State of Black Worker Conference

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - Friday, October 11, 2013
Washington, DC
... the Negro freedom movement. Together we can be architects of democracy."" – Martin Luther King, Jr., at the AFL-CIO National ... and the Black Labor Scholars Network. They will be hosting a State of the Black Worker in America conference directly after our meeting that .....

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/26/2020
... there is an image that encapsulates the continued expansion of worker -led direct action in the last few weeks, it is Angela Davis on ... businesses and community collaborated on a Washington State -wide day of action where dozens of businesses shut down and employees ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, February 27, 2017
Webinar
... Throughout the country, we also see a heightened increase of hate violence and racially charged rhetoric in the media against immigrants, ... who are deeply embedded in their communities, and regional, state , and national grantmakers of all kinds who support community ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Sat, April 11, 2015
... bold agenda—to help America, and particularly communities of faith to listen across racial lines and build a multi-racial and bipartisan ... with Lisa Sharon Harper, Sojourners’ Senior Director of Mobilizing about how this movement is being mobilized and organized in the ...

FJE 2018 Policy Briefing: Evolving Strategies for Worker Justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Washington, DC
... on low-wage workers in particular, the changing nature of work due to technology and automation, and the Federal Administration’s ... on workers. We will develop a shared analysis of the current state of labor unions and worker centers, and discuss strategies to ensure ...

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
... Support Growing Movements As mostly-conservative state governors and the federal government enforce rapid re-opening and block ... other actions. Employees are coalescing under the banners of established labor (including in the first union election since the ...

Oct 22-24 in Chicago: Confronting the International Association of Chiefs of Police

News type: 
News from the Field
... the person being disrupted. Disruption can also be a source of movement and progress. It’s safe to assume that the disruption of ... and all efforts to legalize or decriminalize drugs by local, state and the federal governments. They oppose all needle exchange policies, ...

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
Black Lives Matter, today and every day. The Amplify Fund, alongside ... angered, and compelled to action in response to the murders of George Floyd and Black people across the U.S. by police. Today we ... requires us all to take powerful action — including those of us in the philanthropic sector. The Amplify Fund calls on all grantmakers, ...

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

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/08/2016
... violence within and against low and no income communities of color. They work at the intersection of prison abolition, LGBT rights, ... through leadership development and community organizing in Black and Southeast Asian, particularly Hmong communities in Madison. Their ...

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, August 26, 2014
... The first frost has already fallen, in Ferguson, Missouri, of all places. Ferguson has ripped the veil off. It is now clear for the world ... are maturing in Ferguson; they are not only challenging the State , but as importantly, they are also defying the decrepit civil righters. A ...

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

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Tue, October 03, 2017
... an understanding and attention to the political economy of the South can help funders and field organizations develop successful ... Nik Theodore assesses economic indicators affecting quality of life in the South and examines corporate strategies that are driving these ...

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 ... understanding of the major forces and players that impact worker justice; explore the offensive opportunities and defensive needs on federal, state and local levels; and identify how funders can best support them. With ...

The Road Ahead for Worker Justice: Where to Lean In, Pull Up, Push Back and Pivot

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Sat, June 24, 2017
... briefing updated members with our current understanding of the major forces and players that impact worker justice. FJE members engaged ... on migration status and gender, the future of work, emerging state and local policy and advocacy campaigns, and how to leverage and build ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... In fact, these public policies can advance a concentration of power and a monopolization of the market. These then drive geographic and ... Creation (Berrett-Koehler, 2005). GJF was honored by State Tax Notes magazine in 2015 for its landmark victory/accounting rule: ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... In fact, these public policies can advance a concentration of power and a monopolization of the market. These then drive geographic and ... (Berrett-Koehler, 2005). GJF was honored by State Tax Notes magazine in 2015 for its landmark victory/accounting rule: ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, November 07, 2016
... era defined by crisis, but also great promise. The effects of climate change, economic inequality, and racial injustice threaten our ... Missouri, has led to criminal justice reforms at the local, state , and federal levels. And after years of activism against the Keystone ...

"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 ... policy. Criminalizing communities to justify violence and state control is not a new or recent phenomenon. We saw African immigrant ... the tenet of public health, (source: pg. 107; Killing the Black Body; Race, Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts) ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Mon, March 13, 2017
The Case for Funding Black -Led Social Change The Black Social Change Funders ... institutional and political power is in the best interests of transformative social change. It is essential for dismantling structural ... just and sustainable nation. To download and read more of the report, visit Black Social Change Funders Network . ...

New York State Rural Equity Summit

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, October 21, 2019 - Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Dundee, NY
... Group (NFG) and Engage New York (ENY) for the New York State Rural Equity Meeting on October 21-22, 2019. NFG and ENY are bringing ... change. Intended Outcomes: Deeper knowledge of the strategies rural grantmakers and other change agents are employing. ...

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, April 15, 2015
... for Labour and Development (based in India), the Project of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ProDESC, based in Mexico), and the ... supplier firms must be met head-on through transnational worker organizing that raises standards across supply chains and in workplaces ...

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
... Please reach out to Manisha Vaze, Senior Program Manager of Funders for a Just Economy, at manisha@nfg.org if you are interested in ... of these challenges, we have seen phenomenal and organic worker movements that have amped up their tactics to elevate the message of ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, February 29, 2016
... , the poet Claudia Rankine, writing about the abandonment of Black lives after Hurricane Katrina – a signal event in the shift toward ... responses to direct action and disruption. As Washington State Senator Pramila Jayapal wrote in response to disruption by Black Lives ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:15am
Webinar
... The Heartland Fund invite you to join the second webinar of our three-part series, Meeting the Moment: 2020’s New Civic Engagement ... Atkins is the executive director of ProGeorgia, Georgia’s state based non-partisan voter engagement advocacy organization, and a member ...
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Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... displacement, and gentrification at the local, regional, and state level. Strategies and solutions to gentrification and displacement like ... housing has had some success, but the demographics of many communities are still rapidly changing. At the center of these ...

