Pittsburgh Learning Tour: Lessons Learned, Discussion, and Moving Our Work Forward

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Webinar
... challenges, and opportunities that intersect issues of economic development, immigration, workers’ rights, housing justice, ... learning, we are hosting a call to share our experiences and future ideas to explore with funders and community partners. We look forward to ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... In fact, these public policies can advance a concentration of power and a monopolization of the market. These then drive geographic and ... Warehouse Workers for Justice Mariah Montgomery , Future of Work Director at the Partnership for Working Families ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... In fact, these public policies can advance a concentration of power and a monopolization of the market. These then drive geographic and ... Warehouse Workers for Justice Mariah Montgomery , Future of Work Director at the Partnership for Working Families ...

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 successful ... efforts in Tennessee and Mississippi impact the outlook for future organizing nationwide. Download Resource [PDF] New ...

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. FJE members engaged ... discrimination based on migration status and gender, the future of work , emerging state and local policy and advocacy campaigns, and how ...

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

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... García (Ford Foundation) who will share a recap and review of the recent FJE and Florida Philanthropic Network Learning Tour. They will ... friends. José García is a program officer on the Future of Work (ers) team. Prior to joining Ford, he served as program officer ...

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 National ... October 10. In the morning there will be a convening of organizations engaged in black worker organizing, including Discount .....

What's Next in the Movement for Working Families: Opportunities for Offense and Building Power in the States From Oregon to New York City – Winning a Family-Sustaining Workweek.

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 ... are taking bold measures to address our country's work -hours crisis as an essential part of a good jobs strategy. Join us on .....

For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
Will Cordery, Program Officer of Surdna Foundation ’s Strong Local Economies program, writes about ... and organizer for Project South, an organization whose work for racial and economic justice was guided by principles of investing in ... to address current challenges, but also prepares them for future challenges and supports their leadership. As a family philanthropy, ...

For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
Will Cordery, Program Officer of Surdna Foundation ’s Strong Local Economies program, writes about ... and organizer for Project South, an organization whose work for racial and economic justice was guided by principles of investing in ... to address current challenges, but also prepares them for future challenges and supports their leadership. As a family philanthropy, ...
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For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
Will Cordery, Program Officer of Surdna Foundation ’s Strong Local Economies program, writes about ... and organizer for Project South, an organization whose work for racial and economic justice was guided by principles of investing in ... to address current challenges, but also prepares them for future challenges and supports their leadership. As a family philanthropy, ...
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Living Resource Systems: A New Approach for Supporting Movement Networks

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 01, 2016
... Net Lab In tandem with the many movement networks of the last decade, innovative funding channels and configurations have emerged ... projects and actions. These intermediaries also need to work together to learn how to fortify the movement-building support system for ...

Making Change: How Social Movements Work - and How to Support Them

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, November 07, 2016
Making Change: How Social Movements Work - and How to Support Them by Manuel Pastor and Rhonda Ortiz, ... in March 2009 Social movements are a hidden underpinning of the American story. Using the tools of relationship building, community mobilization, and symbolic protest, they ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 18, 2017
... debates within progressive circles about the importance of “winning over” the white working class often fail to directly address ... communities. This webinar featured Tarso Luis Ramos of Political Research Associates in a conversation with Mark Schultz from the ...

Our Work Today: A Statement from FFJ Leadership

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
08/14/2017
Just several days ago, the city council of Charlottesville, VA, voted to sell the Robert E. Lee statue and to create a ... package” which will invest $4 million in Black people of Charlottesville. Among those investments were funding for a heritage center, ... and principled in our support to them. We will work to continue to provide you with information, opportunities to support, and ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for Justice

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, October 26, 2018
Webinar
... that will highlight the potential for a collaborative effort of building a Midwest learning community committed to advancing racial justice, ... gaining a better understanding of the equity and justice work in the region is a central principle that philanthropy should further ...

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; explore the ... times. Click here for the agenda, slides, and bios of each of the speakers. Panels & Discussions: ...

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 Mexico), and the ... on labor forces and communities, and the increasing mobility of capital (and with it the threat of exit, disinvestment, and job loss) poses ...

Ferguson: A Miscarriage of Justice and a Movement That Won't Give Up

News type: 
News from the Field
by Marisa Franco, lead organizer of the #not1more campaign for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network ... Network (NDLON) website "Last night completed a circle of tragedy and travesty. Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown in broad ... brothers and sisters, and holding us back from the life and future we all deserve. #BlackLivesMatter #YaMeCanse #Not1More .....

The Innovations and Independence of OUR Walmart

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, August 24, 2015
New York, NY
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Neighborhood Funders Group, Working Group on Labor and Community ... changing Walmart continues to be a critical to our shared future . We will hear more about OUR Walmart’s innovative use of social media to build on the ground and on-line organizing and work with partners to seed new experiments around scale, power and ...

