Through its research, NCRP examines who benefits from philanthropy and encourages increased funding for lower income communities, communities of color and other marginalized groups. We especially encourage funding for activities that promote structural change – activities like community organizing, advocacy and civic engagement.
Our agenda includes:
- Documenting the impact of groups working for social, racial and economic justice and the foundations that support them;
- Conducting new research on the challenges for inner city and rural groups in accessing sufficient philanthropic capital;
- Publishing new reports on the status of social action and environmental funds in workplace fundraising campaigns and focusing on an analysis of the organizations benefiting from alternative funds and federations; and,
- Maintaining and updating a database of domestic funders' networks committed to promoting social justice.
NCRP recently initiated the Grantmaking for Community Impact Project (GCIP), a research effort in different parts of the country that seeks to demonstrate how foundations investing in advocacy, community organizing and civic engagement can lead to sustainable social change. The first report was released in December 2008.
Learn more about:
- Grantmaking For Community Impact Project (GCIP)
- Rural Philanthropy
- Workplace Giving
- Community Based Local Research
Related Publications
Seizing the Moment: Frank Advice for Community Organizers Who Want to Raise More Money
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Published: November 2009
NCRP's Aaron Dorfman and Marjorie Fine, director of the Center for Community Change's The Linchpin Campaign, offer useful and pragmatic tips that can help community organizers dramatically increase funding from institutional grantmakers and major individual donors.
Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities: Impacts of Advocacy, Organizing and Civic Engagement in Minnesota
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Published: September 2009
This report examines data from 15 Minnesota nonprofits, which shows high return on investments and non-monetary gains on a range of issues including housing, civil rights, transportation and access to medical care.
The Power of Persuasion: Getting More Foundations to Fund Rural
In Philanthropy and Rural America, Council on Foundations, 2008.
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NCRP talks about the rural philanthropy summit held in Montana in August 2007. It identifies several obstacles to rural grantmaking and strategies to overcome these challenges based on the report Rural Philanthropy: Building Dialogue from Within.
Creating a Philanthropic Sector that is More Responsive to the Needs of Diverse Communities
September 25, 2007
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NCRP submitted its comments to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight on whether the charitable organizations are serving the needs of diverse communities. The subcommittee held a hearing on September 25, 2007.
Social Justice Philanthropy: The Latest Trend or a Lasting Lens for Grantmaking?
May 2005
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Social Justice Philanthropy: The Latest Trend or a Lasting Lens for Grantmaking? defines and discusses the concept of social justice philanthropy and provides an assessment of its future in philanthropy. The report explores how grantmakers define and apply the concept of social justice to their work.
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