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CEO Message: Our Commitment to 2022

Release Date: 
01/18/2022
This is not the New Year’s message I was hoping to write. There was a moment this fall when things started feeling like they might just fall into place. We saw progress on the pandemic, and it felt like 2022 might herald a fresh beginning. But...

Meet the Moment: Bridging the Gap Between Rhetoric and Action

Release Date: 
12/09/2021
Ed, I appreciate the hand off, and the question: How do we bridge the gap that often exists between rhetoric and action within our institutions ? I believe we can bridge the gap by living our purpose. Why does philanthropy exist? Why is it necessary...

Announcing Melissa Nop as New Manager of Equity and Practice

Release Date: 
12/09/2021
NCG is pleased to announce our team is growing with the new addition of Melissa Nop (she/her), our Manager of Equity and Practice. Melissa has worked in philanthropy since 2017 and was most recently at Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and...

Introducing the Generational Recovery Fund

Release Date: 
10/21/2021
This summer, Northern California Grantmakers began supporting the work of the Generational Recovery Fund (GRF), a pooled fund dedicated to the recovery of Bay Area youth, with a focus on supporting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color youth. The...

Meet the Moment: Transcending Limiting Beliefs

Release Date: 
10/21/2021
No information available I propose that what holds us back from making more dramatic transformations in philanthropy are three beliefs that we inherit and internalize from white supremacist culture. Philanthropy is another system functioning as it...

Taking the Lead: A Conversation for New Grantmakers

Release Date: 
09/29/2021
As we get ready for another series of the Institute, NCG's Kate Seely chatted with past participant Pedro Arista , Director at Hirsch Philanthropy Partners about his leadership journey, his experience at NGI, and how together we can build a pipeline...

Meet the Moment: It isn’t enough to fund change. We must change too.

Release Date: 
09/27/2021
As I sit to write, our Northern California skies are hazy with wildfire smoke. It strikes me as a metaphor for this moment, 19 months into COVID, when our visions of a post-pandemic future are shifting yet again. I definitely don’t feel clear-eyed...

Exciting New Step for NCG's Membership Associate

Release Date: 
09/17/2021
Zoe Rudman is taking a stroll to the other side of Market Street to join the staff at Energy Foundation as the new Funder Relations Coordinator, a part of its Strategic Partnership team. The Energy Foundation aims to secure a clean and equitable...

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