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O2 Initiatives Now Accepting Applications for the O2 Sabbatical Award

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06/29/2017

NCG member O2 Initiatives has just released their call for applications for the O2 Sabbatical Award . The annual award program honors the commitment and accomplishments of exceptional nonprofit executive directors in San Francisco, Alameda, and...

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Akonadi Foundation Welcomes Camarena-Arredondo to the Team

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06/22/2017

On Monday, NCG member the Akonadi Foundation announced Vanessa Camarena-Arredondo as its new Program Officer for its Beloved Community Fund. Join us in welcoming her to the NCG community!

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Navin Moul Joins the Zellerbach Family Foundation

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06/21/2017

NCG member, the Zellerbach Family Foundation (ZFF), has announced Navin Moul has joined its staff as the new Program Executive for Immigrants and Refugees. Join us in congratulating her!

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Challenging Times Call for Deeper Commitments

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06/07/2017

For the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, this is a time of great concern. Scientific research is being defunded and scientific knowledge discounted; commitments to halt dangerous climate change and increase the productivity of our oceans are...

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Levi Strauss Foundation Pledges $1 Million to Protect Marginalized Communities

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05/22/2017

The Foundation's support of communities in the U.S. and abroad, including immigrants, refugees, religious minorities and transgender citizens begins with 13 specific organizations, five of which are right here in the Bay Area.

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Ling Woo Liu Joins The San Francisco Foundation as Director of Marketing and Communications

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05/11/2017

Last week NCG member The San Francisco Foundation announced Ling Woo Liu as its new Director of Marketing and Communications. Join us in welcoming her to the NCG community!

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Remembering Paul Connolly

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04/06/2017

Northern California Grantmakers joins Bessemer Trust colleagues and clients to express our deepest sympathy on the death of Paul Matthew Connolly , Director of Philanthropic Advisory Services, who passed away on March 29, 2017.

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Abdi Soltani Joins The San Francisco Foundation's Board of Directors

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03/30/2017

NCG member, The San Francisco Foundation, has announced that Abdi Soltani has joined the Foundation's Board of Trustees. Soltani is the Executive Director of the ACLU of Northern California. He has been appointed to serve a five-...

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Why Philanthropy Must Do More on Climate Change

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03/16/2017

By Larry Kramer | History is replete with examples of societies that vanished when the local climate changed. But the threat we face from climate change today is much greater than that, because it’s not local, it’s global. Human activity is changing...

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