NFG Announces Transition of President Dennis Quirin

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/12/2019
... CA — On July 19, Dennis Quirin will step down as President of Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) to accept a new position as Executive Director of the Raikes Foundation in September. NFG’s Vice President of Programs, ...
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For Love of Humankind: A Call to Action for Southern Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/10/2019
Justin Maxson, Executive Director of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, calls on fellow funding organizations ... and refugees, and even that money doesn’t go to state and local groups that are accountable to grassroots and immigrant ... in Southern states receive less than half of the state and local funding of California, New York and Illinois. Where to ...

The Roots of Injustice in Our Agricultural System

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:00am
Webinar
... immigration status, gender and workers’ rights. As part of this continued exploration, FJE is excited to host a conversation with key ... in the farm workers movement to share how and why farm worker issues have historically been left out of US labor law protections, and ...

More is required of us

News type: 
Member News
... we all know, deep down, that something more is required of us now. This truth is difficult to face because it’s inconvenient and ... swelled with unprecedented levels of protest proclaiming “ Black Lives Matter” across the U.S. and around the globe. Jesse Williams ... to work for racial justice. How do we know this? The state of giving in our field reveals it. The current overall share of ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... bill. As the Movement for Black Lives shines the light of justice on the crisis of police brutality plaguing Black communities across ... rhetoric ignored the reality of communities plagued by state violence at the hands police, at current count 14 deaths in Arizona ...

The Real Crime: Mass Criminalization of our Communities

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, June 23, 2015
... center_content="no" min_height="none"]The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) presents The Real Crime Everyday, people of color in the United States are being criminalized for their economic ... migrant status, gender and so much more. There is a pandemic of mass criminalization that is ravaging our neighborhoods and our society. .....

Webinar Recap of From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, March 21, 2017
While the frame of sanctuary cities is designed as protection for undocumented and migrant ... featuring the following speakers: Carl Lipscombe | Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) Kimi Lee | Bay Resistance ... to coordinate trans-local campaigns and make impacts on the state and national level. Many cities that are not officially “sanctuary ...

Reimagining How We Fund and What We Fund

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
... In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, ... of corporate profit. There are those that do not believe Black lives matter. There are those who believe that immigrant families should ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Facing and Recovering from Soul Trauma

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/09/2018
... In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, ... and welcoming in the face of anti-immigrant politics at the state and county levels. They’ve worked thoughtfully and carefully to address ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Stephanie Guilloud

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/20/2018
... continues with Stephanie Guilloud, Co-Director of Project South . Read our interview below to learn more about how ... in Dothan, Alabama based on an Alabama law that allows the state to charge anyone near a crime to be fully responsible for that crime. He ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... disruptive direct action after the non-indictment of the officer who murdered Eric Garner and the officers who were accomplices ... with my three-year-old son nearby, of powerful, defiant, Black life-affirming, white supremacist hegemony-defying, marches, vigils and ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... an unarmed 24-year-old black man. Last night, hundreds of protestors shut down a major highway in a bid for justice. Minneapolis ... to request a federal investigation into the shooting. The state ’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s criminal investigation is already ...

Baltimore Uprisings

Resource type: 
Other
Tue, April 28, 2015
... is rising up to protest the police killing of Freddie Gray, the long history of over policing and police brutality, and the severe under-resourcing of Black communities in Baltimore. The city is under occupation, with a heavy ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Program: 
Funders for Justice

Answering the Call from Movement Leaders

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, ... their loved ones whose lives had been taken by police and state violence, I asked myself: what is our responsibility to these family ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

The Innovations and Independence of OUR Walmart

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, August 24, 2015
New York, NY
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Neighborhood Funders Group, Working Group on Labor and Community ... you to a funder briefing on The Innovations and Impact of OUR Walmart . OUR Walmart’s 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 ...

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

News type: 
Member News
National awareness of police brutality and the need for policing reform is at an all-time high. Sustained attention to horrific moments has led to the birth of a movement, and a tipping point is in sight. Tides and its sister ... their work might not be popular, neither was the work of black -led organizations at the height of the Civil Rights movement. Tides ...

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
The tragic police killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown hit home for millions across the country. The horror of losing a loved one, to senseless, racially-motivated police violence is a daily threat in the lives of Black people in America. In a time when law enforcement kill Black Americans at ...

Journey Towards Intersectional Grant-Making

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Thu, May 24, 2018
... grant-making together and create the beginnings of a central framework on economic justice grantmaking through an ... their understanding of how slavery, genocide, the settler state , and heteropatriarchy have shaped the economy; talked honestly about ... and the Discount Foundation, the And Still I Rise: Black Women Labor Leaders’ Voices / Power / Promise reports by the ...

Reflections on Labor Day from Funders for a Just Economy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/01/2017
Alejandra L. Ibañez, Chair of NFG's Funders for a Just Economy and Lead Program Officer at Woods ... workers in the Temp industry. This was only possible because Black and Immigrant workers have come together to make unified demands for ... I am inviting you to this year’s learning tour in the state of Alabama. The people of Alabama are on the frontlines of these .....