NFG Midwest Equity Funders Meeting

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 -
9:00am - 4:00pm
Milwaukee, WI
... 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 ... we will spend time developing the initial scope of work for the Midwest Equity Funders Research Project , which is geared ...

Funders for Justice Announces 2nd Cohort of Field Advisors

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/15/2018
FFJ is proud to announce our 2nd cohort of FFJ Advisors – 12 powerhouse leaders from cities across the US. These ... racial and gender justice movements to end criminalization of communities of color, including: organizing in Native nations, Latinx ... In their role as advisors, they will guide FFJ’s work in lifting up community safety and justice models, join FFJ for national ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

Black Panther cub on new era of civil action

News type: 
News from the Field
In the year since the death of Michael Brown, black Americans have brought civil disobedience into the 21st ... by Malkia Cyril, founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice and co-founder of the Media Action Grassroots ... violently extracted for pennies on the dollar - in domestic work , fast food chains, restaurants, big box stores, and elsewhere. I think ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
Families of people killed by the Albuquerque police department are campaigning for ... actions. The following email is from Ken Ellis, the father of a man killed by the police. To learn more about the campaign, contact ... The DOJ has to step in. Local and state prosecutors work closely with the local and state police departments because they often ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Program: 
Funders for Justice

Sustaining a movement for fair and just policing: Accelerating the pace of real change

News type: 
Member News
National awareness of police brutality and the need for policing reform is at an all-time high. Sustained attention to horrific moments has led to the birth of a movement, and a tipping point is in sight. Tides and its sister organization, The Advocacy Fund, work closely with funders and grassroots organizers to accelerate policing ...

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
... should not be indicted and tried for the shooting death of Michael Brown. National Bar Association President Pamela J. Meanes expresses her sincere disappointment with the outcome of the Grand Jury’s decision but has made it abundantly clear that the ...

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 communities across ... and challenge ourselves to seek more ways we can work together and commit to transformational solidarity. While the Movement ...

After Ferguson: Conference Call looking at the role of the faith community in mobilizing around racial justice

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Sat, April 11, 2015
... bold agenda—to help America, and particularly communities of faith to listen across racial lines and build a multi-racial and bipartisan ... (0:00) Overview of Sojourners’ History, Mission & Work (5:46) Sojourners’ Senior Director of Mobilizing Lisa Sharon Harper ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... housing has had some success, but the demographics of many communities are still rapidly changing. At the center of these ... Dawn leads the local, regional and national policy campaign work for the organization and was lead author on CJJC’s report “Development ...

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 undocumented and migrant ... development, and affordable housing to build upon emergent work that addresses the threat to undocumented residents. Although large urban ... Desautels | The California Endowment & member of NFG’s Democratizing Development Program ...

Decriminalization and Community-Led Safety and Justice Models in Communities of Color

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, June 8, 2017
New York, NY
... and Community-Led Safety and Justice Models in Communities of Color This event has now passed. Please check back in August for ... local level, communities are fighting back against a number of violent and criminalizing measures, including anti-trans “bathroom ...

NFG Announces Transition of President Dennis Quirin

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/12/2019
... CA — On July 19, Dennis Quirin will step down as President of Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) to accept a new position as Executive ... we are all in service of advancing. It has been an honor to work with someone who aligns their values with their actions as consistently as ...
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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Mary Hooks

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
Next up in FF J’s series of interviews with our Advisors : Mary Hooks , Co-Director of ... to be willing to take risk than having a grand vision of the future . It’s about being able to see possibilities where it looks bleak and ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

PolicyLink

News type: 
News from the Field
... in Ferguson and across the country. We mourned the loss of an innocent young man, taken before his time, and recognized that his ... of color—communities where people strive to live, learn, work , play, and pray in peace and harmony—as if they are enemy territory. ... units does not help police-community relations, the future of our cities, or our country ...read more. PolicyLink ...

Support Chicago Protesters

News type: 
News from the Field
... Donate now to support protesters . Watch videos of the protests here . Statement from BYP100 Regarding ... action today to shut-down the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference in Chicago to demonstrate the urgency for ... that governments spend on police instead of investing in the future of Black communities. Just in the city of Chicago, for example, 40 ...

Baltimore Uprisings

Resource type: 
Other
Tue, April 28, 2015
... is rising up to protest the police killing of Freddie Gray, the long history of over policing and police brutality, and ... for Black liberation, Young People Investing in a Future Free of Racism . Please check back on this page regularly for updates ... has established The Fund for Rebuilding Baltimore. We will work closely with our partners in the community to determine how the dollars ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Program: 
Funders for Justice

Making Black Lives Matter Initiative Website Launch

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Tue, March 01, 2016
Dear Colleagues, In recognition of Black History and Black Futures month, the Hill-Snowdon Foundation is ... community. Most importantly the website will feature the work of Black-led organizing groups that are advancing Black history everyday ... History month, we must realize that the path to a thriving future for the Black community lies through revitalizing and strengthening the ...

Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Mon, March 06, 2017
... Age February 5, 2017 By Edgar Villanueva , VP of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education ... bandied about in an educational system with an uncertain future to immigrants and refugees encountering the suffering that they were ...

Reports from the Movement Strategy Center

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 01, 2016
... The Movement Strategy Center offers a plethora of resources that speak on transformative practices, collective impact, ... power. Below is a curated list. Practices of Transformative Movement Building We need transformative strategies ... and connection – to strategically navigate toward the future . Movement Pivots: Five Steps to Collective Impact & ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Program: 
Funders for Justice

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 Committee for ... context, and a vision-setting opportunity for those who work each day for equity in the South. A few over-arching questions guide ... the narrative about the region’s economic past and future . They are capitalizing on the South’s rich assets: its people, its ...

Post-Election Resources

Resource type: 
Other
Tue, November 22, 2016
... we find ourselves in. NFG has pulled together a short list of post-election readings and tools you may find useful. We all have a ... and take risks. Inside Philanthropy: "The Future of Progressive Philanthropy Under a Trump Presidency" Several .....

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/09/2016
... season, we have finally come to the other side. Many of us are feeling a lot of hard emotions. Many of us are looking for answers to ... do, we all have a responsibility to go deeper. Our bright future is in your hands. In the next days and weeks, NFG will be collecting ...
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Field & Funder Convening explores strategies to resource transformative solutions to the US housing crisis

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, August 01, 2018
... Housing Justice League , and deep discussion on the role of funders in movement building. “The conference was an incredible ... learning more about the work happening on the ground, future funder conversations and activities, and ways to connect to colleagues ...

Project Phoenix Readings

Resource type: 
Other
Mon, March 06, 2017
Below are several of the reports and readings that supported our learning in Project Phoenix, a ... Gender Justice Organizing Toolkit — Make It Work & Wellstone Action This guide to integrating an intersectional ... on existing opportunities for creating a bright Appalachian future and what can be done to increase their impact. ...

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 National Convening, ... that are organizing, building, and delivering a better future for working people in our country. At The Workers Lab, we’ve been ...
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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 ... past and a fundamental reorientation in shaping the future . Truth and Reinvestment is our vision to achieve this change—it is ... grassroots organizations, allies, and progressive lawmakers work together. In fact, the Governor signed a slate of positive reforms to ...

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 strategy for ... continue to take risks and to help build a narrative for the future that crosses racial, social and geographic boundaries, and bridges the .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Meet the First Philanthropy Forward CEO Leadership Cohort

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
10/12/2018
In October 2018, some of philanthropy's top leaders came together for the launch of Philanthropy ... this cohort will build and advance a shared vision for the future of philanthropy as a financial engine for equity and social justice. ... across foundations, learn what peers are grappling with, and work together as strategic thought partners on the sector's most challenging .....

Welcome to the new NFG website!

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/10/2018
... news, events, and resources using the search bar at the top of every page See where all of the members of our national network are ... to individual contacts in the directory and register for future events Get started and check to see if your account has already ...
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Katrina10 National Foundation Presidents Plenary — The Prophetic City: What Can New Orleans Teach the Nation?

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, August 28, 2015
Webinar
As New Orleans marks the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, foundation leaders will come together to reflect on a ... on the past, inventory the present and imagine a just future . We think about the region in terms of both the people and the place. We ... decade, and to invite you to join a conversation about the work we recognize remains to be done. Download the Katrina10 framing ...

WGLCP Annual Policy Briefing 2014

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - Thursday, April 24, 2014
Washington, DC
... rights in the offing? Join us for the annual policy briefing of NFG's Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships. Program ... of Labor Patricia Smith will join us to speak on “ future of work ” trends, particularly as related to contingent and precarious .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

Funder Delegation to AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention

Event type: 
Convening
Sunday, September 8, 2013 - Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
... working people—will convene in Los Angeles to discuss the future for America’s workers and our movement. Delegates representing working ... new ways to help working people gain a voice—new forms of representation for workers, new approaches to politics and the global ...

Energy and Equity in Puerto Rico

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Webinar
... REGISTER HERE — Join us for this conversation, part of the ongoing Puerto Rico: From Relief to Equitable Recovery webinar ... this dialogue and create points of collaboration through future calls on other specific issue areas, including just rebuilding, youth, ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, December 13, 2018 -
11:00am - 12:15pm
Webinar
... in rural communities, as well as reflections from leaders of dynamic frontline organizations. 2) Mid-Term Election Reflections: ... to play in shaping an equitable, sustainable, and resilient future for rural and small-town American communities, one that is led and ...

Applications Now Open for 2019-2020 Philanthropy Forward Leadership Fellowship

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/06/2019
... Community Solutions are excited to launch the second year of our Leadership for Change Fellowship for CEOs of progressive philanthropic ... together, boldly envisioning and advancing the transformed future of philanthropy. A future that centers and achieves equity and social ...

