Neighborhood Funders Group

What Neighborhood Funders Group does

Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) is a private, San Francisco-based membership association founded in 1980 that organizes philanthropic institutions—private foundations, community foundations, family foundations, corporate giving programs, religious giving programs, and public foundations—around racial, gender, economic, disability, and climate justice. NFG's core function is to serve as a "political home" for grantmakers, providing convenings (biennial National Convening, Junction), peer learning cohorts, political education (Rooted series), pooled place-based grantmaking (Amplify Fund), and member-led thematic programs including the Democratizing Development Program, Funders for a Just Economy, Integrated Rural Strategies Group, Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders, and the Philanthropy Forward CEO fellowship (co-developed with The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions). The organization generates revenue through a tiered annual membership dues structure based on each member foundation's grantmaking budget across eight levels, supplemented by event sponsorships (e.g., a $100,000 Junction convening budget) and a paid Jobs Board tier introduced in 2025 ($95 per posting for nonmembers). The technology footprint is deliberately minimal—standard website, email newsletters, Authorize.net payment processing, and event registration—with no proprietary platform, no AI capabilities, and no public API; NFG's value creation depends on human facilitation, organizing relationships, and content production rather than technology. Operationally, NFG runs lean with 17 staff coordinated under a Co-President model (Amanda Andere and Stephanie Chan), governed by a 14-member board, and—as of June 2025—operating under its first union contract with CWA Local 9415. Geographic focus is U.S.-only, with deliberate place-based emphasis in the Midwest, rural America, California, New York, and Southeast (Tennessee).

Name

Neighborhood Funders Group

Legal name

Neighborhood Funders Group

Website

https://nfg.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Neighborhood Funders Group is a U.S.-based membership association of 140+ grantmaking organizations, founded in 1980, that organizes philanthropy around racial, gender, economic, disability, and climate justice through programs, convenings, pooled funds, and peer learning.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropy Member Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Capacity Building & Nonprofit Infrastructure Funders (BPAGAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE), Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Philanthropy member services
• Funder organizing programs
• Place-based grantmaking
• Foundation convenings
• Social justice philanthropy

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: NFG generates revenue through membership dues from grantmaking organizations. Membership dues are based on the foundation's annual grantmaking budget, with suggested annual fees across 8 membership levels. Dues provide unrestricted funding to support NFG's work.
2. Event Sponsorships: NFG generates revenue through event sponsorships. The Junction convening budget is $100,000, seeking sponsors to support movement faculty, food, event space, travel, and safety costs.
3. Job Board Postings: Beginning in 2025, job postings cost $95 per posting for nonmembers while remaining free for NFG members. Postings are viewable for up to 45 days.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Neighborhood Funders Group is a membership organization for U.S. grantmaking institutions that organizes philanthropy around racial, gender, economic, disability, and climate justice. It sells institutional memberships, runs multiple member programs (Amplify Fund pooled fund, Democratizing Development, Funders for a Just Economy, Integrated Rural Strategies Group, Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders, Philanthropy Forward CEO fellowship), hosts convenings and political education events, publishes field-shaping reports, and operates a job board for the philanthropic sector.

Product overview

Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) is a community of grantmakers that organizes philanthropy to support racial, gender, economic, disability, and climate justice. NFG offers a platform of interconnected programs: the Amplify Fund (a place-focused pooled grantmaking fund), six thematic programs (Democratizing Development Program, Funders for a Just Economy, Integrated Rural Strategies Group, Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders, and Philanthropy Forward fellowship), convening events including the biennial National Convening and Junction, the Rooted political education series, and a Jobs Board. These offerings provide grantmaker organizing, learning, peer exchange, political education, and collaborative funding opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Amplify Fund: A place-focused, pooled fund with strategic goals to nurture conditions for historically marginalized people to build decision-making power and to shift where, to whom, and how philanthropy provides support.
• Democratizing Development Program
• Integrated Rural Strategies Group
• Funders for a Just Economy
• Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders
• Philanthropy Forward
• Rooted: NFG Political Education

