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Police Accountability and the Criminalization of Communities of Color: Organizing in Ferguson and Beyond

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, September 15, 2014
Webinar
... united for Police Reform Lara Granich, Missouri Organizing Collaborative Terrance Pitts, Open Society ... Michele Prichard, Liberty Hill Foundation The uprisings in Ferguson of the last three weeks in response to the police ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

Ferguson to Geneva

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, November 01, 2014
... Organization for Black Struggle (OBS), and Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) submitted a brief to the United Nations and will present it in Geneva November 12-13, 2014. They aim "not only to achieve justice in Ferguson , but to unite governments around the world against .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Funding Opportunity

Ferguson October

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/13/2014
... solidarity actions, and participating organization. Ferguson October ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

Thoughts on Ferguson

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, September 08, 2014
... Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson , Missouri. In the weeks after his death, protests ensued and a national ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Police Accountability: Organizing and Philanthropic Strategies

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 15, 2014
The uprisings in Ferguson , MO, in response to the police killing of Michael ... might support racial justice movements, including organizing for police accountability. To recommend additional ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Ferguson October Report

News type: 
News from the Field
In support of the growing momentum across many philanthropic ... NFG reached out to four organizations deeply involved in Ferguson October for their viewpoint on the weekend of actions, this moment in organizing , what lies ahead, and what the critical resource ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Funding Opportunity

Gay Marriage to Ferguson

News type: 
News from the Field
... Co-Director. Click here to read more. Gay Marriage to Ferguson ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Updates on Ferguson, Cleveland, and NYC

News type: 
NFG Blog
... this conversation and movement against systemic racism, in close partnership with our sister affinity organizations, ... like to become connected with NFG members talking about organizing in Ferguson and beyond, please write to us at ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

From the Front Lines of Ferguson

News type: 
Member News
... black man was fatally shot by a white police officer, in a predominately African American community with a ... similar tragedies—including Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson , Missouri—that stirred nationwide protests last ... founding member and executive director of Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment, which works on ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Philanthropy on the Frontlines of Ferguson

News type: 
Member News
... Social Innovation Review - Spring 2016 Few moments in life are filled with the hope and promise of a high school ... graduation in the Normandy School District. The events in Ferguson since his death have underscored the health impact ... a flexible funding commitment of $100,000 to support youth organizing . In 2015, Deaconess followed up by establishing ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Criminalization

A Ferguson Syllabus: Reading a Movement

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, August 10, 2015
... shot by 28-year old Darren Wilson, a white police officer, in Ferguson , Missouri. Brown's killing — and the subsequent ... the perspectives of the black people who spent many days organizing and demonstrating in the sweltering streets of .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Safety & Justice
Community Power-Building

Organizations Addressing Police Accountability and Racial Justice

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
... and racial justice . Please note that this list is in formation and is regularly expanded based on ... Matter National Black Lives Matter Memphis Tennessee Black Organizing for Leadership & Dignity National Black Organizing ... and long-term response to the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson and an ongoing effort to establish an empowered ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

Ferguson Solidarity: Ways to Support the Fight

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, August 19, 2014
" Organization for Black Struggle (OBS) , Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment and the Center for ... identified several critical ways for allies outside of Ferguson to support OBS's organizing efforts: financial resources, legal support, and solidarity actions in localities across the country. Ferguson Solidarity: Ways .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Funding Opportunity

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... of the #not1more campaign for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network Originally posted on the National Day ... tragedy and travesty. Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown in broad daylight, but his protectors used the thick of night ... empty and hollow, the clamor for justice in the streets of Ferguson was once again clear, resounding, and this time ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Power-Building

From Bail Reform to Closing the Jail: Organizing Wins for Divestment

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, July 30, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Webinar
... the Bail Reform Strategy Group of Funders for Justice . In recent months, as hundreds of thousands of people across ... The campaign emerges directly from the outcry that was the Ferguson Uprising. It is grounded in a commitment to end an ... . From Bail Reform to Closing the Jail: Organizing Wins for Divestment ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Healthy Communities
Racial Justice

Police Shootings Since Ferguson Put Foundations to the Test

News type: 
Member News
By Drew Lindsay, Chronicle of Philanthropy July 19, 2016 In mid-April, a police-reform task force appointed by Chicago ... networks are backing many of the grass-roots activists organizing protests. A similar, two-track philanthropic ... the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Police Shootings Since Ferguson Put Foundations to the Test ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Philanthropic Practice

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... shooting death of African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson , Missouri, is a painful reminder of the deeply ... of racial discrimination, poverty, and disinvestment. As in Ferguson , tensions often simmer just below the surface ...
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Topic: 
Healthy Communities
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Response to Ferguson: Systemic Problems Require Systemic Solutions

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, November 24, 2014
... who were watching, we experienced deep disappointment in the decision by the St. Louis County grand jury not to indict Ferguson , MO police officer Darren Wilson for fatally ... has revealed with a renewed, sharper focus a deep divide in our society highlighting persistent systemic inequalities. ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

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

News type: 
News from the Field
For the last 70 days the youth of Ferguson , Missouri have led protests and vigils every night in remembrance of 18 year old Michael Brown and the countless ... to get American Muslims more deeply involved in community organizing around issues of racial justice, mass ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Police in Ferguson committed human rights abuses: Amnesty report

News type: 
News from the Field
... Gillam , Reuters. October 24, 2014. (Reuters) - Police in Ferguson , Missouri, committed human rights abuses as they ... teenager, an international human rights organization said in a report released on Friday. The Amnesty International ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, August 26, 2014
... dropping? Feel the icy winds blowing? It’s winter in America. Spring and fall seem to have enveloped summer. ... The chill comes sooner and lasts longer. It’s winter in America. There’s a blizzard coming. The first frost has already fallen, in Ferguson , Missouri, of all places. Ferguson has ripped the ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Following Ferguson

News type: 
Member News
... and Minority Rights, Ford Foundation August 22, 2014 In Ferguson , Mo. protests are in their 13th day. And while a governor-imposed curfew has ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Ferguson in Focus

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, October 13, 2014
A new NAACP LDF report, Ferguson in Focus, looks at Ferguson through the lenses of educational inequality, ... inequality, and the criminal justice system. Ferguson in Focus ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

The Making of Ferguson

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, October 14, 2014
... Policy Institute, October 15, 2014. Executive summary In August 2014, a Ferguson , Missouri, policeman shot and killed an unarmed ... we had come to associate with inner cities now duplicated in a formerly white suburban community: racially segregated ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

After #Ferguson

News type: 
News from the Field
... 8, 2014. When Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson , Missouri, shot and killed Michael Brown on August ... when he first arrived. "It was a black boy being shot in the community. It was about ten other women and men out .....
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Ways to Support Organizers in North Carolina

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/07/2016
Check out these three ways to support organizers in North Carolina: Freedom Fighter Bond Fund , at the ... against the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, NC. The Freedom Fighter Fund is governed by a ... who are representative of the people and communities organizing in support of racial, social, gender, economic, ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Ferguson Legal Defense Committee Issues 48-Hour Emergency Call To Action & All-Points Bulletin.

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/15/2014
Ferguson Legal Defense Committee Issues 48-Hour Emergency ... all lawyers, legal workers and law students of conscience in anticipation of a major reaction to the (non or under) ... their communities. Support includes legal representation in criminal and other cases, jail support and visits, legal ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Funding Opportunity

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

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, July 23, 2018
Conference Call
... been working on racial reconciliation and economic justice organizing since the early 1970s, and this past fall Sojourners has been working closely with Ferguson leaders, at their request, as well as with national ... about how this movement is being mobilized and organized in the aftermath of Ferguson and how communities of faith can ...
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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 working closely with Ferguson leaders, at their request, as well as with national ... about how this movement is being mobilized and organized in the aftermath of Ferguson and how communities of faith can ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

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 ... for shooting Michal Brown, an unarmed teenager, six times in the head, chest and arms. Communities nationwide have ... Millennial Activists United. “We have two sets of laws in America – one for young Black and Brown people, and one ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Dream Defenders, Black Lives Matter & Ferguson Reps Take Historic Trip to Palestine

News type: 
News from the Field
... Black journalists, artists and organizers representing Ferguson , Black Lives Matter, Black Youth Project 100 ... trip comes after a year of highly-publicized repression in Ferguson , the Gaza Strip, and West Bank including East ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, September 14, 2015
... Rankin Naasel, ColorLines Mon, Sep 14, 2015 Today, the Ferguson Commission—a group of regional leaders assembled ... A Path Toward Racial Equity” as “a wide-ranging, in -depth study of the underlying issues brought to light by the events in Ferguson .” In it, the 16 members of the commission not ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, December 05, 2014
... The Guardian . On Monday, representatives from a community in active struggle against state sanctioned killing, violence ... Rasheen, who at 20 years old is the youngest member of the Ferguson Commission, told the president that his fight ... Oval Office. He asked for our help, harkening back to his organizing days when, in the streets of Chicago, the cries of ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Funding needs in Ferguson, MO

News type: 
Member News
Funding needs in Ferguson , MO, as compiled by Rev. Starsky D. Wilson, ... to delineate current efforts aimed at meeting the needs in the Ferguson area, as well as to identify gaps that present ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

The Religious Effort in Ferguson

News type: 
News from the Field
... Allen McDuffee Oct 13 2014 Originally published in The Atlantic The weekend of demonstrations dubbed ... leaders tried to help heal a badly damaged community in the absence of any forward movement on legal fronts. "My ... part demonstrated peacefully, clergy members called on the Ferguson and St. Louis police departments to "repent" for .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Power-Building

Why Ferguson Burns

News type: 
News from the Field
The Nation, November 25, 2014. Ferguson is on fire. Immediately after St. Louis prosecutor ... jury had failed to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, ... As President Obama appeared on TV urging calm, cops in Ferguson fired rounds of tear-gas canisters into crowds ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Ferguson Action Demands

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

LGBTQ Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

News type: 
News from the Field
... Affairs jhouston@outfront.org LGBTQ Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter December 3rd, 2015 ... ask how we can support Black Lives Matter, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, the NAACP, and other organizations ... Two Spirit Society Minnesota AIDS Project Bisexual Organizing Project KFAI Radio Transgender Health Services at ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Gender Justice
Criminalization

Police Reform Organizers Pitch Net Neutrality To FCC

News type: 
News from the Field
... to the Internet, which they say is an increasingly vital organizing tool in the wake of the controversial deaths of Trayvon Martin and ... commissioner and staffers from the FCC, which will decide in February whether to classify broadband Internet as a ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Economic Justice

Funders for Justice - National Funder Organizing Meeting

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 -
9:00am - 5:00pm
NoVo Foundation
... funders and field leaders for FFJ's third National Member Organizing Meeting. At this political moment, with attacks ... field to support power-building and creative grassroots organizing . Participants will spend the morning listening ... effectively. We’ll spend the second half of the day in issue-focused breakout groups, identifying collaborative .....
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

Midwest Community Organizing Panel Discussion with the Needmor Fund

Event type: 
Member Event
Friday, May 3, 2019 -
9:00am - 11:30am
Chicago, IL
... of Neighborhood Funders Group are invited to participate in a panel discussion featuring the leaders of several national organizing networks. This conversation, facilitated by Frank ... email ( cslabaugh@needmorfund.org ). Midwest Community Organizing Panel Discussion with the Needmor Fund ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

Can Ferguson turn into a sustainable movement?

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
11/22/2014
Can Ferguson turn into a sustainable movement?: The MHP table talks about how the current moment stemming from Ferguson can turn into a sustainable movement . Melissa Harris-Perry November 22, 2014 on MSNBC Can Ferguson turn into a sustainable movement? ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice

Embattled Ferguson police chief resigns

News type: 
News from the Field
CBSnews.com Last Updated Mar 11, 2015 9:40 PM EDT Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson resigned his position ... a Department of Justice report heavily criticized the Ferguson police department for bias against African American ... View original news clip and read the story here. Embattled Ferguson police chief resigns ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Montgomery to Ferguson: A New Movement for Democracy

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/13/2014
... Foundations and an ABFE Fellow, during his weekend in St. Louis/ Ferguson during the national mobilization, FergusonOctober. Montgomery to Ferguson : A New Movement for Democracy ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

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 ... . From this scan, the group has gained literacy in the organizing work already taking place and further defined the ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Many organizers at the forefront of protests are women, despite men taking center stage

News type: 
News from the Field
... the narratives of marginalized individuals and communities in the United States. After hours of more than a thousand ... members of the Gilmor Homes community with key involvement in the protests are very young people. On Saturday, women ... member of Freddie Gray’s family, who joined the march in her wheelchair, was able to stay on the front lines. ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Gender Justice

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
... institutions and their allies continue to build organizing strategies that address housing, displacement, and ... philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in expanding the power of low-income communities to build ... Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political Moment ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, September 17, 2020 -
11:00am - 12:30pm
Webinar
In the same community where George Floyd was brutally ... during the pandemic. We will discuss how organizing , power building, place-based grantmaking ... Group, come and get real-time insights into emerging organizing , advocacy, and voter engagement campaigns in rural ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Foundation for Louisiana Supports Baton Rouge Organizing with Rapid Response Fund

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/12/2016
... Rouge, LA — Foundation for Louisiana (FFL) stands in solidarity with the Baton Rouge community and people ... and organizations who are on the front lines in organizing around systemic issues of police violence, ... Foundation for Louisiana Supports Baton Rouge Organizing with Rapid Response Fund ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Funding Opportunity

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 ... CFPB. Faith-based advocacy has played a critical role in local, and now national, campaigns to end payday lending ... to reform efforts, and what is expected to happen in the coming year. Funders involved in this effort will ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... institutions and their allies continue to build organizing strategies that address housing, displacement, and ... philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in expanding the power of low-income communities to build ... Slides: Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political Moment ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

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

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Washington, DC
... Economy, Solidaire Network As economic and political power in the United States has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of billionaires and ... be shared with confirmed attendees closer to the date. Organizing for Wall Street Accountability and Financial ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Lawyers descend on Ferguson ahead of grand jury decision

News type: 
News from the Field
By Tim Reid, Reuters, November 21, 2014. FERGUSON , Mo Nov 21 (Reuters) - Hundreds of civil rights ... to charge the officer who killed an unarmed black teenager in August. The attorneys are arriving in Ferguson as talks between protest groups and police have ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

The Violence Happening in Ferguson Is More Than Physical

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, September 05, 2014
by Alexandra Moffett-Bateau Originally published in RH Reality Check This piece is published in collaboration with Echoing Ida, a Forward Together ... at the hands of a law enforcement officer. Within days, Ferguson , and along with it Black-American hearts and minds ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Safety & Justice

14 Questions And Answers About The Ferguson Grand Jury

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
11/18/2014
... hearing evidence for months as it weighs whether to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Michael Brown, which was ... has said he expects grand jurors to reach a decision in mid- to late November. But the timing ultimately is up to ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

Lessons for Ferguson from 4,000 Miles Away

News type: 
Member News
... Def, “Tree Never Grown,” Hip Hop for Respect (2000), in response to the killing of Amadou Diallo Emotions are still smoldering in Ferguson , Missouri. A community rose up in hurt and anger ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Ferguson City Council Announces New Programs

News type: 
News from the Field
Ferguson City Council Announces New Programs, September 8th, ... they are implementing several changes and new programs in response to community concerns. These new laws and ... initiating new changes within our local police force and in our courts.” While these changes have been accomplished ...
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An Open Letter from Ferguson Protesters and Allies

News type: 
News from the Field
... Post, November 11, 2014. Originally published October 17: In Ferguson , police met our protesting of police brutality ... likes of which Americans have rarely seen on our own soil. In this American town, officers tapped their batons, pointed ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

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 ... as we witness local, national and global action in response to the repeated travesty of justice and societal ... . Sustaining Racial Justice Action in Philanthropy: Ferguson & Beyond .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