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 ... work . Could success potentially mean a self-sustaining future state without philanthropy’s presence? What are the mechanisms to ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Place Based Community Change: The Time is Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
... in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Dawn Phillips, of Right to the City Alliance and Causa Justa :: Just Cause outlines an ... our past and looks to local solutions to guide the future . By Dawn Phillips, Right to the City Alliance and Causa Justa ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

NFG moves into grantmaking with a multimillion-dollar collaborative fund

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/11/2017
Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) steps into the role of collaborative grantmaker with The Amplify Fund—a new, multimillion-dollar ... Foundations, is an opportunity for funders to support work to shift local power structures and put decisions about local development ... to create just and sustainable communities for the future .” The fund is looking to raise at least $14M to support ...

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
... “This report is our attempt to unravel at least part of the story. It is a long and complicated tale, which partly explains the many ... in the fight for justice. But we try to capture parts of the puzzle, offering key lessons to activists, social movement observers, ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Program: 
Funders for Justice

National Dialogue: Local Strategies for Wall Street Accountability and Community Control of Capital

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Webinar
... in the National Dialogue webinar series! At the start of 2014, the stakes are high and the people are poised to win: from new ... at the federal level; to local fights and the use of eminent domain to keep people in their homes at real market values; to the use of settlement funds to reinvest in the communities most heavily impacted by ...

Just and Equitable Rebuilding of Cities After Disasters

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Webinar
... Months after evacuating from catastrophic storms, millions of Americans from Puerto Rico, Houston, Florida, and other places are still ... out how they can get back home. In Puerto Rico alone, tens of thousands of people are displaced, with their homes destroyed and no relief ...

Reflections on Labor Day from Funders for a Just Economy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/01/2017
Alejandra L. Ibañez, Chair of NFG's Funders for a Just Economy and Lead Program Officer at Woods ... which celebrates the strength, resilience, and achievements of workers in this country, I am reminded of the history of organized labor in ... family, with an undocumented mother at the helm forced to work multiple minimum wage jobs, sometimes history can sound like a faint hum .....

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

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - Thursday, June 7, 2018
St. Louis, MO
... with how to re-prioritize and step up to meet the needs of these times. With this sense of urgency and need to evolve, we are seeing ... and mobilizing philanthropy is at the core of NFG’s work . This role has increased in its value and impact as our membership and ...
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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Stephanie Guilloud

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/20/2018
... continues with Stephanie Guilloud, Co-Director of Project South . Read our interview below to learn more about how ... the state, and local families who have been impacted by the work of TOPS have come together to protect and defend Pastor Glasgow. He is out ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

Foundation for Louisiana Supports Baton Rouge Organizing with Rapid Response Fund

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/12/2016
... who are outraged, hurt and engaged by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling, Deputy Brad Garafola with East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s ... for humanity and laser-focused attention on practices that work to ensure everyone receives justice and safety.” To invest in the ...

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 presidential election. ... but gentrification is rapidly displacing low-income families of color from hot areas of the city while other neighborhoods have not seen any .....

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is honored to be leading this effort, under ... Jeremy Travis will collaborate with a consortium of national law enforcement experts to assess the police-community ... where trust has been harmed. We are eager to begin this work . “The Department of Justice is committed to using innovative ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Program: 
Funders for Justice

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... Communities nationwide have responded to the miscarriage of justice by carrying out more than 150 sustained, coordinated and intense ... programs that promote alternatives to incarceration – work that the federal government should be investing in, instead of funding the ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
The recent shooting death of African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, is a painful reminder of the deeply entrenched divisions and tensions that plague too many American ... of color; and to reduce social marginalization. This work will not be easy. It will require bold cross-sectoral solutions. It is ...

From Palestine to Ferguson— Justice for Mike Brown, Justice for Gaza

News type: 
News from the Field
For the last 70 days the youth of Ferguson, Missouri have led protests and vigils every night in remembrance of 18 year old Michael Brown and the countless other black lives that are cut ... from North Carolina who moved to St. Louis two years ago to work for the ACLU of Eastern Missouri. In the days after Michael Brown’s ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... disruptive direct action after the non-indictment of the officer who murdered Eric Garner and the officers who were accomplices ... in the United States. For white Jews, our anti-racist work begins with ourselves - through deconstructing racialization and whiteness ...

Police Shootings Since Ferguson Put Foundations to the Test

News type: 
Member News
By Drew Lindsay, Chronicle of Philanthropy July 19, 2016 In mid-April, a police-reform task force ... a handsome 183-page report, its cover adorned with photos of city residents and comforting words about "restoring trust." Yet the words ... task force, with a MacArthur Foundation staffer joining the work . At the same time, various local and national grant makers and donor .....

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, February 29, 2016
... , the poet Claudia Rankine, writing about the abandonment of Black lives after Hurricane Katrina – a signal event in the shift toward ... are their specific demands?” and “Why don’t they work through the system and mobilize for elections like the Tea Party does?” ...

