Duke Gomez-Schempp appointed to National Foundation Grant Panel

By HPR Staff

Duke Gomez-Schempp has been selected from a national pool of applicants to serve a two year term on the New York based Funding Exchange. The Funding Exchange leads the nation in their innovative approach to philanthropy, Activist-Advised Grantmaking. This approach engages seasoned community activists in making experienced decisions in social justice philanthropy.

“We believe it is crucial to shift the power for grantmaking to the activists who spend their lives on the front line in their communities to effect systemic change. Grantmaking panelists have a broad range of experiences and reflect perspectives shaped by class, race, sexual orientation, and geography, which uniquely inform their decision-making. The panels also provide much-needed space for activists to develop strategic relationships and share best practices and ideas.”—Funding Exchange

Duke Gomez-Schempp is the lead Organizer for Fargo-Moorhead’s only Media Justice organization, The People’s Press Project. Duke Gomez-Schempp was selected to serve on the Funding Exchange activist-advised grantmaking panel, based on his expertise and work for over 20 years in social justice nonprofit organizations in the Fargo-Moorhead region and for serving 7 years on the Social Change Fund of the Minneapolis based Headwaters Foundation for Justice (HWFJ).  Duke Gomez-Schempp is currently on the board of HWFJ.

The Funding Exchange is a collection of regionally led social justice foundations.  Sixteen member funds and a national office make up the Funding Exchange Network.  Member Foundations are positioned throughout the US from major metropolitan cities to multi-state regions that span from Appalachia to Honolulu, California to New York. Funding Exchange foundations are unified in their commitment to supporting community-based progressive social change and to maintaining a democratic grantmaking process that shares decision-making power as well as monetary resources. The Funding Exchange has led philanthropy in social justice grantmaking for 32 years. This work is dedicated to building a solid base of financial support to progressive social change through fundraising for local, national, and international grant-making programs. The Network is continuing to build a permanent institutional and financial base to support progressive social change. Funding Exchange member foundations fund over $15 million annually.

For More information on The Funding Exchange, contact: Lucretia John
Program Officer - Membership and Grants
Funding Exchange—666 Broadway, Suite 500
New York, NY 10012
(212) 529-5300 x320
(http://www.fex.org

For more information on Duke-Gomez Schempp or to support local independet media, contact:
The People’s Press Project
701-367-0403
http://www.ThePeoplesPressProject.org

Fuel Independent Media at: http://thepeoplespressproject.org/donate

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