As the South Grows would not have been possible without the invaluable contributions of our many partners. We wish to thank the following people for lending their expertise and for being in relationship with NCRP. We encourage those who are interested in working more deeply in the South to consider the people on this list as guides and resources.
| Name | Org | State | NCRP Nonprofit Member? |
| Beth Butler | A Community Voice | LA | |
| Andrea Lynch | A.E. Lynch Consulting | NY | |
| Johnny P. Williams | Alabama Art Casting | AL | X |
| Sue McInnish | Alabama Civil Justice Foundation | AL | |
| Jera Stribling | Alabama Giving; Joseph S. Bruno Foundation | AL | |
| Janelle Williams | Annie E. Casey Foundation | GA | |
| Margo Miller | Appalachian Community Fund | TN | |
| Ada Smith | Appalshop | KY | X |
| Roz Lee | Arcus Foundation | NY | |
| Heather Larkin | Arkansas Community Foundation | AR | |
| Martha Lockett | Artsrevive Community Development Corporation | AL | X |
| Stephanie Cho | Asian Americans Advancing Justice | GA | |
| Jan Young | Assisi Foundation | TN | |
| Shannan Reaze | Atlanta Jobs with Justice | GA | X |
| Angela James | Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment | GA | |
| Beth Uselton | Baptist Healing Trust TN | TN | |
| John Davies | Baton Rouge Area Foundation | LA | |
| Eugene Allen | Be Present | GA | X |
| Laverne Robinson | Be Present | GA | X |
| Lillie Allen | Be Present | GA | X |
| Adam Johnston | Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice | AL | X |
| Esther Calhoun | Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice (BBCFHJ) | AL | X |
| Felecia Lucky | Black Belt Community Foundation | AL | |
| Glenda Wooten | Black Belt Community Foundation | AL | |
| Martha Wallace | Black Belt Community Foundation | AL | |
| Rosa Martin | Black Belt Community Foundation | AL | |
| Sulynn Creswell | Black Belt Treasures | AL | X |
| Kelli King-Jackson | Blackwood Advisors | TX | |
| Stephanie Randolph | Blue Moon Fund | VA | |
| Gwen Chambers | Bluffton Self Help | GA | X |
| Cynthia Ham | BRIDGES USA | TN | X |
| Rodney Wolfenbarger | Brushy Fork Institute | KY | |
| Geales Sands | Bunnelle Foundation | SC | |
| Jasmine Beach-Ferrara | Campaign for Southern Equality | NC | |
| Margaret Nichols | Carr Creek Alumni Association | KY | X |
| Donna Chavis | Center for Community Action | NC | |
| Mac Legerton | Center for Community Action | NC | |
| Dr. Jennie Stephens | Center for Heirs Property Preservation | SC | X |
| Dee Davis | Center for Rural Strategies | KY | X |
| Andrew Crosson | Central Appalachian Network | NC | |
| Juliet Cohen | Chattahoochee Riverkeeper | GA | |
| Oleta Fitzgerald | Children Defense Fund | MS | X |
| Farhad Ebrahimi | Chorus Foundation | MA | |
| John Dortch | Circle of Hope Ministries | SC | X |
| Joyce Parker | Citizens for a Better Greenville | MS | X |
| Darrin Goss | Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina | SC | |
| Mae Humiston | Community Farm Alliance | KY | X |
| Lesley Grady | Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta | GA | |
| Christopher Nanni | Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham | AL | |
| Robert Fockler | Community Foundation of Greater Memphis | TN | |
| Denise Spencer | Community Foundation of the Low Country | SC | |
| Takema Robinson | Converge Consulting; Greater New Orleans Funders Network | LA | |
| June Widman | Eastern Kentucky Childcare Coalition | KY | X |
| Yomi Noibi | Eco-Action | GA | |
| David Stocks | Educational Foundation of America | NY | |
| Hawley Truax | Environmental Defense Fund | NC | |
| Kiara Boone | Equal Justice Initiative | AL | X |
| Chris Hartman | Fairness Coalition | KY | |
| Julio Galan | Family and Youth Counseling Agency | LA | X |
| Lee Jackson | Farmer and Entrepreneur | AL | |
| John Zippert | Federation of Southern Cooperatives | SC | |
| Betty Washington | First Steps, Beaufort County | SC | X |
| Dwana Doctor | First Steps, Hampton County | SC | |
| Duchett Polite Hylton | First Steps, Jasper County | SC | X |
| Alana Hu | First Tennessee Foundation | TN | |
| Timothy Cooley | Floyd County Emergency and Rescue Squad | KY | |
