The Power of Now | NCG's 2016 Annual Conference Speaker Bios
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08
May
2020
Keeping Kids and Families Safe During the COVID-19 Crisis
May 8, 2020 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Webinar
For many kids, home is not a safe place. School closures and the statewide shelter in place order, combined with health fears, massive layoffs, and economic uncertainty has resulted in increased stress for families and fewer eyes on children...
01
Jul
2020
Creating and Funding Healing-Centered Schools: The Time is Now
Areas of Focus
July 1, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Zoom Webinar
The longstanding mental health crisis in our schools has deep roots in systemic trauma and inequities that disproportionately impact BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) students. This crisis is even more acute as the health and economic...
15
Jul
2021
Intersecting Equity, Health, Housing, and Workforce with Aging: New Philanthropic Opportunities
July 15, 2021 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
This past year, California encountered its most challenging period in recent history. The pandemic exposed systemic barriers that have long been neglected across health, housing, and the workforce while also illustrating the impact that structural...
Be Courageous Speakers
Find out who you'll get to see at this year's Corporate Philanthropy Institute, Be Courageous on December 1st.
Resources for March 30th COVID-19 Discussion on Funder Collaboration
Publication date:
03/2020
The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is far reaching, including major implications for non-profits and the communities that they serve. Philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting their non-profit partners during this challenging time in which there will be an increase in demand for their services. Since March 16th, NCG has been hosting funders coordination meetings (via Zoom) every Monday from 11:00 am - 12:00 noon. During these calls, participants will heard from other local funders on what they see their role is and share about specific needs they are hearing about in the...
Critical Choices in Post-Recession California: Investing in the Educational and Career Success of Immigrant Youth
Publication date:
06/2014
This Migration Policy Institute report examines the educational experiences and outcomes of first- and second-generation immigrant youth ages 16 to 26 across California’s educational institutions, encompassing secondary schools, adult education, and post-secondary education.
Resources from The Long and the Short of It: A New Model to Strengthen the Region
Publication date:
03/2018
In a March 15th program, we hosted a discussion with Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge about the role the philanthropy community can play in strengthening our region’s resilience to the effects of climate change, while addressing urgent regional concerns related to displacement, income inequality and more.
Resources from Crafting the Grant for the Long-term
Publication date:
06/2018
What does it take for a nonprofit to move from surviving to thriving? And, what kind of support can funders provide to meaningfully shift the trajectory of an organization? To most effectively deploy game-changing grants (capacity, operating, and infusions of capital – alongside project and program grants) funders must understand the intersection of strategy, financial health, and the needs of the whole enterprise. In our fourth and final Financial Management session with FMA on June 5, 2018, we explored several foundation approaches to leveraging the right kinds of grants at the right times.
Kelly Kent Joins May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust as its New Program Officer
Release Date:
11/08/2018
NCG member the May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust has announced Kelly Kent as its new Program Officer. Congratulations and welcome to the NCG community!
04
Aug
2020
Building Wildfire Resilience in the West: How Wildfire Disproportionately Impacts Vulnerable Communities | Session 5
August 4, 2020 -
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Zoom Webinar
About this Series Western landscapes have always burned and always will. The more we suppress fire and change the climate, the more catastrophic wildfires become. How can we make communities and wild lands more resilient in the age of megafire?...
08
Feb
2022
Build Back Better and the Economic Recovery of the Bay Area
February 8, 2022 -
5:00pm to 6:00pm
The Build Back Better Act has the potential to help the nation grow, as framed by the White House, “from the bottom and middle-out" by providing families with funding for childcare, expanding access to affordable housing, education, and health care...
07
Feb
2019
Silicon Valley Nonprofit Displacement Briefing | Thrive's Philanthropy Matters
Areas of Focus
February 7, 2019 -
9:00am to 12:00pm
Sobrato Center for Nonprofits
Please join NCG and Thrive, the Alliance of Nonprofits for San Mateo County, for a joint nonprofit and funder briefing to share the findings from the Silicon Valley Nonprofit Space and Facilities Report and discuss their implications for our...
26
Jun
2018
Public Charge: The Policy that Could Change Everything for Immigrant Families
Areas of Focus
June 26, 2018 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
A new policy change is coming in under the radar with the potential to affect immigrants in a way that would be more dramatic than the ban for Muslims entering the country and ending DACA for young people. Given the breadth and scope of this...
25
Sep
2020
Project Homekey: California’s Newest Plan to Address Homelessness
Areas of Focus
September 25, 2020 -
9:30am to 10:30am
Webinar
The State of California recently launched Project Homekey as the State’s next phase of response to protect Californians experiencing homeless from COVID-19. This effort leverages $600 million in CARES Act funding to support counties in acquiring and...
01
Mar
2021
Centering Equity in COVID-19 Vaccinations – Bay Area Health Funders Group
Areas of Focus
March 1, 2021 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Zoom Meeting
The COVID-19 vaccine will help keep communities healthy and safe and holds promise to bring an end to the pandemic that has had the most severe impacts on Black, Latinx, Indigenous, immigrant, and low-income people. Structural racism created the...
11
Feb
2020
The Great American Lie: Film Screening and Panel
Areas of Focus
February 11, 2020 -
3:00pm to 6:00pm
Restore Oakland
With income insecurity and economic inequity at historic highs funders, practitioners and policy advocates are working harder than ever to understand and address the root causes of family economic insecurity. The film explores the systemic and...
Resources from Make It Fair: Policy Change for an Equitable California
On October 16th, The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF)’s Public Policy Program Team hosted a convening called Make it Fair: Policy Change for an Equitable California. The event brought together funders and practitioners working on or tracking commercial property tax reform and the need for new public revenue streams in California.
Building a Beloved Community: Strengthening the Field of Black Male Achievement
Publication date:
08/2014
This report by BMAfunders (Black Male Achievement), a project of the Open Society Foundations and the Foundation Center is more than your typical philanthropic research analysis.