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Leading with Power: #NFG2016 Conference Recap

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, July 18, 2016
... Neighborhood Funders Group in Oakland, CA, making it NFG 's largest convening ever. Grounded by frontline leaders ... in social movements for racial and economic justice, the conference provided a dynamic space where funders listened ... as organizers, as members of the movements...” – 2016 NFG Conference Attendee Over 300 funders and field .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

Grantmakers for Southern Progress 2016 Post-Election Webinar Recap

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, January 09, 2017
... Grantmakers for Southern Progress 2016 Post-Election Webinar Recap ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

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
... our criminal justice system. Listen to the following conference call with Lisa Sharon Harper, Sojourners’ Senior ... movement at this critical moment. The recording of the conference call can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/sojourners/after-ferguson- conference -call-with-sojourners-lisa-sharon-harper . Taking ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Civil Rights Monitor

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, March 23, 2015
Leadership Conference Education Fund annual publication that chronicles ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
NFG Report
Fri, March 13, 2015
... About Promising Practice in Place-Based Philanthropy. This conference report provides an overview of the discussions ... ; and Knight Foundation . Join a Learning Community NFG ’s Working Group on Place Based Community Change is ... work of their funder peers. To get involved, contact us at nfg @ nfg .org . The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions (AFCS) ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Uprisings and Funding Needs

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Thu, September 22, 2016
... Milwaukee jail after jailers turned water off in his cell NFG ’s Funders for Justice program is a virtual organizing ... calls and events, please email fundersforjustice@ nfg .org . Current funding opportunities we are aware of ... is welcome. To get connected, write to fundersforjustice@ nfg .org . 4) Supporting local protestors is critical, ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Post-Election Resources

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Tue, November 22, 2016
... the new social and political moment we find ourselves in. NFG has pulled together a short list of post-election ... share information or analysis with us, please write to nfg @ nfg .org . Readings: Role for Funders Carmen ...
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Philanthropic Practice
Funding Opportunity

Funders for a Just Economy's Alabama Learning Tour Resources

Resource type: 
Event Recap
... by statute in 1953, and by constitutional provision in 2016 ), has contributed to lower wages and less worker ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
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Funders for a Just Economy

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, August 01, 2018
... on the role of funders in movement building. “The conference was an incredible opportunity to build ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

New Reports: And Still I Rise, #BlackWorkersMatter

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Thu, May 07, 2015
... race, gender, and class were recently released at the conference State of Black Workers in America at Columbia ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 18, 2017
... so we welcome additional resources. Please send them to nfg @ nfg .org . Academic Articles Immigration and the New Racial ... "Revenge of the rural voter" — Politico, November 2016 "It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
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Integrated Rural Strategies Group

FFJ Call Recap: Policing and Criminalization in the Trump Era

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, February 15, 2017
... Mijente Report: What Makes a Sanctuary City Now This conference call was hosted on February 6, 2017, by Funders for Justice , an initiative of NFG . For more information about Funders for Justice, write to us at fundersforjustice@ nfg .org . FFJ Call Recap: Policing and Criminalization ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

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
... 80% of the population voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. The city’s economy is booming, ...
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Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
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Democratizing Development Program

Webinar Recap: Governance, Participatory Budgeting, and Grantmaking

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, November 03, 2017
... shift. With the divisive and disturbing tenor of the 2016 presidential election, moving the theory of deeper ... democracy into practice has become even more critical. As NFG members explore collaborative pooled funds, local ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Reports from the Movement Strategy Center

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 01, 2016
Reports from the Movement Strategy Center

The Movement Strategy Center offers a plethora of resources that speak on transformative practices, collective impact, intersecting issues, and building progressive power. Below is a curated list.

Practices of Transformative Movement Building We need transformative strategies to generate exponential change. But how do we accomplish this? How do we achieve...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

Hundreds Rally for the Right to Refuse Stop and Frisk

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, April 20, 2016
By Kavitha Surana, Bedford & Bowery April 21, 2016 In 2013 Mayor Bill De Blasio was voted into office with ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

Project Phoenix Readings

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, March 06, 2017

Below are several of the reports and readings that supported our learning in Project Phoenix, a year-long cohort collective learning program for funders exploring fronts ranging from local economies and climate justice to worker co-ops under the frame of a “just transition” or “solidarity economy” or “economic resiliency” or “new economy.” Learn more about it here.

