Ezra Berkley Nepon

Ezra Berkley Nepon is a Philadelphia-based writer and grassroots fundraiser. Currently serving as Associate for the Global Philanthropy Project, Nepon has also worked in development for William Way LGBT Center and Sylvia Rivera Law Project, co-authoring the 2013 Sylvia Rivera Law Project report “From The Bottom Up: Strategies and Practices for Membership‐Based Organizations.” Nepon has served as a board member of Resource Generation and New Society Educational Foundation, and has presented on panels at conferences including “Queer Dreams and Non Profit Blues,” “Money & The Movement Conference: Grassroots Fundraising in Times of Economic Crisis,” and the Council on Foundations Conference. As a fundraising consultant and trainer, Nepon has worked with Media Action Grassroots Network, Hummingbird Collective: Migrant Justice Solidarity Working Group, and many more. Nepon is a 2014 recipient of the Leeway Foundation Transformation Award.