Products and services

• Amplify Fund A place-focused, pooled grantmaking fund providing general operating grants, capacity building, and technical assistance to historically marginalized communities across eight U.S. places, including Tennessee since 2019. For NFG member funders and place-based partners.
• Democratizing Development Program (DDP) A program that brings together place-based and national funders for learning, analysis, and mutual support around organizing philanthropy and partnering with communities for sustainable development and community power building. For NFG member funders interested in California-focused place-based work.
• Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) A national network of funders committed to advancing the philanthropic conversation around economic justice and worker power, exploring racial capitalism and organizing funders to support economic and worker justice campaigns. For NFG member funders focused on economic and worker justice.
• Integrated Rural Strategies Group (IRSG) A program developing shared understanding among funders of what it takes to build community-led capacity to advance justice and equity for rural communities using a place-based approach. For NFG member funders focused on rural America.
• Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders An organizing home for funders to support the Midwest organizing ecosystem, building sustainability and connectivity needed for social movements to win, focusing on grassroots organizing in politically volatile Midwest regions. For NFG member funders focused on the Midwest.
• Philanthropy Forward A CEO fellowship community for visionary foundation leaders who center racial and gender justice and community power building to disrupt and transform the future of philanthropy. Designed and delivered in collaboration with The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions. For foundation CEOs leading racial and gender justice work.
• Junction A two-day convening bringing together philanthropy and movement partners to practice radical imagination and build relationships toward a liberated world. For NFG member funders and movement partners; sponsored via event sponsorships.
• Rooted: NFG Political Education NFG's political education series providing spaces for intentional political education and funder organizing around frameworks for liberation including racial capitalism, militarism, gender justice, and abolition. For NFG member funders and engaged philanthropic peers.
• Jobs Board A job board posting service for grantmaking organizations to advertise openings. Free for NFG members; $95 per posting for non-members. Postings viewable for up to 45 days.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 140 grantmaking organizations in membership
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Aspen Institute Forum for Community SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhilanthropy Forward is designed and delivered by NFG in collaboration with The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions. This CEO fellowship community brings together foundation leaders who center racial and gender justice and community power building.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Borealis Philanthropy: Borealis is a social justice intermediary that pools philanthropic resources across racial, gender, and disability justice—operating a structurally similar pooled-fund and funder organizing model as NFG's Amplify Fund and is also an NFG member foundation.
• ABFE (Association of Black Foundation Executives): ABFE is a membership association for Black foundation professionals and allies advancing racial equity in philanthropy, providing peer learning, leadership development, and grantmaking practice comparable to NFG's programming.
• Funders' Committee for Civic Participation: FCCP organizes philanthropic resources to support civic participation and democratic engagement, sharing NFG's member-driven funder organizing, convenings, and pooled-grantmaking approach.
• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP): NCRP is a membership and advocacy organization that organizes philanthropic resources toward equity, justice, and power-building—directly overlapping NFG's mission of moving money to BIPOC and low-income communities and serving as a funder intermediary.
• Asset Funders Network: Asset Funders Network is a membership organization of grantmakers advancing economic opportunity and asset-building, with comparable member engagement, peer learning, and issue-based funder organizing.
• Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP): AAPIP is a national membership network of foundations and philanthropists committed to AAPI community power-building, sharing NFG's identity-based funder organizing and convening model.
• Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP): HIP mobilizes philanthropic resources for Latino communities through funder organizing, convenings, and grantmaking partnerships—operating a similar membership and intermediary model as NFG for a different demographic constituency.
• Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP): EPIP is a membership network for early- and mid-career foundation professionals focused on equity and justice, comparable to NFG in convening, leadership development, and peer-learning offerings.

Broad incumbents

• The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions: Aspen Institute's Forum for Community Solutions co-designs NFG's Philanthropy Forward CEO fellowship and operates broader community-solutions programming; it is both a strategic partner and a broader thought-leadership incumbent in the same funder ecosystem.

Others

• Candid (formerly Foundation Center + GuideStar): Candid is the dominant data and research infrastructure provider for the philanthropic sector, providing foundation data, grants databases, and learning resources that complement and partially substitute for the convening and intelligence functions NFG provides its members.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/nfg_org
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCCbk_Dwb13uIolNSQ-XaY3A
• Facebookfacebook.com/NeighborhoodFundersGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/neighborhood-funders-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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