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How Funders Can Engage in California’s Recall Elections
Publication date:
08/2021
Here are the top 5 ways foundations can engage their grantees and the communities they support around the recalls.
Resources from NCG's 2015 Annual Conference
Publication date:
05/2015
Resources from NCG's 2015 Annual Conference
16
Mar
2022
Empower 2022: Policy Pathways Toward Guaranteed Income in California
March 16, 2022 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Online Event
To ensure economic securityfor Californians, our public safety net needs to evolve, and that means getting serious about unrestricted cash support at the state level.During this legislative cycle, there are many proposals to provide groups of...
A Series On Risk, Change, and the Year Ahead: A Conversation with Ruby Bolaria Shifrin
Release Date:
06/04/2020
Last year, we asked a handful of leaders to reflect on how they were planning for risk in 2020. We, of course, were thinking about the upcoming elections. We invited these leaders to reflect back on their forecasts in the face of a dramatically...
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...
The Great Collision of 2020: Philanthropy’s Moment is Here
Release Date:
09/16/2020
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to turn this moment of focused attention, collective commitment to social justice, and unprecedented wealth into big, lasting change for communities hardest hit by the triple crises of racism, COVID-19, and...
08
Feb
2021
CCJFG: Closing DJJ the Right Way | Part 1
Areas of Focus
February 8, 2021 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Zoom Webinar
In September 2020, Governor Newsom signed SB 823, a historic bill that will lead to the closure of California’s Division of Juvenile Justice. Legislature is currently working on the development of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR...
25
May
2021
CCJFG: My Life Is Not A Game: The Movement to Repeal California’s Three Strikes Law
May 25, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Join us for a presentation and discussion about the movement to end California’s Three Strikes law. Since 1994, California’s Three Strikes law has exponentially increased the state’s prison population and devastated communities of color and poor...
Immigrant Parents and Early Childhood Programs: Addressing Barriers of Literacy, Culture, and Systems Knowledge
Publication date:
06/2014
The Migration Policy Institute report identifies the unique needs of newcomer parents across the range of expectations for parent skill, engagement, and leadership sought by ECEC programs, and strategies undertaken to address these needs. The study is based on field research in six states, expert interviews, a literature review, and a socio-demographic analysis.
The End of the Year is Nigh
Release Date:
12/01/2014
December will be over before you know it. With that in mind, here is all you need to know about NCG programming for the month of December and a sneak peek at the January programs we currently have on our calendar.
29
Jul
2015
SOLD OUT: An Evening for Philanthropy: Issues, Conversation, and Anna Deavere Smith
July 29, 2015 -
7:00pm to 9:30pm
Berkeley Rep-Roda Theatre
In her latest presentation, Notes From the Field: Doing Time in Education, Anna Deavere Smith turns her attention to “the school-to-prison pipeline.” Her new piece delves into this issue through performance of striking portraits culled from...
2015 Corporate Philanthropy Institute: Announcing Our Morning Keynote and Sessions
Release Date:
07/14/2015
Have you registered for this year’s Corporate Philanthropy Institute? What are you waiting for? The conference is taking place September 21, 2015 and Early Bird registration ends this Friday, July 17th.
03
Sep
2015
Communications Salon Series | How to Communicate about Poverty - (Hint: Don’t use that Word!)
September 3, 2015 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
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?
15
Oct
2015
Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government: A Learning Session for Funders
October 15, 2015 -
9:00am to 11:30am
Metta Fund
Nationally and within many communities throughout California, this past year has been one of heightened attention to racial justice, lasting disparities and challenges – and yet also one of increased activism, community engagement and calls for...
What Does it Take to Create a "Culture of Philanthropy"?
Release Date:
11/02/2015
Cynthia Gibson is a consultant to a wide range of foundation and nonprofits on program development, evaluation, and communications. Her recent work discusses creating a "Culture of Philanthropy."
Sabbaticals Yield Renewal, Resiliency
Release Date:
12/07/2015
The recipients of O2 Initiatives second annual Sabbatical Award have been announced and we are celebrating this year’s outstanding awardees.After receiving reports from last year’s awardees now back from their sabbaticals, we’re seeing firsthand how...
President and Trustee of Haas Jr. Fund Stepping Down after 28 Years of Leadership
Release Date:
01/19/2016
NCG member, The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, announced that its President and Trustee Ira Hirschfield will be stepping down in December 2016. Ira leaves a legacy of a historic win for marriage-equality among his many other accomplishments with...
Where March Madness Meets Magic
Release Date:
03/01/2016
It’s time for March Madness. For those of us who follow college basketball, this is the month when we talk endlessly of brackets and spreads and Cinderella stories and dynasties and upsets. We fall in love, we berate, we despair, and we exult–in...
02
Aug
2016
Election Special: Funding Structural Reform and Voter Engagement
August 2, 2016 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Metta Fund
As we head into the final stretch of the 2016 presidential election, how can grantmakers boost participation in the political process through voter engagement? What is our role in restoring the core values of American democracy? Does having an...