Current and Past Partners

Funders join the FCYO by making a grant in support of its programs and operations.
They thereby access:

A community of learning though staff and a network of funders, practitioners and other field leaders
Expanded scope and capacity through a centralized hub of information and staff support at a national, field-level perspective
Tailored opportunities and focused programming for learning, strategy support and other technical assistance
A pooled regranting mechanism that offers experiential, collegial learning and leverages resources for greater, national impact

Since 2000, the FCYO's membership has included over 45 funder and practitioner organizations including the following:

Active Element Foundation
Albert A. List Foundation
Beldon Fund
Boston Women's Fund
Boston-area Youth Organizing Project
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Center for Third World Organizing
Colorado Progressive Coalition
Commonstream Fund
Cricket Island Foundation

Edward W. Hazen Foundation
Cricket Island Foundation
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Ford Foundation
Fund for Social Change/FAR Fund
Hill Snowdon Foundation
Inner City Struggle
James Irvine Foundation
Jewish Funds for Justice

Levi Strauss Foundation
LISTEN, Inc.
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Merck Family Fund
Movement Strategy Center
Native Movement

New World Foundation
New York Foundation
One Nation Enlightened
Open Society Institute
Overbrook Foundation
Philadelphia Students Union
Public Welfare Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
School of Unity and Liberation
Southern Partners Fund
Surdna Foundation
Third Wave Foundation
Tides Foundation
Urban Underground
William T. Grant Foundation

Current Board Members (2008)

The FCYO Board consists of practitioner and foundation representatives from across the country who work in close collaboration with staff.

Elizabeth Sak
Cricket Island Foundation

Soyun Park
Community Learning Project

Carmen Balentine
Edward W. Hazen Foundation

Loren Harris
Ford Foundation

Nat Williams
(co-chair)
Hill Snowdon Foundation

Maria Brenes
Inner City Struggle

Brinda Maira
Merck Family Fund

Taj James
Movement Strategy Center

Evon Peter
Native Movement

 

Erlin Ibreck
Open Society Institute

Rini Banerjee
Overbrook Foundation

Eric Braxton
Formerly, Philadelphia Students Union

Naomi Jackson
Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Robert Sherman
(co-chair) / Jee Kim
Surdna Foundation

Monique Mehta
Third Wave Foundation

Reggie Moore

Alexie Torres-Fleming
Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice

Amy Dixon
Jewish Funds for Justice