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
... been working on racial reconciliation and economic justice organizing since the early 1970s, and this past fall Sojourners has been ... about how this movement is being mobilized and organized in the aftermath of Ferguson and how communities of faith can and are being ...

What President Obama told me about Ferguson's movement: think big, but go gradual

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, December 05, 2014
... Guardian . On Monday, representatives from a community in active struggle against state sanctioned killing, violence and ... Oval Office. He asked for our help, harkening back to his organizing days when, in the streets of Chicago, the cries of the people ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... resident-led institutions and their allies continue to build organizing strategies that address housing, displacement, and gentrification at ... philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in expanding the power of low-income communities to build local ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... resident-led institutions and their allies continue to build organizing strategies that address housing, displacement, and gentrification at ... philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in expanding the power of low-income communities to build local ...

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
... resident-led institutions and their allies continue to build organizing strategies that address housing, displacement, and gentrification at ... philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in expanding the power of low-income communities to build local ...

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
... many actors, so many turning points, and so many skirmishes in the fight for justice. But we try to capture parts of the puzzle, offering ... our knowledge of the history, and the perspectives offered in a unique set of interviews with twenty- three of the top organizers involved ... RISING: The 1992 Civil Unrest, the Arc of Social Justice Organizing , and the Lessons for Today’s Movement Building ...
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Community Power-Building
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Funders for Justice

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

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Washington, DC
... Solidaire Network As economic and political power in the United States has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a ... with confirmed attendees closer to the date. Organizing for Wall Street Accountability and Financial Reform: Funders’ ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
Ferguson Action, December 1, 2014. It has been one week since a St. ... for shooting Michal Brown, an unarmed teenager, six times in the head, chest and arms. Communities nationwide have responded to the ... Millennial Activists United. “We have two sets of laws in America – one for young Black and Brown people, and one for the police. We ...

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

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

Sustaining Racial Justice Action in Philanthropy: Ferguson & Beyond

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, December 15, 2014
... the nation's attention on the racial injustice so evident in the recent tragic police killings of unarmed Black men and boys, with ... as we witness local, national and global action in response to the repeated travesty of justice and societal failure, how do we ... Sustaining Racial Justice Action in Philanthropy: Ferguson & Beyond .....

Ferguson City Council Announces New Programs

News type: 
News from the Field
Ferguson City Council Announces New Programs, September 8th, 2014. Ferguson ... that they are implementing several changes and new programs in response to community concerns. These new laws and policies are designed ... initiating new changes within our local police force and in our courts.” While these changes have been accomplished or are in the ...
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Funders for Justice

Ferguson Action Demands

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, November 01, 2014
from Ferguson Action OUR VISION FOR A NEW AMERICA WE WANT JUSTICE FOR ... that continues to imprison our communities either in a life of poverty and/or one behind bars. We want the United States ... & All Oppressed People Every 28 hours a black person in the United States is killed by someone employed or protected by the ...

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, July 19, 2016
In honor of the National Day of Action to End State Violence Against Black ... BYP100, Black Lives Matter Network, Project South and Ferguson Action. Along with the collective call to #SayHerName, we also ... of LGBT People in the United States.” She has been organizing , advocating, litigating, writing and agitating about police violence ...

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

News type: 
Member News
... supporting Freedom Inc. (FI) for 4 years. FI was founded in 2003, is based in Madison, WI and has used particularly creative and ... of violence through leadership development and community organizing in Black and Southeast Asian, particularly Hmong communities in ...

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

News type: 
Member News
Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing , Jan 9, 2015 As we begin 2015, we at the Funders' ... for young people of color to play a transformative role in advancing social justice. Young people of color are demonstrating a ... This included massive protests against police brutality in Ferguson , New York, and beyond ; continued pressure from undocumented young .....

Baltimore Uprisings

Resource type: 
Other
Tue, April 28, 2015
... and the severe under-resourcing of Black communities in Baltimore. The city is under occupation, with a heavy presence by the ... through their fundraising effort to support Black-led organizing for Black liberation, Young People Investing in a Future Free of ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Program: 
Funders for Justice

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, ... that only 0.5% of foundation money goes towards Native organizing . A shameful half of one percent. We say knowledge is power, but ... something with that knowledge. The farther out we get from Ferguson , are we doing enough to support the people and organizations that have ...
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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, ... “soul trauma” as something he had been facing. When the Ferguson crisis exploded onto the national scene, he experienced soul trauma. ... co-op creation, community land trusts, and local finance organizing offer hope for our communities to become safer and more prosperous ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Charlottesville Funder Briefing

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Webinar
... 9, 2017 10 am PT / 11 am MT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET In the aftermath of the August 2017 white nationalist attacks in ... groups, and partners in the field. FFJ is a national organizing platform for grantmakers, donor networks, and funder affinity ... disparity of policing of non-violent Black protestors in Ferguson , Baltimore, New York, Baton Rouge, and Texas (and many other places), ...

