Latest News at NCG
Clarifying Purpose: Zellerbach Family Foundation’s Shifts Toward a More Equitable Region
Recently, Northern California Grantmakers and philanthropic research and strategy firm Open Impact released Get it Right: 5 Shifts Philanthropy Must Make Towards an Equitable Region, a report funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
Announcing Katie Oran as Climate and Disaster Resilience Fellow
We're thrilled to share that we are expanding NCG's capacity around climate and disaster resilience. Katie Oran (she/her) has joined NCG as its first-ever Climate and Disaster Resilience Fellow playing a central role in supporting the development of regional and statewide strategies. Katie brings experience in climate adaption, disaster response, land use planning, climate justice organizing, and wildfire mitigation.
2021 Annual (Not) Report
Like many organizations, in addition to doing our day-to-day work, we spent 2021 planning for a much different future.
Turning Pain Into Purpose: The Latino Community’s Path Forward
Even before a global pandemic, that was the question we kept asking ourselves. Children are thrown into cages. Anti-immigrant rhetoric. A threat to render our immigrant communities invisible through a citizenship question on the census. Mass shootings from Buffalo, NY to Uvalde, TX.
Announcing Viridiana Romero as NCG's Manager of Strategic Initiatives
NCG is pleased to share that Viridiana (Viry) Romero (she/her) is joining the team as the first-ever Manager of Strategic Initiatives. Viridiana is no stranger to the field and brings a breadth of experience from the nonprofit, philanthropic, and private sectors.
Announcing Nicole Garzino as NCG's Senior Manager for Donor & Trustee Programs
NCG is pleased to share that our capacity to support donors and trustees is growing! Nicole Garzino (she/her) joins as the new Senior Manager for Donor & Trustee Programs. Nicole brings over twenty years of experience in nonprofit management, program creation, as well as strategic planning, and Board development.
Reimagining an Equitable Recovery: A Conversation with Kim Williams
Re-imagining an equitable region is core to NCG’s Equitable Recovery framework.
Unlocking Public Dollars for Guaranteed Income: A Primer for Philanthropy
The idea of guaranteed income has a long history but its modern, progressive origins in the U.S. are rooted in the racial and gender justice movements of the 1960s. Guaranteed income (GI) is a cash payment provided on a regular basis to members of a community with no strings attached and no work requirements.