We launched our New York Rural Organizing Portfolio in June 2024 with an attainable yet impactful goal: raise $15,000 in general operating funds for each of the thirteen organizations featured to support rural organizing that is overlooked by New York City-based funders and the coalitions they support. Our ‘why’ was two-fold. First, leaders of organizations… The post How the New York Rural Organizing Portfolio is Shifting Power in New York appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| Neighborhood Funders Group
NFG’s Convening this July in Nashville, TN, “Seeding (and Ceding) Transformational Power” brought movement leaders together with grantmakers to co-conspire and strategize around seeding transformational power — investing in grassroots powerbuilding, movement organizing and infrastructure, relationships, and supporting BIPOC communities now and for the long term — and ceding power — shifting and ending harmful… The post IRSG at NFG’s Convening in Nashville, TN: Resourcing & Fol...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Developed by Biz Ghormley, Lindsay Ryder and Stephan Oak, designed by Karla Flemming In the months leading up to the 2024 election, the Integrated Rural Strategies Group set out to create a resource that would - regardless of the election’s outcomes - serve as a guide and framework for action for philanthropy. We knew that… The post Roots Revealed: Spotlighting Rural Grassroots Models of Work that are Critical to a Multiracial Democratic Future appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| Neighborhood Funders Group