Police In Ferguson Stock Up On Riot Gear Ahead Of Grand Jury Decision

News type: 
News from the Field
... on tear gas, less-lethal ammunition and plastic handcuffs in anticipation of massive protests in the suburb of Ferguson , Missouri, if a grand jury doesn't indict the police .....
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Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

After Ferguson Grand Jury Failure, Federal Government Must Act for Justice

News type: 
News from the Field
... for Police Reform (CPR) released the following statement in response to the grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot unarmed Michael Brown in August: "We are outraged that the grand jury failed to .....
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Racial Justice
Criminalization

NFG's 2020 Convening Series — Get It Together: How the Amplify Fund Supports Black-led Power Building and Organizing

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 -
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
For 40 years NFG has been bringing funders who believe in the power of people to transform communities together to ... to learn more about Amplify’s funding model, including organizing to realize a vision for racial justice ... How the Amplify Fund Supports Black-led Power Building and Organizing ...
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Topic: 
Inclusive Development
Philanthropic Practice
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
... institutions and their allies continue to build organizing strategies that address housing, displacement, and ... philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in expanding the power of low-income communities to build ... articles on topics ranging from equitable development, to organizing and movement building. Dawn is also Executive ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

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
... actors, so many turning points, and so many skirmishes in the fight for justice. But we try to capture parts of the ... our knowledge of the history, and the perspectives offered in a unique set of interviews with twenty- three of the top ... 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

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/21/2020
... government enforce rapid re-opening and block closures in some sectors like meatpacking, workers continue to put ... union election since the pandemic ), worker advocacy and organizing non-profits and a new crop of grassroots unions. ... In some manufacturing sectors , the benefits of strong organizing and early strikes are showing. In GM plants, ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Press Release from Amnesty International

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, October 24, 2014
... , October 24, 2014. Following the initial protests in Ferguson , Missouri sparked by the shooting death of unarmed ... report, On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson ,documenting the human rights concerns witnessed ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Statement from Center Social Inclusion

News type: 
News from the Field
... for the rest of their lives. We look to the residents of Ferguson , particularly young people, who peacefully took to ... to indict Officer Wilson, while the system succeeded in indicting Mike Brown. For this, we must continue to demand ... and advocates are working to transform this system, organizing to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline , demand ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

FergusonOctober – Voices from the Ground

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/16/2014
How can philanthropy support organizing in this moment and in the long term? The Neighborhood Funders ... . 1) What would you offer as a synopsis of the Ferguson uprisings overall and of Ferguson October, from your ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

After #FergusonOctober

News type: 
NFG Blog
" How can philanthropy support organizing in this moment and in the long term? The Neighborhood Funders ... . 1) What would you offer as a synopsis of the Ferguson uprisings overall and of Ferguson October, from your .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Funding Opportunity

Backing Protests: Funders for Justice Members Answer Activist Movements' Call

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/19/2016
Groups that emerged after Ferguson are mobilizing thousands of people for protests that ... that swelled following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson , Mo., offer another. Groups that emerged after ... to some grant makers. "I’ve never seen the level of organizing and activism in Chicago in the 25 years that .....
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Bending the Arc from Interest to Advancement

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Wed, April 08, 2015
... committed to collaborate and leverage resources to invest in these communities and change systems to ensure full and ... an awareness of the need for broad-based investments in Ferguson , throughout the region, nationally and ... summarizes several potential areas for investment: Organizing and Civic Engagement Capacity The Ferguson ...
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Urgent Funding Needs and Opportunities

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Member News
Following are opportunities to fund local organizing in Ferguson , MO, New York, California and nationally. Last ...
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Funding Opportunity
Community Power-Building

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

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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 ... This included massive protests against police brutality in Ferguson , New York, and beyond ; continued pressure from .....
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St. Louis Activist: Decades After 1968 Urban Uprisings, Key Economic & Race Issues Remain Unresolved

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Partner Resource
Tue, August 19, 2014
Democracy Now! - August 19, 2014 The upheaval in Ferguson , Missouri, has called to mind the racial divisions that split open in the 1960s with a series of uprisings in cities across the ...
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Racial Justice
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In ‘Moral Monday,’ activists protest Brown shooting with acts of civil disobedience

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News from the Field
... , Washington Post - October 13, 2014. ST. LOUIS – In a third day of civil disobedience, local and national ... police lines and were arrested during a protest at the Ferguson Police Department. The planned act, which organizers ... Moral Monday, featured a more-than-four-hour protest in which waves of clergy demanded to speak with Ferguson ...
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We didn’t start a movement. We started a network.

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

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/05/2015
... reflects on emerging opportunities for the racial organizing movement. This post originally appeared on Ford ... jury announced that no indictment would be delivered in the police killing of Eric Garner. Following the grand ... who shot another unarmed black man, Michael Brown , in Ferguson , Missouri in August, this news set off protests ...
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Empower Philanthropy! ABFE’s Annual Conference

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
12/10/2014
... agenda of increasing public and private investments in Black communities. We offer attendees a set of ... to support Black communities. Given the events in Ferguson , MO and other cities across the country, Empower ... look at investment strategies that support community organizing and build leadership and power. These principles ...
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Leadership Development
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Racial Justice

The National Bar Association Responds to the Grand Jury's Decision Not to Indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the Shooting Death of Michael Brown

News type: 
News from the Field
... President Meanes is requesting that the citizens of Ferguson , Missouri not allow this decision to cause an unnecessary uproar in the community that could lead to arrests, injuries or even ... for everyone to remain as calm as possible and to join in solidarity as we continue to support the family of Michael ...
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Racial Justice
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Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, November 28, 2014
... analysis on print, cable, and social media coverage of Ferguson . ColorLines , an online publication by Race Forward, has had excellent ongoing coverage of Ferguson . Visit the Race Forward website. Race Forward: ...
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Racial Justice

Freedom Side Open Letter

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News from the Field
... This is an open letter from frontline leaders engaged in the struggle for justice in Ferguson and the larger fight against police brutality and ...
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Donate to the Legal Support Fund for Justice for Mike Brown

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News from the Field
In support of those people arrested during protests this ... . Since August 9, over 800 people have been arrested in Ferguson while protesting Mike Brown's death and the epidemic ... and Brown communities in the United States.The Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) legal support .....
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Funding Opportunity

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Webinar
... President & CEO, Deaconess Foundation and Co-Chair of the Ferguson Commission Aaron Dorfman , Executive Director, NCRP ... esteemed panelists as we explore what foundations can do in response to recent events in Ferguson , New York City and across the country. Hear from ...
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Meet the Woman Behind #BlackLivesMatter — The Hashtag That Became a Civil Rights Movement

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News from the Field
... Yes! Magazine Following the police killing of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, TIME Magazine hit ... attention after the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson , Missouri. But #BlackLivesMatter began before ... Garza. At the time, the three women were involved in Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD). Access to that ...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization
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Outrage Over Garner and Brown Cases Should Keep Philanthropy Focused on Criminal Justice

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News from the Field
... of Philanthropy. December 17, 2014 The streets of Ferguson , Mo., New York City, and many other cities across ... have been overflowing with protests for the past month in reaction to grand-jury decisions not to indict police ...
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Philanthropic Practice
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Criminalization

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

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/08/2016
... supporting Freedom Inc. (FI) for 4 years. FI was founded in 2003, is based in Madison, WI and has used particularly ... of violence through leadership development and community organizing in Black and Southeast Asian, particularly Hmong ... to examine the murder. Since Mike Brown’s murder in Ferguson , FI youth have been building solidarity with ...
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Gender Justice

Making Black Lives Matter

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Wed, February 25, 2015
... teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police officer in Ferguson , Missouri gave a new energy and national platform to ... like SNCC that did deep grassroots organizing in local communities and provided a vehicle for ...
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We will not be silenced.

News type: 
News from the Field
... — Activists issued a scathing statement this afternoon in response to recent attempts by the NYPD to silence the ... for victims of police violence. The letter, drafted by Ferguson Action, and cosigned by over a dozen grassroots ... a community feels when they lose a loved one. They are in our thoughts and prayers as we continue our movement for ...
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Racial Justice
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Answering the Call from Movement Leaders

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... that only 0.5% of foundation money goes towards Native organizing . A shameful half of one percent. We say knowledge ... something with that knowledge. The farther out we get from Ferguson , are we doing enough to support the people and ...
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Philanthropic Practice

Key Insights from #BaltimoreUprising

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, May 18, 2015
... a now too familiar story. Multitudes take to the streets in pursuit of justice for an unarmed black male killed by the ... Many Analogies from other Struggles In Baltimore like Ferguson before it, the act of rioting was a rare and ... the bases of activists motivated. The lesson for Baltimore organizing moving forward is that organizations on the ground ...
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Racial Justice
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Funding Opportunity

Shifting Gears for Racial Justice

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/08/2016
... Security & Rights Collaborative What does “acting in solidarity” mean to you? “Understanding and acting on ... and act collectively to support the groundswell of organizing and activism in Ferguson , MO and elsewhere around the country. This group, ...
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A Warm Farewell & A Warm Welcome

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/08/2020
Neighborhood Funders Group is a place for meaning-making in philanthropy. We offer funders a political home: a place ... funding resources in solidarity with the uprisings in Ferguson , Missouri, and Black communities and other ... has mobilized millions of dollars to support grassroots organizing led by and for people of color at the ...
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A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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Member News
... many people will tout the city’s recovery, few people in black working-class neighborhoods will be celebrating. ... one-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson , Mo., an attack that launched what is commonly known ... resources to support black-led grass-roots groups organizing to push for greater police accountability and ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Climate Justice

Resourcing the Movement for Black Lives

Fri, June 03, 2016
Above: America Wake Up is scrawled on an I-beam in the burnt out rubble that once was Beauty Town. The store ... have once again highlighted the importance of community organizing for social and structural change. With growing ... immigration, and anti-Black racism. The uprisings in Ferguson and Baltimore were game changers for Solidaire. ...
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A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

News type: 
News from the Field
... Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and ... to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression. We were humbled when ... after 18-year old Mike Brown was killed at the hands of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. We’ve hosted ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Charlottesville Funder Briefing

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

The Power of the People – SB1445 is a Strategic Victory With Lessons for Alliance Building

News type: 
News from the Field
... Network and BAJI Arizona Organizer Late Monday , in a much anticipated decision, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey ... from their disciplinary records. BAJI played a key role in building a multiracial coalition of organizations and ... Department of Justice report on the police practices in Ferguson , MO. The victory against SB1445 is an example of ...
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We Can’t Win a Right To The City Unless #Black Lives Matter

News type: 
News from the Field
... Street, the financial center of the most powerful city in the world, was built and maintained through slave labor. ... who help define the vision for our right to the city. Here in the United States, the recent momentum built in the fight ... accruing daily, are all around us. In a place like Ferguson , we can see how the impact of the relationship ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Economic Justice
Community Power-Building

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 ... and members of Funders for Justice: ABFE circulated From Ferguson to Baltimore: We Must Continue to Support , ... through their fundraising effort to support Black-led organizing for Black liberation, Young People Investing in a ...
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Funding Opportunity

#Asians4BlackLives

News type: 
News from the Field
... and #BlackLivesMatter , joined with Asian allies in #Asians4BlackLives group and white allies in the Bay Area Solidarity Action Team to lead an occupation ... memory of Michael Brown, whose body lay in the streets of Ferguson for more than 4 hours after he was killed by a ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

WeTheProtesters Open Letter

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
03/04/2015
... view and vision for this movement. We, the protestors of Ferguson and beyond, in order to fulfill the democratic promise of our ... summoned by Mike Brown’s blood and the gas-fueled tears in Ferguson , affirms the fundamental humanity of blackness. ...
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Community Power-Building
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Racial Justice

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

News type: 
Member News
... Man, 14 Years Old, Tried as an Adult. Woman Who Acted in Self-Defense Now Serving Life Sentence Have you found ... choice and multigenerational trauma. The Making of Ferguson by Richard Rothstein highlights how past and present ... employment. What followed was simply inspirational. By organizing FIPs and their families, investing in their ...
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Grand Jury Decision

News type: 
News from the Field
... executive order on Monday declaring a state of emergency in Missouri as the nation awaits a grand jury decision in the case of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Citing "periods of .....
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Racial Justice
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Support Minneapolis Protesters

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
11/27/2015
... and other supplies. November 27, 2015 Dear Community, In the past 10 days Minneapolis has experienced horrific acts ... lead organizers/organizations who have been strategically organizing around the clock for the past 10 days. Many of you ... this is an all too familiar occurrence in our nation. From Ferguson to Baltimore to New York and everywhere in between, ...
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Community Safety & Justice
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Funding Opportunity

A Message From FFJ Leadership: In Solidarity With Chicago & Minneapolis

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/09/2016
... Protests have begun, and police appear to be engaged in active suppression tactics, including arrest and physical ... as white males and possible white supremacists. We stand in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis and across the ... and with all of you committed to supporting the grassroots organizing in demand for justice. For updates and where to ...
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Criminalization
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Time to Invest for Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... into learning and collaborating together. This week in Texas, "Road To Change" organizers and Parkland shooting ... for Justice" National Convening in St. Louis, Missouri, Ferguson activist Kayla Reed from the St. Louis Action Center .....
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Time to turn protests into change

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, December 10, 2014
... (CNN) -- More than a week after the grand jury's decision in Ferguson , protests continue nationwide. On campuses, in malls, on streets and in stadiums, Americans young and old .....
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Racial Justice
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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 ... event that sought to push back progress. In the face of physical violence , the refusal of police to ... disparity of policing of non-violent Black protestors in Ferguson , Baltimore, New York, Baton Rouge, and Texas (and ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

Philanthropy’s Role in Holding Tension

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... focus to long-term change. When I first started in philanthropy just two years ago my boss said, “ Keep an ... for that underbelly to remain just under the surface. The Ferguson Uprising brought it out to the streets and forced ...
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Philanthropic Practice

Is Democracy Funding Undemocratic? Funding Civic Engagement in an Era of Protest

News type: 
News from the Field
... urge you to read how this project came together in collaboration between NPQ and the Young Nonprofit ... requires investments in year-round advocacy and organizing capacity of groups, like the Southern Vision ... in the past, can be maintained any longer in the wake of Ferguson and similar events, where we have seen the close ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

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 ... (NCRP) , reflects on leveraging privilege and dissent in the face of fear. People in the United States are ... the film screening of Whose Streets , which documents the Ferguson Uprising in response to the murder of Mike Brown in ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Facing and Recovering from Soul Trauma

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/09/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... trauma” as something he had been facing. When the Ferguson crisis exploded onto the national scene, he ... co-op creation, community land trusts, and local finance organizing offer hope for our communities to become safer and ...
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Philanthropic Practice

Justice Dept. to investigate NYC chokehold death

News type: 
News from the Field
... chokehold death of an unarmed black man after a grand jury in New York City declined to indict the white police officer ... will look for potential civil rights investigations in the July 17 death of Eric Garner, 43, who was confronted ... death occurred weeks before the deadly police shooting in Ferguson , Missouri, a case also under investigation by the ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Five Things President Obama Could Do to Stop the Killing

News type: 
News from the Field
... school administrator or police officer that would result in him being hurt, psychologically or physically. That ... show a greater tendency to dehumanize African-Americans in widely used psychological questionnaires, are more likely ... gas, electric shock or killing") against a black child in custody than officers who did not dehumanize blacks. What .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

5 Hot Causes for Donors in 2015

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/04/2014
... indict white police officers who killed unarmed black men in Ferguson , Mo., and New York City. Funders for Justice, a new ... demographics, for example the growing black populations in inner suburbs, and "implicit racial bias," or the negative .....
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Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Make 2015 the Year of Resistance.