General

  • Just Transition Framework — Movement Generation
  • ...
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Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice

Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, January 28, 2012
By Lisa Ranghelli, January 2012. This report distills findings from more than 400 pages of research amassed over three years as part of NCRP’s Grantmaking for Community Impact Project (GCIP). The project documented $26.6 billion in benefits for taxpayers and communities in 13 states, and found that every dollar grantmakers and other donors invested in policy and civic engagement provided a return of $115 in community benefit ...read more.
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Philanthropic Practice

Police Accountability: Organizing and Philanthropic Strategies

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 15, 2014
... To recommend additional resources, please write to us at nfg @ nfg .org . Current Opportunities for Funders Ferguson Legal ... , by Khalil Gibran Muhammad Related Webinars, Conference Calls, and Discussions From Moments to ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Organizations Addressing Police Accountability and Racial Justice

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
... be on this list, please write to us at fundersforjustice@ nfg .org . Name State ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for ... Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle Maryland Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights National Legal Aid ... Trans Queer Pueblo Trans Queer Pueblo, formed in 2016 as a merger between Arcoiris Liberation Team and the ...
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Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

Living Resource Systems: A New Approach for Supporting Movement Networks

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 01, 2016
Living Resource Systems: A New Approach for Supporting Movement Networks

article and photo provided by the Movement Net Lab

In tandem with the many movement networks of the last decade, innovative funding channels and configurations have emerged to support them. These changes are part of the shift from foundation-centered funding to a broader conceptualization of resources we call a living resource system . A living resource system provides a relationship-based approach to resources: resources are...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

Grantmakers for Girls of Color - Watch the National Funders Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 19, 2016
... National Funders Convening. Originally aired: May 19, 2016 , 8:45am to 12:15pm ET See the morning program, speakers, ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Philanthropic Practice

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, originally published 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 have helped bring us civil rights, labor protections, and even a healthier environment, sparking people’s aspirations, imaginations, and actions for a better nation. This document seeks to provide a guidepost to both funders and the field by detailing what makes for a successful social movement, what...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

Project Phoenix Outcomes and Evaluation

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Wed, March 08, 2017
... Report With support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, NFG conducted a formal evaluation of Project Phoenix. Through ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice

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

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Tue, October 03, 2017

What will it take to win successful economic justice campaigns in the South? With many families facing chronically low wages and economic insecurity, an understanding and attention to the political economy of the South can help funders and field organizations develop successful intervention strategies.

The New Southern Strategies: Employment, Workers’ Rights...

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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Mon, March 06, 2017
Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age February 5, 2017 By Edgar Villanueva , VP of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education These first two weeks in Trump's America have been chaotic and stressful, but already emblematic of the dire needs philanthropy must step up to. From those who could be left out of affordable health care to those bandied about in an educational system with an...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Bending the Arc from Interest to Advancement

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Wed, April 08, 2015
... action training. Sojourners, the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference and Gamaliel all moved leadership or retreat ... engage directly with activists on the ground. The Proctor Conference is coordinating a three-day retreat and strategy ... to the Organization for Black Struggle . To fully fund a 2016 statewide ballot initiative , the Missouri Organizing ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity

Baltimore Uprisings

Resource type: 
Other
Tue, April 28, 2015
... as many grantmakers in the field were engaging in the 2015 conference season. The killing of people of color, ...
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Funding Opportunity

Race and Policing - A Resource from IssueLab

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, August 15, 2016
Again and again the data show that people of color in the U.S. are disproportionately, and systematically, stopped, frisked, arrested, and exposed to the use of force by police. Police departments and communities across the U.S. are struggling with these realities and with what has become a glaring divide in how Americans experience and relate to policing. This special collection includes research from nonprofits, foundations, and university based research centers, who have not only described and documented the issue but who also provide much-needed recommendations for addressing this chronic...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Philanthropic Practice

DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 17, 2018
... system in the past. Write to us at fundersforjustice@ nfg .org for one-on-one strategy support. Are you already ... Tell us about it! Access this resource at divest. nfg .org . DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Gender Justice
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Rural Organizing

Project Phoenix Grantmaking Tools

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, March 06, 2017

Project Phoenix convened a group of funders from a broad range of issue perspectives (climate, civic engagement, worker rights, local economies, etc.) and a broad range of institutional types and positions (size, mission, geography, approach, level of risk-taking, etc.). We realized we often meant very different things by the terms “just transition” or “new economy” or “solidarity economy” and found it difficult to understand each others’ work and the possibilities at the intersection in a shared framework. Learn more about...