Funders for a Just Economy Florida Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Monday, April 8, 2019 - Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Fort Myers, FL
... members, and other funders only. You will be asked to log in to the website in order to register for this event. If you need to create a ... and VIDA Legal Assistance 3:00pm: Emerging Tactics in Organizing : Alianza, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, Alliance for ...

Mapping the Field

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Fri, August 14, 2015
... and Funders for Justice. Please note that this list is in formation and is regularly expanded based on recommendations from the field ... philanthropic responses to the uprisings across the country in 2014 and 2015. Additional data on the survey of foundation giving is ...

She was only a baby': last charge dropped in police raid that killed sleeping Detroit child

News type: 
News from the Field
... who shot dead a 7-year-old girl, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, in Detroit in May 2010, were dismissed on Friday, leaving a family bereft and ... rocked the US last year, including those of Michael Brown in Ferguson , Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York, Officer Weekley is white and ...

White People and Activism in the Trump Era

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, ... (NCRP) , reflects on leveraging privilege and dissent in the face of fear. People in the United States are scared. ... film screening of Whose Streets , which documents the Ferguson Uprising in response to the murder of Mike Brown in 2014. During ...

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, ... to long-term change. When I first started in philanthropy just two years ago my boss said, “ Keep an eye out for ... for that underbelly to remain just under the surface. The Ferguson Uprising brought it out to the streets and forced the city (and the ...
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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 collaborating together. This week in Texas, "Road To Change" organizers and Parkland shooting survivors engaged ... for Justice" National Convening in St. Louis, Missouri, Ferguson activist Kayla Reed from the St. Louis Action Center and Electoral .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Funder Briefing on Policing Reform – Building on NYC Successes for a National Reform Movement

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Wed, July 18, 2018
In the past two years, Communities United for Policing Reform (CPR) has played a critical role in leading a campaign to pass landmark police accountability legislation in New ... change to end discriminatory and abusive policing – from organizing and funding perspectives Presenters Monifa Bandele, ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Program: 
Funders for Justice

Statement from Within Our Lifetime

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/07/2016
This rapid response statement on police killings in September 2016 was originally released by Within Our Lifetime on ... Tyre King (among many others) and all the people grieving, organizing and protesting for justice in El Cajon, Charlotte, Tulsa, ... Policy and systems change , Community Organizing , Criminal Justice , Implicit Bias and ...

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 ... investment in and sustained support for grassroots community organizing and advocacy in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. Deeper and longer-term investments in community organizing and leadership development efforts will promote self-determination ...

2019 Budget and Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, February 21, 2019 - Friday, February 22, 2019
Washington, DC
... budget and tax policy, work and job quality issues, and organizing and power building strategies. Sessions will explore how the current ... families, workers and communities and the role funders play in building an economy that works for all. This event is offered free of ...

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
... where nearly 80% of the population voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. The city’s economy is booming, but ... they invest in both local people of color led residential organizing approaches and “intermediary” organizations. Working ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... Black 17-year-old who was shot 16 times by a police officer in October 2014, just four months before Chicago’s mayoral election. As part ... million in a civil settlement. However, despite relentless organizing that led to the rare recommendations from the Independent Police ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... on July 18 at the Netroots Nation Presidential Town Hall in Phoenix, Arizona. I did this to focus the attention of the nation's largest ... women are not always the face put forward to rally around. Organizing is often led by women, but our experiences are often minimized. I .....

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... Crass, Truthout | Interview As New York City erupted in December 2014 in mass, nonviolent, disruptive direct action after the ... 1990 and has been deeply committed to long-term multiracial organizing and campaigns to build people's power for collective liberation. .....

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 ... MBLM Initiative that is focused on supporting Black-led organizing in order to help revitalize and strengthen the institutional and ... importantly the website will feature the work of Black-led organizing groups that are advancing Black history everyday as they organize to ...

