National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)

10/22/2026

A new article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy examines how Cornell University offers lessons for nonprofit leaders navigating donor relationships alongside crises of public trust.

Protecting donor relationships should never come at the expense of transparency, institutional accountability, or the communities an organization serves. Philanthropy’s response should be rooted in accountability, not reputation management.

The article highlights several important practices and asks funders to move institutions beyond managing crises to addressing the conditions that create them.

Trust isn’t built through messaging alone. It’s built through meaningful accountability, transparency, and a willingness to act when institutions fall short.
🔗 Read more from The Chronicle of Philanthropy:

Fundraising experts explain how to merge crisis communications and donor relations when supporters are angry or threatening to walk away.

10/21/2026

Foundation funding to immigrant-serving organizations more than doubled from $1.4 billion to $3 billion between 2017 and 2021. But the bigger picture tells a different story: funding has not exceeded 2% of total U.S. grantmaking since 2011. The Infrastructure of Welcome examines where resources are flowing — and where philanthropy has opportunities to invest more deeply in immigrant communities.
https://bit.ly/IoW_SM

10/20/2026

Today, NCRP is proud to launch The Infrastructure of Welcome: Philanthropy’s Opportunity to Invest in Power and Prosperity for Immigrant Communities, a new research brief developed in partnership with World Education Services (WES) and the Mariam Assefa Fund.

Our research examines where philanthropic resources are flowing, where critical gaps remain, and what funders can do to strengthen the organizations supporting immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
The findings point to five opportunities for philanthropy:
→ Fund strategically and imaginatively.
→ Close geographic disparities.
→ Lean into trust-based philanthropy.
→ Support community power-building.
→ Mobilize resources to counter threats.
At a time when immigrant communities face growing threats to their safety, dignity and self-determination, philanthropy must move beyond short-term solutions and invest in the infrastructure that allows communities to thrive.
When immigrant communities thrive, we all do.
Read the findings: https://bit.ly/IoW_SM

09/22/2026

09/08/2026

Movement accountability requires more than listening to communities. It means trusting them with the power to decide where resources go.
Nicole Brown-Booker, Program Director of the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy, shares with NCRP’s Senowa Mize-Fox how participatory grantmaking places funding decisions in community hands.
Through collaborative grants, flexible general operating support and capacity-building services, Borealis is working to build the long-term infrastructure movements need.
Read “Advancing Justice Collaboratively,” the third piece in our series on frontline movement-accountable intermediaries: https://bit.ly/IntermediarySeries_3

09/08/2026

Communities have already told philanthropy what they need—repeatedly. The question is whether funders are willing to trust their wisdom and resource them appropriately.
In conversation with NCRP’s Senowa Mize-Fox, Sade Dozan, Vice President of Advancement at Borealis Philanthropy, explains why philanthropy must recognize communities as experts and follow their leadership.
Read “Advancing Justice Collaboratively,” the third piece in our series on frontline movement-accountable intermediaries, to learn how Borealis has spent 11 years moving resources across movements while working to agitate, experiment, model and convene philanthropy: https://bit.ly/IntermediarySeries_3

09/04/2026

We are excited to share the RSVP here for our in-person panel and workshop held at The People’s Forum 320 W. 37th Street, New York, NY 1001 on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, from 1–3 p.m. ET. Featured speakers include; Melanie Allen, Co-Director of LIFE Resource Collaborative, Senowa Mize-Fox, Movement Engagement Manager for Climate Justice at NCRP, and Kellie Terry, Managing Director of Philanthropic Programs at North Star Fund. Final Speaker list will be updated prior to the event. https://bit.ly/NYCW26LIFEANCRP

08/25/2026

“There is no future without us.”
At LTAS 2026, Loretta J. Ross reminded attendees that reproductive justice is rooted in the people, histories and movements shaping what comes next.
In her latest blog, NCRP’s Suhasini Yeeda reflects on that message, her own reproductive justice story and what philanthropy can learn from movements building toward a more just future.
Read the blog: https://bit.ly/LTASFY26

08/18/2026

New York Climate Week is a chance to ask a critical question:
How can we endow a just food system and move resources into community control?
On September 22, NCRP is joining Liberating Investment in the Food and Farm Ecosystem the Kataly Foundation, North Star Fund and Community Food Funders for a conversation about how foundations can shift both grantmaking and investments toward the communities building just and sustainable food systems.

📍The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
📅 September 22 | 1-3 PM ET

Join us during as we push philanthropy to move resources — and power — closer to communities.

08/18/2026

New York Climate Week is a chance to ask a critical question:
How can we endow a just food system and move resources into community control?
On September 22, NCRP is joining Liberating Investment in the Food and Farm Ecosystem the Kataly Foundation, North Star Fund and Community Food Funders for a conversation about how foundations can shift both grantmaking and investments toward the communities building just and sustainable food systems.

📍The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
📅September 22 | 1-3 PM ET
Join us during as we push philanthropy to move resources — and power — closer to communities.