goren, President and CEO of Meyer Foundation, and Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, President ... differently? And how can we center justice, equity and inclusion not as an afterthought, but as a top priority?’: ...

Updates on Ferguson, Cleveland, and NYC

News type: 
NFG Blog
... decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the murder of Michael Brown. Like many of you, we are saddened and angry, but unfortunately not ... the grand jury verdict, and a statement from Center Social inclusion on Ferguson and the racialized cycles of poverty ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, March 14, 2015
... has been brewing in response to the police killings of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, and many others. ... violence against African- Americans and Latinos. People of color are leading this movement, as they should be, but ... people working in philanthropy are an important source of funding for nonprofits helping to organize on-the-ground ...

Webinar Recap of From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, March 21, 2017
While the frame of sanctuary cities is designed as protection for ... People's Alliance Rachael DeCruz | Center for Social Inclusion (CSI) & Government Alliance on Race and Equity ... Desautels | The California Endowment & member of NFG’s Democratizing Development Program Key .....

Supporting Transformative Change with NFG

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/14/2019
... (NFG), just after entering philanthropy from the field of public health: I have been in philanthropy now for 4 ... I want to have!’ It focused on the root causes of what we want to solve and grounded everything from there, ... clarity and boldness in naming and elevating issues of racial and economic justice in philanthropy: The role that ...

Black Lives Matter: We Say Their Names

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/02/2020
... and compelled to action in response to the murders of George Floyd and Black people across the U.S. by police. ... power building so that Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities thrive. RESOURCES & CALLS TO ACTION ... program leadership Dear Philanthropy: These Are the Fires of Anti-Black Racism — by Will Cordery of Leverage ...

Funders for Justice Announces Inaugural Advisory Committee of Field Leaders

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/05/2017
Since we were founded three years ago, a pillar of Funders for Justice has always been close partnership and ... We are incredibly proud to announce our inaugural cohort of FFJ Advisors. These nine leaders were selected in ... Organizing for Change Simran Noor , Center for Social Inclusion Zach Norris , Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ...
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FJE 2018 Policy Briefing: Evolving Strategies for Worker Justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Washington, DC
... on low-wage workers in particular, the changing nature of work due to technology and automation, and the Federal Administration’s recent rollbacks of labor, health, and safety policies leave more and more ... worker centers, and community partnerships in this era of attacks on workers. We will develop a shared analysis of ...

Hawaii Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Honolulu, Hawaii
... October 17th In the popular imagination, Hawaii is thought of as a tropical paradise, but it is also a state that is struggling to overcome centuries of colonialism, environmental degradation and displacement of its Native communities. What can we learn from Hawaii’s ...

State of Black Worker Conference

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - Friday, October 11, 2013
Washington, DC
... the Negro freedom movement. Together we can be architects of democracy."" – Martin Luther King, Jr., at the AFL-CIO ... October 10. In the morning there will be a convening of organizations engaged in black worker organizing, ... organizing as a core strategy. The recent celebration of 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and .....

NFG Announces Transition of President Dennis Quirin

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/12/2019
... — On July 19, Dennis Quirin will step down as President of Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) to accept a new position as Executive Director of the Raikes Foundation in September. NFG’s Vice President of Programs, Adriana Rocha, and Vice President of Operations, ...
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California Renter Power Assembly: Funder Track

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, October 11, 2019 -
9:00am - 4:00pm
Inglewood, CA
... with Homes For All California, Tenants Together, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), and Right ... and resources needed to win for low-income and communities of color to have a true “home.” What: California Renter ... orientation, contact Nile Malloy, Senior Program Manager of NFG's Democratizing Development Program, at nile@nfg.org .....

Strike Watch, Labor Day: Vonda McDaniel on Workers Redefining “Nash-Vegas” and Taking on Power in Tennessee

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/04/2020
... the fortune to sit down with Central Labor Council (CLC) of Nashville & Middle Tennessee President Vonda McDaniel. ... As we honor the many essential workers on the front lines of our economy this Labor Day, FJE presents our continued ... meet with Stand Up Nashville and The Equity Alliance , and of course, McDaniel and the CLC – and engage with film, ...

