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Announcing Sarah Jones as our 2019 Annual Conference Closing Performer
Release Date:
02/07/2019
We are pleased to announce that Sarah Jones will close out our 2019 Annual Conference with a curated performance!
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
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2018 November California Fires: How to Help
Release Date:
11/20/2018
As of November 20, the Camp Fire has taken 79 lives and 12,637 homes. Evacuation orders have sent tens of thousands of people in the region from their homes. We will keep this site updated with information on how to help.
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Announcing Alan Kwok, NCG's New Director of Disaster Resilience
Release Date:
11/12/2018
Northern California Grantmakers is pleased to announce that Alan Kwok has been named Disaster Resilience Director. He brings to the role years of experience in Bay Area disaster response and leadership in the emerging field of community resilience.
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The Theory and Practice of Disaster Grantmaking
Release Date:
10/08/2018
Roughly a year ago, I participated in a funders meeting about the North Bay fires, hosted by our friends at Northern California Grantmakers. At that time, I said in jest that I planned to spend the rest of my career in an iron box in the high desert...
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Fire and Philanthropy: Special Edition
Release Date:
10/08/2018
A year ago today, firestorms came racing through our North Bay communities. With the immediacy of the smoke and danger to our friends and neighbors, it was hard to think about anything else. Our community responded with urgency and generosity...
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One Year Later: Effects of 2017 North Bay Fires on the Region’s Arts Community
Release Date:
09/18/2018
Study by Northern California Grantmakers examines how the fires affected a key economic driver in the region, aims to supplement research on fires’ impact.
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Philanthropy Resources for Hurricane Florence
Release Date:
09/17/2018
NCG members looking to learn more about philanthropy’s response to Hurricane Florence are encouraged to attend a joint briefing by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and the South Eastern Council on Foundations this...
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North Bay Fires: Five Lessons Learned
Release Date:
09/13/2018
Yesterday someone from San Francisco said to me “Wow…it’s been a year since the North Bay wildfires.” I quickly blurted back, “you mean 11 months.”
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Notes from NCG’s Senior Fellow
Release Date:
08/30/2018
When I took the job as Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, I really did not appreciate how different it was going to be from being the Director of the SF Mayor’s Office of Community Development. Sure, I had an understanding of...
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2018 August California Fires: How to Help
Release Date:
08/20/2018
California's summer fire storms are threatening thousands of additional structures and tens of thousands have moved to safety. Evacuation orders remain in place in some of these locations. Some have been allowed to return, others have not, and the...
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