Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG)

The Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) is a membership association of grantmaking institutions. Our mission is to build the capacity of philanthropy to advance social justice and community change.

NFG organizes the field, develops leaders, and cultivates thought leadership among its national base of members and encourages the support of policies and practices that advance economic, racial, and social justice.

http://www.nfg.org

Grants

Project Phoenix
Project Phoenix: Connecting Democracy, Economy and Sustainability (Phoenix) is a year-long cohort collective learning program for funders who are grounded in social and racial justice values and analysis, focused on how to practically achieve a just transition to a "new economy" and philanthropy's role in that transition, and interested in developing as "new economy" philanthropic thought leaders, in a cohort that is challenging itself to grapple with complex structural and intersectional issues and lift up viable pathways forward.
Amount $25,000
Year(s) 2016-2017
Region US
Primary Approach Movement Support