No Pride in Deportation: From Vice to ICE Toolkit

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Thu, June 29, 2017
... released the Vice to ICE Toolkit , a resource on organizing across intersections of identities, including race, sexual ... of these identities – LGBTQ undocumented communities in New Orleans. “Now, more than ever, as LGBTQ communities celebrate ... Rights Network , while drawing inspiration from years of organizing in New Orleans. It provides conversation starters groups can use to ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, November 17, 2015
... difficulties, sound begins the video at 10:14. In the past two years, Communities United for Policing Reform (CPR) has played ... change to end discriminatory and abusive policing - from organizing and funding perspectives Presenters Monifa Bandele, ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/11/2018
In these videos, Sarita Gupta (Jobs with Justice) talks about collective ... Funders are well positioned to support groups that are organizing and advocating for innovative policy solutions come from this ... technology to build the power, reach, and sustainability of organizing and advocacy. José García is a program officer on the ...

Standing in Our Power Together

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/16/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, ... it felt like to be at this year’s NFG National Convening in St. Louis. It was a moment of reprieve from grieving the barrage of terrible ... at the office, members of both organizations described their organizing strategies to shift power in the state. Currently, communities are ...

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, ... power, funds, information and resources, and they’re often in a position to speak for and translate for people without access to those ... what inspired me to reflect on my journey. Though I started organizing during high school in Houston, going to college in St. Louis during ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 18, 2017
... short-term behavior (voting) and fail to engage people in the honest conversations about how the race, racism, and xenophobia are ... in the U.S., the speakers discussed successful models for organizing thousands of rural, white, working-class community members using ...

What It's Going to Take to Change Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/06/2017
In October 2017, Funders for Justice (FFJ), a program of Neighborhood ... Cities Movement at the NoVo Foundation office in New York City. FFJ got the chance to sit down and talk with NoVo's Ramatu ... to support people on the ground to do base-building and organizing work, provide long-term and flexible support, make sure that groups .....
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Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Funders for Justice

A Community-Centered Response to Louisiana Flooding

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
08/26/2016
The recent flooding disaster in Louisiana is responsible for loss of life, major destruction of property, and significant impacts on safety in a region already struggling with disinvestment. Over 10,000 people are in ... FFL deployed a Rapid Response Fund to support grassroots organizing around racial inequities, police violence, and alternative ...

Project Phoenix Readings

Resource type: 
Other
Mon, March 06, 2017
... of the reports and readings that supported our learning in Project Phoenix, a year-long cohort collective learning program for funders ... in different policy areas. Gender Justice Organizing Toolkit — Make It Work & Wellstone Action This guide to ...

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, ... , reflects on reimagining the role of philanthropy in these pressing times. The NFG conference could not have ... out this absurdity and supporting organizations that are organizing , building, and delivering a better future for working people in our ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

NFG Member Spotlight: Tremaine Foundation

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation , based in New Haven, CT, does grantmaking through a national lens in niche areas of ... we are making under Sustainable CT. Through these grants; organizing and leadership development programs; and organizations focused on ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

No Time for Business as Usual

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/16/2017
... its integrated framework and committed to expanding payouts in response to this political moment. These are extraordinary ... the alarm on the increase in anti-Semitic acts. They are organizing vast groups of people who are showing up at airports and in the ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Announcing Two New NFG Projects

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/17/2018
... exciting projects at our 2018 National Convening last month in St. Louis. In case you missed it, here's a preview of what's coming. ... group of funders interested in supporting racial justice and organizing in rural communities. The Integrated Rural Strategies Group seeks to .....

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Webinar
... of higher education – to prepare students for careers in community change. Local CLP models include new certificate and degree ... new change agents, equipped with a deep analysis, community organizing skills, and real work experience. This program, a collaboration ...

American Dreams in the South: Immigrants, Philanthropy and Opportunity for All

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Little Rock, AR
American Dreams in the South: Immigrants, Philanthropy and Opportunity for All Arkansas ... for growing populations. Arkansas communities offer creative organizing strategies that can be models for the region and the country. ... to best support the changing population and collaborative organizing in the South. The tour will delve into: Recent ...

Honoring the Discount Foundation

Event type: 
Reception
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Washington, DC
... to honor the Discount Foundation’s key role in funding community and worker organizing , as well as founding the WGLCP and organizing philanthropy to ...
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Learning Tour in Puerto Rico

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - Friday, November 14, 2014
San Juan, PR
... How are community-based organizations from multiple sectors organizing to address the challenge of inequality on the island? What ... Association will host a bio-diversity learning tour in Vieques, on Saturday, November 15th. The group will depart San Juan together ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Webinar
... as cities and regions continue to develop and expand. In places like Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit, large populations of low-income ... equitable development, housing affordability, and community organizing /power-building Learn how philanthropic leaders are addressing ...