After #FergusonOctober

News type: 
NFG Blog
... contributions: Bukky Gbadegesin, Organization for Black Struggle (OBS): oagbadegesin@gmail.com Jeff Ordower, ... . 1) What would you offer as a synopsis of the Ferguson uprisings overall and of Ferguson October, from your own point ... tracing funding programs from the Dept. of Justice for state and local police organizations. We proposed a comprehensive set of ...

Funder Briefing: Freedom Cities

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Webinar
... Enlace , Ella Baker Center for Human Rights , and Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)—organizations with decades of experience organizing and advocating for women, Black and immigrant ... justice, immigrant rights/migrant justice, and an end to state violence. Funder Briefing: Freedom Cities ...

Capitalism and Racism: Conjoined Twins

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/03/2019
By Marjona Jones, Co-Chair of Funders for a Just Economy and Senior Program Officer at Unitarian ... of racism and capitalism. Many worker -based organizations state that the best vehicle this country has in pursuit of economic justice is ... and exploitative roots through policymakers passing the Black Codes of 1865 and 1866, making it easier to imprison recently freed ...

FergusonOctober – Voices from the Ground

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/16/2014
... contributions: Bukky Gbadegesin, Organization for Black Struggle (OBS): oagbadegesin@gmail.com Jeff Ordower, ... . 1) What would you offer as a synopsis of the Ferguson uprisings overall and of Ferguson October, from your own point ... tracing funding programs from the Dept. of Justice for state and local police organizations. We proposed a comprehensive set of ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/15/2020
... defining US and global capitalism — and the role of philanthropy within these structures. FJE is moving this conversation into ... Ruth Wilson Gilmore (2009). “In the Shadow of the Shadow State ” in The Revolution Will Not be Funded (edited by INCITE! Women of Color ...

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 outbreak of COVID-19, we are seeing the ... Community Via East Oakland DREAMers. Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project Note in the form that your ... be hit hardest. We often suffer the worst because of the state ’s failure to protect us and oftentimes the states targeting of ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/29/2020
... our mandate is to fund communities rising up against state violence, and to continue to fund as communities build the power and ... police response to armed white nationalist posted in front of state capital buildings and yelling in the faces of security guards, ...

COVID-19 Strike Wave

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/10/2020
By Rob Chlala, Program Manager of Funders for a Just Economy The last few weeks have seen an ... as GE workers call to shift to ventilator production. Black , undocumented, women and other highly vulnerable workers are risking job ... in Boston , are launching wildcat efforts to get the state and employers to halt operations with pay. COVID-19 strikes to ...

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

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

Just and Equitable Rebuilding of Cities After Disasters

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

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
... a new report, The $3.4 Trillion Mistake: The Cost of Mass Incarceration and Criminalization, and How Justice Reinvestment Can ... critical community needs. The report provides a national and state -by- state analysis of the country’s investments in police, prisons, ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
NFG Report
Fri, March 13, 2015
In response to a resurgence of interest in place-based grantmaking, the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions ... Philanthropy. This conference report provides an overview of the discussions that took place at this conference, including: ... everyone. Working group membership includes funders at city, state , regional, and national lev- els who are committed to authentic ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

NFG at the 2019 CHANGE Philanthropy Unity Summit

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, November 18, 2019 - Thursday, November 21, 2019
Seattle, WA
... Funders Group is proud to be a collaborative partner of CHANGE Philanthropy and a member of the 2019 Unity Summit planning ... solutions to today’s most pressing problems at the local, state , and national levels. Philanthropy's long withdrawal from rural .....

Health, Housing, Race, Equity and Power Funders Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Oakland, CA
... and families continue to struggle. Housing is one of the best-researched social determinants of health , and selected housing ... of color in the civic process at the local, regional, and state levels? How are health funders advancing an approach of people, place, ...

No Time for Business as Usual

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/16/2017
Sharon Alpert, NFG member and President & CEO of The Nathan Cummings Foundation , shares an update on NCF's strategy for ... Our democratic institutions are under attack. The legitimacy of the press is being questioned and critical public institutions like the .....
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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
... resistance movements currently tackling the concentration of wealth and power within corporations and building countervailing worker and ... Confirmed speakers include: Alicia Garza, Black Futures Lab Aaron Tanaka, Center for Economic Democracy ...

Post-Election Resources

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Tue, November 22, 2016
... we find ourselves in. NFG has pulled together a short list of post-election readings and tools you may find useful. We all have a ... Area Headwaters Foundation: Emergency Fund for Black Lives – Minneapolis Foundation for Louisiana: Rapid ...

For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
Will Cordery, Program Officer of Surdna Foundation ’s Strong Local Economies program, writes about ... is the investment in converting small businesses into worker -owned cooperatives. In a recent report, Ours to Share: How Worker ... compliance and revenue sources separate from local and state budget negotiations to fund enforcement of labor policies. Over the ...

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

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Monday, June 19, 2017 - Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Pittsburgh, PA
... in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. After decades of disinvestment and loss of manufacturing, Pittsburgh’s economy is ... to use local power to build toward regional and state change. This Pittsburgh Moment offers tough questions and critical ... entrenched poverty and disinvestment. Community and worker power-building through sustained, nimble, multi-issue coalitions, and ...