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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice

CampaignZERO Launched

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, August 21, 2015

CampaignZERO presents a comprehensive package of policy reforms to end police violence in America. It encourages people to petition their elected representatives to implement 10 policy solution areas at the local, state, and federal level of government to achieve an America where police do not kill people.

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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

Protestor Progress

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Thu, August 06, 2015

This project tracks movement victories that have happened to date as a testament to the power of protest to change the systems and institutions that perpetuate police violence in our communities.

Learn more.

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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

Journey Towards Intersectional Grant-Making

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Thu, May 24, 2018
... by the Institute for Policy Studies, and the work of NFG ’s Project Phoenix . Click the download links below to ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Press Release from Amnesty International

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, October 24, 2014
... for Amnesty International USA’s 2014 Midwest Regional Conference . “What Amnesty International witnessed in ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

California Funders’ Convening on Gentrification and Displacement

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, December 03, 2015
On July 20, 2015, NFG partnered with the California Endowment, Ford Foundation, ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Native Voices Rising: A Case for Funding Native-led Change

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Mon, June 10, 2013

This is a pivotal time in Native America. Opportunities are opening up as the result of improving economic standards, higher levels of educational attainment, and better health outcomes in certain regions; however, many of the challenges that have long faced our population still persist. For every major challenge and issue there are also efforts to make positive changes.

Native Voices Rising is a joint research and re-granting project of Native Americans in Philanthropy and Common...

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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Democratic Development for Thriving Communities Report

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Mon, June 12, 2017
... of the Democratizing Development Program , at nile@ nfg .org . Executive Summary This report builds on previous ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Racial Justice
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Democratizing Development Program

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, November 05, 2015
... to share ideas on how to create more safe space at the conference , and in the movement, to love all Black people. ... analysis of the problems we seek to address. As a conference attendee said, “Don’t let folks talk about ...
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Funding Opportunity
Racial Justice

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, August 26, 2014
... the Great Depression, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the 1950s, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
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
... of the Democratizing Development Program , at nile@ nfg .org . Executive Summary This report builds on previous ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Racial Justice
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Democratizing Development Program

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

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Tue, June 05, 2018

As a first step in establishing a framework and priorities, the Integrated Rural Strategies Group commissioned a scan of rural organizing work, Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on What They Need from Funders . From this scan, the group has gained literacy in the organizing work...

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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Rural Organizing
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Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Recap: 2017 Grantmakers for Southern Progress Spring Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, May 05, 2017

In bayous, hollers, cities, and small towns across the American South, visionary leaders have long pioneered cutting edge, successful strategies to build lasting change in their communities and beyond. These leaders have the skills and expertise necessary to navigate an inclusive way forward for everyone in this era of unprecedented political, economic, and demographic shifts. Yet philanthropy—for reasons both mundane and profound—hasn't kept up. How can Southern and national philanthropists alike change this trend and help advance progress in the region and the nation overall?

...

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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible?

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, April 14, 2014
... New York Foundation , discusses his biggest takeaways from NFG 's latest learning tour. On April 2 and 3, Neighborhood .....
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Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
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Democratizing Development Program

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, July 19, 2016
... and gender nonconforming people. Andrea J. Ritchie May 19, 2016 Activists from Durham to D.C. to Detroit are gearing up ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Amplify Fund's Response to COVID-19

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Tue, April 21, 2020
... welcome you to join us! Just send us an email at amplify@ nfg .org SUMMARY OF NEEDS & PRIORITIES SHARED BY AMPLIFY ... thought possible. (See our statement as part of NFG 's Call for Social Solidarity here. ) Now more than ever, .....
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Amplify Fund

Webinar Recap of From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, March 21, 2017
... In order to help funders learn more about these issues, NFG hosted "From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance," ... Desautels | The California Endowment & member of NFG ’s Democratizing Development Program Key Takeaways ... strategies that build power? Additional Resources from NFG 's Programs: Democratizing Development Program Recap of .....
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Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice
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Democratizing Development Program

How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, March 14, 2015
... my favorites. Another way to educate yourself is to attend conference sessions and webinars designed by and focused on ... outrageous that so few white people attend. Incidentally, conference sessions about women or LGBTQ issues similarly ...
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Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... of the Democratizing Development Program, at nile@ nfg .org . Speakers: Dawn Phillips , Executive Director, ...
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Community Power-Building
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Inclusive Development
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Democratizing Development Program

From Protest to Power - Behind the scenes of disruptive social movements

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, November 07, 2016
... Ford Foundation and the Solidaire Network on February 26, 2016 . We live in a political era defined by crisis, but ...
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Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

Resourcing the Movement for Black Lives

Fri, June 03, 2016
... & distantdreams.me By William Cordery - March 17, 2016 Grassroots Fundraising Journal - editorial board THE ...
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Criminalization
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

From Grievance to Governance: 8 Features of Transformative Campaigns

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Partner Resource
Tue, May 03, 2016
... - A Blog of the Movement Strategy Center January 26, 2016 One morning last December, I found myself at the Ford ...
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Philanthropic Practice
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Webinar Recap: Why Should Social Justice Funders Care About Impact Investing?