EPIP Webinar Recap- Police Accountability and Racial Justice: Sustaining a Movement

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, May 05, 2015
The tragedies of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, John Crawford, Jessie Hernandez and others have ... In this webinar, we were be joined by representatives of Communities United for Police Reform (CPR), a New York City based coalition, to learn about their local work and how it fits into a larger national and historical context. We ...

Ferguson Commission Report Examines Issues Behind Mike Brown Uprising, Proposes Action

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, September 14, 2015
... Sep 14, 2015 Today, the Ferguson Commission—a group of regional leaders assembled by Missouri governor Jay Nixon last ... Toward Racial Equity” as “a wide-ranging, in-depth study of the underlying issues brought to light by the events in Ferguson .” In ...

Sustaining Racial Justice Action in Philanthropy: Ferguson & Beyond

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, December 15, 2014
... From Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity Many of us have watched or perhaps even marched, as community members mobilize to ... repeated travesty of justice and societal failure, how do we work to support the current movement and continue to build toward deeper ...

Watch Now: Funder Briefing on Policing Reform - Building on NYC Successes for a National Reform Movement.

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, November 17, 2015
... legislation in New York City and partnering with families of New Yorkers killed by police to secure executive action by Governor Cuomo to ... sector can partner with advocates to support this critical work . Explore Current context for police reform in NYC and ...

Philanthropy’s Role in Holding Tension

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, ... helped answer this question in pieces and it is up to us to work this out; to stay accountable to the movement before us for a more just ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Answering the Call from Movement Leaders

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 National Convening, ... from Black and Brown organizers doing critical, powerful work in their communities. I heard the leaders of the Movement for Black Lives ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Choosing to be a Liberated Gatekeeper

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 National Convening, ... and our role in it in order to change the way these systems work . Another blind spot, especially for people of color in philanthropy ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Time to Invest for Justice

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 National Convening, ... This past June, it was evident how important intersectional work and funding across silos would get us closer to our social justice goals. ...
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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 National Convening, ... , NFG Board Member and Chief Operating & Financial Officer of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation , reflects on the realities of ...
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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 on ... , field leaders, and academics. It builds on previous work from the philanthropic, academic, and organizing sectors to present a ... information, contact Nile Malloy, Senior Program Manager of the Democratizing Development Program , at nile@nfg.org . ...

Towards a Better Place: A Conversation About Promising Practice in Place-Based Philanthropy

Resource type: 
Event Recap
NFG Report
Fri, March 13, 2015
In response to a resurgence of interest in place-based grantmaking, the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions ... Philanthropy. This conference report provides an overview of the discussions that took place at this conference, including: ... program officers must be co-learners with those doing work on the ground rather than coming with the answers. They should be trusted ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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 small businesses ... program for Detroit businesses owned by entrepreneurs of color and businesses that primarily hire people of color. The Entrepreneurs ... During implementation of this initiative, DDF will also work with Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation’s Detroit entrepreneurship ...

5 Hot Causes for Donors in 2015

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/04/2014
Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 15, 2015 The Battle for Racial Justice: Grant ... issues as tensions remain high following the failure of grand juries to indict white police officers who killed unarmed black men in ... Mo., and New York City. Funders for Justice, a new group of about 30 foundations and other groups affiliated with the Neighborhood ...

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 program, reflects ... no indictment would be delivered in the police killing of Eric Garner. Following the grand jury decision not to indict the police ... when they thought he was grasping for a weapon instead of the medication he was actually reaching for. And on December 8, 22-year-old .....

Unions, Activists Align on Affordable Housing

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
09/04/2014
August 19, 2014 - A group of New York City construction unions have forged a coalition with affordable ... Bill de Blasio to require organized labor in the building of 80,000 lower-cost apartment units over the next decade. The unions say they will begin supporting a call for 50% of the new units to be set aside for lower- and middle-income residents, a key ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Workers' Rights

Project Phoenix

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, February 1, 2016 - Monday, January 30, 2017
... and climate justice to worker co-ops under the frame of a “just transition” or “solidarity economy” or “economic ... jobs and promotes local economic prosperity the growth of ecologically sustainable and non-extractive sectors a re-prioritization of the role of capital in society to better serve the goals above. ...

Project Phoenix Grantmaking Tools

Resource type: 
Other
Mon, March 06, 2017
Project Phoenix convened a group of funders from a broad range of issue perspectives (climate, civic engagement, worker rights, local ... and found it difficult to understand each others’ work and the possibilities at the intersection in a shared framework. Learn ...

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 through an ... and key thought partners to inform their understanding of intersectional grant-making. The approach was an appreciative inquiry to ... philanthropy; and began to create a blueprint for their work together in 2018 and beyond. Learnings from the Working at the ...

