Dear friend, This summer has brought moments of profound happiness like being in community with so many funders and grassroots leaders in Nashville at Neighborhood Funders Group’s (NFG) 2025 National Convening. At the same time, we’ve also had to contend with the present political moment, navigating organizing both within philanthropy and in our backyards. As… The post NFG’s September Newsletter: Fall ushers in new phase of leadership for NFG 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
Dear friend, Thank you to everyone who joined us in Nashville for NFG’s 2025 National Convening! Whether you were there in person or cheering us on from afar, your presence, energy, and commitment made this gathering powerful. Together, we laughed, learned, built relationships, and strategized toward a future rooted in justice and thriving communities. We’re… The post NFG’s August Newsletter: Built for This Moment — and What Comes Next appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) is thrilled to celebrate this upcoming Labor Day holiday by announcing the unanimous ratification of our first union contract with the Neighborhood Funders Group Union (Communication Workers of America, Local 9415) as of June 2025. NFG’s staff union requested voluntary recognition in December 2021 and management voluntarily recognized the… The post NFG & NFG Staff Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreement appeared first on Neighborhood Fund...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, Last week NFG hosted its 2025 National Convening in Nashville, TN rooted in seeding (and ceding) transformational power. During the week we grounded ourselves in the richness of Middle Tennessee’s history, culture, and powerful organizing ecosystems. We came together for a variety of planaries, sessions, and workshops aimed at challenging philanthropy to take bold, coordinated… The post NFG’s July Newsletter: Register Today NFG for an Upcoming Webinar! appeared first on N...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, As the attacks on immigrant communities and protesters continue to escalate, plugging into networks that share your values and commitment to collective liberation is as important as ever. For decades, Neighborhood Funders Group has specifically focused on grassroots organizing and power building as the key to effective social change strategies. In my community,… The post NFG’s June Newsletter: Registration for the 2025 National Convening Closes This Friday appeared first on N...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, We are in a moment that demands more from all of us. As we grapple with the realities of 2025 and the political landscape that lies ahead, the path forward is uncertain but one thing is clear: we must come together. This is not a time for isolation. It is a time for… The post NFG’s May Newsletter: NFG members help shape programming for the 2025 National Convening! appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| Neighborhood Funders Group
The state of housing justice and public health is nothing short of a political polycrisis. A term defined as a “cluster of distinct crises that interact in ways that they and/or their effects tend to reinforce each other.” Michael D. Durham of Funders Together for Housing Justice used this term to describe the intersection of… The post Criminalizing Homelessness Will Make Everyone Less Safe appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| Neighborhood Funders Group
Built from NFG’s organizational development and leadership transition experience, the Accountability in Action Toolkit provides practical tools including an accountability framework for addressing difficult leadership history, research-based guidance on choosing between sole executive, shared executive, and distributed leadership models, and an equity-centered search process designed specifically for co-leadership recruitment. View the resources here: Accountability in… The post Account...| Neighborhood Funders Group
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… The post Welcoming NFG’s New Co-Presidents and a Renewed Vision for Leadership appeared first on...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, Registration is now open for NFG’s 2025 National Convening: Seeding (and Ceding) Transformational Power! This year’s convening theme, Seeding (and Ceding) Transformational Power, is a call to action. We aim to seed many ideas and investments, build new opportunities to fund ongoing organizing and power building, and resource communities methodically and in collaboration with one another… The post NFG’s March Newsletter: Registration for NFG’s 2025 National Convening ...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Dear friend, I was born and raised in Southwestern Montana, in a town that at the time had a population of just over 20,000. The community was homogenous and despite the powerful paradigms it imposed on my young mind, I somehow felt drawn to experiencing different societal structures. This inkling, in part, led me to… The post NFG’s February Newsletter: Register for IRSG’s 2025 Rural Equity Summit appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| 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
Dear friend, I’m excited to welcome the Neighborhood Funders Group community to 2025! I’m returning from NFG’s winter office closure feeling energized to continue working towards a reality where BIPOC and low-income communities are funded with all philanthropic assets in this current political moment. 2024 was a big year for NFG. Together with you all, we advanced… The post NFG’s January Newsletter: NFG is ready to take on the unknowns of 2025 with members appeared first on Neighb...| Neighborhood Funders Group
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
In the coming weeks, NFG's team will continue adding rapid response and mutual aid funds here to support communities directly impacted by the fires in Los Angeles. California Community Foundation: The California Community Foundation has been working to strengthen Los Angeles County since 1915. The organization's Wildfire Recovery Fund targets the most underserved and hard… The post Los Angeles Fires: resources and mutual aid list 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
The Democratizing Development Program (DDP) organizes funders to ensure all people live in a safe, affordable home. In the fall, DDP hosted a webinar that invited funders to examine how the economy’s housing system prevents people from living in dignified homes and the solutions that grassroots, power building organizations are creating. This article highlights three… The post Webinar Recap – Community Ownership Models to Support Housing and Land Justice appeared first on Neighborhood F...| Neighborhood Funders Group
Power. Rural. Community. Impact. Real talk about what it takes for funders to achieve the types of wins they so eagerly want to see. Spoiler alert: It’s both as hard to do as we hate to admit, but it’s also easier than we let ourselves think… An Actionable Recap of the Integrated Rural Strategies Group’s… The post IRSG at Philanthropy Northwest: Building Rural Community Power at the Intersections of Economic, Racial, Land, and Gender Justice appeared first on Neighborhood Funders ...| Neighborhood Funders Group
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… The post Hurricane Helene Disaster Recovery appeared first on Neighborhood Funders Group.| Neighborhood Funders Group