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30 Apr 2015

Key Traits of Phenomenal Foundation Executive Directors

April 30, 2015 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Northern California Grantmakers

Foundation executive directors—particularly those with few or no staff—juggle many roles: strategic grantmaker, convener, collaborator, board wrangler, media spokesperson, technical assistance provider, mediator, and so much more. Exponent...

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Leadership Development

Shifting Winds: Foundations Respond to a New Political Context

In the time since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, questions have been repeatedly asked about what is changing for foundations and their work in a different political context. How does this shift affect foundations and their areas of focus? Have new challenges or opportunities arisen? Should foundations be making changes in response? Given the volume of questions like these, the Center for Effective Philanthropy decided to survey foundation leaders about their reactions to the shift in presidential administrations, and the degree to which they were making changes as a result. Based on...

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30 Jul 2019

Reimagining the Council on Foundations: A Visioning Session with Kathleen Enright

July 30, 2019 -

9:30am to 11:30am

Northern California Grantmakers

What is the highest and best role for philanthropy? And how can the Council on Foundations support its members and the field to be a strong and trusted partner in advancing the common good? You are invited to join Kathleen Enright, president and CEO...

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SF Bay Area

Firelight Foundation Announces New Executive Director

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07/27/2015

NCG member the Firelight Foundation announced its new Executive Director, Nina Blackwell. Nina has spent her career utilizing the power of grassroots movements, politics, the legislature, corporate impact and philanthropy to achieve a meaningful...

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Tying the Knot: The Founding of Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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10/2011

This detailed case study outlines the candid details of a complicated merger between two, very different, community foundations (the Community Foundation of Silicon Valley serving Santa Clara County and the Peninsula Community Foundation serving San Mateo County).

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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Welcomes Mike Livak

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02/01/2018

NCG member the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation has welcomed Mike Livak as its new Chief Financial Officer. Welcome to the NCG community Mike!

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Blue Shield of California Foundation Launches Fellowships

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11/08/2018

At a pivotal time in its shift to a new strategic direction, Blue Shield of California Foundation has engaged two new senior fellows, marking the launch of a new fellowship program that will bring fresh perspectives to the complex problems facing...

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Stupski Foundation Builds Team to Launch Spenddown Strategies

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04/04/2019

NCG member The Stupski Foundation announced that it hired Elvin Padilla and Jennifer Nguyen to help the Foundation launch its spenddown strategies. Elvin joins the team as the Foundation’s director of Food Security and Jennifer as the director of...

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Majority of Foundations Need New Sexual Harassment Training

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08/15/2019

Beginning this year, employers with 5 or more employees must provide harassment prevention training for all of its employees – full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal – before January 1, 2020.

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29 Mar 2017

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: A Conversation and Celebration with Current and Outgoing CEOs (Part Deux)

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March 29, 2017 -

2:30pm to 5:30pm

Public Policy Institute of California

Transitions at this level have deep effects on the organizations themselves, and, more broadly, on the philanthropic community and the communities we serve. We’ve invited several of the participants from that 2015 meeting back to give us an update,...

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04 Feb 2020

Fireside Chat Part 2 | Liberate Your Foundation: Lessons from POC, Queer, and Allied Foundation Leaders

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February 4, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Northern California Grantmakers

How was philanthropic wealth created in the first place? Who should lead foundations? Who gets to decide how wealth is distributed? Philanthropy is undergoing a moment of reckoning, with many inside and outside the sector questioning the way that...

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SF Bay Area

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Economic & Community Development

NCG Interim President and CEO David Greco: Expanding Our Impact, Expanding Our Membership

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11/04/2014

As NCG prepares to enter 2015, we do so with new leadership, a new sense of purpose and a new strategic direction. I'm pleased to announce that the NCG Board has approved a ground-breaking expansion of our membership eligibility criteria.

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25 Jun 2014

NCG CEO Series presents | Economic Inequality Media Project: A Special Briefing with Robert B. Reich

June 25, 2014 -

8:30am to 10:00am

The California Endowment

As a follow up to NCG's Annual Conference, we are welcoming back former Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich and filmmaker Jake Kornbluth to share their latest work. Building on the success of their award winning film, Inequality for All, they are...

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Executive Staff

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Income Inequality

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Public Policy & Social Justice

NCG Interim President and CEO David Greco: Working Together…We Can Be The Change

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05/06/2014

Van Jones shouted it. Robert Reich stated it. Carol Larson emphasized it. Numerous panelists and speakers demonstrated it. The conference itself could not have been possible without it.

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Annual Conference

Income Inequality

13 May 2021

Can Corporate America Help Build a Racially Just Society? Preview of A CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity 2.0

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May 13, 2021 -

12:30pm to 1:45pm

In the wake of COVID-19 and a long-overdue national reckoning on racism, the call for all sectors to address structural racism has rarely been stronger. Corporate leaders from around the country made commitments in response to the increased demand...

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Philanthropy CA

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Health

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SF Bay Area

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CEO Message: Leading with Love

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11/08/2018

My sweetheart and I were married a couple of weeks ago. We celebrated with friends and family with good food, dancing, and lots of laughter on a hilltop overlooking Tomales Bay. In the weeks leading up to our wedding the airwaves were saturated with...

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CEO Message: Wow.

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05/02/2019

It takes a lot of time to put together a day-long conference. We think about that when we consider the other things we will not be able to do, or will have to do later.

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2019 Annual Conference

CEO Message: On Predicting the Future

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11/19/2015

I am always happy to predict the future. I do it all the time. Really- just call me sometime and you will end up with at least one or two juicy predictions. In fact, I’ll give you one right now...

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CEO Message: If Not Now, Then When?

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05/04/2017

“Now is the time to be the grantmaker, you have been waiting to be, Time to be braver and more committed, Than you have ever imagined yourself” - Chinaka Hodge

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