For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
Will Cordery, Program Officer of Surdna Foundation ’s Strong Local Economies program, writes about ... is the investment in converting small businesses into worker -owned cooperatives. In a recent report, Ours to Share: How Worker ... compliance and revenue sources separate from local and state budget negotiations to fund enforcement of labor policies. Over the ...
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For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
Will Cordery, Program Officer of Surdna Foundation ’s Strong Local Economies program, writes about ... is the investment in converting small businesses into worker -owned cooperatives. In a recent report, Ours to Share: How Worker ... compliance and revenue sources separate from local and state budget negotiations to fund enforcement of labor policies. Over the ...
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Funders for a Just Economy Florida Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Monday, April 8, 2019 - Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Fort Myers, FL
... its climate, land, and resources. Known as the “Sunshine State " and situated in the southern United States with a culture that is both ... trade. However, Florida has also long been an epicenter of inequality. Industries there have used forced labor practices through .....

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

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Webinar
... challenges, and opportunities that intersect issues of economic development, immigration, workers’ rights, housing justice, ... – Carl Redwood Chair, Board of Directors, Hill District Consensus Group Learn, dialogue, and discuss ...

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

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Washington, DC
... Warren Hosted by: American Federation of Teachers, Arca Foundation, Communication Workers of America, Ford ... of political money from the financial sector into local, state and federal elections, key progressive policies are at risk. Ongoing ... regulatory agency, ethics and money-in-politics reforms, state -based mortgage relief, consumer settlements from “Too Big To Fail” ...

Shifting Resources Towards Permanently Affordable Housing

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, October 10, 2019 -
11:00am - 12:30pm
Webinar
A wave of housing solutions to protect, preserve, and build community power is ... challenges. But even with groups moving forward local and state policies to advance tenant protections and increase resources for ... and rising housing costs are still displacing communities of color and low-income communities. There is a great need to invest in ...

Project Phoenix Readings

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, March 06, 2017
Below are several of the reports and readings that supported our learning in Project Phoenix, a ... fronts ranging from local economies and climate justice to worker co-ops under the frame of a “just transition” or “solidarity ... A Vision for Community-Based Energy Policy in New York State — PUSH Buffalo This memo offers a range of ideas for energy ...

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 with our communities and workers ... a living wage, electricity, running water and freedom from state , communal, and interpersonal violence, are created and sustained by ... builds power for the long term. Coordinate with Labor and Worker Centers - Support the current worker organizing happening in high-demand ...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Mary Hooks

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
Next up in FF J’s series of interviews with our Advisors : Mary Hooks , Co-Director of ... rapid response, done workshops and town halls, bailed out Black Mamas and broken bread together. Relational organizing has allowed us ... Hooks joined the SONG team as a field organizer for the state of Alabama in March 2011. Her passion for helping people is reflected in ...
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Program: 
Funders for 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
... Strong March 11, 2016 - The Nation Mayor Rahm Emanuel, State ’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, and the Chicago Police Department are under intense scrutiny for covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald, the unarmed Black 17-year-old who was shot 16 times by a ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
For the last 70 days the youth of Ferguson, Missouri have led protests and vigils every night in remembrance of 18 year old Michael Brown and the countless other black lives that are cut short at the rate of at least 400 annually by ... body is in pain then the whole body wakes up in a fevered state and I think that is making a deeper metaphorical statement about world. ...

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, June 14, 2015
... . www.justiceinpolicing.com The killing of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, John Crawford III, and Ezell Ford over just four ... elected officials walked out of city council meetings and state buildings with their hands up to express solidarity with, and commitment ...

Letter to President Obama and US Attorney General Eric Holder

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 25, 2014
... and US Attorney General Holder take action. The Department of Justice has the power to arrest and prosecute Officer Wilson under federal ... indict Officer Darren Wilson and to overhaul the local and state policies and practices that led to Mike Brown's death, as well as those .....

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, August 19, 2014
... racial divisions that split open in the 1960s with a series of uprisings in cities across the country. In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson ... "Our nation is moving toward two societies — one black , one white — separate and unequal." Just a month later, the .....

The New Jim Crow

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, January 16, 2012
... Alexander The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has ... race” with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of black men in major urban areas are under correctional control or saddled with ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, December 05, 2014
... from a community in active struggle against state sanctioned killing, violence and repression met with the President of the United States of America . Not “civil rights leaders”, not ... of poor people long before the state killed another unarmed black man. T Dubb-O, the artist, activist and community voice, laid out ...

As the South Grows

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, June 12, 2018
As the South Grows is an initiative of Grantmakers for Southern Progress (GSP) and the National Committee for ... provide qualitative and quantitative data describing the state of funding for Southern social change, concrete examples of equitable ... and the legacy civil rights infrastructure of the Alabama Black Belt, the Mississippi Delta and places like them across the South. These ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
04/30/2015
... Democracy (CPD), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) of HUD announced significant changes to the Distressed Asset Stabilization ... pools that require investors to achieve a certain percentage of outcomes that help the surrounding neighborhood; The creation of special ...

5 Hot Causes for Donors in 2015

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

A Pivotal Moment for Racial Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/05/2015
Eric Ward, Program Officer of Ford Foundation 's Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice program, reflects ... no indictment would be delivered in the police killing of Eric Garner. Following the grand jury decision not to indict the police officer who shot another unarmed black man, Michael Brown , in Ferguson, Missouri in August, this news set .....

FFJ Webinar on Gender, Race, and Criminalization

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Webinar
... has intentionally lifted up the work, lives, and voices of women and trans folks of color, along with gender justice and LGBTQ ... in regards to policing, criminalization, and state violence. At the same time, our members, including affinity partners and ... and straight) women and trans folks of color, especially Black women and trans movement leaders, we will discuss why it is important to ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/21/2019
... development. The Fund aims to strengthen the ability of communities of color and low-income communities to guide decisions about ... for an Inclusive California, which is working across the state to build power with communities of color affected by the housing crisis. ...