Movement Portfolio Theory (MvPT)

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, March 4, 2021 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Virtual
Register Button.png NFG urges foundations to use all of their assets to propel racial, economic, gender, and ... with colleague Ariel Brooks, will provide a broad overview of the MvPT approach and core tools. Hyams Foundation CFO and ... perspectives on where to start when the magnitude of needed shifts feel overwhelming. The Center for Economic ...

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

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, June 19, 2017 - Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Pittsburgh, PA
... in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. After decades of disinvestment and loss of manufacturing, Pittsburgh’s economy is resurging, ... new opportunities and threats to low-income communities of color. With aligned progressive strength across the ...

For Love of Humankind: A Call to Action for Southern Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/10/2019
Justin Maxson, Executive Director of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, calls on fellow ... here on the foundation's website. Justin was part of the first Philanthropy Forward: Leadership for Change Fellowship cohort, a joint initiative of Neighborhood Funders Group and The Aspen Institute Forum .....

New opportunities to connect & co-conspire with us: NFG's July 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
07/30/2020
Thank you to the hundreds of people who joined us online to kickoff our 2020 National ... funded the holistic sustainability and wellness of communities and grantee partners so that they had the ... coordinate strategy to resource healing justice. Members of FFJ's Healing Justice Strategy Group also published .....
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Five Questions with Casey: Sophie Dagenais on the Baltimore Unrest and the Way Forward

News type: 
Member News
... 27, 2015, By the Annie E. Casey Foundation As director of the Baltimore Civic Site team, Sophie Dagenais oversees ... Prior to joining Casey, Dagenais served as chief of staff for Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. A ... we have been working to address inequality and promote inclusion through such efforts as Race Matters and Race for ...

#NFG2016 Conference Recap from Native Americans in Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/04/2016
... and programming centered around rethinking the role of funders in building long-term holistic transformation and ... philanthropy opportunities; EDUCATE to master a method of philanthropy rooted in Native values; and EMPOWER each ... Native assets and strengths. Oakland has a long history of innovation and movement building that has stemmed from ...

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
... and compelled to action in response to the murders of George Floyd and Black people across the U.S. by police. ... us all to take powerful action — including those of us in the philanthropic sector. The Amplify Fund calls on ... challenge white supremacy, and follow the guidance of our NFG colleagues and members through Funders for Justice ...

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 ... most acutely by low-income individuals and communities of color, they affect more than just low-income renters. ... carbon emissions. All the while, an increasing number of households live in areas suffering from persistent poverty ...

Webinar: Fueling the Movement - How Foundations Can Support the Fight for Racial Equity

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Webinar
... Creator, #BlackLivesMatter Tynesha McHarris , Director of Community Leadership, Brooklyn Community Foundation ... , President & CEO, Deaconess Foundation and Co-Chair of the Ferguson Commission Aaron Dorfman , Executive ... have been on the ground in the movement about what type of support they need to be successful. Learn funding ...
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Funder Coalition Calls for Building a Just and Resilient New Orleans

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2015
... expected to help New Orleans address "the triple threats of disappearing coastal wetlands, climate change, and failing ... "transform the regional economy [through] the creation of a new knowledge-based, globally exportable industry." "If ... institutions, especially those led by people of color. The paper calls on funders and their partners to .....
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Economic Justice

Capitalism and Racism: Conjoined Twins

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/03/2019
... segment with Ibram X. Kendi , author and founding director of the Anti-Racist Research and Policy Center at American ... segment was his illuminating statement about the origins of capitalism. Kendi views capitalism and racism as "conjoined twins" and that “…the origins of racism cannot be separated from the origins of .....

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/25/2020
In the midst of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, NFG stands with our ... leaders and philanthropy to meet the immediate needs of our communities at this time, NFG also remains committed ... we are witnessing is the deep need for more community-led economies of care, rooted in interdependence, healing ...

