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Nov 6

Shifting Practice for Impact Learning Circle: November Session

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Nov 18

Public Good vs Private Gain: The Implications of OpenAI’s Restructuring Plans

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Nov 18

Social Impact Strategies: People and Place

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Nov 18

Building Resilient Health Systems: Preparing Rural Hospitals for Climate and Disaster Risks

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Gratitude & Giving 2025

December 10, 2025 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Join Northern California Grantmakers' member community and affinity colleagues for annual end of year gathering. 

2024 Annual (Not) Report

In 2024, NCG's community of over 4000 philanthropic leaders worked together to transform philanthropy. We gathered, mobilized, and inspired philanthropy to invest in equitable futures. We are facing times of upheaval and in such times, staying rooted in our values requires tenacity and clarity.

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Take a Look at our 2024 Annual (Not) Report

Check out how we wrapped up the year in our 2024 Annual (Not) Report. While it's not an annual report, it's a great representation of our community working together.

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Where We've Been, Where We're Going

We started as the “Lunch Bunch” in the 1960s, a group of philanthropic leaders committed to growing together. We formalized ourselves in the 1980s as Northern California Grantmakers with the goal of supporting a base of philanthropic members. Currently, we have more than 220 institutional members and over 4,000 individual members. For the past forty years, we have been working to gather, mobilize, and transform philanthropy. 

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Tour NCG's New Website & Refreshed Brand

We have been working hard for the past year to create a website that reflects our current evolution. You'll find that we've updated our brand—and it's not just about changing logos or colors. We've taken a deeper look at how we communicate our values through our new design and our refreshed mission and vision statement.

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Building a Multiracial Democracy

NCG's Democracy Hub brings focused information for philanthropy to stay up-to-date, take action, collaborate with others, and learn from a curated resource list.

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