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
... Markus Spiske on Unsplash An increasing number of foundations are embracing impact investing as a powerful strategy to ... is also exploring new models seeking to expand capital to Black , Brown, and Native communities. “This is an opportunity for foundations ... practices by corporations doing business in our state ,” according to Heather McKellips. Amalgamated’s Tyler ...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/01/2019
Jenny Arwade, Co-Executive Director of Communities United and FFJ Field Advisor, tells us about current ... run-off election, with voters electing the city’s first Black , Lesbian woman as Mayor. We now have Black women at the helm of our city, county, and occupying a key position in our state as Lieutenant Governor. All eyes are watching to see if this will help ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/08/2019
... Collective and Right to the City . As part of the convening, a funder track brought together key allies in philanthropy ... systemic impacts of the permanent displacement of 100,000 Black residents from the city after Hurricane Katrina. In response to growing ...

Ohio Student Association: Justice for John Crawford

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/18/2014
... and killed Crawford. He was on the phone with the mother of his children, and the last words she heard him say were “it’s not ... We must continue our demands up the power structure in our state because our prosecutors and judges, our governor and attorney general, ...

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 ... As Americans across the country rise up in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, IRSG calls on philanthropy to: Uplift ... and environmental justice. Uplift the voices of Black , Indigenous and people of color in rural places. Uplift racial ...

NFG Newsletter - June 2020

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
06/09/2020
... Dion Johnson, Ahmaud Arbery, and the untold thousands of Black people killed by police. I am also reflecting on Pride Month as we ... communities across the world have galvanized to protest state violence, demand divestment from criminalization, defund the police, call ...
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Healing Justice Guidance to Philanthropy During COVID-19, the Uprisings, and Beyond

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Thu, July 16, 2020
... Foundation; Claribel Vidal, Ford Foundation — members of the Funders for Justice Healing Justice Strategy Group Context ... COVID-19, and the simultaneous murders and violence by the state and White nationalists, and the glaring role of ableism in our nation, we ...

L.A. RISING: The 1992 Civil Unrest, the Arc of Social Justice Organizing, and the Lessons for Today’s Movement Building

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, April 28, 2012
... “This report is our attempt to unravel at least part of the story. It is a long and complicated tale, which partly explains the many ... in the fight for justice. But we try to capture parts of the puzzle, offering key lessons to activists, social movement observers, ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Program: 
Funders for Justice

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

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

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

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

Philanthropy’s Role in Holding Tension

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, ... and St. Louis local, reflects on the possibilities of shifting philanthropy's focus to long-term change. When I .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Choosing to be a Liberated Gatekeeper

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, ... Money for Justice. Here, Amoretta Morris , — Director of National Community Strategies at The Annie E. Casey Foundation , NFG ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, August 01, 2018
... Housing Justice League , and deep discussion on the role of funders in movement building. “The conference was an incredible ... Funders Group’s intentional approach to build a culture of accountability and taking the lead from movement leaders which was ...

Highlights from Amplify this July

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/23/2020
... We were thrilled to end June and begin July with so many of you at the start of NFG’s 2020 virtual convening series: 40 Years Strong . On the fourth ...
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Program: 
Amplify Fund

Unions, Activists Align on Affordable Housing

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

Energy and Equity in Puerto Rico

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Webinar
... REGISTER HERE — Join us for this conversation, part of the ongoing Puerto Rico: From Relief to Equitable Recovery webinar ... to assist with the power needs for a just rebuilding of Puerto Rico's severely damaged infrastructure. It will be moderated by .....
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Topic: 
Climate Justice

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

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Chicago, IL
As we near the three year mark since many of you visited the Windy City as part of the Working Group’s Chicago learning tour, we invite you to join us for an ... our region’s progress in supporting a strong collective of worker centers today called the Raise the Floor Alliance (RTF). The ...
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Topic: 
Workers' Rights

WGLCP Annual Policy Briefing 2014

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - Thursday, April 24, 2014
Washington, DC
... rights in the offing? Join us for the annual policy briefing of NFG's Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships. Program highlights include: Rocio Saenz, Vice President of SEIU, will speak on immigration reform, A message from Senator Kirsten .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

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
... Call To Action & All-Points Bulletin. To All People of Conscience: The Ferguson Legal Defense Committee (FLDC) has issued the ... TO ACTION for all lawyers, legal workers and law students of conscience in anticipation of a major reaction to the (non or under) ...

DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 17, 2018
... As Zachary Norris, FFJ Field Advisor and Executive Director of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights notes, "Too often, conversations about ... Jenny Arwade, FFJ Field Advisor and Co-Director of Communities United, explains: “The dominant narrative has focused on how .....

NFG Newsletter - January 2020

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
01/23/2020
... NFG's 40th anniversary. During our early years, NFG was one of the few spaces in philanthropy specifically focused on people of color-led, ... racism in health and housing, racial capitalism, migrant worker justice in rural areas, reimagining community safety and justice, and .....
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NFG Newsletter - April 2020

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
04/30/2020
... spent the last several weeks adjusting to this altered way of life — providing time off for staff, calling for social solidarity , urging funders to scale up and move money to communities of color on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking ways to ...
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Breaking: Ferguson Activists Meet with President Obama to Demand an End to Police Brutality Nationwide

News type: 
News from the Field
... Communities nationwide have responded to the miscarriage of justice by carrying out more than 150 sustained, coordinated and intense ... Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder met with seven Black and Latino organizers – from Ferguson, Mo.; Columbus, Ohio; Miami, ...