| Brook Kelly-Green | Ford Foundation | NY | |
| Jerry Maldonado | Ford Foundation | NY | |
| SarahJane Brady | Forum for Equality | LA | |
| Gerry Roll | Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky | KY | |
| Robert Donnan | Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky | KY | |
| Flozell Daniels, Jr. | Foundation for Louisiana | LA | |
| Ivye Allen | Foundation for the Mid South | MS | |
| Chantelle Fisher-Borne | Funders for LGBTQ Issues | NC | |
| Kate Little | GA ACT | GA | X |
| Adelina Nicholls | GA Latino Alliance for Human Rights | GA | X |
| Jerry Gonzalez | GALEO | GA | X |
| Kerri Forrest | Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation | SC | |
| Patsy White | Georgia Appleseed | GA | X |
| Jennifer Owens | Georgia Budget & Policy Institute | GA | |
| Taifa Butler | Georgia Budget and Policy Institute | GA | |
| Helen Butler | Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda | GA | |
| Doug Ammar | Georgia Justice Project | GA | X |
| Deborah Scott | Georgia STAND-UP | GA | X |
| Becky Rafter | Georgia WAND | GA | X |
| Lindsay Harper | Georgia WAND | GA | X |
| Cindy Zeldin | Georgians for a Healthy Future | GA | X |
| Jen Algire | Greater Clark Foundation | KY | |
| Carmen James | Greater New Orleans Foundation | LA | |
| Ash-Lee Woodard | Highlander Research and Education Center | TN | |
| Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele | Highlander Research and Education Center | TN | |
| Nat Chioke Williams | Hill-Snowdon Foundation | DC | |
| Brent Hutchinson | Hindman Settlement School | KY | X |
| Corey Wiggins | HOPE Policy Institute | MS | X |
| Scott McReynolds | Housing Development Alliance | KY | X |
| Seth Long | Housing Oriented Ministries Established for Service | KY | |
| Jan Ross | Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation | LA | |
| Allie Yee | Institute for Southern Studies | NC | |
| Chris Kromm | Institute for Southern Studies | NC | |
| Erika Wright | JP Morgan Chase & Co. | LA | |
| Liza Cowan | JP Morgan Chase & Co. | LA | |
| Tracey Greene-Washington | Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust | NC | |
| Tené Traylor | Kendeda Fund | GA | |
| Sandi Curd | Kentucky Highlands Investment Corp | KY | X |
| Chantel Rush | The Kresge Foundation | MI | |
| Chris Kabel | The Kresge Foundation | MI | |
| Lois DeBacker | The Kresge Foundation | MI | |
| Shamar Bibbins | The Kresge Foundation | MI | |
| Miabi Chatterji | LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund | NY | |
| Les Roll | MACED | KY | |
| Joe Burris | Marguerite Casey Foundation | WA | |
| Molly Talbot-Metz | Mary Black Foundation | SC | |
| Justin Maxson | Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation | NC | |
| Lavastian Glenn | Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation | NC | |
| Melanie Allen | Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation | NC | |
| David Dodson | MDC | NC | X |
| Camella Scott | Metanoia | SC | |
| Brad Watkins | Mid-South Peace and Justice Center | TN | X |
| Carol Butler | Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation | AL | |
| Sammy Moon | Mississippi Association of Grantmakers | MS | |
| Reilly Morse | Mississippi Center for Justice | MS | X |
| Carol Burnett | Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative | MS | X |
| Cassandra Welchlin | Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative | MS | X |
| Eddy Morales | Morales Public Relations | OR | |
| Peter Hille | Mountain Association for Community Economic Development | KY | X |
| Aleyamma Mathew | Ms. Foundation for Women | NY | |
| Derrick Johnson | NAACP; One Voice | MS | |
| Yvonne Cardona | National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Black Women’s Round Table | AL | |
| Yessy Bustos | NC FIELD | NC | X |
| Henry Der | NEO Philanthropy | CA | |
| Saket Soni | New Orleans Center for Worker Justice | LA | X |
| Cindia Cameron | Nine to Five Atlanta | GA | X |
| Erica Clemmons | Nine to Five Atlanta | GA | X |
| Jennifer Tolle Whiteside | North Carolina Community Foundation | NC | |
| Naeema Muhammad | North Carolina Environmental Justice Network | NC | |