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

Event type: 
Other
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Webinar
... will it take to win successful economic justice campaigns in the South? With many families facing chronically low wages and economic ... to improve the quality of economic opportunity through labor organizing and strengthening workers’ rights, focusing on the southern states ...
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Topic: 
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, April 15, 2015
... by the Society for Labour and Development (based in India), the Project of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ProDESC, based ... rights organizations developing transnational strategies for organizing workers in low-wage industries. Economic globalization has created ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, December 13, 2018 -
11:00am - 12:15pm
Webinar
Whether your organization has many investments in rural communities or you are still puzzling out what the term “rural” ... & Small-Town America. 1) Civic Engagement and Organizing in Rural & Small-Town Communities Thursday, October 11 ...

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
... Colorado Trust are pleased to invite you to the Strategy in Action Learning Tour: Equitable Revitalization and Regional Power-Building ... of color. With aligned progressive strength across the organizing community, elected leadership, and philanthropy, Pittsburgh is ...

Changing Foundation Culture to Support Place-Based Change

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
In September 2016, the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and ... for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Raquel Gutierrez of Vitalyst Health ... Vitalyst Health Foundation’s move to support community organizing and capacity building of social justice oriented organizations. For ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Mon, September 17, 2018
We believe that our collective investments in housing, education, health, transportation, food security, and jobs will ... families…” This website is ultimately an organizing tool for grantmakers, donors, and funder affinity groups to help ...

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

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... this recap of the learning tour on the NFG blog. In addition, we are excited to hear how network members are developing their ... the book Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing , Occupy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit and the policy report ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/09/2019
In April 2019, NFG's Funders for a Just Economy and Florida ... together funders from across the country and community organizing leaders in Florida to explore how diverse communities in the state ... and organizers can feel. Some of the most brilliant organizing strategies in the country are emerging from this state, out of the .....

Healing Justice Institute

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -
9:00am - 5:00pm
Seattle, WA
Pre-Conference Event at the Grantmakers In Health Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy Hosted by NFG’s ... Institute is an opportunity for grantmakers to engage in a day-long learning and strategy institute about supporting healing justice ... network of funders increasing resources to grassroots organizing addressing the intersections of racial justice, gender justice, ...

NFG Announces Transition of President Dennis Quirin

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/12/2019
... new position as Executive Director of the Raikes Foundation in September. NFG’s Vice President of Programs, Adriana Rocha, and Vice ... accountability, just transition to a new economy, rural organizing , and the changing landscape of workers’ rights. “It has been ...
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Donate to the Legal Support Fund for Justice for Mike Brown

News type: 
News from the Field
In support of those people arrested during protests this week, on the one-year ... . Since August 9, over 800 people have been arrested in Ferguson while protesting Mike Brown's death and the epidemic of police ... and Brown communities in the United States.The Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) legal support team aims to .....
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Program: 
Funders for Justice

We didn’t start a movement. We started a network.

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, February 21, 2016
by Patrisse Marie Cullors-Brignac In 2013, I helped create a Black-centered political will and movement building ... throughout 2013 and 2014, we utilized it as a platform and organizing tool. Other groups, organizations, and individuals used it to ... out how to support the brave and courageous community of Ferguson and St. Louis as they were being brutalized by law enforcement, ...

Why We Move Money for Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, ... about mobilizing resources for social change. The Ferguson uprisings sparked change in St. Louis and around the world. Funders ... but the struggle for justice will be a long fight. St. Louis organizing infrastructure is strong on knowledge, skills, experience, and ...

8 Lessons from Our Southern Grantees in the Fight for Equity and Justice

News type: 
Member News
8 Lessons from Our Southern Grantees in the Fight for Equity and Justice By Miabi Chatterji , Senior Program ... grantee partners that, for many years, have been working in 10 Southeastern states on issues such as mass incarceration, the ... NCRP . 8 Lessons from Our Southern Grantees in the Fight for Equity and Justice ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... Last night, hundreds of protestors shut down a major highway in a bid for justice. Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau detailed ... that Clark struggled with officers and one of them shot him in the head. He was not carrying a weapon. The two officers involved in the ...

OBS Launches Quality Policing Initiative

News type: 
News from the Field
In December 2014, Organization for Black Struggle launched their Quality ... others are not the result of abnormal incidents resulting in accidents, nor do these killings reflect “one bad apple” police ... can be reached many ways. Any one piece of it is a step in the proper direction but only by adding significant community-driven ...

