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NFG Salons: Intentional Gathering for Strategic Movement
Dear friend, In August, we announced our vision for Neighborhood Funders Group: to be a space for philanthropy and movement leaders to strategize together around a 50-year liberation journey that is aligned around shared values and leans into principled struggle. Our collective liberation requires intentional community building, holding nuanced conversations, and asking the challenging…
Read MoreInterview with North Carolina Tenants Union
As part of NFG’s Democratizing Development Program’s (DDP) newsletter series on the intersection between housing justice and democracy, we’re featuring stories from across the country that reveal not just who benefits from the housing crisis, from rising land prices to deplorable living conditions; but also the community organizing that weaves neighbors together in an effort…
Read MoreNFG’s August Newsletter: One NFG, One Year In—A Space for Co-Building a 50-Year Liberation Journey
Dear friend, Since stepping into the Co-Presidents role nearly a year ago, we’ve engaged in dialogue with our members and movement partners to analyze the political environment we’re in and assess the field to help shape our vision for Neighborhood Funders Group. Some of what we heard includes a need to emphasize community and the “neighborhood” part…
Read MoreWelcoming NFG’s New Co-Presidents and a Renewed Vision for Leadership
Dear NFG Members, Partners, and Allies, We are writing today with excitement to announce a pivotal moment in the Neighborhood Funders Group’s (NFG) journey: the appointment of Stephanie Chan and Amanda Andere as NFG’s new Co-Presidents. The pair have collaborated for seven years as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Executive Officer respectively at Funders Together for Housing Justice…
Read MoreHurricane Helene Disaster Recovery
Rurality, Poverty, and Race On September 26, Hurricane Helene made groundfall – hitting northern Florida at peak intensity and imparting deadly and devastating destruction over 48 hours on its 500 mile path across the Southeast. This part of the country is, as we know, all too well acquainted with climate disasters, particularly the increasingly destructive…
Read MoreFJE Network Strategy Session 2024 Recap
Funders for a Just Economy’s Network Strategy Session brings together members and allies in a virtual community building, co-learning and strategy space. Every year we aim to learn from movement leaders on a specific theme or issue related to economic justice and worker power, grounded in a collective understanding of how racial capitalism, white supremacy…
Read MoreIRSG’s 2024 Rural Equity Summit Resource Page
2025 Discount Foundation Legacy Award: Call for Nominations
The nominations are now open for the 2025 Discount Foundation Legacy Award! The Discount Foundation Legacy Award annually identifies, supports, and celebrates an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and contributed significantly to workers’ rights movements in the United States. Through public recognition and a $20,000 stipend, we hope to recognize and amplify the work…
Read MoreDiscount Foundation Legacy Award
The Discount Legacy Award annually identifies, supports, and celebrates an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and contributed significantly to workers’ rights movements in the United States. Through public recognition and a $20,000 stipend, we hope to recognize and amplify the work of individuals at the intersections leading the way toward justice for low-wage…
Read More2023 March Amplify Newsletter
Dear friends, Amplify Fund was originally created to support groups at the intersection of racial justice, power building, and equitable development. Our new vision focuses on generational wealth building, land justice, holistic well-being, and human dignity. In other words, our grantees work on a variety of issues. To read about some of the amazing strides they made in…
Read MoreMidwest 2022 Year-End Newsletter: Rest, Adaptation, + Fireside in January!
Amplify Fund’s Updated Vision
Amplify Fund’s original vision focused on “a reality where Black, indigenous, people of color, and low-income people benefit from the changes caused by development, including wealth creation, land control, and quality of life outcomes.” While this original vision served us well, it was written in 2018 by funders and staff. In 2021, adhering to our…
Read MoreAmplify Fund’s Updated Goals
In 2021, Amplify grantees wrote a new vision for the Fund, and updated our twin goals to fit that vision. However, the core of Amplify’s goals (to help build power in places, and to shift the field of philanthropy) remain the same. Below, you can find the latest articulation of our goals including the conditions…
Read MoreAmplify Fund’s Updated Values
Amplify Fund has always been values-driven, having articulated a set of values alongside our first theory of change in 2018. In 2021, when we enlisted a committee of grantees to update our vision and goals, we also asked them to revisit and sharpen our values. Below is the latest list of values that guide Amplify…
Read MoreReflections from Our First Racial Capitalism Community of Practice
Considering that philanthropy historically and currently is a contributor to the deeply embedded and extractive tenets of racial capitalism, over the last few years NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy has been building its analysis of racial capitalism and power by learning about Black radical tradition and feminist theory. This includes the Journey Towards Intersectional…
Read MoreNFG’s October 2022 Newsletter: imagining how philanthropy can move toward a non-racialized economy
Neighborhood Funders Group first introduced you to our Racial Capitalism Community of Practice, which is hosted by NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy, in our August newsletter. Now we’re sharing key takeaways on what a non-racialized economy means from this six month-long cohort in which 20 people representing seven foundations and NFG participated. Our first Racial Capitalism Community of…
Read MoreMidwest Fall 2022 Newsletter: Holding Change with Care ?
2022 October Amplify Newsletter
Dear friends, Our commitment to deep, relational grantmaking means that, in addition to our long-term commitment to racial justice powerbuilding, we respond during crises of all kinds. Crises that affect 1) all our grantees partners, like COVID; 2) individual grantee partners; and 3) grantee partners in just one of our eight places as was the case…
Read MoreIRSG Rural Organizing Dialogue Series
Over the course of the summer, IRSG held a Rural Organizing Dialogue Series. This series was educational and genuine! It was a space for funders in IRSG’s network to get to know this work and the rural leaders that are holding and leading it. The dialogue featured many of IRSG’s Movement Advisors and created opportunity to…
Read MoreEvent Recap: 9/15 Indiana Co-Governance Funder Briefing
In Indianapolis, gun violence is down 20% so far this year for the first time in a decade; a new crisis response system supports people in crisis to get the care they deserve rather than ending up behind bars; and the nation’s strongest civilian oversight body over law enforcement, created just nine month ago, has…
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