2017-11-01T16:18:05-05:00 2016-12-31 MKR ACCOUNTING 6927 Saroni Drive Oakland CA 94611 990 2016-01-01 061368627 Neighborhood Funders Group NEIG 5104446063 436 14th Street No 425 Oakland CA 94612 Dennis Quirin Executive Director 5105071554 2017-11-01 1 P01023106 5103380692 X 98.210.218.87 2017-11-01 16:18:03 PD P DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709 544523E70145B1EE4D4DF12539BB2F50E2BAD54E 2016 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z Dennis Quirin 436 14th Street No 425 Oakland CA 94612 3093208 0 X www.nfg.org X 1991 CA Build the capacity of philanthropy to advance social justice. 14 14 12 14 0 0 1896269 2946845 58242 143841 14 1161 899 1361 1955424 3093208 0 0 0 0 603769 846225 0 0 131667 783264 1024975 1387033 1871200 568391 1222008 1504268 2792181 156728 222633 1347540 2569548 X Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) builds the capacity of philanthropy to advance social justice and community change through connecting people, place and power. NFG organizes the field, develops leadership, and cultivates thought leadership among its national base of members and encourages the support of policies and practices that advance economic, racial and social justice. 0 0 234368 Funders for a Just Economy: NFG's longest standing working group, formerly known as the Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships, celebrated its 20th year in 2016 a milestone for this funder community and an opportunity to build upon our educational strategies moving forward. The working group engaged in a strategic planning and communications rebranding process, changing its name to Funders for a Just Economy and producing a video documenting a history of its achievements. FJE had a significant impact on the programming for the June 2016 NFG national conference. FJE led conference seven sessions, including three workshops on economic justice and worker rights, two experiential learning tours that took funders to community groups in the Bay Area to learn about their programmatic work, and two networking events for funders to meet key influencers in the worker protection field.FJE continued to provide educational resources to it community of funders through webinars and in-person meetings. For example, in August, funders learned about how community groups are using new social media strategies to build on-the-ground and online organizing programs and work with partners to seed new experiments around scale and sustainability to maximize their impact. 203284 Funders for Justice:NFG's Funders for Justice initiative has blossomed into a dynamic organizing space for individual grantmakers, donor networks, and affinity groups to connect with each other and with the movement for racial justice and police accountability across the country. FFJ's network has grown to 300 members, whom we provide opportunities to inform strategy and funding by learning about the work of organizations in the field, connecting with funder peers and finding thought leadership and other resources to help them integrate a social change lens to their grantmaking and funder organizing. Funders participating in FFJ have collectively committed $30 million in grant dollars and donor organizing for racial justice and police accountability work in 2015, 2016 and beyond. FFJ provides direct resources and funder-field connections for its members, enabling them to make grants when and where they are most needed. FFJ and its web portal have far exceeded our early goals and hopes, emerging as an innovative platform for funder organizing, collecting data, facilitating pledges, surveying members, and providing information about organizing groups and grantmaking. The FFJ website with over 40,000 views is regularly updated with thought leadership in the field as well as in philanthropy, with a special focus on funders taking public stands in support of activists. Additionally, FFJ staff regularly email members directly with updates from the field as well as an array of funding needs and opportunities for joint funding with other members. Members regularly tell us that FFJ's emails and peer networking have directly guided their grantmaking and collaborations; when new uprisings occur, FFJ's members frequently turn to us for resources and to help identify and amplify local funding needs and partnership opportunities.In addition to ongoing programming such as its October 2016 webinar on Gender, Race and Criminalization, FFJ also played a leadership role in NFG's June 2016 national conference, hosting two panels, a learning tour, and office hours with FFJ staff and consultants. Approximately 100 grantmakers participated in FFJ's conference programming, with participants reporting having implemented new grantmaking as a direct result of this programming. 232449 Grantmakers for Southern Progress:Grantmakers for Southern Progress (GSP) continued its work to support the those who are least well off economically, politically, and socially in the South. As a national network with a southern focus, GSP has been invested in attracting national and southern funders as members and as a result our membership has grown over the past few years. Through strategic engagements in the region in the past year, GSP helped to cultivate working relationships between 25 southern and national funders who were not working together previously. GSP's successful March 2015 three-day funders' learning tour in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday Civil Rights gave rise to several opportunities during the past year for GSP to partner with an array of different funders in promoting equitable structural change in the South. For example, GSP partnered with the Kresge Foundation to develop a mini tour of Selma in 2016 that has helped shaped Kresge's new investment in Alabama. This Selma work also laid the foundation for a funder organizing effort in 2016 led by GSP to save Head Start funding in parts of Alabama.Finally, in 2016 GSP continued its work with the National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) on the second iteration of its As the South Goes report. The research is focused on identifying best practices and approaches for funders to invest in the South that will lead to more equitable outcomes. The report is scheduled to be released in early 2017 and will include case studies, lessons learned, and informed recommendations for foundations. 