Resources from Legal Services Funders Network (LSFN) Fall Meeting
Publication date:
11/2015
Challenges to the Delivery of Aid to Low-Income Individuals: Proposed Cuts to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
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Resources from 2015 New Grantmakers Institute: Essential Skills & Strategies
Publication date:
10/2015
For new grantmakers it is essential to hit the ground running by equipping themselves with the tools and best practices for making sound funding recommendations. The New Grantmakers Institute is a cost-effective, local option that develops important skills, helps build lasting peer relationships with other grantmakers in our community, and cultivates the ability to ask critical questions of ourselves and others about our role as change-makers in our communities.
Resources from Strategic Corporate Philanthropy: Designing Community Programs for Impact
Publication date:
09/2015
Based on Corporate Citizenship’s (CC) latest global research, which draws on the insights of companies such as Amway, Unilever, Kellogg’s and Microsoft, find out to what extent companies are moving to a flagship approach, where one is focusing activities and resources in a targeted manner, and how to do it successfully. In their research, 70% of companies surveyed expect to move in this direction in the next 2 years, up from just 12% doing so today. Corporate Citizenship has identified five characteristics of such an approach that if achieved, can ensure not only the programs survival, but...
Resources from Communications Salon Series | How to Communicate about Poverty - (Hint: Don’t use that Word!)
Publication date:
09/2015
When we advocate for change, frame issues, and describe our work, how do we steer clear of problematic metaphors and language that unintentionally reinforces poverty as beyond our control—or places blame on the individual?
Foundation Maps | California
Publication date:
09/2015
Welcome to the Northern California Grantmakers Map This map is provided to you as part of the campaign to “Get on the Map” which is a national partnership between Northern California Grantmakers, Southern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers, Candid and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. Foundation Maps: California is an interactive map showing more than 80,000 grants by over a hundred California foundations, who electronically share their grantmaking data through Candid's Electronic Reporting program. The first of its kind, this map provides a...
Resources from: Beyond the Grant: Solutions for Building Nonprofit Operational Excellence
Publication date:
09/2015
This event showcased two funder initiatives that went beyond grantmaking to help strengthen the operations of nonprofit grantees. This event included discussions with The Wallace Foundation and Tipping Point Community as well as grantees that participated in the initiatives and capacity building partners.
Resources from BAHFG Program: ACA and the Intersectionality of Health and Workforce
Publication date:
09/2015
On September 25, 2015 members of the Bay Area Health Funders Group and professionals in the Workforce and Education field, gathered to explore the implications of the ACA on the health workfoce, local community entities, and educational and health institutions. The following are the resources from the program: Health Care Transformation and Workforce Development: Emerging Opportunities Presentation by Kevin Barnett Co-Director, California Health Workforce Alliance (CHWA) Local Initiatives in Response to ACA/ EMS Corps Presentation by Alex Briscoe Agency...
Resources from Empathy to Action – Storytelling in Philanthropy
Publication date:
08/2015
How many of us have been ignited, inspired and shaken out of our own complacency by powerful stories? Would you like to tell stories that make people smile, weep, deepen partnerships and influence key audiences? San Francisco Bay Area funders gathered for this highly interactive session, facilitated by experienced storyteller and writer Suzanne Skees of the Skees Family Foundation.
Resources from: Building Power in Asian American & Pacific Islander Communities
Publication date:
07/2015
AAPI communities are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States. California is home to nearly a third of the national AAPI population, and since 2008, the percentage of voters who are AAPI nearly doubled in the state.
Resources from The Real Cost Project | Regional Forum, San Francisco
Publication date:
06/2015
Recently, many grantmakers have begun exploring an approach based on real cost funding. NCG is proud to be a part of the Real Cost Project, a statewide initiative to explore what it takes for funders to develop new grantmaking strategies based on what it really costs to deliver outcomes.
Resources from Financial Workshop Series Part III SF and South Bay | Strategic Management: Thinking Like a Finance Person
Publication date:
06/2015
In this final finance workshop in the series, funders gained an understanding of how to engage in a dialogue with grantees to identify their capacity for fiscal strategy around complex issues.
JSI Report | Integrating Housing Strategies with Health: An Opportunity to Advance Whole-Person Care in California
Publication date:
06/2015
A report prepared by JSI Research & Training Institute, titled Integrating Housing Strategies with Health: An Opportunity to Advance Whole-Person Care in California.
Children's Health Programs in California: Promoting a Lifetime of Health and Well-Being
Publication date:
05/2015
California Budget & Policy Center's report looks at our state’s health care system for children and their families, including both public health care coverage and public health programs.
Children's Health Programs in California: Recent Years' Budget and Policy Changes
Publication date:
05/2015
California Budget & Policy Center 's infographic Children’s Health Programs in California: Recent Years’ Budget and Policy Changes is a brief companion piece to the Children's Health Programs in California: Promoting a Lifetime of Health and Well-Being and provides a timeline of major policy choices made in the past several years that have shaped our state’s health system for children. The Children’s Health Programs in California project was made possible by a grant from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health .
The Cultural Lives of Californians: Insights from the California Survey of Arts & Cultural Participation
Publication date:
05/2015
A new study commissioned by NCG member The James Irvine Foundation presents new data providing insights on the critical role arts nonprofits can play in communities.
Resources from NCG's 2015 Annual Conference
Publication date:
05/2015
Resources from NCG's 2015 Annual Conference
Resources from Transforming Lives: Safety and Opportunity Through Prop 47
Publication date:
04/2015
This briefing examined examined the impact of implementation of Proposition 47—one of the most important policy reforms that the State has undertaken to reduce incarceration in the nation’s largest prison system, and invest in prevention.
Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys
Publication date:
04/2015
This report analyzes U.S. funding trends for Black men and boys and describes recent initiatives in the field of Black male achievement. The brief shows a distinct trend toward increased U.S. foundation funding for organizations and programs that are working to improve the life outcomes of Black males.
Geographies of Opportunity: Ranking Well-Being by Congressional District
Publication date:
04/2015
This report by Measure of America is an in-depth look at how residents of America’s 436 congressional districts are faring in three fundamental areas of life: health, access to knowledge, and living standards.
Resources from Financial Workshop Series Part II | So What If You Don’t Have an Audit?
Publication date:
04/2015
In this second workshop from NCG's Financial Workshop Series, funders gained an understanding of how to assess a nonprofit organization’s financial health when no audited financial statements are available.
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