In this month’s newsletter, you’ll hear from NFG board Co–Chairs, Kaberi Banerjee Murthy, Ms. Foundation, and Tania Durán, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. As board Co-Chairs, Tania and Kaberi have been deeply committed leaders on the Board through the heart of this transition; this has been a body of work full of commitment to NFG and its… The post NFG’s December Newsletter: Now live — NFG launches its Co-President search appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, Over Neighborhood Funders Group’s 45 year history, we have been a steadfast presence in philanthropy, pushing funders to more deeply and effectively support people of color-led, grassroots organizing in communities across the country. Each of our six programs seek to organize philanthropy into action, with a commitment to sustaining movements for the long haul. As the shape… The post NFG’s November Newsletter: Team NFG on funder organizing beyond election cycles appeare...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, Over Neighborhood Funders Group’s nearly 45 year history as an organization we have been a steadfast presence in philanthropy, pushing funders to more deeply and effectively support people of color-led, grassroots organizing, and powerbuilding work in communities across the country. And, NFG has become more bold in its vision to liberate philanthropic assets… The post NFG’s October Newsletter: NFG announces a new leadership model appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| Neighborhood Funders Group
Countless generations of my family were raised in Rivers State Nigeria until weapons of war removed them from their ancestral lands. Understood by many immigrants, Palestinians, Black, Indigenous, and communities of color across the world, the impact of violence lives in the memories and bodies for generations to follow. Those experiences sparked my curiosity to… The post NFG’s September Newsletter: NFG’s Democratizing Development Program Releases New Report on Community Ownership appea...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, When NFG held its first-ever National Convening in Cleveland in 1995, we were known as one of the few spaces in philanthropy specifically focused on people of color-led, grassroots organizing, and power building as the key to effective social change strategies. Nearly thirty years later, funders continue to look forward to our biennial… The post NFG’s August Newsletter: Save the date for NFG’s 2025 National Convening in Nashville, TN appeared first on Neighborhood Funders...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, In March 2022, I organized my first site visit to Puerto Rico as a staff member of NFG’s Amplify Fund. I had been to Puerto Rico many times in my prior job at Open Society Foundations, but, this time, I committed to spending two weeks on the island. Two weeks gave the grantees more… The post NFG’s July Newsletter: Reflections from NFG’s Amplify Fund on Puerto Rico and the power of place appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, Neighborhood Funders Group is a community of grantmakers who are moving money to racial, gender, economic, disability, and climate justice. We organize philanthropy so that Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities and low-income communities thrive. For the past two years, NFG has been in a significant period of leadership transition and organizational change that… The post NFG’s June Newsletter: An invitation for funders to explore NFG’s evolving identity appear...| Neighborhood Funders Group