215115 Project Phoenix: Project Phoenix is a year-long cohort collective learning program for funders who are focused on how to practically achieve a just transition to a "new economy and philanthropy's role in that transition. Project Phoenix defines this "new economy" as a democracy that works for all, an economy that provides good jobs and promotes local economic prosperity, and the growth of ecologically sustainable and non-extractive sectors.Project Phoenix participants met via webinar and in-person at least eight times during the year, with support and coordination from NFG. In addition to webinars and convenings, three site-visits were held to see relevant grantmaking and work in action. The content offered through these methods sought to increase members' capacity to influence and understand the intersection of key issues and reforms necessary to support a new regenerative and equitable, "people not profit focused" economy. 695960 145202 Other programs 911075 145202 1581176 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 35 0 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CA X Neighborhood Funders Group 5104446063 436 14th Street No 425 Oakland CA 94612 Ed Egnatios Co-Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Angela Brown Co-Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Andrea Dobson Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Molly Schultz Hafid Secretary 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Brown Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lavastian Glenn Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Shane Goldsmith Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah Hernandez Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Laura Livoti Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Carmen Rojas Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Sandra Witt Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jose Garcia Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Sobecki Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Amy Kenyon Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Dennis Quirin Executive Director 40.00 X 132500 0 7575 132500 0 7575 1 0 0 0 0 225429 2721416 2946845 Conference 900099 143841 143841 143841 1161 1161 Miscellaneous 900099 1361 1361 1361 3093208 145202 0 1161 X 132500 53000 26500 53000 558092 418931 101490 37671 36044 23889 7276 4879 119589 72560 28962 18067 2812 2812 56161 56161 427328 346578 62750 18000 1450 1210 240 5424 3026 2398 31324 31324 105526 94135 11391 319004 317825 1179 4723 4723 5331 5331 Meals 21603 16468 5135 Dues and subscriptions 13890 5279 8611 Communication 10529 2221 8258 50 Fees and services 6575 4287 2288 13295 218955 -205660 1871200 1581176 158357 131667 1044299 1776104 445000 995300 7615 9371 24466 13060 7354 11406 1504268 2792181 96032 105216 60696 117417 156728 222633 X 643649 643267 703891 1926281 1347540 2569548 1504268 2792181 1222008 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 791100 913009 1134305 1896269 2786081 7520764 791100 913009 1134305 1896269 2786081 7520764 3654707 3866057 27 12 12 14 1161 1226 4786 899 1360 7045 7529035 362848 0.51350 0.47670 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 24466 13060 11406 11406 X 3093208 0 3093208 0 3093208 1871200 0 1871200 0 1871200 Part X, Line 2: For the year ended December 31, 2016, NFG has documented its consideration of FASB ASC 740-10, Income Taxes, that provides guidance for reporting uncertainty in income taxes and has determined that no material uncertain tax positions qualify for either recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 The organization has institutional members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a The Organization's members nominate and elect the board of directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants. A draft of the Form 990 was reviewed and approved by the audit committee. Board members were given a final copy of the Form 990 to review. Once reviewed, the executive director signed and submitted the return to the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Officers and directors are required to sign an acknowledgement each year that they have received the conflict of interest policy. Each officer and director is asked to notify the Board of any conflict of interest. Officers and directors abstain from any decision in which they may have a conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a Compensation paid to the executive director is evaluated on an annual basis by the officers (co-chairs and treasurer) of the Board of Directors. Compensation is based upon the level of skill required for the position, comparison of compensation to similar positions in the non-profit industry, and an evaluation of the individual's achievements during the year. Determination of the compensation made by the officers of the Board is recommended to the full Board and documented as part of the budget process. No other officers or key employees were employed during the year. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request at the Organization's offices. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Payroll service fees: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 2,933. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,933. Other professional fees: Program service expenses 346,578. Management and general expenses 59,817. Fundraising expenses 18,000. Total expenses 424,395. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e The Organization records shared expenses in the management and general category and allocates the amount to the other functional categories on a monthly basis. As a result, other miscellaneous expenses consist of a negative amount in the management and general category and a positive amount in the program services category. Total allocated expenses for the year 2015 were $189,503.