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Louisiana’s Family & Youth Counseling Agency packs myriad programs into a small budget

Written by: Troy Price

Date: October 18, 2018

Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series of posts featuring NCRP nonprofit members. Cities are congested places, packed with people, cars and, yes, philanthropy. If funders stepped out of the urban grind for… Read More

NCRP calls on funders to support 2020 census

Written by: Aaron Dorfman

Date: October 17, 2018

78 foundations have invested $30 million, but hundreds haven’t yet engaged. Funders and leading national activists recently gathered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., for the Stand Up For the Count 2020 Census Summit to explore… Read More

Southern philanthropy, national impact

Written by: Ben Barge, Ryan Schlegel

Date: June 13, 2018

Between 2011 and 2015, foundations invested 56 cents in the South – per person – for every $1 they invested per person nationally.  In the two plus years NCRP and GSP have embarked on As the… Read More

Remembering Angelo Falcón

Written by: NCRP

Date: May 31, 2018

An expert in Latino politics and policy issues, Angelo was featured in various media outlets such as The Nation, CNN and CNN en Español, National Public Radio and many others. He was the founder of the… Read More

A humbling (foundation) admission about Indian mascots … and a glimmer of hope for the future

Written by: Raymond Foxworth

Date: May 17, 2018

In a May 7 op-ed in USA Today, Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), publicly acknowledged changes to the foundation’s annual Sports Award. This annual competitive award is intended… Read More

Asian Pacific Community in Action is working to make the AANHPI community visible in Arizona

Written by: Troy Price

Date: March 27, 2018

Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series of posts featuring NCRP nonprofit members. Seeing is believing­ – a nice proverb, but also an often unsaid maxim for philanthropic giving. After all, if a… Read More

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