Grantmakers for Girls of Color - Watch the National Funders Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 19, 2016

Watch the REPLAY of the livestream from the Grantmakers for Girls of Color National Funders Convening. Originally aired: May 19, 2016, 8:45am to 12:15pm ET See the morning program, speakers, and their twitter handles below the video. Join the conversation using #G4GC Learn more about the convening here. ...

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 ... for Public Education These first two weeks in Trump's America have been chaotic and stressful, but already emblematic of .....

United Against the Muslim Ban

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, March 13, 2017
United Against the Muslim Ban

Visit United Against the Muslim Ban to learn more about the policing of Muslim communities through the travel and migration ban. Now is the time to take a stand, regardless of your faith, ethnicity or cultural heritage. These policies threaten more than Muslim, Arab, Black, and South Asian communities. They threaten our Constitution. They threaten our vision of America. They threaten our core values and ideals.

This site will provide resources...

California Funders’ Convening on Gentrification and Displacement

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, December 03, 2015
... working on gentrification and displacement issues in California. Our goal was to deepen a shared understanding of the ... of displacement affecting residents and small businesses in many cities in California due to gentrification. We also sought to lay the ...

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/09/2016
... What we know is that we have been in a real, powerful, hopeful, and evolving movement moment for the past few years. While what we thought we knew yesterday may now be in question, what is not in question is: If you believe in equity and justice, ...
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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
... boost economic opportunity for minority-owned businesses in Detroit by providing them with greater access to capital and business ... have historically been at the heart of economic growth in Detroit, and they have the potential to reduce unemployment and expand ...

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation Asks: What is NFG?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/05/2014
... how they answered. So many smiling faces from our friends in Arkansas! "Like NFG, we see the need for philanthropy to advance ... to economic and social justice - to supporting people in low and bottom income communities, both urban and rural." Winthrop .....
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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
In July 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group and the Right To The City Alliance ... Field Convening alongside the Homes For All Member Assembly in Atlanta, GA. Grantmakers met with grassroots leaders to strategically ... the country. The convening included workshops on investing in long-term narrative shift, a funder tour through Atlanta with the Housing ...

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, ... 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 ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

CHANGE Philanthropy Convening

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Oakland, CA
... of their residents and redirect public resources to invest in the needs and the dreams of communities who currently have the least access ... and benefits. Participants will learn about campaigns in Atlanta and New Orleans, how to instead increase dollars to public schools ...

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

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Webinar
... Heinz Endowments, and Pittsburgh United held our Strategy in Action Learning Tour: Equitable Revitalization and Regional Power-Building in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. Our speaker line-up and discussions ...

GSP 2017 Regional Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Charleston, SC
April 5 - 7, 2017 | Charleston, South Carolina In April 2017, NFG's Grantmakers for Southern Progress working group is ... for supporting structural change and advancing progress in the South. Registration is now open! Click here to RSVP and pay for .....

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, February 27, 2017
Webinar
... increase of hate violence and racially charged rhetoric in the media against immigrants, including calls for banning Muslims, stronger ... residents, it also offers an opportunity to engage us all in critical questions about how we shape our democracy and local places: What ...

Governance, Participatory Budgeting and Grantmaking

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Webinar
DATE: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 TIME: 11:00 - 12:30 pm PST / 12:00 - 1:30 pm MST / 1:00 - 2:30 pm CST / 2:00 - 3:30 pm EST This Neighborhood Funders Group webinar will examine democratic and participatory models where community stakeholders help decide how public and philanthropic resources should be allocated. We will explore different ways participatory resource sharing can deepen democracy, form stronger communities, and build trust. Our discussion will also examine equitable and effective ways funders and community partners can collaborate. Speakers...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Webinar
... Why is it so challenging to place affordable housing in opportunity rich communities? Redlining and other discriminatory practices are now illegal, yet our communities face high and in some cases growing levels of racial and economic segregation. The newly ...

Hawaii Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Honolulu, Hawaii
... Tour! Registration Deadline: October 17th In the popular imagination, Hawaii is thought of as a tropical paradise, but it ... What is the impact of tourism as the primary economic driver in a state’s economy? Come join your colleagues for an interactive 4-day ...

Katrina10 National Foundation Presidents Plenary — The Prophetic City: What Can New Orleans Teach the Nation?

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, August 28, 2015
Webinar
... Network invites funders from across the country to share in this discussion virtually. Live Webcast: Friday, August 28, 9:15 – ... present and imagine a just future. We think about the region in terms of both the people and the place. We want to ensure that large ...