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, July 14, 2017
... renewal, power building, and seeding systemic change. NFG 's Project Phoenix and Funders for a Just Economy ... examples of impact investment strategies were shared by NFG Members Alison Corwin of the Surdna Foundation and Jeff .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Towards a More Resilient Place: Voices from the Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, October 18, 2017
... to contribute to a series of blog posts that Aspen and NFG will publish. We have asked each of our bloggers to share ...
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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
... Minnesota, Chicago and the national OUR Walmart campaigns, NFG Member Anna Lefer Kuhn of the Arca Foundation led a ...
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Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Technologies for Liberation: Toward Abolitionist Futures

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Mon, December 07, 2020

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Technologies for Liberation: Toward Abolitionist Futures is a new report by the Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice in collaboration with Research Action Design (RAD).

The report explores the ways the state and corporations in the U.S. are using...

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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... of the Democratizing Development Program, at nile@ nfg .org . ...
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Housing Justice
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Democratizing Development Program

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource

Communities United , Make the Road New York , and Padres & Jóvenes Unidos have just released a new report, The $3.4 Trillion Mistake: The Cost of Mass Incarceration and Criminalization, and How Justice Reinvestment Can Build a Better Future for All , detailing how the U.S.’s misguided criminal justice policies wasted $3.4 trillion over the last three decades that could have instead been used to more...

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Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, February 29, 2016
... speech at the Funders Committee for Civic Participation conference in Washington, D.C., on October 6, 2015. In ...
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Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Economic Justice

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, April 15, 2015

This report was commissioned by the Society for Labour and Development (based in India), the Project of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ProDESC, based in Mexico), and the National Guestworkers Alliance, three labor rights organizations developing transnational strategies for organizing workers in low-wage industries. Economic globalization has created new strains on labor forces and communities, and the increasing mobility of capital (and with it the threat of exit, disinvestment, and job loss) poses unique challenges to traditional models of labor organizing.

The substantial...

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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Financialization
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Webinar Recap: How to Creatively Fund Social Movements

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, February 24, 2017

Neighborhood Funders Group and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) co-hosted "How to Creatively Fund Social Movements," a webinar that explored how foundations can be more flexible in supporting grassroots groups and leaders. Experienced grantmakers and organizers shared strategies for responding to this movement moment's critical need for resources to frontline social change actors.

View materials from the webinar here:

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Community Power-Building
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Healing Justice Guidance to Philanthropy During COVID-19, the Uprisings, and Beyond

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Thu, July 16, 2020
... Justice Strategy Group. Write to us at fundersforjustice@ nfg .org . 2) Resource healing justice Ask your grantee ... more about these actions, contact us at fundersforjustice@ nfg .org . [1] These organizations are being highlighted ...
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Topic: 
Healing Justice
Healthy Communities
Racial Justice

Thoughts on Ferguson

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, September 08, 2014
by Alicia Walters, Movement Building Coordinator, Forward Together Originally published on Beyond the Picket Fence: The Strong Families Blog . On August 9th, 2014, unarmed teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. In the weeks after his death, protests ensued and a national dialogue began about police brutality, the over policing of communities of color, the militarization of our police forces, and the right to...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

COVID-19 Funds: Where to Donate to Support Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Sat, March 28, 2020
... is focused on supporting organizing work that relates to NFG 's mission and programming. It does not include general ... list of places to donate, please write to us at support@ nfg .org . We also know that many grantmakers are reaching out ... Networks with COVID-19 Funds Amplify Fund Amplify Fund at NFG supports people of color and low-income communities to .....
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Funding Opportunity
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Democratizing Development Program
Funders for a Just Economy
Amplify Fund
Integrated Rural Strategies Group
Philanthropy Forward

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 Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) to give philanthropists the tools they need to partner effectively with visionary leaders across the South. The initiative will produce a four-part investigative research and resource report series around place-based strategies for supporting structural change in the South. Through timely...

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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

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