| Sarah Mann Willcox | North Carolina Network of Grantmakers | NC | |
| Tynesha McHarris | NoVo Foundation | NY | |
| Will Batts | OUT Memphis: The LGBTQ Center for the Mid-South | TN | X |
| Steve Skardon | Palmetto Project | SC | X |
| Amy Panek | Park Foundation | NC | |
| Nathaniel Smith | Partnership for Southern Equity | GA | X |
| Mirian Rivera | PASOs | SC | X |
| Sarah Mahonski | PASOs | SC | X |
| Rick Masson | Plough Foundation | TN | |
| Yajaira West | PNC Foundation | KY | |
| Portia Shepherd | Portia Takes on the Black Belt | AL | |
| Karen Watson | Positive Action Committee | GA | |
| Stephanie Guilloud | Project South | GA | X |
| Mikki Sager | Resourceful Communities | NC | X |
| Russ Hardin | Robert W. Woodruff Foundation | GA | |
| Bonita Adams | Route 7 Artisan Fellowship | KY | X |
| Calvin Allen | Rural Forward NC | NC | X |
| Thomas Watson | Rural Support Partners; Appalachian Funders Network | NC | |
| Robert Gipe | SEKY Community Tech College, Harlan Co. Comm. Fdn | KY | |
| Ainka Jackson | Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation | AL | X |
| Brendan O’Connor | Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation | AL | X |
| Callie Greer | Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation | AL | X |
| Helen McRand | Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation | AL | X |
| Judy Collins | Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation | AL | X |
| Dazon Dixon Diallo | SisterLove, Inc. | GA | X |
| Stephanie Cooper-Lewter | Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina | SC | |
| Tom Kieth | Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina | SC | |
| Bernie Mazyck | South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development | SC | X |
| Michelle Mapp | South Carolina Community Loan Fund (Low Country Housing Trust) | SC | X |
| Nayely Pérez-Huerta | Southeast Immigrants Rights Network | NC | |
| Dwayne Marshall | Southeastern Council on Foundations | GA | |
| Jaci Bertrand | Southeastern Council on Foundations | GA | |
| Janine Lee | Southeastern Council on Foundations | GA | |
| Fernando Cuevas | Southern Partners Fund | GA | |
| Tamieka Mosley | Southern Partners Fund | GA | |
| Tamieka White | Southern Partners Fund | GA | |
| Mary Hooks | Southerners on New Ground (SONG) | GA | X |
| Paulina Helm-Hernandez | Southerners on New Ground (SONG) | GA | X |
| Shirley Sherrod | Southwest Georgia Project; Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative | GA | |
| Cliff Albright | Strategic Cliff Notes | AL | |
| Marcus Campbell | Sumter County Commission | AL | |
| Kate Gluckman | Sunflower County Freedom Project | MS | X |
| Maria Kennedy | The Daniel Foundation of Alabama | AL | |
| Farad Ali | The Institute | NC | |
| Natalie Collier | The Lighthouse at the Margaret Walker Center | MS | |
| Kenneth Glasgow | The Ordinary People Society | AL | X |
| Christine Reeves Strigaro | The Sapelo Foundation | GA | |
| Rudi Navarra | The Solutions Project | FL | |
| Tyler Nickerson | The Solutions Project | DC | |
| Erin Hogue | The Walmart Foundation | AK | |
| Kabir Kumar | The Walmart Foundation | LA | |
| Kathy Cox | The Walmart Foundation | SC | |
| Lori O’Keefe | Triangle Community Foundation | NC | |
| LaTosha Brown | TruthSpeaks Consulting LLC | AL | |
| Shane Barton | University of Kentucky Appalachian Center | KY | |
| Emily Pelton | Voices for Georgia’s Children | GA | X |
| James Mitchell | Wallace Community College | AL | |
| Juan Austin | Wells Fargo Foundation | NC | |
| Susan Bankson | Wells Fargo Foundation | SC | |
| Will Cordery | Wellspring Advisors | NY | |
| Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury | Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation | AR | |
| Regan Gruber Moffitt | Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation | AR | |
| Deon Haywood | Women with a Vision | LA | |
| Ruby Bright | Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis | TN | |
| Anna Gorman | Women’s Foundation of Arkansas | AR | |
| Glory Kilanko | WomenWatch Afrika | GA | X |
| Preye Cobham | WomenWatch Afrika | GA | X |