Enough is Enough: We Demand Quality Policing Now

News type: 
News from the Field
The Organization for Black Struggle Originally post on obs-onthemove.org , December ... yet again. Our legal system has denied justice to the family of Eric Garner less than forty-eight hours after President Barack Obama met ... after the Civil Rights Movement we are still in pursuit of justice. We are still confronting what Dr. King called, the triple evils of ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
By Vincent Stehle, The Chronicle of Philanthropy. December 17, 2014 The streets of Ferguson, Mo., New York City, and many other cities across the nation have ... journalism organization, recently reported that young black males are 21 times more likely than their white counterparts to be shot ...

PolicyLink

News type: 
News from the Field
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot multiple times and killed by Darren Wilson, a white ... in Ferguson and across the country. We mourned the loss of an innocent young man, taken before his time, and recognized that his ... was the latest in a long and rapidly growing succession of cases involving police use of lethal force against unarmed people of color. ...

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

News type: 
News from the Field
... an increasingly militarized –police force. In an echo of deaths at police hands that rocked the US last year, including those of ... York, Officer Weekley is white and Aiyana Stanley-Jones was black . Juries twice failed to reach a verdict in Weekley’s case, first in ...

We Call it the "American Dream"

News type: 
News from the Field
... why we came to America, and you will hear millions of different stories. But our many stories usually boil down to just a few ... is far from over, as the mass protests over the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri have demonstrated. ... are outraged by police and politicians who treat black lives—including the lives of black immigrants like Abner Louima and ...

What We’ve Gained And Lost Since Stonewall

News type: 
News from the Field
Black trans people have been struggling for acceptance for 50 years. And ... to getting it. By Miss Major There is no because of this or that — Stonewall just happened. There was a tendency at that ... in the 60s. And it just happened to be everywhere. Some of the girls back then, like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, tried to ...

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 ... have identified several critical ways for allies outside of Ferguson to support OBS's organizing efforts: financial resources, legal ... and the growing movement against the systematic targeting of black and brown communities across the country. The use of excessive force .....

Sustaining Racial Justice Action in Philanthropy: Ferguson & Beyond

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, December 15, 2014
... From Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity Many of us have watched or perhaps even marched, as community members mobilize to ... so evident in the recent tragic police killings of unarmed Black men and boys, with outrage then exacerbated by the failures to indict the ...

Time to Invest for Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, ... Action Center and Electoral Justice Project at Movement for Black Lives reminded us in the philanthropic sector to slow down enough and ...
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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
... the land, and ultimately rely on increasing the number of people in prison in order to grow. This often means heavier policing of ... Action Nekessa Julia Opoti, Black Immigrant Collective Sammy Nunez & Colleague, ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Webinar
... more equitable communities for low-income and communities of color becomes even more critical as cities and regions continue to develop ... Chicago, and Detroit, large populations of low-income black communities, immigrant communities, and others continue to be plagued ...

Place Based Community Change: The Time is Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
... in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Dawn Phillips, of Right to the City Alliance and Causa Justa :: Just Cause outlines an ... crises—historic racial and economic inequity; anti- Black racism; deepening violence against immigrants, communities of color, and ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/12/2020
... Justice and donor-organizing partners for the Movement for Black Lives to fortify our resolve and commitment to Black lives by ramping up our support to M4BL to the tune of $50M. Reaching this goal would be unprecedented — and would secure the ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

NFG Newsletter - February 2020

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
02/28/2020
February is Black History Month and, in this newsletter, NFG honors Black resistance. Given the persistence of structural racism and the legacies of segregation, NFG has mobilized philanthropy to support POC-led organizing ...
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From Bail Reform to Closing the Jail: Organizing Wins for Divestment

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, July 30, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Webinar
Hosted by the Bail Reform Strategy Group of Funders for Justice . In recent months, as hundreds of thousands of ... end the pre-trial incarceration of people — particularly Black , Indigenous, and other people of color, queer and trans people, and poor ...

NFG Member Spotlight: Tremaine Foundation

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
... CT, does grantmaking through a national lens in niche areas of Art, Environment, and Learning Differences. One of their recent initiatives ... and environmental lenses. Sustainable CT is part of a 12- state network focused on community-led sustainability initiatives — the ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Democratic Development for Thriving Communities: Framing the Issues, Solutions, and Funding Strategies to Address Gentrification and Displacement

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Wed, May 31, 2017
... Development for Thriving Communities report is the result of collaboration between the California Funders Working Group on ... information, contact Nile Malloy, Senior Program Manager of the Democratizing Development Program , at nile@nfg.org . ...

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

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, February 19, 2017
... legislation in New York City and partnering with families of New Yorkers killed by police to secure executive action by Governor Cuomo to ... a special prosecutor for police killings throughout New York State . In spite of these victories, there remains much more to ...

City Rising

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

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
... displacement, and gentrification at the local, regional, and state level. Strategies and solutions to gentrification and displacement like ... housing has had some success, but the demographics of many communities are still rapidly changing. At the center of these ...

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

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Tue, June 05, 2018
... the Integrated Rural Strategies Group commissioned a scan of rural organizing work, Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on What ... “It’s very powerful to be with others around the state [ of Minnesota]. I’ve seen it transforming some of our rural white ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, August 28, 2017
Pittsburgh is a “blue city," where nearly 80% of the population voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. ... Highlights: Building power from the local to state level takes coalitions, partnerships, and engaging residents in a cross .....

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

News type: 
News from the Field
The recent shooting death of African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, is a painful reminder of the deeply entrenched divisions and tensions that plague too many American communities fractured by decades of racial discrimination, poverty, and disinvestment. As in Ferguson, tensions ...