NFG Member Spotlight: Tremaine Foundation

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
... CT, does grantmaking through a national lens in niche areas of Art, Environment, and Learning Differences. One of their recent initiatives ... Program Director, to respond to a few questions about their work , and how their membership with NFG is shaping their thinking. ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Michael Brown and Alison Corwin discuss why NFG membership is so critical for funders in this political climate

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/29/2017
In this era of political uncertainty, we as funders have one simple task: accelerate the pace of systemic change for poor communities and communities of color by taking ... philanthropy forward, but is necessary if we are to work in real partnership with our movements and frontline communities. We ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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. Yet ... about strategies for developing a shared understanding of progress in the region, approaches for supporting structural change, and ... and strategic collaborations are needed to help move this work forward. The time is now. The place is here. Let's get to .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

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
... Development for Thriving Communities report is the result of collaboration between the California Funders Working Group on ... , field leaders, and academics. It builds on previous work from the philanthropic, academic, and organizing sectors to present a ...

Funders for a Just Economy - Alabama Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Webinar
... and successes in civil rights and economic policy. Decades of disinvestment and economic discrimination, changes in growth industries from ... and communities of color. Additionally, adoption of right-to- work laws (in Alabama by statute in 1953, and by constitutional provision in ...

Democratizing Development Program Monthly Meetings

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Conference Call
... (DDP) will be holding monthly calls on the second Thursday of each month. Join in for program updates and strategic discussion about ... Please contact Nile Malloy, Senior Program Manager of the Democratizing Development Program, at nile@nfg.org for more ...

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

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Washington, DC
... Warren Hosted by: American Federation of Teachers, Arca Foundation, Communication Workers of America, Ford Foundation, Inclusive Economy Fund, Open Society Foundations, ... that support will continue to be essential as communities work to defend these financial and democratic reforms and demonstrate the ...

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 against immigrants, ... development, and affordable housing to build upon emergent work that addresses the threat to undocumented residents. Although large urban ...

How to Creatively Fund Social Movements

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Webinar
... Molly Schultz Hafid works as assistant director of the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, where she is ... 2012 after more than 15 years engaged in nonprofit advocacy work around issues such as access to health care, community engagement, and ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

2016 Post-Election Briefing: Politics, Policy and Philanthropy

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Washington, DC
... 16-17, 2016 in Washington, DC. This meeting is free of charge and open to foundation representatives and philanthropic advisors. ... the election and identifying new windows of opportunity to work strategically and collaboratively will be essential to advancing the work ...

Community Learning Partnership: A Model in Phoenix, New York, and Detroit

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Webinar
... The Community Learning Partnership is a national network of Community Change Studies programs – authentic partnerships between ... with a deep analysis, community organizing skills, and real work experience. This program, a collaboration between colleges, grantmakers, ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Webinar
... am (PST) | 1:00 - 2:00 pm (EST) Every year, billions of federal dollars are allocated to local governments to foster economic ... shows that concentrated poverty is on the rise, with people of color disproportionately affected. Why are there so many disinvested ...

Lead on Leave

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Webinar
... America Tour Building on the President’s State of the Union announcements to support greater workplace flexibility for ... Council on Women and Girls has partnered with the Department of Labor on Lead on Leave – Empowering Working Families Across America ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

Learning Tour in Puerto Rico

Event type: 
Learning Tour
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 climate change and ... and civil society partnerships that prioritize the needs of the island’s low-income communities. Against this backdrop, community ...

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

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, October 20, 2014
New York, NY
... a behind the scenes look at two new national reports, Rise of the Renter Nation and Rise of the Corporate Landlord, to better understand ... policy and advocacy organizations, and philanthropy can work together, including building unlikely partnerships and collaborations. ...

Seattle Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Monday, October 6, 2014 - Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Seattle, WA
... eyes are on Seattle, following the groundbreaking passage of a new $15 minimum wage brought about by the efforts of a wide array of ... Thank you to the planning committee for this event for their work : - Michael Brown, Vice President, Community Programs, Seattle ...

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 develop responses ...

Boston - New York City Learning Tour

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

National Dialogue: Community Land Trusts

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Webinar
... webinar will focus on community land trusts – how they work and the grassroots organizing that make CLT's a powerful tool for ... by Christopher Sun, Open Society Foundations, and member of the NFG Working Group on Housing Justice and Community Transformation .....

Selma Funder Delegation

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, March 6, 2015 - Sunday, March 8, 2015
Selma, AL
... participate in the historic 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights, and to explore the role of philanthropy in continuing and expanding the work for social justice and economic opportunity in Alabama and the Blackbelt ...

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 continue to develop ... and lack of job opportunities. Community groups continue to work towards solutions that will improve lives in these places. Navigating ...