A Warm Farewell & A Warm Welcome

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/08/2020
... place to connect, strategize, and take action. A big part of how we make meaning and take action is incubating spaces ... and grow new initiatives — all toward the ultimate goal of shifting money and power in philanthropy to justice and ... Missouri, and Black communities and other communities of color resisting state violence and criminalization around ...
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How not to only fund the loudest voices in the room: NFG's September 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
09/29/2020
... influence in the city. This imbalanced distribution of philanthropic resources is true in many communities across ... said during the learning visit: empty barrels make a lot of noise but impacting systemic change requires philanthropy ... power building work led by Black, Indigenous, and people of color organizations. This Nashville visit coincided with ...
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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
... for Thriving Communities report is the result of collaboration between the California Funders Working ... information, contact Nile Malloy, Senior Program Manager of the Democratizing Development Program , at ... While the analysis presented here emerged out of discussions about the housing crisis and neighborhood ...

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

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/08/2016
... violence within and against low and no income communities of color. They work at the intersection of prison abolition, LGBT rights, education rights, and ... justice. FI aims to challenge the fundamental root causes of violence through leadership development and community ...

Bringing Our Whole Selves to Philanthropy and Our Grantmaking

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 ... learnings, help make connections, and serve as a bridge of information and knowledge between philanthropy and ... fortunate to experience my first NFG convening as a member of the Program Committee thanks to the leadership and ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Democratic Development for Thriving Communities Report

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Mon, June 12, 2017
... Gentrification and Displacement report is the result of collaboration between the California Funders Working Group ... information, contact Nile Malloy, Senior Program Manager of the Democratizing Development Program , at nile@nfg.org ... While the analysis presented here emerged out of discussions about the housing crisis and neighborhood ...

Recap: 2017 Grantmakers for Southern Progress Spring Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, May 05, 2017
... navigate an inclusive way forward for everyone in this era of unprecedented political, economic, and demographic shifts. ... about strategies for developing a shared understanding of progress in the region, approaches for supporting ... deepened their knowledge on the opportunities and promises of South Carolina and the region. To learn more about the ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/14/2020
Michelle J. DePass, President & CEO of Meyer Memorial Trust , describes how the foundation is ... here on the foundation's website. Michelle is part of the 2019-2020 Philanthropy Forward: Leadership for ... more clear that the core concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion point to racial justice, to an Oregon that lives up .....

Strike Watch: From Food to Fashion, Workers are Countering Corporate Talking Points with Organizing for Economic Security and Protection

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/21/2020
... other actions. Employees are coalescing under the banners of established labor (including in the first union election ... worker advocacy and organizing non-profits and a new crop of grassroots unions. These endeavors are exposing the hollowness of multinational companies like Walmart’s public relations ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/09/2019
... women’s rights, and more. Sienna Baskin , Director of the Anti-Trafficking Fund at NEO Philanthropy , shares her ... to a resort in Ft. Myers without relishing the feeling of your toes in sandals or the warm bay breezes? I know these ... and Resistance in the Sunshine State.” As funders, many of us tourists and outsiders, we were invited in to learn the ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/30/2020
In the midst of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, NFG stands with our ... leaders and philanthropy to meet the immediate needs of our communities at this time, NFG also remains committed ... to the communities that disproportionately bear the brunt of this public health and economic disaster, now and into the ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, December 13, 2018 -
11:00am - 12:15pm
Webinar
... rural communities, as well as reflections from leaders of dynamic frontline organizations. 2) Mid-Term Election ... CT / 2:00-3:15 ET) This webinar will brief funders on some of the emerging implications of the recent mid-term elections ... structural inequity and racism, and foster transition to economies that sustain both people and the environment. ...

Reimagining How We Fund and What We Fund

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 ... Dr. Carmen Rojas , NFG Board Member and Co-Founder & CEO of The Workers Lab , reflects on reimagining the role of philanthropy in these pressing times. The NFG ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Towards a More Resilient Place: Voices from the Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, October 18, 2017
... community change. By Dennis Quirin, President of Neighborhood Funders Group, and Steve Patrick, Executive Director and Vice President of the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions As ... continue to expand, the time is ripe to rethink the role of funders in supporting community resilience, cohesion, and ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Sat, June 24, 2017
... briefing updated members with our current understanding of the major forces and players that impact worker justice. ... engaged in strategic conversations about the decline of organized labor, economic discrimination based on migration status and gender, the future of work, emerging state and local policy and advocacy ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, September 17, 2020 -
11:00am - 12:30pm
Webinar
... moratoriums, and canceling rent. For years, tenants of five buildings were threatened to be evicted by a negligent landlord despite the lack of upkeep on the buildings, which included rodents, heating, ... certain once the pandemic hit since the families — most of whom are immigrants and don’t have health care or access ...