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
01/10/2015
... been incredible. When a committed group of young people in Ferguson stood up to a militarized police force, millions around the world marched, sat- in , and walked-out to fight for justice. We need a renewed ...
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Community Power-Building

Funders for a Just Economy Florida Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
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 ... Cheri Wright Jones (Allegany Franciscan Ministries), Geula Ferguson (Florida Philanthropic Network), Jose Garcia (Ford ... and VIDA Legal Assistance 3:00pm: Emerging Tactics in Organizing : Alianza, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, ...
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Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Police arrest protesters as St. Louis awaits grand jury decision

News type: 
News from the Field
... Wallis , Reuters - November 20, 2014. (Reuters) - Police in Ferguson , Missouri, kept alert on Thursday for signs of ... five people for blocking a street the night before in a protest demanding the criminal indictment of a white ...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization

PolicyLink

News type: 
News from the Field
... times and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, in Ferguson , Missouri. This tragic act provoked grief and outrage in Ferguson and across the country. We mourned the loss of an ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

National and Local Recommendations for Police Accountability

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, December 10, 2014
... The killing of unarmed teenager, Michael Brown, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson created a moment of ... excessive use of force by law enforcement is not uncommon in the United States. According to a report by the Malcolm X Grassroots Project, in 2012 an average of one black person was killed by law ...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

#FergusonNext

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, December 03, 2014

#FergusonNext is a solution-based collaboration between Guardian US Opinion, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Page, Ebony.com, Colorlines, The St. Louis American and The St. Louis Riverfront Times. Beyond the Michael Brown case, how can we work together to find justice? Share your solutions on Twitter , Facebook , Instagram ,...

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Community Power-Building
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Racial Justice

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 support this work. RSVP below to ...
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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 ... organizations developing transnational strategies for organizing workers in low-wage industries. Economic ... poses unique challenges to traditional models of labor organizing . The substantial power wielded by transnational ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Financialization
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

California bans grand juries in fatal shootings by police

News type: 
News from the Field
... legislation Tuesday making California the first state in the nation to ban the use of grand juries to decide ... should face criminal charges when they kill people in the line of duty. The ban, which will go into effect next year, comes after grand juries in Ferguson , Missouri, and Staten Island, New York, made ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Safety & Justice

Grant Makers Should Seize the Moment to Seek Racial Justice Solutions

News type: 
NFG Blog
... Former Director, Asian Amiercans and Pacific Islands in Philanthropy Civic Engagement Fund This post originally appeared as a "Letter to the Editor" in the September 21 issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy To the Editor: The Chronicle’s article " After Ferguson , Grant Makers Are Seeking Fresh Solutions to .....
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Philanthropic Practice
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The 2016 Discount Legacy Award Nominations Are Open!

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
10/12/2015
... decades of grantmaking, the foundation supported community organizing groups across the country working with people living in poverty and struggling to sustain their families to ... Foundation and further its vision for worker justice organizing , the foundation created the Discount Legacy Award ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Rapid Response Racial Justice Fund

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/23/2015
... media and outreach campaigns, organizer training, organizing and mobilization efforts, forming or engaging ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Announcing the 2018 Discount Foundation Legacy Awardee

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/11/2018
... he was 17 years old. He joined his parents on a dairy farm in rural Vermont and worked for years on farms across the ... state. Enrique joined Migrant Justice and became a leader in the successful campaign to expand access to driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants in Vermont. He became part of the organization's Farmworker .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - Thursday, June 7, 2018
St. Louis, MO
... conference making us better grantmakers and partners in the field. And above all, thanks for pushing us to break ... – 2018 CONVENING PARTICIPANT CONNECTING, ORGANIZING , & MOBILIZING PHILANTHROPY IS AT THE CORE OF ... Governor Jay Nixon appointed Rev. Wilson to lead the Ferguson Commission, a group of citizens empowered to study ...
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Bolder Advocacy

Resource type: 
Other
Sat, February 01, 2014
... Advocacy advances and protects the role of nonprofits in influencing public policy. We use our expertise to ensure that the legal and political environment in which organizations operate is fair, balanced, and open to ...
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Community Power-Building
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Welcome Faron McLurkin, Sr. Program Manager of the Integrated Rural Strategies Group

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
01/22/2019
... funders working to build long-term support for rural organizing infrastructure that centers values of racial justice and builds sustainable power in rural communities. Faron was a founding member of IRSG ... as the Executive Director of the Center for Third World Organizing , one of the oldest racial justice organizations in ...
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Topic: 
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

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 ... BYP100, Black Lives Matter Network, Project South and Ferguson Action. Along with the collective call to ... of LGBT People in the United States.” She has been organizing , advocating, litigating, writing and agitating ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Racial Justice

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 ... the US last year, including those of Michael Brown in Ferguson , Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York, Officer ...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

The Let Us Breathe Fund

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/23/2015
From Ferguson to New York City, activists have taken to the ... immediate work on the ground, and a longer term investment in Black communities in New York City. Let Us Breathe puts decision-making in ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

ColorofChange.org: We have a key opportunity to transform discriminatory and violent policing nationwide

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/03/2014
... racially-motivated police violence is a daily threat in the lives of Black people in America. In a time when law enforcement kill Black ... to the hard work of Black youth and community leaders in Ferguson and across the country. In order to capture the ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

We Call it the "American Dream"

News type: 
News from the Field
... mass protests over the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson , Missouri have demonstrated. Ferguson exploded ... that their own children could be the next ones lying in the street. All of us, black or not, immigrant or ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Economic Justice
Community Safety & Justice

Thinking About the Safety of Black Lives Beyond Policing

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, February 25, 2015
... over two-hundred communities across the country erupted in massive protests and sustained acts of civil disobedience. ... were formed and body cameras funded, but the conversations in mainstream media and the halls of power have focused ... nets for mass incarceration. In some towns, such as Ferguson , they are also tax collectors ticketing low income ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Making Black Lives Matter Initiative Website Launch

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Tue, March 01, 2016
Dear Colleagues, In recognition of Black History and Black Futures month, the ... MBLM Initiative that is focused on supporting Black-led organizing in order to help revitalize and strengthen the ... importantly the website will feature the work of Black-led organizing groups that are advancing Black history everyday ...
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Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

State of Black Worker Conference

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - Friday, October 11, 2013
Washington, DC
... only.** ""The two most dynamic and cohesive liberal forces in the country are the labor movement and the Negro freedom ... partnering to organize a day-long meeting on black worker organizing . The meeting will be held at Georgetown University ... be a convening of organizations engaged in black worker organizing , including Discount Foundation and Ford Foundation .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights

Raising expectations & creating community in philanthropy: NFG's November 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
11/23/2020
... thrive. As a former labor organizer, I believe that organizing is about raising expectations and creating ... us the gas to keep going when we’re scared and tired. In this moment, it is paramount that we raise our ... close partnerships with grantees, I learned about rural organizing and the lack of philanthropic support for rural ...
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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 ... in and sustained support for grassroots community organizing and advocacy in American Indian, Alaska Native, ... Deeper and longer-term investments in community organizing and leadership development efforts will promote ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

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

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
03/02/2017
... She comes to NFG with more than 12 years’ experience in grassroots organizing . Most recently, she was the Director of Organizing at Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy ...
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Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Enough

News type: 
Member News
... black people and people of color across the country and in our streets. We stand with his partner and her young ... grantees Black Lives Matter Minneapolis , MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC) , and many others who are creating space for mourning and organizing . At Headwaters, we are committed to placing racial ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Million Hoodies Chapter Grant Fund

News type: 
News from the Field
... of young people of color. We utilize media and grassroots organizing to transform the public discourse on ... across the country. This fundraiser will provide small organizing and campaign grants to Million Hoodies chapters ... and organizing programs to win justice and safety in their communities. Help support the work of these young ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Racial Justice
Criminalization

The Innovations and Independence of OUR Walmart

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, August 24, 2015
New York, NY
... campaign to change Walmart is an effort that began in 2011 and has made a deep mark on how to build worker power and paved the way for new forms of organizing . Join us to learn more about this effort and how ... national companies. This is an exciting time for organizing low-wage and multi-racial workers and changing ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Workers' Rights
Funding Opportunity

Women of Color on #BlackLivesMatter, Gender, and Racism

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Thu, December 11, 2014
... and LGBT people of color. We’ve compiled our 6 favorite in the hope that the conversation around state violence and ... enough frame that lines up people who are marching in the street with the people who are negotiating with the ... and FIERCE’s statement of solidarity for the people of Ferguson and communities of people affected by racist state ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Gender Justice
Criminalization

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

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Thu, July 16, 2020
... and White nationalists, and the glaring role of ableism in our nation, we must recognize that our country is being ... as you determine your approach to funding healing justice: Organizing is Deeply Connected to Healing While the term ... — has existed for generations. In fact, participation in organizing and movement-building is and has historically been ...
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Topic: 
Healing Justice
Healthy Communities
Racial Justice

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 , ... demand, Black queer feminist (BQF) lens as an organizing framework, and the importance of leadership ... invest/divest demand? How do you translate local chapter organizing to a national demand? BYP100 started its journey ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Healthy Communities

Race Files

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, December 01, 2014
We live in an age of colorblind racism. We claim we don’t see ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

Headwaters Foundation for Justice Relaunches Emergency Fund for Black Lives

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/12/2016
... to Recent Events: July 2016 The killing of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights have ... that apply an intersectional lens to their community organizing , policy advocacy, and civic engagement strategies. ... Lives Matter Minneapolis (BLM-MPLS) and Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC) . Just months later, our state is ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Lifting up how Black communities are reclaiming land ownership & addressing the racial wealth gap: NFG's February 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
02/28/2020
February is Black History Month and, in this newsletter, NFG honors Black resistance. Given the ... NFG has mobilized philanthropy to support POC-led organizing for equitable development since our start 40 years ... and community trauma, and heard examples of concrete organizing wins led by Black women from Moms 4 Housing ...
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Oct 22-24 in Chicago: Confronting the International Association of Chiefs of Police

News type: 
News from the Field
... thing. Disruption can cause nervousness and anxiety in the person doing the disruption, and tension and anger in the person being disrupted. Disruption can also be a ... and more importantly move your agenda. It is with this in mind that the Workers Center For Racial Justice and our ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

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 ...
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Announcing the 2019 Discount Foundation Legacy Award Winner

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/01/2019
... Award. The Discount Foundation Legacy Award was launched in 2015 to commemorate and carry on the legacy of the ... decades-long history of supporting leading edge organizing in the worker justice arena beyond its spend down ... standards in his community. Through Alfred’s tremendous organizing campaigns, he has helped win local hiring on ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Building Trust Between Communities and Local Police

News type: 
News from the Field
David Hudson December 01, 2014 08:25 PM EST Recent events in Ferguson , Missouri and around the country have grabbed the ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Ensuring the Voices of Government Reflect the People They Represent

News type: 
News from the Field
... response to the rallies and demonstrations that came in its wake. The scenes still seem misplaced, as if taken ... book illustrating the height of the Civil Rights Movement in 1964. Yes, in 2014, 50 years after the Civil Rights Act, ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Obama Calls for Changes in Policing After Task Force Report

News type: 
News from the Field
... across the country after the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson , Mo., and Staten Island at the hands of white officers exposed frustrations about law enforcement in minority communities. Mr. Obama, unveiling the ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Stop the War on Baltimore

News type: 
News from the Field
... The response to the killing of Michael Brown last year in Ferguson opened up a national conversation around police ... with racially biased policing and excessive use of force. In a nighttime drug raid, a black 7-year-old girl, Aiyana ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Ohio Student Association: Justice for John Crawford

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/18/2014
From Ferguson to LA, New York to Beavercreek, the story is ... We must continue our demands up the power structure in our state because our prosecutors and judges, our governor ... attorney general, and our state legislators are complicit in what happened in Beavercreek and what happens all the time ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

Funders for Justice Announces Inaugural Advisory Committee of Field Leaders

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/05/2017
... cohort of FFJ Advisors. These nine leaders were selected in recognition of their expertise and leadership in movements ... on New Ground Anthony Newby , Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change Simran Noor , Center for Social ... your own work as well. Funders for Justice is a national organizing platform of grantmakers, donor networks, and ...
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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 ... are a useful vehicle for entering a funding area in which we don’t have a lot of knowledge or exposure. In ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Philanthropic Practice

Strike Watch 2020 Review: Defund the Police to Build Worker Power

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/17/2020
... organized alongside immigrant families facing deportation in New York City and with chronically un- and underemployed ... South Los Angeles. My political education is rooted in the organizing I was involved in as a student in the early 2000s, ... and move resources to where movements are directing us: to organizing , power building, and movements calling to defund ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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
... nearly 80% of the population voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. The city’s economy is ... they invest in both local people of color led residential organizing approaches and “intermediary” organizations. ... other social justice issues is the kind of intersectional organizing that is even more critical today in building ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Headwaters Foundation for Justice Launches Emergency Fund For Black Lives

News type: 
Member News
... grants to Black Lives Matter Minneapolis and Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC). These two groups have inspired, ... recognizes the historic importance of this moment in time and feels compelled to take action and build on the ... the national Black Lives Matter movement. Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC) is a grassroots, member-led ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Racial Justice
Criminalization

New Reports: And Still I Rise, #BlackWorkersMatter

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Thu, May 07, 2015
... released at the conference State of Black Workers in America at Columbia University Graduate School of ... leaders and activists in exploring ways to leverage their organizing expertise for the preservation of the labor ... paper cannot and give visibility to the black women as organizing experts and social change strategists. Two ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

And Still I Rise/#BlackWorkersMatter

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, May 11, 2015
Webinar
Couldn’t make it to the State of Black of Workers in America Conference last Friday? Here’s your chance to ... leaders and activists in exploring ways to leverage their organizing expertise for the preservation of the labor ... paper cannot and give visibility to the black women as organizing experts and social change strategists. Two ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights

Annual Policy Briefing of the Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - Friday, April 24, 2015
Washington, DC
... discussion on the future of work, focus on exciting gains in black worker organizing , examine the progress, challenges, and opportunities for policy and organizing in immigration, and look ahead to Election Year ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Mary Hooks

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
... to the hot shades of Atlanta, GA , and has found her niche in organizing with SONG, throwing ... FFJ Advisor Discussion ...
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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 ... in Rural & Small-Town America. 1) Civic Engagement and Organizing in Rural & Small-Town Communities Thursday, ... takeaways and recommendations from two recents scans on organizing and civic engagement in rural ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Supporting Transformative Change with NFG

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/14/2019
... philanthropy from the field of public health: I have been in philanthropy now for 4 years. When I was first assigned to ... they have brought on staff with a deep understanding of organizing and the challenge of building a stronger ... field. Alex credits NFG with increasing the legitimacy of organizing funders to move resources for social change: I ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Funders Briefing and Conversation with Patrisse Cullors and Dignity & Power Now

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Los Angeles, CA
... of Dignity and Power Now, a grassroots organization based in Los Angeles founded by Patrisse Cullors, one of the ...
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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 ... impacted by police violence. This program is organized in partnership with Communities United for Police Reform. .....
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EPIP Webinar Recap- Police Accountability and Racial Justice: Sustaining a Movement

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, May 05, 2015
... that will impact policy and create sustainable change? In this webinar, we were be joined by representatives of ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

We. Just. Getting. Started. Moving Money for M4BL

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/12/2020
... a call co-organized by NFG's Funders for Justice and donor- organizing partners for the Movement for Black Lives to ... the long-term. “What rules are you prepared to break in defense of Black lives?” We are hearing your answers: ... the week we know you’ve heeded the call. You have been organizing , meeting, and starting to move money. We see .....
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2020 Nashville Virtual Site Visit

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, September 21, 2020 - Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Virtual
... Economy were excited to host a virtual learning visit in Nashville, Tennessee with our partners Stand Up Nashville ... change. Coalition building and collaborative approaches to organizing have built the power of communities in Nashville ... organizers are undoubtedly experts of inside and outside organizing and political strategy. The long history of ...
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Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy
Amplify Fund

Living Resource Systems: A New Approach for Supporting Movement Networks

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 01, 2016
... article and photo provided by the Movement Net Lab In tandem with the many movement networks of the last decade, ... linked, moved, supported, and restructured by everyone in the network so that they fit the dynamic nature of ... with expertise (and willing to provide training) in organizing , social media and safety with simple, agile ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