Seattle Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Monday, October 6, 2014 - Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Seattle, WA
... the end of day on October 8, 2014, join other funders in learning about the sociopolitical, economic and historical factors that make ... explore the broader implications of the lessons learned in Seattle. This is going to be an exciting learning tour, so don’t miss ...

Protecting Assets: Developments in Payday Lending Reform and the Role of Faith-Based Organizations

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Webinar
In the next several months, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is poised ... Faith-based advocacy has played a critical role in local, and now national, campaigns to end payday lending abuses. Funders ... to reform efforts, and what is expected to happen in the coming year. Funders involved in this effort will share learnings and ...

WGLCP Annual Policy Briefing 2014

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - Thursday, April 24, 2014
Washington, DC
... Washington, DC What were the policy wins and losses in the last year for working people? What are the campaigns for reform getting under way, and what are the threats to workers’ rights in the offing? Join us for the annual policy briefing of NFG's Working Group on .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

BE THE CHANGE: Philanthropy and a Thriving Society for All

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, April 18, 2014
San Francisco, CA
Northern California Grantmakers Annual Conference: April 8, 2014 Featured keynote speakers: Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley and Former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Van Jones, President of Rebuild The Dream —as seen on CNN Crossfire Be The Change At the end of 2013, President Obama stated that growing income inequality is the ""defining challenge of our time."" Given this reality, and if Bay Area communities offer an index for how the effects...

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 ... from a course or a book. Rather, they often get stuck in how they think and feel about themselves or their situations." — ... better supported leaders within organizations and movements. In these 5-person groups, each participant equally focuses on their peers’ .....

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, October 26, 2018
Webinar
Come join your peers in philanthropy for a strategy discussion that will highlight the potential for ... on increasing equity and opportunity engage funders in the process of developing a Midwest scan of grantmakers and nonprofit institutions interested in building shared equity and opportunity Over the last two years, ...

Energy and Equity in Puerto Rico

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Webinar
... Recovery webinar series co-sponsored by Hispanics in Philanthropy, Neighborhood Funders Group, and the Environmental Grantmakers ... current efforts, and strategies for how funders can invest in the long-term equitable energy rebuilding in the wake of disasters. ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice

Trends + Building Power in the AAPI Community

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, November 6, 2017
Webinar
... (AAPI) community will enter 2018 with significant growth in their engagement in elections as the fastest growing population in the country, continuing a ...
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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
... prosperity for working families. New polling shows that 3 in 4 Americans support fair workweek policies that deliver reliable hours with ... as well as the increasing role technology is playing in determining economic outcomes for millions of workers. We'll discuss: .....

Democratizing Development Program Opportunity Zones Strategy Call

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, March 14, 2019 -
11:00am - 12:00pm
Webinar
... to hear how funders and community can prioritize investments in projects that yield equitable growth, benefits, development without ... you may have for other funders. If you are interested in Opportunity Zone webinar notes or materials, please contact Nile Malloy, ...

Resilient Places Require Intentional Strategies

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/29/2016
In September, the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and ... for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Angela Brown of The Hyams Foundation reflects on the variety of grantmaking approaches in the field and the importance of working with communities on long-term ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

What Have We Learned about Place-Based Investments?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
... for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Simran Noor of the Center for Social ... years ago, I worked for a foundation that heavily invests in my hometown, which allowed me to see firsthand the impacts of place-based ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Our Work Today: A Statement from FFJ Leadership

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
08/14/2017
... , or an “equity package” which will invest $4 million in Black people of Charlottesville. Among those investments were funding for a ... disparity of policing of non-violent Black protestors in Ferguson , Baltimore, New York, Baton Rouge, and Texas (and many other places), ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for Justice

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 ... on bail reform with the Atlanta city council, what visionary organizing looks like, and what funders can do in this moment. ... win on bail reform in Atlanta, Georgia! What type of organizing and coalition work did it take to make this possible? What’s next ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Stephanie Guilloud

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/20/2018
... Lynching Memorial can be “a tool and weapon of truth in our long-term struggle to defeat white supremacy and win freedom and justice ... a piece of legislation that was the result of 15 years of organizing . The law expands access to the vote by over 200,000 people by ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

How to Fund the Revolution: Part 1

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, March 01, 2016
By Mary Joyce, Movement Net Lab In Part 1 of this two-part series I argue why new social movement funding infrastructure is necessary. In Part 2 I’ll suggest how to do it. Q : Why is new financial ... collect a few hundred dollars through PayPal to support organizing at the frontline of a movement. So activists are locked out of ...