LA-Area NFG Member Happy Hour

Event type: 
Reception
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 -
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Los Angeles, CA
Kick-off 2019 with NFG! Join us as we gather NFG staff and members in the LA area. Non-members wanting to learn more and connect with the NFG network welcome to join! Arts District Brewing Company 828 Traction Ave Los Angeles, CA 90013 Cash bar. Light appetizers will be served. Thank you to NFG member Liberty Hill Foundation for sponsoring this event!
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NFG Bay Area Member Happy Hour

Event type: 
Reception
Thursday, November 15, 2018 -
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Oakland, CA
... Area on Thursday, November 15, join the staff and members of Neighborhood Funders Group for a fun happy hour in Uptown Oakland! ...
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The LA Teacher Strike and Movement for the Common Good

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 12:00pm
Webinar
A powerful movement of educators, parents, students and community allies is taking rise across the ... to demand that public schools serve all students regardless of race, immigration-status, class and ability. Increased privatization and ... particularly those that serve low-income families, families of color and immigrants, are being starved of needed resources. Public school ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

Development Without Displacement in Opportunity Zones

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... a provision nested within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, presents significant opportunities and potential challenges for local ... hear how community, philanthropy, and the public sector can work together to prioritize investments in projects that yield equitable ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, January 28, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... the land, and ultimately rely on increasing the number of people in prison in order to grow. This often means heavier policing of ... will: Highlight rural community visions in this work , especially in regards to just transition and the solutions that rural ...

Peer Coaching Training Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 1:00pm
Webinar
"In the midst of continual change and development, people rarely struggle because they lack some key piece of information or some precise procedure from a course or a book. Rather, they ... — Carter McNamara, Authenticity Consulting Our work with our members has taught us that peer support to work through goals and .....

Trends + Building Power in the AAPI Community

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, November 6, 2017
Webinar
... continuing a strong trend in increased turnout, and a record of seventeen AAPI Members of Congress now serving in office. Despite this growth, participation by ...
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Power Research

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Webinar
... As 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 inequality. Grassroots ...
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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
... and field practitioners working at the intersections of health, housing, land use, community development, and place-based and ... communities. We are looking forward to you being part of this conversation on scaling up philanthropic investments and grantmaking ...

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

Event type: 
Learning Tour
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 ... offers tough questions and critical lessons to inform the work of NFG’s Democratizing Development Program. This two-day ...

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
... housing has had some success, but the demographics of many communities are still rapidly changing. At the center of these shifts, philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in ...

Democratizing Development Program Opportunity Zones Strategy Call

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, March 14, 2019 -
11:00am - 12:00pm
Webinar
Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Collections NFG Democratizing ... instability for low-income households and households of color. On this upcoming strategy call, we will have a facilitated ... and Strategy Group and ways to move forward our collective work together. Join this third installment of our conversation on ...

Real Talk on Police Reform

Event type: 
Member Event
Thursday, April 7, 2016
New York, NY
... campaigned to create his position. Moderated by Kai Wright of The Nation, we’ll get an inside look at the special prosecutor’s role and what work lies ahead. This summer, families who have lost loved ones to police ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

Funders for a Just Economy Florida Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Tour
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 practices through ... and gender and have led to huge differences in the quality of life amongst Floridians. Income data indicate that earners in the top 1% ...

Board Transitions at NFG

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
04/19/2019
... Funders Group is steered by a passionate and talented board of directors who help fulfill our mission of organizing philanthropy to support grassroots power building so that ...
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Webinar Recap: Governance, Participatory Budgeting, and Grantmaking

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, November 03, 2017
... philanthropic resources should be allocated. Here is a recap of the lessons learned, along with the video recording and slides from the ... gives people real power over how money is spent. Communities work to design the process, which can be used in and by foundations. The ...

Staff Transitions at NFG

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/29/2017
... sad to say goodbye to Yolanda Hippensteele as our Director of Member Engagement, but delighted to welcome Adriana Rocha as NFG's new Vice President of Programs, and Lindsay Ryder as our new Membership Manager as well as .....
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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/01/2019
Jenny Arwade, Co-Executive Director of Communities United and FFJ Field Advisor, tells us about current Chicago happenings and the role of healing justice in “building the power necessary to change the conditions ... Frame? How is Healing Justice central and vital to your work and the work of Communities United? “We are the solution we ...

DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Mon, September 17, 2018
... security, and jobs will fail if we do not also proactively work to divest this nation’s resources from criminalization. ... As Zachary Norris, FFJ Field Advisor and Executive Director of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights notes, "Too often, conversations about .....

Letter to President Obama and US Attorney General Eric Holder

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 25, 2014
... and US Attorney General Holder take action. The Department of Justice has the power to arrest and prosecute Officer Wilson under federal ... what you do in this moment will have a major impact on the future of racial profiling and police brutality in America. As President ...

Honoring the Discount Foundation

Event type: 
Reception
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Washington, DC
... the WGLCP and organizing philanthropy to support this work . RSVP below to let us know if you'll be joining us to celebrate .....
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City Rising

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, July 09, 2018
... that shows how gentrification is deeply rooted in a history of discriminatory laws and practices in the United States. This ... by those in power. City Rising follows the journey of California communities that are fighting gentrification and features a growing movement of advocates seeking responsible development across the state. Watch the ...