Democratic Development for Thriving Communities Report

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Mon, June 12, 2017
... Gentrification and Displacement report is the result of collaboration between the California Funders Working Group on ... information, contact Nile Malloy, Senior Program Manager of the Democratizing Development Program , at nile@nfg.org . ... displacement. While the analysis presented here emerged out of discussions about the housing crisis and neighborhood change now underway in ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 18, 2017
... debates within progressive circles about the importance of “winning over” the white working class often fail to directly address ... factory farms influenced federal farm policy, won multiple state investments in sustainable family farming, and helped stop all major frac ...

Grantmakers for Southern Progress 2016 Post-Election Webinar Recap

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, January 09, 2017
... impacts social justice work supporting LGBTQ, people of color, and immigrant communities in the South. Leaders and practitioners ... their insights about the challenges and opportunities of the current national narrative about what happened in the region and what is ... Partners from across the region provided a multi- state analysis using election data; explored key learnings from civic ...

Webinar Recap: Governance, Participatory Budgeting, and Grantmaking

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, November 03, 2017
... philanthropic resources should be allocated. Here is a recap of the lessons learned, along with the video recording and slides from the ... Project, and Tyler Nickerson, Director of Investments and State Strategy at The Solutions Project, provided a thoughtful dialogue on the ...

JPMorgan Chase, Detroit Development Fund and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Announce $6.5 Million Loan Fund for Detroit’s Minority-Owned Small Businesses

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/12/2015
Entrepreneurs of Color Fund will provide greater economic opportunity for small businesses ... program for Detroit businesses owned by entrepreneurs of color and businesses that primarily hire people of color. The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund will boost economic opportunity for ...

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

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, April 21, 2017
... displacement, and gentrification at the local, regional, and state level. Strategies and solutions to gentrification and displacement like ... housing has had some success, but the demographics of many communities are still rapidly changing. At the center of these ...

Development Without Displacement in Opportunity Zones

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... a provision nested within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, presents significant opportunities and potential challenges for local ... to advance equitable economic development. Unlike many state -level incentives, there are no requirements included regarding the number ...

Power Research

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Webinar
... As an offensive tool, power research guides the development of strategic campaigns that target and expose the drivers of racism and racial ... and the fossil fuel industry. Furthermore, as networks of state -based grassroots organizations collectively build independent political ...
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Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Webinar
... debates within progressive circles about the importance of “winning over” the white working class often fail to directly address ... factory farms influenced federal farm policy, won multiple state investments in sustainable family farming, and helped stop all major frac ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Webinar
... am (PST) | 1:00 - 2:00 pm (EST) Every year, billions of federal dollars are allocated to local governments to foster economic ... Furthering Fair Housing rule (AFFH) will require local and state government to use a new approach called an ""Assessment of Fair .....

Learning Tour in Puerto Rico

Event type: 
Learning Tour
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - Friday, November 14, 2014
San Juan, PR
... solutions that advance equity and resilience. Decades of inequitable development patterns coupled with urgent climate change and ... and civil society partnerships that prioritize the needs of the island’s low-income communities. Against this backdrop, community ...

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

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, October 20, 2014
New York, NY
... new organizing strategies for urban democracy on municipal, state , and national levels. The conversation will take a behind the scenes look at two new national reports, Rise of the Renter Nation and Rise of the Corporate Landlord, to better understand ...

Puerto Rico: A Philanthropic Sneak Peak

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, October 10, 2014
Webinar
Webinar Sneak-Peak of the Tour! Friday, October 10, 2014 1pm-2:15pm eastern/ 10am ... with the United States, there has been a limited presence of US mainland philanthropy in Puerto Rico. The island is managing great ... the island are forging innovate ways to address a myriad of problems in innovative and effective ways. This webinar will provide ...

Board Transitions at NFG

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
04/19/2019
... Funders Group is steered by a passionate and talented board of directors who help fulfill our mission of organizing philanthropy to support ... and strategy development. Previously, Cory supported state -level child advocacy organizations and helped lead the KIDSCOUNT ...
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What Have We Learned about Place-Based Investments?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
... Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Simran Noor of the Center for Social Inclusion shares the three lessons that funders ... Could success potentially mean a self-sustaining future state without philanthropy’s presence? What are the mechanisms to create ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Identify. Describe. Dismantle. Repeat.

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/08/2019
Nicky Goren, president and CEO of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, writes about calling out and ... published here on Medium. Nicky was part of the first Philanthropy Forward: Leadership for Change Fellowship ... desire for civility — from the White House to the state house to our own houses — as a shield to maintain the structures of ...

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/14/2019
A growing number of places are grappling with housing affordability. As the problem spreads from ... felt most acutely by low-income individuals and communities of color, they affect more than just low-income renters. Essential ... approach to these issues is starting to show results, as state and local governments are responding more aggressively to these ...

Speak Out: Social Justice Advocacy for Public Foundations

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, September 20, 2019 -
11:00am - 12:15pm
Webinar
A recording of this webinar is available here . (Enter contact info to access.) ... can play an important role in building power for communities of color and low-income communities by engaging in advocacy themselves and ... statewide ballot measure for climate justice or lobbying the state legislature to increase resources to support census outreach in ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

California Renter Power Assembly: Funder Track

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, October 11, 2019 -
9:00am - 4:00pm
Inglewood, CA
... with Homes For All California, Tenants Together, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), and Right To The City ... and resources needed to win for low-income and communities of color to have a true “home.” What: California Renter Power ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, November 4, 2019 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
The Real Cost of Dollars Moving Hosted by Amalgamated Foundation and Neighborhood ... , and United Philanthropy Forum In February of this year, Sludge broke the story that Donor Advised Fund platforms, including the philanthropic arm of major financial institutions – Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Schwab ...

