2020 Annual (Not) Report
Release Date:
02/11/2021
If you're looking for an annual report, you've come to the wrong place.
Our Best Light: Rising Leaders Inaugural Cohort Explores New Self-Assessment Tool
Release Date:
02/11/2021
In preparation for the first meeting, we each completed the Reflected Best Self Exercise (RBSE). So often, as a society, we focus on what needs improvement. This personal development tool is meant to help us see ourselves in our best light. Unlike...
What We're Reading: February Equity and Social Justice Edition
Release Date:
02/11/2021
This month we’re highlighting articles around accountability, philanthro-capitalism, somatics, and the strategic power of collective organizing. We hope these articles inspire you to delve in deeply about how to be accountable and to reflect on the...
What We Mean by CARE in a Year of Cascading Crises: Part 2
Release Date:
01/28/2021
Living with Disasters and Disabilities.
Member Spotlight with Reneé Espinoza
Release Date:
01/28/2021
We asked NCG's board, staff, and membership to weigh-in on how they're balancing this question. This month we spoke with Reneé Espinoza , Director of Program Strategy, Metta Fund, who shared Metta Fund's work advancing equity in aging and what's...
Trustee Reflections: Choose to Not Look Away, Stay the Course, Invest in Systems Change
Release Date:
01/28/2021
It’s going to take some time for me to get used to hearing a president deliver, “a cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making” – a mandate to defeat white supremacy. In philanthropy, as elsewhere, we have an extraordinary opportunity to...
What We Mean by CARE in a Year of Cascading Crises: Part 1
Release Date:
01/14/2021
Acting on our ‘duty to care’
What We're Reading: White Supremacy Edition
Release Date:
01/14/2021
The events of the first week of January hit us hard and brought up different emotions. We quickly pivoted to curating a new list of articles to have us reflect on the history of white supremacist violence, the disparities of who gets policed, and...
NCG’s Statement on the Insurrection of January 6, 2021
Release Date:
01/12/2021
Well, it didn’t take long for 2021 to remind us that the journey back from the edge of an abyss will not be a gentle one. Last Wednesday showed us we will need to advance racial equity to achieve a functioning democracy. And if democracy fails, we...
My First 100 Days: We Chose Progress
Release Date:
01/07/2021
In a year of memorable moments, I keep coming back to a conversation I had with my cousin Harold that is shaping my entry into 2021. Harold lives in Chicago and is an ardent student of history, particularly in the pursuit of racial justice. His...
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