Mapping the Field

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Fri, August 14, 2015
... to suggest an organization for this list, or you are part of an organization that you think should be on this list, please write to us ... funding was collected via the Funders for Justice survey of philanthropic responses to the uprisings across the country in 2014 and ...

After #Ferguson

News type: 
News from the Field
... and men out there, and the family." The next day, members of the community passed around a large plastic bag for donations to Brown's ... others donated $50, $20, whatever they could. By the end of the day, the bag was filled with money. "Before it became a riot, before it .....

Chicago Has Spent Half a Billion Dollars on Police Brutality Cases—And It’s Impoverishing the Victims’ Communities

News type: 
News from the Field
... are under intense scrutiny for covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald, the unarmed Black 17-year-old who was shot 16 times by a ... four months before Chicago’s mayoral election. As part of this cover-up, the City of Chicago paid McDonald’s family $5 million if ...

Ferguson October Report

News type: 
News from the Field
In support of the growing momentum across many philanthropic spaces, NFG reached out to ... in Ferguson October for their viewpoint on the weekend of actions, this moment in organizing, what lies ahead, and what the critical resource needs are right now. What we received were accounts of the tremendously brave and incredibly creative organizing happening right ...

Minneapolis Protestors Occupy Police Precinct, Shut Down Highway After Police Kill Jamar Clark

News type: 
News from the Field
... an unarmed 24-year-old black man. Last night, hundreds of protestors shut down a major highway in a bid for justice. Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau detailed officers’ account of the shooting during a press conference on Sunday. Two officers say they ...

Outrage Over Garner and Brown Cases Should Keep Philanthropy Focused on Criminal Justice

News type: 
News from the Field
By Vincent Stehle, The Chronicle of Philanthropy. December 17, 2014 The streets of Ferguson, Mo., New York City, and many other cities across the nation have ... not to indict police officers responsible for the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The anger and frustration many people ...

Spotlight: Justice Committee, North Star Fund Grantee

News type: 
Member News
Cori Parrish, Deputy Director of Programs and Operations North Star Fund January 2016 The ... empowering low-income Latino/a communities and other people of color to address these issues. JC members and leaders are New Yorkers whose ... Department. JC is a co-founder and steering committee member of Communities United for Police Reform. Since 2004, Justice Committee has ...

We Call it the "American Dream"

News type: 
News from the Field
... why we came to America, and you will hear millions of different stories. But our many stories usually boil down to just a few ... is far from over, as the mass protests over the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri have demonstrated. ... and politicians who treat black lives—including the lives of black immigrants like Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo—as if they don’t ...

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, June 14, 2015
... . www.justiceinpolicing.com The killing of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, John Crawford III, and Ezell Ford over just four ... planned direct actions, die-ins, walk-outs, and acts of civil disobedience to demand accountability and recognition that black lives ...

Race Files

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, December 01, 2014
We live in an age of colorblind racism. We claim we don’t see color, yet American society ... and divided by race. Race Files exists to lift the veil of colorblindness – to make race and racism visible. Race Files uses analogy, pop culture, and personal narratives to tell the story of race and create a language that will help us defeat racism. Visit ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for Justice

St. Louis Activist: Decades After 1968 Urban Uprisings, Key Economic & Race Issues Remain Unresolved

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, August 19, 2014
... racial divisions that split open in the 1960s with a series of uprisings in cities across the country. In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson ... known as the Kerner Commission to investigate the causes of the unrest. In February 1968, the commission famously concluded: "Our nation .....

The Black Scholar: Ferguson, the Black Radical Tradition and the Path Forward

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, August 26, 2014
... The first frost has already fallen, in Ferguson, Missouri, of all places. Ferguson has ripped the veil off. It is now clear for the world ... Enveloped in the darkness, the repressive U.S. regime of racial control has been exposed by the black light of African American youth ...

Welcome New NFG Board Members

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/21/2018
... Michael Brown Vice-President of Community Leadership The Seattle Foundation Our heartfelt ... are dedicated to our outgoing board members, each of whom have devoted significant talent, time and energy in service of NFG’s ...
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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/ 10am ... with the United States, there has been a limited presence of US mainland philanthropy in Puerto Rico. The island is managing great ... the island are forging innovate ways to address a myriad of problems in innovative and effective ways. This webinar will provide ...

Funders for Justice Meeting in NYC

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, June 12, 2015
New York, NY
... to coordinate and mobilize resources in support of organizing in response to ongoing events of police brutality and state sanctioned violence faced by communities of color ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

Housing Solution: Community Voice, Land Trust, and Empowerment Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 30, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
Amidst gentrification and displacement challenges facing communities across the country, communities want to preserve their identities while building wealth. Innovative models in community organizing, policy, and land use — including ownership and community land trusts (CLTs) — are powerful levers for immediate stabilization, self-determination, and long-term transformation. In this webinar, geographically diverse communities employing similar strategies to address land and community ownership will put forth alternative visions for equitable development. We will explore questions including:...