CampaignZERO Launched

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, August 21, 2015
CampaignZERO presents a comprehensive package of policy reforms to end police violence in America. It encourages people to ... to implement 10 policy solution areas at the local, state , and federal level of government to achieve an America where police do ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Program: 
Funders for Justice

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 ... communities who are hardest hit by the compounding impacts of this pandemic. California Foodshed Funders, First Nations Development ... of COVID-19 cases has risen beyond 1000; if it were a US state it would rank third in per-capita infection behind New York and New ...

NFG Announces New President: Adriana Rocha

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/21/2020
... to support grassroots power building so that communities of color and low-income communities thrive, is excited to name Adriana Rocha ... leader committed to social justice who brings a wealth of nonprofit and philanthropy experience to the role. Rocha has served as ...
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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 core! We maintain our central ... local expertise and prioritize local leaders and leaders of color. Do what works for grantees. We are steadfast in our ... amplify@nfg.org SUMMARY OF NEEDS & PRIORITIES SHARED BY AMPLIFY GRANTEES: Organizational ...
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Program: 
Amplify Fund

Homecoming: Housing Justice is Racial and Economic Justice

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, July 2, 2020 -
9:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual
As part of Neighborhood Funders Group’s 40th anniversary virtual convening series ... shifts and bolder strategies to address the intersections of community health, housing, community ownership, and racial justice. ... development Support our shared analysis of local, state , and federal demands for housing needs and the increasing role of ...

Honoring the Discount Foundation

Event type: 
Reception
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Washington, DC
... Foundation’s key role in funding community and worker organizing, as well as founding the WGLCP and organizing philanthropy to ...
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Families Impacted by Incarceration: Practice and Policy Issues for Funders to Consider

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
New York, NY
A panel featuring advocates, service providers, formerly incarcerated mothers and young people. Tuesday, March 11th 2:30pm-5:00pm Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 6 West 48th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10036 This panel event will be followed by a site visit to the Bedford Hills women's prison located in upstate NY (transportation provided) Wednesday March, 19th 9:00am-4:00pm 247 Harris Rd, Bedford Hills, NY 10507 Event organizers are happy to have you at both events but if you can only make one we still strongly encourage your attendance. Please RSVP...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

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

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - Friday, July 20, 2018
Atlanta, GA
... and field practitioners working at the intersections of health, housing, land use, community development, and place-based and ... communities. We are looking forward to you being part of this conversation on scaling up philanthropic investments and grantmaking ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, December 13, 2018 -
11:00am - 12:15pm
Webinar
... in rural communities, as well as reflections from leaders of dynamic frontline organizations. 2) Mid-Term Election Reflections: ... 2:00-3:15 ET) This webinar will brief funders on some of the emerging implications of the recent mid-term elections for rural and ...

Welcome to the new NFG website!

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/10/2018
... news, events, and resources using the search bar at the top of every page See where all of the members of our national network are based, right on our member map ...
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Real Talk on Police Reform

Event type: 
Member Event
Thursday, April 7, 2016
New York, NY
... campaigned to create his position. Moderated by Kai Wright of The Nation, we’ll get an inside look at the special prosecutor’s role ... ones to police violence, working with members and partners of Communities United for Police Reform (including the Justice Committee, ...
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Program: 
Funders for Justice

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

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

Ferguson October Report

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

Police Shootings Since Ferguson Put Foundations to the Test

News type: 
Member News
By Drew Lindsay, Chronicle of Philanthropy July 19, 2016 In mid-April, a police-reform task force ... a handsome 183-page report, its cover adorned with photos of city residents and comforting words about "restoring trust." Yet the words inside carried a stinging condemnation of systemic racism in the city’s law enforcement. A similar message is .....

Spotlight: Justice Committee, North Star Fund Grantee

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

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

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

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

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Mon, March 06, 2017
... Age February 5, 2017 By Edgar Villanueva , VP of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education ... have been chaotic and stressful, but already emblematic of the dire needs philanthropy must step up to. From those who could be left ...

Race Files

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

Peer Coaching Training Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 1:00pm
Webinar
"In the midst of continual change and development, people rarely struggle because they lack some key piece of information or some precise procedure from a course or a book. Rather, they ... Neighborhood Funders Group is excited to announce the launch of a new offering this fall: peer coaching circles model based on work by .....

Staff Transitions at NFG

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

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/21/2018
... Michael Brown Vice-President of Community Leadership The Seattle Foundation Our ... are dedicated to our outgoing board members, each of whom have devoted significant talent, time and energy in service of NFG’s ...
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We are the ones we’ve been waiting for

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/09/2016
... season, we have finally come to the other side. Many of us are feeling a lot of hard emotions. Many of us are looking for answers to questions: How did this ...
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LA-Area NFG Member Happy Hour

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

Event type: 
Reception
Thursday, November 15, 2018 -
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Oakland, CA
... Area on Thursday, November 15, join the staff and members of Neighborhood Funders Group for a fun happy hour in Uptown Oakland! ...
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Working Better Together to Further Advance a Midwest Funders Strategy for Equity and Opportunity

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, October 26, 2018
Webinar
... that will highlight the potential for a collaborative effort of building a Midwest learning community committed to advancing racial justice, ... equity and opportunity engage funders in the process of developing a Midwest scan of grantmakers and nonprofit institutions ...