As the South Grows

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, June 12, 2018
... place-based strategies for supporting structural change in the South. Through timely research and funder engagement, the goal is to ... power-building strategies like policy reform or community organizing . Southern communities are rich with natural leaders and existing ...

Post-Election Resources

Resource type: 
Other
Tue, November 22, 2016
... their work are all grappling with how to move forward in the new social and political moment we find ourselves in . NFG has pulled ... day (increase payouts), increase unrestricted funding, fund organizing and advocacy, fund marginalized communities directly, and take ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, April 14, 2014
... displacement. Some of the community groups that participated in the tour describe this displacement as a loss of cultural institutions, ... keeping community members, particularly youth, involved in organizing and advocacy campaigns. These activities were often overlooked for ...

NFG Member Spotlight: The Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/17/2018
... rights), and the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing /Youth for Safety and Justice Fund (rapid response funding to youth-led safety and justice organizing ), among others. How does Langeloth see collaborative funds as ... are a useful vehicle for entering a funding area in which we don’t have a lot of knowledge or exposure. In addition to ...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Charlene Carruthers

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
Next up in our discussion series with FFJ ’ s Field Advisors , ... invest/divest demand, Black queer feminist (BQF) lens as an organizing framework, and the importance of leadership training and political ... the invest/divest demand? How do you translate local chapter organizing to a national demand? BYP100 started its journey into ...

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 ... Just Immigration, organizations with decades of experience organizing and advocating for women, Black and immigrant families, and poor and ... Don’t give up if you don’t see change right away. Good organizing takes time. The Ella Baker Center helped lead a campaign to close 5 ...

How to Creatively Fund Social Movements

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Webinar
... explore how foundations can be more creative and flexible in supporting grassroots groups and leaders. You'll learn from experienced ... Participation, Civil and Constitutional Rights and Community Organizing program areas. Shalini Eddens works as the director of .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

State of Black Worker Conference

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - Friday, October 11, 2013
Washington, DC
... ""The two most dynamic and cohesive liberal forces in the country are the labor movement and the Negro freedom movement. Together ... partnering to organize a day-long meeting on black worker organizing . The meeting will be held at Georgetown University in Washington, DC .....

Funder Delegation to AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention

Event type: 
Convening
Sunday, September 8, 2013 - Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
... uniting more than 12 million working people—will convene in Los Angeles to discuss the future for America’s workers and our movement. ... issues from politics and the global economy to grassroots organizing and power. The AFL-CIO’s quadrennial Convention is the most ...

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 this scan, the group has gained literacy in the organizing work already taking place and further defined the group’s role and ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... improve employment rates and spur economic growth. In fact, these public policies can advance a concentration of power and a ... under the guise of economic development. Using examples from organizing campaigns to challenge corporate power, this webinar explored data ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... improve employment rates and spur economic growth. In fact, these public policies can advance a concentration of power and a ... under the guise of economic development. Using examples from organizing campaigns to challenge corporate power, this webinar explored data ...

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

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Tue, October 03, 2017
... will it take to win successful economic justice campaigns in the South? With many families facing chronically low wages and economic ... to improve the quality of economic opportunity through labor organizing and strengthening workers’ rights, focusing on the southern states ...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/02/2019
... tells us about his vision for change and the need to invest in building the foundation for marginalized communities to thrive. ... our communities safe, healthy, and strong. We are currently organizing with Oakland community members to call for accountability and ...

Board Transitions at NFG

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
04/19/2019
... talented board of directors who help fulfill our mission of organizing philanthropy to support grassroots power building so that ... the KIDSCOUNT Initiative at The Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to working for The Annie E. Casey ...
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Place Based Community Change: The Time is Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
... Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Dawn Phillips, of Right to the ... Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy convening was provocative and insightful. The ... to support this work. Invest in basebuilding and organizing —not just today, but for the long term. Support impacted ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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 ... four hours, and I couldn't get the handcuffs off. The lights in the underground subway station were flickering, and I had an almost phobic ... time I had been illegally detained by a police officer. In fact, in the US, arbitrary detention is one of the most common ways for .....

