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The Community at the Center: The Interplay Between the ICWA Decision and Environmental Justice

Written by: Dawn Knickerbocker

Date: July 12, 2023

A personal reflection by Dawn Knickerbocker (Anishinaabe), Vice President of Communications and External Affairs for Native Americans in Philanthropy.     Forty-five years ago, Congress passed a pivotal law. Recognized as the Indian Child Welfare Act,… Read More

Putting Justice in Climate Justice Philanthropy

Written by: Laura Garcia, Chung-Wha Hong, Kate Kroeger, Solomé Lemma

Date: July 12, 2023

[caption id="attachment_21242" align="alignleft" width="200"] Laura Garcia[/caption] The climate crisis is everywhere we look with record heatwaves, extreme cold snaps, floods, wildfires, droughts, and storms. Natural disasters continue to increase in frequency and scale, with hundreds of… Read More

Philanthropy Must Jumpstart Just Transitions to a Regenerative Economy

Written by: Marion Gee

Date: July 12, 2023

The Detroit Food Commons, a $22 million community project that will house shared use [caption id="attachment_21249" align="alignright" width="200"] The Detroit Food Commons, under construction[/caption] kitchens, a community meeting space, offices, outdoor vendor booths, and The Detroit… Read More

Chorus Foundation Retrospective: A Q&A with Founder and Chair Farhad Ebrahimi

Written by: Senowa Mize-Fox, Farhad Ebrahimi

Date: July 12, 2023

[caption id="attachment_20870" align="alignright" width="200"] NCRP Board Member and Chorus Foundation Founder and President Farhad Ebrahimi[/caption] NCRP: Farhad, I wanted to meet with you to essentially talk about the story of Chorus Foundation that you, you know,… Read More

Displaced on Repeat: Black Americans and Climate Forced Migration

Written by: Jacqueline Patterson

Date: July 12, 2023

[caption id="attachment_21260" align="alignright" width="200"] Jacqueline Patterson[/caption] Defining the Climate Continuum in the Context of Cyclical Black Displacement  From the Trans-Atlantic human trafficking massacre to the impacts of the current climate crisis, a consistent thread in the… Read More

Listening to the Experts: A Campaign to Redirect Climate Justice and Just Transition

Written by: Aaron Dorfman

Date: July 12, 2023

Dear Reader,    NCRP's commitment to climate justice predates this appeal to invest in social movements. The devastation of a rapidly heating planet has been an ongoing concern; the question has always been how philanthropy should… Read More

As the South Grows

Read the latest reports on philanthropy in the South.

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Responsive Philanthropy June 2021

Check out our latest issue of Responsive Philanthropy!

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Responsive Philanthropy Archive

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Black Funding Denied

Community foundation support for Black communities

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