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 ... improve the quality of economic opportunity through labor organizing and strengthening workers’ rights, focusing on ... in Tennessee and Mississippi impact the outlook for future organizing nationwide. Download Resource [PDF] New ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Announcing Two New NFG Projects

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/17/2018
... projects at our 2018 National Convening last month in St. Louis. In case you missed it, here's a preview of ... of funders interested in supporting racial justice and organizing in rural communities. The Integrated Rural ... across the country on the current landscape of rural organizing . Check out Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers .....
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group
Philanthropy Forward

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 ... collect a few hundred dollars through PayPal to support organizing at the frontline of a movement. So activists are ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

Native Voices Rising: National Funder Briefing Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Webinar
... MT / 1 pm CT / 2 pm ET Please register here for call- in information. Join Native Voices Rising for a web briefing ... need to strengthen support for indigenous community organizing and leadership development. The discussion will ... for Native-led change. Coordinated by Native Americans in Philanthropy and Common Counsel Foundation, Native Voices ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

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 ... experimental learning and internships, new courses in community change studies, new relationships between ... change agents, equipped with a deep analysis, community organizing skills, and real work experience. This program, ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Leadership Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

NFG's 2020 Convening Series — Youth of Color Taking the Lead: Collaborative Leadership and the Path to Power

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, September 10, 2020 -
9:00am - 11:00am
Virtual
... that to youth — especially youth of color — and for organizing approaches. Shifting the philanthropic landscape ... of color, and we are pleased to offer the next session in NFG's virtual convening series — Youth of Color: ... Fund on how youth of color-focused groups use issue-based organizing to engage members and new & infrequent voters; how .....
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NFG's 2020 Convening Series — Technologies for Liberation: Moving Toward Abolitionist Futures

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 -
9:00am - 11:00am
Virtual
... organizers are challenging it. What’s often missing in philanthropic analysis, however, is the role that technology is playing in deepening criminalization via new tactics of surveillance, ... strategies. Yet this work often falls through the cracks in philanthropy, with neither social justice nor ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

Funders for Justice Announces 2nd Cohort of Field Advisors

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/15/2018
... leaders from cities across the US. These leaders organize in multiple racial and gender justice movements to end criminalization of communities of color, including: organizing in Native nations, Latinx migrant justice, transgender rights, youth and multi-generational organizing , South Asian migrant and worker justice, ...
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Black Lives Matter, Today and Always: January 15 Highway Action Solidarity Statement

News type: 
News from the Field
... linked their bodies together across the I- 93 highway in a highly coordinated action in Boston. This act of civic participation was in solidarity ... Black people. Here is the solidarity statement: Police in Ferguson are not bad apples — the whole system, Boston ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

Meeting the Moment: 2020’s New Civic Engagement Landscape in Rural and Small-City America

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:15am
Webinar
... the Moment: 2020’s New Civic Engagement Landscape in Rural and Small-City America. ______ The 2020 elections ... share what we're learning about how new narratives and organizing approaches are landing, and hear from field ... Rural Strategies Group (IRSG) to support and grow rural organizing , further the work of creating deep democracy in .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Third Wave Fund Launches Mobilize Power Fund for Urgent Gender Justice Activism

News type: 
Member News
... is now accepting proposals ! This fund supports urgent organizing , activism, and mobilization led by young women of ... on the 15th of each month , and grants will be awarded in under 2 weeks. The proposal and reporting process is ... 100 The Mobilize Power Fund is as much about supporting organizing on the ground as it is about fueling ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Gender Justice
Philanthropic Practice

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 ... of these identities – LGBTQ undocumented communities in New Orleans. “Now, more than ever, as LGBTQ communities ... Rights Network , while drawing inspiration from years of organizing in New Orleans. It provides conversation starters ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Marisa Franco

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
02/12/2019
... , a digital and grassroots hub for Latinx and Chicanx organizing and movement building, speaks on the current ... movement work. Tell us about the particular moment you are in with your work and place in the movement. Entering into our fourth year, we are doing ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Rapid Response Conference Call: Current Attacks and Burning of Black Churches

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
... 11am ET Hosted by NFG's Grantmakers for Southern Progress In the immediate aftermath of the racist murders of nine ... response to the growth and success of civil rights, black organizing and/or organized black resistance efforts. In recent months we have seen an increase in Black-led organizing across the nation in response to police brutality, .....
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

Weathering the Storm: Building Resilience Against Opposition Attacks

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, June 29, 2015
Webinar
... Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock In the past few years, many funders have witnessed large ... partners are not vulnerable to these kinds of attacks, in fact organizations are confronting them more and more. The ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, October 20, 2014
New York, NY
... 320 East 43rd Street , New York , NY 10017 RSVP in the form below Hosted by Ford Foundation, Unitarian ... conversation with Right To The City Alliance about new organizing strategies for urban democracy on municipal, ... the current political moment and the role of housing organizing as a pillar of economic justice and civic ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development

Economies of Inclusion: Building Strong Local Businesses and Communities

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Webinar
... and the Funders Committee on Civic Participation/Money in Politics Working Group (scheduled for September) ... Energy, with Wallace Global Fund (scheduled for December) In addition to those listed above, this workshop series is ... a Just Transition , we will shed light on the myriad ways in which organizations are altering their strategies and ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice

NFG Announces Transition of President Dennis Quirin

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/12/2019
... position as Executive Director of the Raikes Foundation in September. NFG’s Vice President of Programs, Adriana ... accountability, just transition to a new economy, rural organizing , and the changing landscape of workers’ rights. ... gain relationships and tools to move more resources to organizing and powerbuilding,” said Sarita. “We are ...
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Dear Mr. President: A Letter From Tef Poe

News type: 
News from the Field
By Tef Poe Originally published in the Riverfront Times , December 1, 2014. Editor's note: ... is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine . His ... murders. From our perspective, the statement you made on Ferguson completely played into the racist connotations that .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... Chris Crass, Truthout | Interview As New York City erupted in December 2014 in mass, nonviolent, disruptive direct ... and has been deeply committed to long-term multiracial organizing and campaigns to build people's power for ... of color, and that with their vision, strategy, organizing experience, infrastructure and leadership, they .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

The Road Ahead

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
11/11/2020
Neighborhood Funders Group is a place for meaning-making in philanthropy. We offer funders a political home: a place ... up for racial justice. They have built up the critical organizing infrastructure over many years to support these ... The visible, violent, and racist reaction to such organizing work is a clear sign that deepening organizing is ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Funder Briefing: Freedom Cities

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Webinar
... (BAJI)—organizations with decades of experience organizing and advocating for women, Black and immigrant ... rural areas, and communities safe for all oppressed people in the U.S. The discussion featured: Zachary Norris ... of all, you need to learn about freedom cities. Stay in principled and disciplined struggle with organizers and ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights

Response to Eric Garner's Case: A Deeper Conversation

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, December 03, 2014
Eight days after thousands took to the streets in protest, grief, and outrage following a Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police ... system that is indifferent, neglectful, and even hostile in bringing justice for abuses suffered. While these ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

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

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/04/2021
... for racial justice. Based on the U.S. Census, nearly one in five households are behind their rent or mortgage and ... McKnight Foundation they were able to stabilize community organizing , build a tenant union and chart a vision of hope, ... and countless others are the tips of the iceberg of how organizing seeds amazing brilliance to move resources for ...
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Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Strike Watch: San Francisco Foundation's Jidan Terry-Koon on Finding our (Philanthropic) Front Lines

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/21/2020
... Strikes for Black Lives to fights for basic protections in the age of COVID-19 – we wanted to get the perspectives ... their practices to better support economic justice organizing in this dynamic moment. FJE was fortunate to sit ... unique portfolio that integrates criminal justice, worker organizing , and community wealth building towards economic ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/21/2020
... urgent economic justice issues and the latest developments in grassroots efforts to build worker power - and where ... to supporting base-building community rooted groups, organizing , mobilizing, working with and for communities of ... working more explicitly on the political and electoral organizing side, in relationship with their non-partisan ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, April 14, 2014
... Some of the community groups that participated in the tour describe this displacement as a loss of cultural ... keeping community members, particularly youth, involved in organizing and advocacy campaigns. These activities were ... organizations have created sophisticated and strategic organizing and advocacy campaigns that require a deep ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

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 ... the guise of economic development. Using examples from organizing campaigns to challenge corporate power, this ... impact and support movement building and grassroots organizing across the country. Speakers: Erica Smiley , ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program
Funders for a Just Economy

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 ... the guise of economic development. Using examples from organizing campaigns to challenge corporate power, this ... impact and support movement building and grassroots organizing across the country. Speakers: Erica Smiley , ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
01/27/2021
In NFG’s final Strike Watch blog of 2020, Manisha Vaze ... and move resources to where movements are directing us: to organizing , power building, and movements calling to defund ... power building movements and created the critical organizing infrastructure to win elections up and down ...
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NFG 2018 Award for Excellence & Discount Foundation Legacy Award

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/27/2018
... Funders Group honored and celebrated two inspiring leaders in philanthropy and organizing : Molly Schultz Hafid, recipient of the NFG Award ... decades-long history of supporting leading edge organizing in the worker justice arena beyond its spend down ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Workers' Rights

Announcing FFJ’s Latest Field Advisor Cohort

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/13/2020
... forward to expanding our own understanding to support organizing toward racial and gender justice, and to growing ... continues to build momentum with their leadership and organizing in racial justice, gender justice, and anti-criminalization ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

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

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
09/29/2017
... for 2017 Discount Foundation Legacy Award ! Launched in 2015, the Discount Foundation Legacy Awards supports leading edge organizing in the worker justice arena. In partnership with ... in related worker justice, including but not limited to organizing and advocacy related work. Nominees need to be ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Celebrating 20 Years of Leadership on Labor and Economic Justice

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... wages, better working conditions, comprehensive benefits, organizing opportunities, and financial stability for working ... present members of the working group, as well as leaders in the worker rights field. You may see some familiar ... — Co-Chair Bob Shull, Public Welfare Foundation In celebration of this 20 th anniversary milestone, the ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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 ... Civil and Constitutional Rights and Community Organizing program areas. Shalini Eddens works as the ... at Urgent Action Fund. She has an extensive background in women’s health and rights, with over 15 years of .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Webinar: Building Movements with Narrative Change Strategies

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -
9:00am - 10:15am
Webinar
... do strategic communications and narrative change relate to organizing , power building, and movements? Join this webinar, hosted by Neighborhood Funders Group in partnership with ReFrame , to learn more about how and why ... about why they fund strategic communications, along with organizing leaders on the role narratives play in ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

Sustaining Black Resistance: A Call to Black Racial Justice Leaders

Event type: 
Events in the Field
Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Friday, July 31, 2015
... encourage stronger alignment on approaches to mobilizing, organizing , advocacy and messaging regarding the immediate ... Specifically, it offers opportunities to engage in deepened analysis, education and communication about ... leaders. The demonstrations and uprising did not emerge in a vacuum. Racial justice organizers and advocates have ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

2020 National Convening: 40 Years Strong

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, June 29, 2020 - Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Virtual
... Since 1980, NFG has been a ‘political home’ for people in philanthropy: a place to connect, strengthen our analysis, ... Monica Cordova (Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing ), Eric Braxton (Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing ) / Aaron Tanaka (Center for Economic Democracy), .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Funders for Justice Meeting in New York City

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, June 12, 2015
New York, NY
... Philanthropies to coordinate and mobilize resources in support of organizing in response to ongoing events of police brutality ... mobilizing and coordinating funding and other donor organizing resources for police accountability and racial ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Funding Opportunity: Protesters in Cleveland

News type: 
Member News
... and to donate . A Message from the Third Wave Fund : In July 2015, over 1600 people from across the country gathered at the Movement for Black Lives meeting in Cleveland to reflect, grow, fellowship, and remember our fallen. Three months later, there has been no justice in the city of Cleveland or in the state of Ohio for those ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Racial Justice

No more fake budgets?! Exploring Equity-Based Approaches to Financial Review

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/31/2017
... IRS Form 990 and provides an overview of financial trends. In 2014 we adopted this tool for our Arc Towards Justice ... general support funding to racial justice organizations in Oakland, to help us be in conversation with our grantees about their financial goals ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Leading with Power: #NFG2016 Conference Recap

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, July 18, 2016
... and field leaders joined Neighborhood Funders Group in Oakland, CA, making it NFG's largest convening ever. Grounded by frontline leaders and organizers in social movements for racial and economic justice, the ... workshops and learning tours showcased grassroots organizing groups partnering in new ways with advocates in .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

Water Works: Building Partnerships to Create Jobs and Transform Communities

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
New York, NY
... join the Surdna Foundation and Neighborhood Funders Group in a special funder briefing and strategy session with water ... utilities and philanthropic organizations to partner in bringing innovative community benefits practices to scale. ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Inclusive Development

Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Webinar
... short-term behavior (voting) and fail to engage people in the honest conversations about how the race, racism, and ... in the U.S. We will then discuss successful models for organizing thousands of rural, white, working-class community ... organizations, with a proven track record in community organizing , policy change, farm research, and promoting local ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

Funders for a Just Economy's Alabama Learning Tour Resources

Resource type: 
Event Recap
... as ground zero for historic and influential grassroots organizing , movement building, and successes in civil rights and economic policy. Decades of disinvestment ... Examples of resistance strategies come from advocacy and organizing , policy campaigns, and entrepreneurial efforts ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/14/2020
... how the foundation is supporting Black resilience in Oregon with their largest initiative yet — funding ... Memorial Trust, a member of NFG, works with and invests in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that ... to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. A mural in NE Portland honoring Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/04/2020
... Vonda McDaniel. McDaniel gave us key insights – shared in this Strike Watch interview - into the critical organizing led by food processing workers hard-hit in unsafe ... organizations are redefining Black and migrant-led labor organizing in new and important ways. As we honor the many ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Inclusive Development
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/08/2019
In June 2019, Neighborhood Funders Group's Democratizing ... context for Santa Fe. He shared that Chainbreaker's local organizing strategy initially focused on transportation, ... funders to galvanize support and resources for community organizing , planning, and technical assistance for land .....
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Topic: 
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

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

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

Philanthropy Isn’t Doing Enough to Support Youth-Led Voter-Mobilization Efforts

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/20/2020
... and democracy. This op-ed was originally published here in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Alejandra was part of the ... youth of color — are transforming the electorate. Youth organizing accounts for a major share of voter mobilization ... election thanks in large part to years of persistent organizing by youth-led groups. Despite their effectiveness, ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

‘Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us’

News type: 
News from the Field
... of April 25 at the corner of Pratt and Light Streets, in Baltimore’s revitalized downtown district, more than 100 police officers in riot gear stood shoulder to shoulder, shields up. Six ... nine months attending and catalyzing such protests, from Ferguson , Mo., last summer and fall, to New York City and ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

One year after Eric Garner’s death, we still are not safe

News type: 
News from the Field
... of Eric Garner and it seems New Yorkers are still living in Michael Bloomberg’s “two cities.” In 2013, Bill de Blasio campaigned to replace the longtime ... of police violence being uploaded daily. From New York to Ferguson and Baltimore, communities everywhere have flooded ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, November 07, 2016
... and the Solidaire Network on February 26, 2016. We live in a political era defined by crisis, but also great promise. ... inequality, and racial injustice threaten our future. Yet in the face of these challenges, there’s a vibrant, visible ... The Movement for Black Lives, escalated by residents of Ferguson , Missouri, has led to criminal justice reforms at ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

The Results are In: An Open Letter from Protestors on the Grand Jury Decision

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
11/24/2014
In Ferguson , a wound bleeds. For 108 days, we have been in a state of prolonged and protracted grief. In that time, we have found community with one another, ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, February 19, 2017
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 ... change to end discriminatory and abusive policing – from organizing and funding perspectives Presenters Monifa ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice

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 , ... grantee partners that, for many years, have been working in 10 Southeastern states on issues such as mass ... article at NCRP . 8 Lessons from Our Southern Grantees in the Fight for Equity and Justice ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Criminalization

As We Mourn Charleston's Victims, Philanthropy Must Act

News type: 
Member News
... people — the nine black parishioners who were shot dead in their church in Charleston — those of us in philanthropy must think hard about our role in supporting ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Philanthropic Practice

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 ... death of Sandra Bland and other black women killed while in police custody, because the most important and urgent ... women are not always the face put forward to rally around. Organizing is often led by women, but our experiences are ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Power-Building

Solutions Emerging from the Movement for Black Lives

News type: 
News from the Field
... Building , The Movement Strategy Center I am an ally in the movement for Black lives, so social and alternative ... media are my required reading. It’s there – not in the shamefully racist and sensationalistic corporate media ... help me connect the dots to wherever I am. Whether I’m in the grocery store or at a family barbeque, I need to be ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Safety & Justice
Community Power-Building

NFG Announces LaTosha Brown as Project Director for Grantmakers for Southern Progress

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/01/2014
... national funders who are committed to advancing progress in the outcomes, conditions, and opportunities for those who ... are least well off socially, economically, and politically in the South. Ms. Brown is a native of the south and ... as a trusted expert and resource and expert in community organizing , rural development and special programming for a ...
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Puerto Rico: From Relief to Equitable Recovery

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Webinar
... 10 am PT / 11 am MT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET The conditions in Puerto Rico are dire. Hurricanes Irma and Maria have ... citizens, funders, and grassroots organizations have been organizing to support Puerto Rico's communities. Please join ... funder community can help to ensure equitable rebuilding in Puerto Rico. Hispanics in Philanthropy and Neighborhood .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/10/2019
... Foundation, calls on fellow funding organizations based in the South to respond to the federal government's ... corporate leadership that lures vulnerable people to work in grueling, dangerous conditions. It is astounding that ... in private detention centers. Consider how supporting organizing , power building and policy advocacy could advance .....
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Power Building and Equity: Rural Electric Cooperatives

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, January 25, 2021 -
9:00am - 10:00am
Virtual
... It actually holds massive potential for building power in these communities – particularly in rural communities of color as well as low-income ... Clean Energy Works Resources: Power to the People: Organizing Rural Electric Coops , The Forge, Oct 19, 2020 One ...
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Topic: 
Inclusive Development
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Reflections on Labor Day from Funders for a Just Economy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/01/2017
... being threatened by unprecedented attacks, and to be bold in pushing towards a more just economy. As we prepare for the ... the strength, resilience, and achievements of workers in this country, I am reminded of the history of organized ... this tour, you will learn how communities are organizing for change with migrants, farmers, and people of ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Support Chicago Protesters

News type: 
News from the Field
... Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference in Chicago to demonstrate the urgency for a fundamental shift in the way this country invests in our most valuable ... of color and anti-Black violence, and to support Black-led organizing . We also know that criminalization also affects ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Racial Justice
Community Safety & Justice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, November 05, 2015
... Black Lives Matter , Blackbird and Black Youth Project 100 in partnership with many regional and local organizing groups. For a full list, see ... potential co-investors, contact Funders for Justice , an organizing platform for funders, donor networks and affinity ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Racial Justice

Amplify Fund's Response to COVID-19

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Tue, April 21, 2020
In the face of COVID-19, Amplify is stretching from our ... (including communications support, remote and digital organizing tools) Support for staff and member health and ... programs, self-care) Mutual aid and community resilience Organizing and advocacy campaigns for a just response to the ...
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Program: 
Amplify Fund

NFG Announces New President: Adriana Rocha

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/21/2020
... a nationwide search, Rocha will become the 6th President in NFG’s 40-year history. She is a seasoned, ... as NFG’s Vice President of Programs since May 2017. In this role, she supported NFG in deepening its programming ... specifically focused on people of color-led, grassroots organizing , and power building as the key to effective social ...
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In Defense Of Black Lives — How NFG's Amplify Fund is Supporting Power Building in Black Communities

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/08/2020
... The Amplify Fund, alongside our colleagues at NFG, stands in solidarity with Black communities as we again find ourselves anguished, angered, and compelled to action in response to the murders of George Floyd and Black people ... that centers political education and community organizing to build power among girls, trans youth, and ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Amplify Fund

The Fund for New Jersey Reaffirms Commitment to Racial Justice

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/31/2020
In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the protests that ... Community engagement, including Black-led grassroots organizing and diverse networks of youth leaders that emanate ... through the work of policy, advocacy, analysis, and organizing . For more information and to join this effort, ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Strike Watch - Election 2020: Workers Redefine the Map, as Corporate Tech Pours Millions to Undermine Rights

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/13/2020
... centered on the US presidency this election, worker-led organizing made tremendous waves across the country in ballot initiative, issue-based wins and get out the vote ... the results point to the power of long-term, worker-led organizing led by unions, place-based worker organizations, ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

How not to only fund the loudest voices in the room: NFG's September 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
09/29/2020
... for a Just Economy hosted a virtual learning visit in Nashville to showcase how Stand Up Nashville and The Equity Alliance are building power in their city for all residents. These Black women-led ... at Stand Up Nashville, who described how the incredible organizing and power built by Black communities in Nashville ...
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From Grievance to Governance: 8 Features of Transformative Campaigns

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, May 03, 2016
... McGhee share a stage at an event called The Future of Organizing : Contesting for Power in a Changing World. The event, co-convened by National ... have been vehicles for organizations from the community- organizing field to expand their focus and capacities beyond ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

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 ... and organizers can feel. Some of the most brilliant organizing strategies in the country are emerging from this .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/30/2020
In the midst of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, NFG stands ... our collective response on health and housing, we are organizing a Democratizing Development funders strategy ... with Labor and Worker Centers - Support the current worker organizing happening in high-demand and vulnerable ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Funding Opportunity
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program
Funders for a Just Economy
Amplify Fund
Integrated Rural Strategies Group
Philanthropy Forward

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

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, June 19, 2017 - Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Pittsburgh, PA
... Colorado Trust are pleased to invite you to the Strategy in Action Learning Tour: Equitable Revitalization and ... of color. With aligned progressive strength across the organizing community, elected leadership, and philanthropy, ... in this political moment. Regional and state multi-racial organizing to build regional and state power for expanding ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Standing in Our Power Together

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/16/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... it felt like to be at this year’s NFG National Convening in St. Louis. It was a moment of reprieve from grieving the ... the office, members of both organizations described their organizing strategies to shift power in the state. Currently, ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Boston - New York City Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - Thursday, April 3, 2014
Boston, MA
... Funders Group for a two day, northeast learning tour in Boston and New York City. With historic public sector leadership transitions occurring in both cities, the learning tour will engage elected ... in both Cities? What strategies are community-based groups organizing around to advance more inclusive land use, housing ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development

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

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
07/30/2020
... to resist, shift, and innovate. For four Wednesdays in July, NFG's Funders for Justice facilitated a Healing ... basic security and health and explored how to best fund organizing safe and just working conditions for all ... offer a webinar on From Bail Reform to Closing the Jail: Organizing Wins for Divestment . Join us to learn from .....
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No Time for Business as Usual

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/16/2017
... 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 ... a single president, but a result of years of investing in organizing and building innovative initiatives and visionary ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/19/2019
In October 2019, Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) held a ... the New York Foundation (NYF), where we support community organizing and grassroots advocacy here in New York City. Our ... sit with these contradictions, while being champions for organizing and grassroots leaders? One of Dr. Roy’s ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

NFG Member Spotlight: The Libra Foundation

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/22/2020
... NFG's network is composed of 120+ members that work in every part of the nation, in both urban and rural ... organizations building power through grassroots community organizing , deep network and coalition building, and ... investing more in NFG because of our shared belief in organizing institutional funders to mobilize more resources .....
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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 Art, Environment, and Learning Differences. ... we are making under Sustainable CT. Through these grants; organizing and leadership development programs; and ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Webinar Recap: How to Creatively Fund Social Movements

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, February 24, 2017
... webinar that explored how foundations can be more flexible in supporting grassroots groups and leaders. Experienced ... Civil and Constitutional Rights and Community Organizing program areas. Shalini Eddens works as the ... at Urgent Action Fund. She has an extensive background in women’s health and rights, with over 15 years of ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/29/2017
In this era of political uncertainty, we as funders have one ... have a more powerful, collective impact. Here we have an organizing space that is not only deeply helpful in moving philanthropy forward, but is necessary if we are ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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 ... FFL deployed a Rapid Response Fund to support grassroots organizing around racial inequities, police violence, and ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Funding Opportunity

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

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, June 8, 2017
New York, NY
... and Community-Led Safety and Justice Models in Communities of Color This event has now passed. Please check back in August for a convening recap. If you have questions, write ... these all connected? These conversations, the evolving organizing , and scaling-up many long-time models have become ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

St. Louis Young Black Leaders Cohort Design Process Consultant Search

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
03/26/2019
... FOR PROPOSALS Photo by Brittney Butler on Unsplash In late 2018, the Amplify Fund engaged with a group of local ... organizational development , and “brass tacks” organizing training to ensure a shared set of tactics and ... change, power, racial justice, campaign strategy and organizing models/tools, etc.) This will be informed by an ...
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Topic: 
Inclusive Development
Racial Justice
Program: 
Amplify Fund

COVID-19 Funds: Where to Donate to Support Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Sat, March 28, 2020
In this new moment of growing uncertainty brought by the ... months to come to fund both basic life necessities and the organizing and power-building in communities of color and ... donations to (below). This list is focused on supporting organizing work that relates to NFG's mission and .....
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program
Funders for a Just Economy
Amplify Fund
Integrated Rural Strategies Group
Philanthropy Forward

Minneapolis repeals lurking, spitting laws that criminalize people of color

News type: 
News from the Field
Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (MN NOC) June 5, 2015 Today, after months of organizing and community pressure, the Minneapolis City ... comes on the heels of a new ACLU report showing that in Minneapolis, black and Native American people are over 8 ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Unjust: How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, March 01, 2016
... the system; the report shows how they overrepresented in jails and prisons and face abuse while incarcerated. ... that LGBT people face unique and considerable challenges in the struggle to rebuild their lives after experiences with law enforcement—and particularly after time spent in a correctional facility. To illustrate the real impact of ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Gender Justice

California Funders Working Group on Gentrification and Displacement

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
10/12/2016
... to addressing gentrification and displacement issues in California and nationally. It is now moving into a new phase of work that will result in the creation and capitalization of a collaborative fund. The fund is being designed in consultation with community leaders to advance racial and ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

2017 Discount Legacy Award Reception

Event type: 
Other
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Washington, DC
Launched in 2015, the Discount Foundation Legacy Award supports leading edge organizing in the worker justice arena. In partnership with Jobs with ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Unions, Activists Align on Affordable Housing

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
09/04/2014
... on Mayor Bill de Blasio to require organized labor in the building of 80,000 lower-cost apartment units over the ... advocates' agenda and a departure from past practice in the city. Unions are also willing to make an unusual ... lower than normal union pay on affordable-housing projects in certain neighborhoods in Queens , Brooklyn, the Bronx and .....
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Workers' Rights

Families Impacted by Incarceration: Practice and Policy Issues for Funders to Consider

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
New York, NY
... a site visit to the Bedford Hills women's prison located in upstate NY (transportation provided) Wednesday March, .....
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

Board Transitions at NFG

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
04/19/2019
... board of directors who help fulfill our mission of organizing philanthropy to support grassroots power building ... the KIDSCOUNT Initiative at The Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to working for The Annie E. Casey Foundation ...
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Health, Housing, Race, Equity and Power Funders Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Oakland, CA
... residents and institutions are collaborating, networking, organizing , and passing policies to protect renters and ... Numerous studies have also shown how structural racism in the U.S. housing system has contributed to stark and ... will hear from leaders about local, regional, and state organizing approaches to build power and opportunity in this ...
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Topic: 
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Fund for Rebuilding Baltimore

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/23/2015
... has set up the Fund for Rebuilding Baltimore : In response to recent painful events in our city, the Baltimore Community Foundation has ... Baltimore. We will work closely with our partners in the community to determine how the dollars contributed to ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Beyond Recovery: A People's Plan

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

Convening in Crisis: Health, House, Race, Equity and Power

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, June 12, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... the ability to pay rent. Even before the pandemic, three in five renters could not come up with $400 in an emergency. How are they supposed to get by now? Since ... grantmaking approaches and move resources to community organizing and policy demands focused on quality affordable ...
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Topic: 
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

NFG's 2020 Virtual Convening Series

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Virtual
To register for this event, please log in to your account or create an account . For any ... How the Amplify Fund Supports Black-led Power Building and Organizing Tuesday, December 8, 2020 (9-10:30pm PT / ... Monica Cordova (Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing ), Eric Braxton (Funders' Collaborative on Youth .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Post-Election Resources

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
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 . ... (increase payouts), increase unrestricted funding, fund organizing and advocacy, fund marginalized communities ... at Movement Net Lab argues that our donor and funder organizing for movement building should not just be about ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Funding Opportunity

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 ... Tyre King (among many others) and all the people grieving, organizing and protesting for justice in El Cajon, Charlotte, ... selected terms: Policy and systems change , Community Organizing , Criminal Justice , Implicit Bias and ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

For Philanthropy, Time to Double Down to End Injustice

News type: 
Member News
... leadership, priorities, and legislative agenda now in flux, grant makers understandably feel compelled to ... from much of the promising advocacy, activism, and organizing work that foundations have increasingly supported in recent years. Even before Election Day, foundation dollars ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

Trans Delegation to the Movement for Black Lives Convening

News type: 
News from the Field
... Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), based in San Francisco, has been spearheading the efforts to ... separately mirroring the explosion of people’s movement in response to police brutality a trans liberation movement ... sees the state of trans leadership and trans inclusion in liberation movement building spaces at a herstorical and ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Gender Justice

Homes for All Funder Alignment Gathering

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Atlanta, GA
... will coincide with the Homes For All Member Assembly in Atlanta, GA. The HFA Member Assembly will bring together ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Native Communities, Policing, and Mass Criminalization

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, September 25, 2017
Webinar
... , Criminal Justice Initiative , Native Americans in Philanthropy , and Native Voices Rising . Native ... most impacted by mass criminalization and incarceration in the US. The criminalization of indigenous people on this ... policing and mass criminalization of Native communities; organizing and resistance struggles; and funding entry points ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

EPIP Police Accountability and Racial Justice: Sustaining a Movement

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Webinar
... that will impact policy and create sustainable change? In this webinar, we will be joined by representatives of ... yourself for the webinar. You MUST register at GoToWebinar in order to obtain access to the webinar. EPIP Police ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

Eradicating Gender Based Violence Outside of the Carceral System Institute

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Webinar
... funders, hosted by Funders for Justice 's ‘me too.’ in Philanthropy Strategy Group . The carceral system will not end sexual and domestic violence and in fact perpetuates it. Organizers, survivors, and ... and gender-based violence outside of the carceral system. In our current moment, there is tremendous momentum and major .....
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Gender Justice

NFG celebrates 40 years! NFG's January 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
01/23/2020
... During our early years, NFG was one of the few spaces in philanthropy specifically focused on people of color-led, grassroots organizing , and power building as the key to effective social ... Foundation, an NFG member that shares our commitment to organizing funders in moving more resources to frontline ...
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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/02/2019
... us about his vision for change and the need to invest in building the foundation for marginalized communities to ... communities safe, healthy, and strong. We are currently organizing with Oakland community members to call for ... that you work in ? Through our longstanding community organizing efforts, we have heard from residents that there ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Healthy Communities
Inclusive Development

I Did What I Was Paid to Do': Race Control and America

News type: 
News from the Field
... Compromised Faith Law enforcement, prosecutors, and clergy in this country are simply doing what we are paid to do. Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, in an interview with George Stephanopoulis, shared his belief ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Surdna Foundation Stepping Up for Racial Justice