Executives' Alliance Foundation Leaders "Ban the Box"

News type: 
Member News
Issue Call to Action for All U.S. Philanthropic Institutions to Adopt Fair Chance Hiring Measures NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leaders from 42 foundations announced today that they have "banned the box" by adopting fair chance hiring policies or ensuring that questions about criminal convictions do not appear on applications for employment with their foundations. They also issued a challenge to all U.S. philanthropic institutions to follow suit and eliminate barriers to employment for people with arrest and conviction records. The foundations are members and allies of...

Private University Police Patrol Off-Campus (and Off the Record)

News type: 
News from the Field
by Hannah K. Gold, Pacific Standard Mar 17, 2015 Members of the University of Chicago Police Department carry guns, make arrests, and patrol tens of thousands of residents unaffiliated with the university—but they don’t have to disclose any information about stops, arrests, and policies. Two Illinois Representatives are finally trying to change that. Read the full article .

The Black Philanthropic Resource Library

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Thu, December 11, 2014
In regions throughout the US, foundations and philanthropic groups convene ... products to showcase the impact of philanthropic investment in Black communities. ABFE has compiled a growing list of these products to document the evolution of Black male initiatives in philanthropy and to highlight data of particular interest to members and ...

Welcome New NFG Board Members

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/21/2018
Please join us in welcoming our newest board members , who will help guide NFG in the coming years: Shona ... of whom have devoted significant talent, time and energy in service of NFG’s mission: Angela Brown, The Hyams Foundation ...
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Project Phoenix

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, February 1, 2016 - Monday, January 30, 2017
... project adds to several conversations that have emerged in philanthropy over the past few years exploring fronts ranging from local ... sectors a re-prioritization of the role of capital in society to better serve the goals above. Phoenix advanced a ...

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 ... institutions, hosted by Neighborhood Funders Group in partnership with The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions. Over the next ... benefit from joining the next class of progressive leaders in philanthropy, get in touch with Adriana Rocha, NFG's Vice President of .....

Welcome to the new NFG website!

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/10/2018
... bottom of every page Look up NFG member organizations in our member directory Log in to get member access to individual contacts in the directory and register ...
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Lead on Leave

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Webinar
... workplace flexibility for hardworking American families, and in follow up from the Working Families Summit last June, the White House ... th 10:30 – 11:00am (EST) Call- In : 760-984-1000 Participant Code: 396297# Lead on Leave ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

Puerto Rico: A Philanthropic Sneak Peak

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, October 10, 2014
Webinar
... due to a large Puerto Rican population and cultural presence in the US. However, despite Puerto Rico's proximity and strong relationship ... has been a limited presence of US mainland philanthropy in Puerto Rico. The island is managing great economic, environmental, and .....

JAG Unity Summit 2014

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, June 6, 2014 - Sunday, June 8, 2014
Washington, DC
... equity among JAG groups and a broader range of stakeholders in the field during 2014. Click here for more information and to register for the Unity Summit 2014, in Washington DC, June 6-8. We hope you'll join NFG at JAG's Unite .....

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Webinar
Join us for the next installment in the National Dialogue webinar series! At the start of 2014, the stakes are ... 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 predatory lending and sweeping ...

Selma Funder Delegation

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

LA-Area NFG Member Happy Hour

Event type: 
Reception
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 -
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Los Angeles, CA
... 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 ...
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NFG Bay Area Member Happy Hour

Event type: 
Reception
Thursday, November 15, 2018 -
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Oakland, CA
If you'll be in the Bay Area on Thursday, November 15, join the staff and members of Neighborhood Funders Group for a fun happy hour in Uptown Oakland! Connect with your peers in social justice philanthropy gathering from around the Bay Area. This is your .....
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Power Research

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Webinar
... by the most effective grassroots organizers and movements in the struggle for justice. By definition, this strategy utilizes ...
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December First Monday + Election Series Discussion

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, December 4, 2017
Webinar
In November, elections around the country provided us with some of our first ... elections Learn which issues were salient to voters in the 2017 elections and how those have shifted since 2016. ... and partnerships, and how to continue to invest in deep coordination at the state level through 2018. Discuss the ...

Real Talk on Police Reform

Event type: 
Member Event
Thursday, April 7, 2016
New York, NY
... killings by police, the first appointment of its kind in the country. Finally, families don't have to rely on a system where the prosecution of police officers are in the hands of local district attorneys whose work requires them to ... most impacted by police violence. This program is organized in partnership with Communities United for Police Reform. Real Talk on .....
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

Staff Transitions at NFG

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/29/2017
... role as Vice President of Operations. Adriana has worked in the social justice field for over 20 years, bringing great expertise in organizational and network capacity building. Prior to joining NFG, she led ...
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