NFG Midwest Equity Funders Meeting

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 -
9:00am - 4:00pm
Milwaukee, WI
Photo by Towpilot on Wikimedia The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Ford Foundation, Needmor Fund, and the Neighborhood Funders Group invite you to a Midwest equity project meeting in deepening our shared practice towards equity and justice in the region. Originally planned for January 2019, this meeting was rescheduled due to extreme weather conditions. The purpose of the meeting is to bring together a core group of Midwest funders working on issues of equity, justice, and economic inclusion to learn, share, and identify ways to engage others in philanthropy committed to working toward equity...

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 , Manuela Arciniegas (Associate Program Officer at the Andrus Family Fund ) interviews Jenny Arwade (FFJ Field Advisor and Co-Executive Director of Communities United ) . Read the interview below to learn more on how Communities United changing the narrative of reinvestment, leading the charge on invest/divest strategies and campaigns, and developing sustainable leadership at the helm of the social justice movement. What are some of the ways Communities United is providing national leadership in social justice movements?...

The long, halting, unfinished fight to end racial profiling in America

News type: 
News from the Field
By Emily Badger Originally published on WashingtonPost.com , December 4, 2014. In his very first address to Congress — in the speech where new presidents first detail their priorities for the nation — George W. Bush devoted a few moments to an unlikely topic: racial profiling. "Too many of our citizens have cause to doubt our nation's justice," he said, "when the law points a finger of suspicion at groups instead of individuals." The issue had, in fact, played into the 2000 election. The national news was full of stories of doctors and lawyers and NFL players stopped for "...

Press Release from Amnesty International

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, October 24, 2014

Amnesty International , October 24, 2014.

Following the initial protests in Ferguson, Missouri sparked by the shooting death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, Amnesty International USA dispatched a human rights delegation which included observers to monitor the protests and police response.

Today, the human rights organization has released a new report, On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson ,documenting the human...

Can you tackle poverty without taking on place?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/29/2016
Earlier this month, House Republicans released a new plan to fight poverty and social immobility. However, there is little mention of the role that place plays in perpetuating poverty or shaping economic opportunity. Growing research shows that geography plays a powerful role in determining life outcomes in the United States. This article from the Urban Institute discusses the importance of place on poverty and makes several policy recommendations. By Solomon Greene, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute and former NFG board member Earlier this month, House Republicans released a new plan to...
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VICTORY: HUD Program Changes to Reduce Foreclosures and Increase Affordable Housing

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
04/30/2015
April 24, 2015 - Exciting news from our partners at Right to the City, Center for Popular Democracy, and Alliance for Community Empowerment: Following a six month campaign led by the community groups working with the Right to the City Alliance (RTC) and the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) of HUD announced significant changes to the Distressed Asset Stabilization Program (DASP). Following the changes announced today, the DASP’s new plan will include: A commitment to selling more loans through special pools that require investors to achieve a certain...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Kris Hayashi

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/14/2019
Hear from Kris Hayashi, Executive Director of Transgender Law Center and FFJ Field Advisor, about the efforts to seek #JusticeforRoxsana and the horrific conditions trans migrants face, particularly in ICE custody. Click here to participate in a matching gift challenge. #JusticeforRoxsana Six months ago, our government murdered Roxsana Hernandez, a transgender woman and asylum-seeker from Honduras. Last month we put ICE on notice. On November 26 th, 2018 Transgender Law Center (TLC) and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free announced that we have filed a Notice of Wrongful Death Tort Claim in New...

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...

Catalyzing a Movement for Health and Housing

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2019
By Lindsay Ryder, Neighborhood Funders Group; Alexandra Desautels, The California Endowment; Michael Brown, Seattle 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 discussion on how philanthropy can invest in community housing solutions. Despite the large number of concurrent sessions, funders filled the room to dig deep into the urgent issue of equitable housing — and what role health funders can play in addressing this critical health...

COVID-19 and Indigenous Communities: A Call to Action and Relationship for Philanthropy

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
As the philanthropic community takes stock of the impact COVID-19 has on our operations and long-term strategies, we must act now to move resources to communities who are hardest hit by the compounding impacts of this pandemic. California Foodshed Funders, First Nations Development Institute, and Neighborhood Funders Group, with other national co-hosts invite you to join us for a conversation to make visible the people and issues facing Native American communities across the country as they endure this crisis. Taking the lead from our colleagues rooted in Indigenous...

A Multiracial Rural Equity Summit: Why Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/16/2020
As part of Neighborhood Funders Group’s virtual convening series , NFG’s Integrated Rural Strategies Group (IRSG) will host its first ever Multiracial Rural Equity Summit on July 1. As Americans across the country rise up in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, IRSG calls on philanthropy to: Uplift the voices of rural communities demanding economic and environmental justice. Uplift the voices of Black, Indigenous and people of color in rural places. Uplift racial solidarity and shared prosperity. IRSG’s Multiracial Rural Equity Summit will explore how systemic racism is harming rural...

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

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/20/2020
Alejandra Ruiz, Executive Director of the Youth Engagement Fund , and Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation , write about youth of color civic engagement and voter mobilization work as a core opportunity for grantmaking on racial equity, leadership development, and building people centered long-term infrastructure that transforms our communities and democracy. This op-ed was originally published here in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Alejandra was part of the 2019-2020 Philanthropy Forward: Leadership for Change Fellowship cohort, a joint initiative of Neighborhood...