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/14/2020
... member of NFG, seeks to foster sustainable communities in the United States guided by principles of social justice ... cultures. Across the U.S., millions have stepped up in support of Black lives and against systemic anti-Black ... beyond bars. Through youth programs, life coaching, policy organizing , and restorative retreats and trainings, CURYJ ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade, Interviewed by Manuela Arciniegas

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/06/2017
Next up in our discussion series with FFJ ’ s Field Advisors , ... practices to take hold. Young people are currently organizing to ensure effective implementation in Black and ... survivors, and formerly incarcerated individuals have been organizing to advance community-led justice reinvestment ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

FJE 2018 Policy Briefing: Evolving Strategies for Worker Justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Washington, DC
... wage increases and new paid family and sick leave policies in many states, the last few years have seen significant ... 9:30 am Introductions and Welcome 9:30 – 11:00 am Panel: Organizing in an Environment of Erosion of Worker Protections ... Alliance co-founder and executive director, has been organizing taxi workers since 1996. In 1998, she organized ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Learning Tour in Puerto Rico

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - Friday, November 14, 2014
San Juan, PR
... are community-based organizations from multiple sectors organizing to address the challenge of inequality on the ... Association will host a bio-diversity learning tour in Vieques, on Saturday, November 15th. The group will depart ... the island have used diverse legal advocacy and community organizing tactics to claim their right to participate in the ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Healthy Communities

I cried like a baby, I swore like a sailor: NFG's December 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
12/17/2020
... a baby. I have known Mary since NFG’s National Convening in Cleveland in 2007: the conference I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of ... then proceeded to swear like a sailor proclaiming my pride in NFG’s work this year and admiration for our staff and ...
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Support Protesters in Chicago

News type: 
News from the Field
... Attorney Alvarez, defunding of policing and investment in Black futures The Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) is ... Garry McCarthy comes as a result of massive community organizing and direct confrontations between young Black ... The Black Youth Project 100 combines direct action organizing and community-building with bold and ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Racial Justice
Community Safety & Justice

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

News type: 
Member News
... has led to the birth of a movement, and a tipping point is in sight. Tides and its sister organization, The Advocacy ... Tides and The Advocacy Fund have granted over $8 million in support of policing reform work led by Communities United ... to advance a more just and humane policing paradigm in New York City. “This is a historic moment. We are at a ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, March 14, 2015
... Since last summer, a movement has been brewing in response to the police killings of Michael Brown, Tamir ... of? Provide unrestricted long-term support to grass-roots organizing groups. Offering flexible aid to organizing groups pushing for racial justice is perhaps the ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

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 ... in the U.S., the speakers discussed successful models for organizing thousands of rural, white, working-class community ... organizations, with a proven track record in community organizing , policy change, farm research, and promoting local ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Webinar Recap of From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, March 21, 2017
... residents, it also offers an opportunity to engage us all in critical questions about how we shape our democracy and ... Key Takeaways Regional-scale movement building, organizing , leadership development, and training are critical ... Rights materials, and have led large-scale trainings on organizing , direct action, and community rapid response ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

On Earth Day, Empowering Allies for the Year Ahead

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/22/2015
... movement. Is the philanthropic community poised to invest in these arenas so that we can maximize this moment of ... issues and communities. To do that, we need to partner in new ways and challenge old assumptions. One approach to ... funder learning tour on equity and sustainability in Puerto Rico on equity and sustainability in Puerto Rico, ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Philanthropic Practice

Funders for a Just Economy - Alabama Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Webinar
... as ground zero for historic and influential grassroots organizing , movement building, and successes in civil rights and economic policy. Decades of disinvestment ... Examples of resistance strategies come from advocacy and organizing , policy campaigns, and entrepreneurial efforts ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Beyond Outrage: A Clarity of Purpose

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/15/2019
... and sustainable world, is a member of NFG. We live in dangerous times, and every passing news cycle contains ... threat to our democracy, another threat to our planet. In the face of escalating racial attacks, (be it imprisonment ... too cautious and too quiet. The Communications Network, in it’s recent piece, Silence Speaks Volumes , calls on ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

$50million for M4BL - See You There

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/25/2020
... significant SixNineteen Juneteenth weekend of actions in a matter of weeks. Virtually, over 185,000 people viewed ... M4BL-TV to celebrate, mourn, and learn. Over 650 in person and online actions took place in cities and ... today. In struggle, Funders for Justice and our donor- organizing partners for the Movement for Black Lives ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

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

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Thu, February 25, 2021
... & Black Lives at Nashville’s Legislative Plaza, led in part by The Equity Alliance & Stand Up Nashville. Photo: ... against inclusion, new upsurges in labor-community organizing in Nashville are opening high-road job access and ... goals: Identify specific urban and rural communities with organizing , policy advocacy, and other efforts regarding low ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Inclusive Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy
Amplify Fund

Discount Foundation Legacy Award

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
01/13/2021
... contributed significantly to workers’ rights movements in the United States and/or globally. Through public ... be active in worker justice, including but not limited to organizing and advocacy-related work. Additionally, nominees ... members or other leaders at an organization or workplace organizing effort. We will not be asking questions ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

How Philanthropy Can Promote Equity through Community Engagement

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
01/22/2018
... to leverage their resources to support community power in the process. Many of the neighborhoods that the light ... Foundation said, “If the community wasn’t engaged in this decision from the very start, then the outcomes the ... the value and importance of community engagement in our work. The Blue Line Coalition is an excellent example ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Inclusive Development

Reports from the Movement Strategy Center

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 01, 2016
... Transformative Social Change Movement Pivots is the first in a series of MSC mini publications called What We’re Learning. Through these papers – each produced in conjunction with a specific movement gathering or action ... and friends we have not yet met. Executive Summary: Gender Organizing and Movement Building at the Intersection of ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

Are funders ready to fight for our freedom?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/04/2018
... and workers have seen little to no benefits . The shifts in the economy have largely come from a culture of extraction ... antics of politics and politicos who are campaigning in two- and four-year cycles instead of working to build long ... funding that goes towards human rights , with grassroots organizing efforts being one of the least funded. But, ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

FFJ Call Recap: Policing and Criminalization in the Trump Era

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, February 15, 2017
... for us to be fearless; to find ways and resources to fund organizing and base building.” — Marielena Hincapie, ... and the press, charged with felony riot charges . In this webinar, speakers across communities shared insight ... for Black Lives Fahd Ahmed, DRUM – South Asian Organizing Center B. Loewe, Mijente Mariaelena ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

#NFG2016 Conference Recap from Native Americans in Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/04/2016
... Fairbanks, Communication Specialist at Native Americans in Philanthropy , provides her perspective on NFG’s 2016 ... and movement building that has stemmed from grassroots organizing which made it the perfect location to house ... as well. Sessions and panels urged the importance of organizing and working collectively in order to see these ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Housing Justice Solutions: Field & Funder Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Webinar
... country converged for the Homes For All Member Assembly in Atlanta, GA. Participants included program officers and ... to address the housing crises? How can funders invest in organizing and community powerbuilding to address local ... to improve their understanding of the role of investing in organizing models that align and grow housing justice ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

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 ... improve the quality of economic opportunity through labor organizing and strengthening workers’ rights, focusing on ... in Tennessee and Mississippi impact the outlook for future organizing nationwide. Slides from the webinar are ...
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Topic: 
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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 ... residents, it also offers an opportunity to engage us all in critical questions about how we shape our democracy and ... grantmakers, and local businesses all have a role to play in shaping cities that are safe for all residents. For local ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Place Based Community Change: The Time is Now

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

Capitalism and Racism: Conjoined Twins

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/03/2019
... discussed white supremacy, anti-racism, and the increase in mass shootings. What struck me about the segment was his ... Slave Trade allowed for the massive accumulation of wealth in Europe and the Americas. Centuries of wage theft, trading ... this country has in pursuit of economic justice is through organizing workers, but traditional labor hasn’t always ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Safe and Just Return to Work

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Webinar
... Workers of color and immigrants are dying from COVID-19 in large numbers, as they are disproportionately represented ... health and safety standards come from decades of organizing , coalition building, and policy advocacy to win ... understand how these issues intersect, the long history of organizing and policy advocacy related to worker health and ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Healthy Communities
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Funders for a Just Economy 2021 Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - Friday, March 12, 2021
Virtual
... COVID-19 pandemic, the crippling racial and gender gaps in wealth, income, and political influence, rising fascism, ... rural communities, LGBTQIA people, women, and immigrants. In response, community members and workers have been increasingly organizing , demonstrating, and striking for basic protections ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Right To The City and Neighborhood Funders Group 2018 Field & Funder Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - Friday, July 20, 2018
Atlanta, GA
... will coincide with the Homes For All Member Assembly in Atlanta, GA. The HFA Member Assembly will bring together ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program
Amplify Fund

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, June 14, 2015
... from the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Promoting Justice in Policing. The Toolkit is a direct response to organizers, ... From The Ground Up: A Toolkit For Promoting Justice In Policing ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice

Resilient Places Require Intentional Strategies

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

Immigrant Youth in NYC: Programs, Practices and Policy

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
New York, NY
... for a discussion that will focus on immigrant youth issues in New York City. We will hear from the NYC Commissioner ... the local policy landscape, as well as specific issues in particular immigrant communities. Funders will leave the ... and a set of ideas on the role foundations can play in shaping policy, program and practice in this vital domain. ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Technologies for Liberation: Toward Abolitionist Futures

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Mon, December 07, 2020
... 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 technology to control, police, surveil, ... with community-centered technologies that are rooted in healing and abolitionist frameworks. Philanthropy has a ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
In the spring of 2017, Funders for Justice (FFJ) ... Just Immigration, organizations with decades of experience organizing and advocating for women, Black and immigrant ... Don’t give up if you don’t see change right away. Good organizing takes time. The Ella Baker Center helped lead a ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Criminalization

Grant-making with an Intersectional Lens

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 24, 2018 -
11:00am - 12:30pm
Webinar
... truly integrate a historical and intersectional analysis in our grant-making of the economic policies that have led to systemic poverty, structural racism, and patriarchy in order to resource the movement to shift power and seed ... , FJE's latest report on best practices from leaders in philanthropy. Click the download link below to view .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Gender Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Welcome to the new NFG website!

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/10/2018
... the 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 for future events Get started ...
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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 ... workers and communities and the role funders play in building an economy that works for all. This event is ... commitment to racial, social, economic, or gender justice in the United States. EOF and FJE reserve the right to ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Statement: Do Not Militarize Our Mourning: Orlando and the Ongoing Tragedy Against LGBTSTGNC POC

News type: 
News from the Field
... are devastated by the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando which resulted in the murder of 49 queer and trans people (the majority of ... country. From our experiences on the ground as an organizing center for and by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Gender Justice
Criminalization

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 ... Lab , 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 ...
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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
... policy issues that affect middle and low-income workers. In a fundamentally shifting political and power map, this ... collaborations, litigation strategies, and community organizing . Click here for the agenda, slides, and bios of ... looks to separate themselves from Federal policies and organizing at the local level has shifted power for ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Pathways to Effective State Funding Strategies

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, February 5, 2018
Webinar
... how coordinating bodies, intermediaries, national and in -state funders are all operating from the lens of that one state. In this conversation, you will hear key highlights of the ... are approaching longer-term power-building investments in states, and what pathways can be created to more ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

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

Event type: 
Learning Visit
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 ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

CANCELED: NFG Conference Call on Funder Responses to the Moment

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Webinar
... tuned for more programming and analysis from NFG soon. In the meantime, you might be interested in a list of post-election resources we have curated here: ... members to share updates on emerging and existing funder organizing spaces that are responding to the moment, and to ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Lead on Leave

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Webinar
... flexibility for hardworking American families, and in follow up from the Working Families Summit last June, the ... Thursday, April 9 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
... to a large Puerto Rican population and cultural presence in the US. However, despite Puerto Rico's proximity and ... has been a limited presence of US mainland philanthropy in Puerto Rico. The island is managing great economic, ... are forging innovate ways to address a myriad of problems in innovative and effective ways. This webinar will provide .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice

Towards a Better Place: Promising Practice in Place Based Philanthropy

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, September 8, 2014 - Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Aspen, CO
... will address key questions that arise when investing in place. It is our hope that this is truly a beginning conversation that will lead to more in -depth conversations, and ongoing sharing of tools and ... are implementing a collaborative approach to grantmaking in place. A core part of this conversation will include ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

National Dialogue: Community Land Trusts

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Webinar
... community land trusts – how they work and the grassroots organizing that make CLT's a powerful tool for residents in combating displacement and blight. This will also serve as a learning in preparation for our funder learning tour, From Boston to .....
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development

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 ... 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 ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development

The Amplify Fund is Expanding Support for Power Building and Equitable Development in 2019

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/21/2019
When Neighborhood Funders Group launched the Amplify Fund in 2018, it was with a singular core purpose: to bring ... and mobilize resources toward power building and organizing for equitable development. The Fund aims to ... Nevada. Everywhere Amplify works, we strive to increase organizing capacity in communities of color and low-income ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Amplify Fund

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 30, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... their identities while building wealth. Innovative models in community organizing , policy, and land use — including ownership and ... self-determination, and long-term transformation. In this webinar, geographically diverse communities employing ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

NFG Colorado Funders Happy Hour

Event type: 
Reception
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Denver, CO
... thrive. Come say hello to NFG's members based in the Front Range and meet other friends in philanthropy — including NFG's new Director of ... has called Colorado home for 10 years and has deep roots in local social justice philanthropy. She currently serves .....
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Disrupt the System: How Labor and Philanthropy can Build Worker Power in a New Era

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 -
8:30am - 5:00pm
Washington, DC
... a Just Economy, at manisha@nfg.org if you are interested in this event to learn more. Over the past several decades workers have experienced severe erosions in job protections, quality, and benefits, and the ability to ... impacted the way that workers can collectively bargain. In spite of these challenges, we have seen phenomenal and ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

The Roots of Injustice in Our Agricultural System

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:00am
Webinar
... considering racial capitalism’s impact on working people in the United States through learning engagements that ... FJE is excited to host a conversation with key leaders in the farm workers movement to share how and why farm worker ... who will share their experiences from decades of organizing . They will also highlight upcoming campaigns and ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Rural Organizing
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Say Their Names: Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Dion Johnson

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/29/2020
... program leadership. We say their names: Breonna Taylor in Louisville, KY, George Floyd in Minneapolis , MN, Ahmaud ... and every day. Fund Black lives, Black futures, Black organizing . We Stand in Solidarity: Funders for Justice ... Where to donate to support protestors and Black folks organizing for Black Lives in Minneapolis: An updated list ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Racial Justice

NFG's 2020 Convening Series — We Keep Us Safe: Advancing Community-led Solutions to Neighborhood Violence

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, November 5, 2020 -
9:00am - 11:00am
Virtual
... of whites. As we seek equitable development, we must do it in partnership with neighborhood residents who live at the ... violence and police violence. The predominant investments in safety approaches have been in law enforcement and justice systems. These strategies have ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Healthy Communities

Strategize with NFG in the lead up to the election & beyond: NFG's October 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
10/29/2020
We hope that — at one of the most critical junctions in the United States in decades — you are tapping into your reservoirs of joy, ... social movements, supporting Black-led power building and organizing , and technologies for an abolitionist future. ...
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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 ... a piece of legislation that was the result of 15 years of organizing . The law expands access to the vote by over ... and leadership in global justice work and community organizing . At Project South, Stephanie works closely with ...
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For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... economic development. This post originally appeared in NCRP’s quarterly journal, which you can find here . ... societal problems, but one that is committed to investing in new ways of building economies, environments and ... at the center of making decisions on the best solutions. In essence, I saw Surdna as a foundation that was driven to ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice

More is required of us

News type: 
Member News
... I’m sure that many who refused to ride segregated buses in Montgomery after Rosa Parks stood her ground wished they could’ve taken the bus, rather than walk miles in protest, day after day, for a whole year. But they knew ... new funding and capacity-building resources to grassroots organizing efforts led by low-income women, women of color ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... economic development. This post originally appeared in NCRP’s quarterly journal, which you can find here . ... societal problems, but one that is committed to investing in new ways of building economies, environments and ... at the center of making decisions on the best solutions. In essence, I saw Surdna as a foundation that was driven to ...
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For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... economic development. This post originally appeared in NCRP’s quarterly journal, which you can find here . ... societal problems, but one that is committed to investing in new ways of building economies, environments and ... at the center of making decisions on the best solutions. In essence, I saw Surdna as a foundation that was driven to ...
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Catalyzing a Movement for Health and Housing

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2019
... Foundations; and Chris Kabel, The Kresge Foundation. In June 2019, Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) gathered nearly 90 funders at Grantmakers in Health’s national conference in Seattle for a panel ... is at the core of NFG’s nearly 40-year history of organizing philanthropy to support equitable, community-based ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Strike Watch: Voices from the Strike for Black Lives

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/24/2020
PIctured left: Gus and his co-workers in Lakeland, FL during the J20 Strike for Black Lives. Photo ... and repair intergenerational harms, many groups also tied in the need for tailored local responses challenging racial ... action to support worker-led power building and organizing and help bridge conversations among funders, ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

A Chance to Rewrite America’s Racial Narrative

News type: 
News from the Field
... by police officers within moments of encountering him in a Cleveland park. I think of Gloria Darden and the shock ... forgive the officer who shot her son, Walter, five times in the back as he fled a police confrontation, fearing for ... time. But if we succeed, we can overcome the tragedies in Ferguson , Staten Island, Cleveland, and Baltimore, and gain a ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

FJE 2017 Policy Briefing: The Road Ahead for Worker Justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - Friday, May 19, 2017
Washington, DC
Check out our recap of this event In a fundamentally shifting political and power map, Funders ... Ideas and Provocations on Strategies for Worker Justice Organizing for Corporate Accountability and Worker Justice ... or Shifting Up Evolving Resistance Strategies: Litigation, Organizing , and Narrative 2017 Policy Briefing Host ...
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Topic: 
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Five Questions with Casey: Sophie Dagenais on the Baltimore Unrest and the Way Forward

News type: 
Member News
... investment strategies and grant-making activities in Baltimore. She also advises the Foundation on investing in the East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative, a major ... children and youth and increased our support for community organizing and engagement, in addition to building young ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Economic Justice
Community Power-Building

Mall Of America Protest A “Decoy” Says Black Lives Matter

News type: 
News from the Field
... group says the 2:05pm timestamp proves it had protesters in place at the airport while others were still on the train. ... Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Chattanooga. In Minneapolis the action was spurred by the police shooting of Jamar Clark in November. Black Lives Matters has a list of demands ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Tour Reflections from a Native New Yorker

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, May 02, 2014
... I joined Neighborhood Funders Group for the learning tour in early April; we spent day two in New York City for an interactive, information-packed trip ... connected through family, friends, and frequent visits. In the 1970s my non-Lower East Side friends were warned by ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

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 ... for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Raquel Gutierrez of ... Vitalyst Health Foundation’s move to support community organizing and capacity building of social justice oriented ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, January 28, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... and ultimately rely on increasing the number of people in prison in order to grow. This often means heavier policing of youth, ... Group and Funders for Justice invite you to a webinar in which you’ll hear from leaders who organize for local ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Join the Inaugural Philanthropy Forward Leadership for Change Fellowship

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/18/2018
... network of visionary CEO leaders who share a belief in a model of community partnership that centers community ... Forward, Fellows will: Gather with other foundation CEOs in a dedicated space to explore bold possibilities together ... of peers to support ongoing leadership and innovation in the sector Ultimately, the intention is to emerge with ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Baltimore Housing Justice Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - Thursday, September 26, 2013
Baltimore, MD
... through affordable housing and community development in the Baltimore region. Baltimore will provide both a ... advocates and organizers, local funders and policymakers in Baltimore about their work on two critical and timely ... to neighborhood destabilization and the loss of wealth in communities of color due to predatory lending and ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development

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

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... out this recap of the learning tour on the NFG blog. In addition, we are excited to hear how network members are ... campaigns, advocacy efforts, and policies are you tracking in your work? Let’s learn from each other about the ... the book Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing , Occupy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit and ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

2020 National Convening update & more: NFG's April 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
04/30/2020
We hope that you are safe, supported, and healthy in this unprecedented public health and economic crisis. The ... hundreds of funders from across the country together in Washington, D.C. for our 2020 National Convening to ... collectively look toward the future and what is possible in the current era of organized philanthropy. With this ...
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#SayHerName: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women

News type: 
News from the Field
... assaulting a police officer during a traffic stop in Waller County, Texas on July 10 and was found dead in a jail cell three days later, is the latest victim of ... on how law and society are shaped by race and gender. In honor of Bland, and to continue to call attention to ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Agenda to Keep us Safe

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, September 30, 2014
... transform our lives and communities require grassroots organizing and public policy advocacy at the local, state, ... pain of all the state-sponsored violence happening in our communities into power.”– Janae Bonsu (Chicago), The Agenda co-author. Interested in partnering with us? Email Terrance Laney at ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

Grassroots Racial Justice Funding Opportunities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Fri, December 16, 2016
... Created for Local Rapid Response and to Support Protestors in Uprisings: San Fransisco Foundation: Rapid Response Fund ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Peer Coaching Training Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 1:00pm
Webinar
" In the midst of continual change and development, people ... from a course or a book. Rather, they often get stuck in how they think and feel about themselves or their ... supported leaders within organizations and movements. In these 5-person groups, each participant equally focuses on .....
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice

Countering State Preemption and Protecting the Power of Local Government

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, July 10, 2017
Webinar
... elections, state lawmakers have become more aggressive in their use of preemption to stop local lawmaking across a ... to push back preemption. We will also learn about the organizing and communications tactics that have been used in specific states protect the power of local democracy. ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Racial Justice

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 ... continue to work towards solutions that will improve lives in these places. Navigating the deep history of exclusionary ... development, housing affordability, and community organizing /power-building Learn how philanthropic leaders are ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Equity, Environment and Democracy in Puerto Rico - Funder Briefing in NY

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, April 13, 2015
New York, NY
... Neighborhood Funders Group for a Funder Learning Breakfast in New York: Intersection of Equity, Environment and Democracy in Puerto Rico When: Monday, April 13, 9:00-11:15 am ET ... New York, 79 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003 As in many places in the United States, economic, social and ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice

Briefing: Freedom Side, on the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

Event type: 
Convening
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Washington, DC
... do not irresistibly propel themselves and everyone in their path. No matter what their broader structural or ... but pilots as well.” ― Doug McAdam , Freedom Summer In 1964, young people from around the nation converged in Mississippi to execute the Mississippi Summer Project. ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Racial Justice

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 ... Institute is an opportunity for grantmakers to engage in a day-long learning and strategy institute about ... network of funders increasing resources to grassroots organizing addressing the intersections of racial justice, ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Healthy Communities
Racial Justice

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/15/2020
In October 2019, NFG's Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) held ... capitalism and neo-fascism. These movements range from organizing for a Green New Deal to local democratic ... fact that while education programs are plenty, actively organizing foundations towards collective goals through .....
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Topic: 
Financialization
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

COVID-19 Strike Wave

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/10/2020
... last few weeks have seen an unprecedented wave of labor organizing , coast to coast. Payday Report has offered a map ... and other highly vulnerable workers are risking job loss in one of the most uncertain economic times in a century — ... Beyond using strikes, there are also numerous other labor organizing efforts already having a powerful effect — from ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Building a Funding Response to Scenarios after the Election

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, October 29, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... are urgently signaling looming threats to democracy in the upcoming elections. But what do real strategies and ... those at the front lines, and where do funders invested in economic justice play a substantive role? NFG’s ... hope this will be a vital space to unify funders invested in a more just economy and provide a venue for tips, best ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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
... on previous work from the philanthropic, academic, and organizing sectors to present a framework for philanthropy to consider in strategically addressing gentrification and displacement. ... Summary This report builds on previous work from the organizing , academic, and philanthropic sectors to present a ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

How NFG is Disrupting Funder-Grantee Dynamics

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/04/2018
... more robustly with what’s bubbling from the ground up in the field, as well as center racial equity in our work!” The outcome of this effort was a commitment ... a background in urban planning and environmental justice organizing , Helen is delighted by this opportunity to build ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Amplify Fund

Democratic Development for Thriving Communities Report

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Mon, June 12, 2017
... on previous work from the philanthropic, academic, and organizing sectors to present a framework for philanthropy to consider in strategically addressing gentrification and displacement. ... Summary This report builds on previous work from the organizing , academic, and philanthropic sectors to present a ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Uprisings and Funding Needs

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Thu, September 22, 2016
... court rulings, and more cities and communities rising up in collective power to demand justice. Say their names: ... her Terill Thomas caused by "profound dehydration" in a Milwaukee jail after jailers turned water off in his cell NFG’s Funders for Justice program is a virtual organizing space for funders, affinity groups, and donor .....
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Sister Cities Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - Friday, October 3, 2014
Memphis, TN
... Working Group on Place-Based Community Change Join us in Minneapolis, Minnesota to experience a vibrant hub of ... health and creative place-making. We will also engage in a cultural and community development exchange with our ... funders and public officials that are advancing equity in real time. The goals of this tour are to: Experience an ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Healthy Communities

NFG at the 2019 CHANGE Philanthropy Unity Summit

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, November 18, 2019 - Thursday, November 21, 2019
Seattle, WA
... Healing Justice Institute , workshops on 'me too.' in philanthropy and rural organizing for racial and economic equity, plenaries on migrant justice and the leadership of women of color in movements, and more! View the full UNITY Summit agenda .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group
Philanthropy Forward

Funders for a Just Economy 2020 Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, March 23, 2020 - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Webinar
... past few weeks, NFG has been reviewing our upcoming events in response to COVID-19 including FJE’s upcoming Policy ... 1:00 pm Restructuring the Economy: Worker Organizing to Take on Corporate Power Marissa Guananja, W.K. ... Economy (LAANE) Nadia Marin-Molina, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) Nafisah Ula, Jobs with Justice ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

A Letter from IRSG Members in Honor of Isabel Arrollo

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/04/2020
... Friends, On May 16, 2020, we lost a fierce, beloved leader in California’s Central Valley, Isabel Arrollo. Isabel was ... organization founded by her mother, Irma Medellin, based in Lindsay, California. Isabel’s passion and strong ... helped grow El Quinto Sol into a driving force for change in the Central Valley. From her early teenage years, Isabel ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
Funding Opportunity
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

A Letter to the NFG Community from our President: NFG's June 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
06/09/2020
... women of color like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in response to police violence against the LGBTQ community. ... people of color communities and low-income communities. In the 15 days that have passed since the Minneapolis police ... and philanthropy. We create joyful and inspiring organizing spaces for funders. And we at NFG are committed to ...
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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, ... of life and increase the power of marginalized communities in the South; and are accountable to and informed by these ... power-building strategies like policy reform or community organizing . Southern communities are rich with natural ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/26/2020
... the continued expansion of worker-led direct action in the last few weeks, it is Angela Davis on Juneteenth. With ... even seeing BLM masks banned on the job. Global Essential Organizing in the Age of COVID-19 As COVID-19 cases (and ... and API- (including and especially migrant)-led worker organizing for basic protections has not let up either. The ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Highlights from Amplify this July

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/23/2020
“We’ve been busy in these internet streets,” as Melody Baker, Amplify’s ... with Beatrice Camacho, Tenant Organizer at the North Bay Organizing Project , for a 60-minute webinar hosted by the ... Technologies (SMT) , a non-profit training hub providing organizing support to build power and win campaigns in the ...
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Program: 
Amplify Fund

National Mama’s Bail Out Day

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
05/02/2017
The week before Mother’s Day, organizations in Oakland, Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, Montgomery, ... as possible who otherwise would spend Mother’s Day in a cell simply because they cannot afford bail. Everyday ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

Journey Towards Intersectional Grant-Making

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Thu, May 24, 2018
... the Intersections group to create a supportive community in which funders could learn about intersectional ... justice grantmaking through an intersectional lens. In late 2017, the group interviewed a dozen philanthropic ... in relationship-building with community and worker organizing leaders; deepened their understanding of how ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 17, 2018
We believe that our collective investments in housing, education, health, transportation, food security, ... to hear how many trillions of dollars have been invested in these same communities to incarcerate, deport, and tear apart families…” This website is ultimately an organizing tool for grantmakers, donors, and funder affinity ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Gender Justice
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Rural Organizing

Planting Roots in the South: Announcing a New Home for GSP at the Southern Education Foundation

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/08/2017
... to deepen its impact by planting organizational roots in the South. Grantmakers for Southern Progress had its genesis in 2009. In its early years, GSP and Neighborhood Funders Group ...
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#ReclaimMLK Actions Across the US

News type: 
News from the Field
... about the powerful #ReclaimMLK direct action and local organizing across the country this past weekend: Protestors ... King, ColorLines Tuesday, January 20 2015, 10:18 AM EST In cities across the nation, protestors took the streets with ... police brutality. To see pictures and tweets from actions in St. Louis, the Bay Area (CA), Cleveland, Seattle, New ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

Black Churches Are Burning Again in America

News type: 
News from the Field
... the associate pastor of God's Power Church of Christ in Macon, Georgia, got a call a little after 5 a.m. on ... The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco got called in , which has been the standard procedure for church fires ... this was arson. The very same night, many miles away in North Carolina, another church burned: Briar Creek Road .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... 17-year-old who was shot 16 times by a police officer in October 2014, just four months before Chicago’s mayoral ... of the murder. But the McDonald settlement was just a drop in the bucket: Chicago has spent $642 million on ... million in a civil settlement. However, despite relentless organizing that led to the rare recommendations from the ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Spotlight: Justice Committee, North Star Fund Grantee

News type: 
Member News
... a movement against police violence and systemic racism in New York City. They are empowering low-income Latino/a ... $150,000, including the 2015 Frederick Douglass Award. In 2014, they received a $50,000 Movement Leadership grant ... the Let Us Breathe Fund in recognition of their success organizing the families hurt by police shootings and ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Who Pays? The True Cost of Incarceration on Families

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 24, 2015
... $80 billion 1 to lock away more than 2.4 million people in its jails and prisons 2 —budgetary allocations that far ... hidden costs while their loved ones serve out sentences in our jails and prisons. Because families are formed in diverse ways and take many forms, the definition used in ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Healthy Communities

“Advancing Together” the Democratizing Development Program

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
10/13/2016
... the goal of supporting our network to help create a shift in how development happens in cities and towns across the country. We are working ... decision-making ability to say what development looks like in their neighborhoods, and to define where and how they want ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Kris Hayashi

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/14/2019
... the horrific conditions trans migrants face, particularly in ICE custody. Click here to participate in a matching gift challenge. #JusticeforRoxsana Six months ... that we have filed a Notice of Wrongful Death Tort Claim in New Mexico, the first step in holding all parties ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

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

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, September 19, 2016 - Wednesday, September 21, 2016
... there. The time is ripe to rethink the role of funders and in supporting community resilience and cohesion as a part of ... residents in leadership development, advocacy, and organizing can lead to authentic solutions that foster ... Director of the Fund for Democratic Resident Led Organizing for Local Transformation Building resident power ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

December First Monday + Election Series Discussion

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, December 4, 2017
Webinar
In November, elections around the country provided us with ... 2017 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 ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Racial Justice

Hawaii Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Honolulu, Hawaii
... Hawaii Learning Tour! Registration Deadline: October 17th In the popular imagination, Hawaii is thought of as a ... is the impact of tourism as the primary economic driver in a state’s economy? Come join your colleagues for an ... throughout our sessions. Space is limited. Register soon in the form below. Cost: $250. Agenda Among other activities ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights

Seattle Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
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 ... explore the broader implications of the lessons learned in Seattle. This is going to be an exciting learning tour, so ... make sure to reserve your hotel room by September 10th in order to receive the group rate and ensure a place in our ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice

National Dialogue

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Webinar
... - 12noon pacific Please us for the next installment in the National Dialogue series. We will be discussing ... and enforcement work ahead, and the creative organizing that makes it all possible. Click here to ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development

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 ... issues from politics and the global economy to grassroots organizing and power. The AFL-CIO’s quadrennial Convention ... is the most important gathering of labor leaders in the country, making crucial decisions about the future of ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Rural Organizing

Introducing the 2019-2020 Philanthropy Forward Fellows

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
04/11/2019
... the second cohort of Philanthropy Forward. Launching in September 2019, this dynamic group will add to the program's first cohort in a growing network of visionary CEO leaders focused on .....
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

California Renter Power Assembly: Funder Track

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, October 11, 2019 -
9:00am - 4:00pm
Inglewood, CA
... our successes, strategies, opportunities, community-based organizing solutions, and resources needed to win for ... Track Where: La Create Space : 401 E Hillcrest Blvd in Inglewood, CA When: Friday October 11, 2019 from 9am to ... a commitment from the Governor to sign it. Find out more in the links below: The New York Times: California ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Hate is Not Charitable: Three-Part Webinar Series, Part 1

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, November 4, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... Generation , Solidaire , and United Philanthropy Forum In February of this year, Sludge broke the story that ... more about where the dollars are going, what the impact is in the field, and how folks are organizing to stop the rise of hate groups and change how ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing

Lifting up Philanthropy Forward Fellows’ Response to Coronavirus

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/22/2020
... to organize together, a critical effort especially in this profound health and economic crisis due to the global ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Homecoming: Housing Justice is Racial and Economic Justice

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, July 2, 2020 -
9:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual
... Economic Justice, a 3-hour session for grantmakers working in partnership with groups pushing for short-term shifts and ... and the ensuing economic crisis, groups that have been organizing for years are continuing to build infrastructure ... eviction “moratoriums.” While philanthropy invests in the ecosystem of strategies to address housing and ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Movement Portfolio Theory (MvPT)

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, March 4, 2021 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Virtual
... and climate justice. Aimed at CEOs and CFOs interested in transforming their endowments, this webinar introduces ... investment framework and portfolio management strategy in development by the Center for Economic Democracy (CED). There is increasing consensus in the philanthropic field that foundations must make ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Financialization
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

NFG's 40 Years Strong convening continues with 6 new sessions & more: NFG's August 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
08/20/2020
... Foundation, urged philanthropy to “keep leaning in , and keep putting that money out.” As communities ... philanthropy heed Gladys’ call to action and respond in new and better ways to move more resources to racial, ... How the Amplify Fund Supports Black-led Power Building and Organizing Tuesday, December 8 Movement Responses to ...
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A New Testament of Hope

News type: 
Member News
... so profound that it has caused the most powerful nation in the world to stagger in confusion and bewilderment.” During these past few ... we do not need is more of the militarization we saw in Ferguson  — nor more of the menacing weaponry that has ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice

Questions Linger for LGBT Community After Police Kill Jessie Hernandez

News type: 
News from the Field
... EST, ColorLines It's an unseasonably warm February Friday in Denver and four young activists are looking for a place to ... it's already 12:30, and Diane Amaya has to be back at work in the clerical office at the Denver Elections Division by ... organizer with the Colorado Anti-Violence Project's youth organizing group Branching Seedz of Resistance. "We're a .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Gender Justice
Criminalization

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 ... Funders are well positioned to support groups that are organizing and advocating for innovative policy solutions ... to build the power, reach, and sustainability of organizing and advocacy. José García is a program officer ...
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Topic: 
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Choosing to be a Liberated Gatekeeper

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... funds, information and resources, and they’re often in a position to speak for and translate for people without ... inspired me to reflect on my journey. Though I started organizing during high school in Houston, going to college in ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Bringing Our Whole Selves to Philanthropy and Our Grantmaking

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... , reflects on ways funders can live their values in their work. Often times in philanthropic spaces we are not encouraged to bring our ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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 ... sectors a re-prioritization of the role of capital in society to better serve the goals above. Phoenix advanced ... ground transition experiments? What is the role of funders in that transition? What are the practical steps funders can ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice

Project Phoenix Readings

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, March 06, 2017
... of the reports and readings that supported our learning in Project Phoenix, a year-long cohort collective learning ... financialisation, the increasing role of financial motives in the operation of economies, works and how it can be ... development in different policy areas. Gender Justice Organizing Toolkit — Make It Work & Wellstone Action This ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice

Applications Now Open for 2019-2020 Philanthropy Forward Leadership Fellowship

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/06/2019
... network of visionary CEO leaders who share a belief in a model of community partnership that centers community ... Forward, Fellows will: Gather with other foundation CEOs in a dedicated space to explore bold possibilities together; ... of peers to support ongoing leadership and innovation in the sector. Ultimately, the intention is to emerge with ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Chicagoland Raise the Floor Site Visit September 24 – 25, 2015

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Chicago, IL
... on September 24-25 to learn about our region’s progress in supporting a strong collective of worker centers today ... the Floor Alliance (RTF). The conception of RTF came, in part, from the planning leading up to and the learning ... legal strategy into research, communications, community organizing , and advocacy campaigns to impact systems change ...
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Topic: 
Workers' Rights

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/01/2019
... current Chicago happenings and the role of healing justice in “building the power necessary to change the conditions in our communities, dismantle structural racism, and address ... change”. What are some key fights happening in Chicago that you think folks across the country should be ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Healthy Communities

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/25/2020
In the midst of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, NFG stands with our communities and workers who are in crisis. As we help organize with frontline leaders and ... wellness, safety and security as a necessary part of organizing and movement work. This increases the strength and ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Financialization
Future of Work
Gender Justice
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
Workers' Rights
Funding Opportunity

NFG moves into grantmaking with a multimillion-dollar collaborative fund

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/11/2017
... new, multimillion-dollar pooled fund focused on investing in equitable, community-led development. The fund, which is ... power structures and put decisions about local development in the hands of residents. “Neighborhood Funders Group’s ... NFG and its network of field leaders as a driving force in organizing philanthropy to move resources to equitable and ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Inclusive Development
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Amplify Fund

#HandsOffTheHomeless Protest of de Blasio’s NYPD

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
09/09/2015
... Campsites” “'Cops have always messed with us, but in the past month it’s gotten really bad,' said a homeless veteran named Sarge in a statement released Wednesday by Picture the Homeless.” ... Campsites” “'Cops have always messed with us, but in the past month it’s gotten really bad,' said a homeless .....
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice

Our cynicism will not build a movement. Collaboration will.

News type: 
News from the Field
... Garza I’ve been grappling with how to challenge cynicism in a moment that requires all of us to show up differently. ... On Saturday, I joined more than a million women in Washington, D.C., to register my opposition to the new ... Do I believe that to build that mass movement, organizing beyond the choir is necessary? If I believe all of ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Webinar Recap: Governance, Participatory Budgeting, and Grantmaking

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, November 03, 2017
... models where community stakeholders are involved in deciding how public and philanthropic resources should be ... on the challenges and opportunities of resource sharing in philanthropy. Building effective community-involved decision-making structures in philanthropy by examining the successes of the ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Innovative community land trust from Puerto Rico wins 2015-16 UN World Habitat Award

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
03/01/2016
... have placed Puerto Rico once again as a reference point in housing innovation.” The Fideicomiso de la Tierra is the first community land trust in Puerto Rico, created by the residents of densely populated ... Visit NFG's virtual tour of the land trust and other organizing projects in Puerto Rico . Innovative community .....
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Inclusive Development

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

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
04/30/2015
... reporting requirements; and A 20-day first look period in which owner occupants, government entities, and nonprofits ... is now the largest landlord of single-family housing in the country. Community groups have been calling on the ... impacted by this crisis through local and national organizing , and winning strong local policies that protect ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

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 ... for voting rights, and to explore the role of philanthropy in continuing and expanding the work for social justice and economic opportunity in Alabama and the Blackbelt region. Join Grantmakers for ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Racial Justice

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 ... years ago, I worked for a foundation that heavily invests in my hometown, which allowed me to see firsthand the impacts ... the Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy convening organized by ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

New York State Rural Equity Summit

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, October 21, 2019 - Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Dundee, NY
... 2019. NFG and ENY are bringing together funders interested in exploring the New York State (NYS) rural landscape and how to build an action agenda to promote equity in communities across the state. Purpose: To plan ways NY ... efforts. Hear presentations from rural grantmakers and organizing groups, and dive into a set of workshops to ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Community Power-Building
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Policing the Homeless: Broken Windows ‘On Steroids”

News type: 
News from the Field
... only led to real tragedies, but violates the Constitution. In recent years, we’ve seen police officers used to force ... criminalize life-sustaining behavior such as lying down in a park, or by regulations that restrict the ability of ... their belongings have been met with resistance. Grassroots organizing , led by the homeless, is the only way to end these ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Housing Justice

Local Housing Solutions: Tackling a national problem on a local scale

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/14/2019
... have pushed housing affordability onto the national stage in an unprecedented way, with several presidential candidates ... (DDP) has shown , new public and private investments in cities have triggered changes in property value, ... crisis is why DDP engages funders to invest in community organizing , advocacy, and powerbuilding strategies—all with ...
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Topic: 
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

OBS Launches Quality Policing Initiative

News type: 
News from the Field
In December 2014, Organization for Black Struggle launched ... others are not the result of abnormal incidents resulting in accidents, nor do these killings reflect “one bad ... can be reached many ways. Any one piece of it is a step in the proper direction but only by adding significant ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

NFG speaks with place-based funders on how they are using impact investing to further justice and equity

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/10/2019
... sectors can accelerate movement-building for equity. In reflection, a few folks from NFG’s funder network share their perspectives on, and experience in , mission-related investing. Beyond grantmaking for racial ... calls on DAF providers to stop this trend that can fund in direct opposition to some of these foundations’ ...
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Topic: 
Inclusive Development
Philanthropic Practice

Enough is Enough: We Demand Quality Policing Now

News type: 
News from the Field
... Fifty years after the Civil Rights Movement we are still in pursuit of justice. We are still confronting what Dr. King ... the nation. We have witnessed a police culture so steeped in racism that video footage alone is not enough to deter it. ... us that the Department of Justice will be more stringent in their oversight of programs like the 1033 Program that ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Can place-based grantmaking help turn the tide of inequality?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/19/2015
... and the growing tide of economic and social inequality in our country. Place-based grantmaking can play an important role in turning this tide, but not without addressing the core ... structural barriers that have produced and propelled it. In local communities, addressing the lived experiences of ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, July 14, 2017
... to seed social change efforts are becoming interested in fundamental shifts in traditional corporate accountability and disinvestment ... alongside financial return.” Dr. Wood shared that, in practice, impactful investments should be investments that ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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 ... edge, successful strategies to build lasting change in their communities and beyond. These leaders have the ... to navigate an inclusive way forward for everyone in this era of unprecedented political, economic, and ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

Towards a More Resilient Place: Voices from the Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, October 18, 2017
... for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . This convening builds on our ... a Better Place? , all intended to explore best practices in funding place-based community change. By Dennis ... health and well-being. Philanthropy should be funding organizing and power-building work that gives communities the ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Roses Along A Journey: My Transformative Experience in NFG’s Project Phoenix

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/03/2017
... Project , was one of 33 funders selected to participate in NFG’s Project Phoenix . He shares his reflections on ... developed for funders to explore philanthropy’s role in supporting a “just transition to a new economy” that ... sustainability, and re-prioritization of capital in society. Pausing and appreciating the important moments ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice

Funders: Let's Stop Fixating on Our Issues and Start Supporting our Values

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
02/15/2017
... struggle to raise funds. This post originally appeared in Inside Philanthropy here . As I think about where we go ... stop thinking about the election. The 2010 election. In 2010, there were two dozen states that had anti-Sharia law ballot measures and/or legislation pending. In fact, Sharia law did not pose any real threat to ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Racial Capitalism, Power, and Resistance Movements Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 9:00am - Friday, October 18, 2019 - 3:00pm
Brooklyn, NY
... Manager, at manisha@nfg.org if you are interested in this event and are not a funder. Goals: Funders will ... Funders will strategize with movement leaders about organizing approaches to build powerful multi-racial and multi-gender resistance movements to meet the moment in this shifting economy. Funders will learn from movement ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

HIV is not a crime! (except in 32 states and 72 countries)

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
03/30/2017
... living with HIV are surprised to learn that HIV IS a crime in 32 US states and 72 countries around the world, with new ... prosecutions of people with HIV, more than half of those in the United States. In fact, just this week the Utah House of Representatives ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Healthy Communities
Philanthropic Practice

Black Lives Matter: We Say Their Names

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/02/2020
We at NFG say their names. George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. Breonna Taylor in Louisville, KY. Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, GA. Tony ... inspire, grieve, and act together. And we are committed to organizing philanthropy to support grassroots power building ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Racial Justice

A Multiracial Rural Equity Summit: Why Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/16/2020
... on July 1. As Americans across the country rise up in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, IRSG calls on ... Uplift the voices of Black, Indigenous and people of color in rural places. Uplift racial solidarity and shared ... and how grantmakers can support building rural resilience in the future. Funders will gather virtually to learn from ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

2018 Community Change Learning Exchange (CCLE)

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - Thursday, May 10, 2018
Chicago, IL
... Change Learning Exchange (CCLE) on May 9-10, 2018 in Chicago, IL. This iteration of CCLE will highlight the ... and process of Woods Fund Chicago and the Field Foundation in moving the needle to address structural racism and ... their grantmaking to support racial equity and community organizing . We will also learn more about local challenges ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

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 pledges to reign in police violence and stop-and-frisk policing targeted at ... 24,000 stops last year, a far cry from the peak of 685,000 in 2011 under Bloomberg. But not everyone is satisfied. ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

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 ... and benefits. Participants will learn about campaigns in Atlanta and New Orleans, how to instead increase dollars ... short grant timelines, managing support for organizations in different states of “readiness,” and collaboration ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

NFG 2016 National Convening: Philanthropic Strategies for People, Place, and Power

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - Thursday, June 16, 2016
Oakland, CA
... leaders to understand the dynamic moment we are living in and rethink grantmakers’ role in building long-term community power. It highlighted the ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Racial Justice

The Beat is (Back) On! Labor Reporting Reemerges

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, May 3, 2013
Webinar
... work and the exciting new investigations they have in store. This webinar is free and open only to funders, ... Prospect Michelle Chen , Contributing Editor, Working In These Times , and Editor, CultureStrike Domestic Workers ... editor at CultureStrike and a contributing editor at In These Times, where she writes for its labor blog Working ...
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Topic: 
Future of Work
Workers' Rights

A Place to Call Home: Housing Policy Roundtable

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Webinar
... the Biden-Harris administration & philanthropy can do in the short and long term to reinvigorate housing justice. ... for Housing Justice lays out a set of critical actions in the first 200 days of the new administration and Congress. ... resources from incarceration and policing to invest in new, non-punitive, non-carceral approaches to community ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Philanthropy & the Case for Reparations

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, March 18, 2021 -
10:00am - 11:00pm
Virtual
... who are calling for Congress to support this legislation in the first 100 days. Across the country, cities are also acknowledging reparations and taking action as well. In St. Paul, Minneapolis , Portland, Oregon , Providence, ... reparations and how to ground your grantmaking and donor organizing in the possibilities of fueling the frontlines for ...
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Topic: 
Healing Justice
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

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 ... Cities Movement at the NoVo Foundation office in New York City. FFJ got the chance to sit down and talk ... to support people on the ground to do base-building and organizing work, provide long-term and flexible support, make ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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