2018 Community Change Learning Exchange (CCLE)

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - Thursday, May 10, 2018
Chicago, IL
... (CCLE) on May 9-10, 2018 in Chicago, IL. This iteration of CCLE will highlight the philanthropic journey and process of Woods Fund Chicago and the Field Foundation in moving the ... lessons related to community engagement, race equity and inclusion , transparency, mitigating the effects of ...

Police Accountability: Organizing and Philanthropic Strategies

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 15, 2014
... in Ferguson, MO, in response to the police killing of Michael Brown, have awakened national attention to ... a growing national consciousness that the criminalization of people of color and low-income communities is a mechanism ... and responsiveness to issues of equality, diversity and inclusion . Established in 1971 as the Association of Black ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

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
Entrepreneurs of Color Fund will provide greater economic opportunity for ... program for Detroit businesses owned by entrepreneurs of color and businesses that primarily hire people of color. The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund will boost economic ...

Philanthropy & the Case for Reparations

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, March 18, 2021 -
10:00am - 11:00pm
Virtual
... Vermont are all exploring reparations as a form of racial healing after generations of institutionalized racism. Portland approved as their top ... Kataly Foundation and Managing Director of the Restorative Economies Fund (moderator) Dedrick Asante-Muhammad , Chief, ...

St. Louis Young Black Leaders Cohort Design Process Consultant Search

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
03/26/2019
... In late 2018, the Amplify Fund engaged with a group of local advisors in a strategy development process to ... calls for Amplify to support the leadership primarily of Black and youth leaders and names several strategies as pre-conditions to the success of any work in the region: Nurture trusting relationships and ...

Resourcing the Movement for Black Lives

Fri, June 03, 2016
... THE POLICE BRUTALITY AND IMPUNITY that led to the deaths of Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, ... others have once again highlighted the importance of community organizing for social and structural change. ... William Cordery is a program officer for the Strong Local Economies program at Surdna Foundation, and serves on the ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/08/2019
... by Chainbreaker Collective and Right to the City . As part of the convening, a funder track brought together key allies ... to support the movement for community control of land and housing. Community Visioning for Health, Housing, ... convening kicked off with Tomas Rivera, Executive Director of Chainbreaker Collective , providing local context for ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/26/2020
... is an image that encapsulates the continued expansion of worker-led direct action in the last few weeks, it is ... high and face mask tight, Dr. Davis stood strong out of a roof of a car moving through a massive strike linking dockworkers ...

Strike Watch: Solidago Foundation's Rebecca Greenberg on Funding Democracy Defense from Georgia to Arizona

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/21/2020
... we bring you an in-depth interview with Rebecca Greenberg of the Solidago Foundation , who shares how and why the ... grassroots movements in four US states at the front-line of electoral defense. The Black and brown-led organizations ... from the ground? Given that it's the biggest election of our lifetimes, we have focused our 2020 grantmaking in .....

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

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - Thursday, June 7, 2018
St. Louis, MO
... thanks for pushing us to break silos and change systems of oppression through action and example.” ... ORGANIZING, & MOBILIZING PHILANTHROPY IS AT THE CORE OF NFG’S WORK. Our 2018 National Convening provided an ... partnerships, and forged new alliances with the goal of moving resources to support innovative place-based work ...
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Healing Justice Guidance to Philanthropy During COVID-19, the Uprisings, and Beyond

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Thu, July 16, 2020
... Foundation; Claribel Vidal, Ford Foundation — members of the Funders for Justice Healing Justice Strategy Group ... As we witness the ongoing health and economic crisis of the pandemic of COVID-19, and the simultaneous murders and ... Likewise, philanthropy must continue to advocate for the inclusion of marginalized populations and strategies that are ...

Announcing FFJ’s Latest Field Advisor Cohort

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/13/2020
Funders for Justice is excited to share the latest cohort of FFJ Field Advisors. FFJ looks forward to expanding our own ... 2019. Joining the participants were FFJ’s third cohort of advisors, including four new advisors. Advisors met with ... of Black workers organizing for respect, recognition, and inclusion in labor protections. Piloted in New York and ...