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Nephthali Ramirez Helps Expand NCG's Virtual Programming

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10/01/2020

NCG is pleased to welcome Nephthali Ramirez as its Programs and Communications Contractor. As a part-time contractor, Nephthali's support to the team comes as NCG is expanding its virtual programming. If you have not already, you will be seeing her...

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26 May 2021

Bringing A Racial Equity Lens to Foundation Strategy

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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

May 26, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

Virtual

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. In response to the racial reckoning in 2020, foundations have sought many perspectives to learn how they can support racial justice, shift power, and more effectively engage communities in grantmaking decisions. Moving beyond...

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Briefing Webinar

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Philanthropy CA

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Populations & Communities

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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Healing Humanity | A Poem and Performance by Ayanna Albertson

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06/09/2021

We were grateful for Ayanna Albertson to write a custom piece for the NCG community at the 2021 Annual Conference. Read her poem and watch her performance here.

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What We're Reading: Workplaces of Belonging

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03/31/2022

My invitation to you, as you explore these resources, is to interrogate the role urgency plays in your life and work. Urgency, a feature and symptom of white supremacy culture, especially stands as a major obstacle to centering relationships and...

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Networks & Collaboratives

The power of a membership organization like NCG lies in its network. NCG relies on an engaged base of member volunteers in committees to drive programming and help staff to develop relevant content. These volunteer committees meet...

2013 Corporate Philanthropy Institute | Visionary Practice: Groundbreaking Ideas in Action

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09/10/2013

This year’s CPI, Visionary Practice: Groundbreaking Idea in Action, takes place on October 3rd at the Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel located in San Francisco’s Union Square.

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Corporate Giving

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About Philanthropy

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Corporate Philanthropy Institute

NCG Annual Meeting: Lucy Bernholz and Rob Reich Talk #ReCodeGood

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02/14/2012

An interview with NCG 2012 Annual Meeting Keynote speakers Lucy Bernholz and Rob Reich.

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Collaborative Philanthropy

A Funder’s Perspective on Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks

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08/05/2013

NCG Member John Esterle, Executive Director of The Whitman Institute, recently co-authored an article entitled From the Kid’s Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks that was published in The Whitman...

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Public Policy & Social Justice

21 Oct 2014

Beyond the Grant: Building Capacity of Your Nonprofit Grantees Through Pro-Bono Services

October 21, 2014 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

The San Francisco Foundation

How can foundations use pro-bono services to support their grantees with communications strategies, information technology, board and executive leadership development, or any other number of nonprofit capacity and organizational challenges? As part...

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Organizational Effectiveness

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Infrastructure: Capacity Building

Staying on Track: Successful and Healthy Lives For Young Males of Color

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11/11/2014

What does "on track" look like for young males of color? What are the opportunity gaps they face? These are just some of the questions that foundations who have been working on these issues have been trying to answer and several have refined a way...

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NCG Blog

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Program Staff

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Children & Youth

Children & Youth: Opportunity Youth

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Populations/Communities: Men & Boys

Populations/Communities:People of Color

New York Times Features Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and Sir Elton John

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12/09/2014

Last month the New York Times featured a conversation between NCG member and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and music legend Sir Elton John.

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MacArthur Genius Ai-Jen Poo to Speak at NCG Program

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02/03/2015

This month NCG members have the opportunity to hear from 2014 MacArthur genius and work activist Ai-Jen Poo on a transformative leadership process used to develop leadership skills for organizing and building power.

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PubPolicy/SocialJustice:CommOrganizing

Economic/Community Development:Workforce

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Populations & Communities: Women & Girls

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Public Policy/Social Justice: Advocacy

Pre-Conference Amuse Bouche: Measure of America's Latest Research

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04/22/2015

For this year's Annual Conference we're bringing in Measure of America, a project of the Social Science Research Council that provides research on well-being and opportunity in America. This morning their Co-Director spoke with Marketplace host...

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2015 Annual Conference: Announcing Our Bay Area Mayors Lunch Plenary

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04/23/2015

Any discussion about the impact of dynamic forces on our communities will always benefit from the perspective of our local government officials. That’s why NCG is pleased to announce our 2015 Annual Conference Lunch Plenary speakers.

Google Impact Challenge: Bay Area

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06/30/2015

The Bay Area has always been home to changemakers and forward-thinkers who challenge the status quo. In this spirit, Google has launched the Google Impact Challenge seeking big ideas and supporting nonprofits chosen by a public vote. As funders, you...

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Blur the Lines, Sharpen the Work

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07/09/2015

NCG Board Member Sara Davis, Director of Grants Management at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation collaboratively authored "Blur the Lines, Sharpen the Work" with Jessica Bearman and Marc McDonald on the future of grants management.

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Community Foundation

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$10 Million from Microsoft to Upgrade Your World

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08/11/2015

Microsoft announced its $10 million give-back campaign with the launch of Windows 10 last week. Nine global nonprofits have already been chosen and now Microsoft is allowing people to nominate the tenth organization.

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Community Foundation

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08 Mar 2016

How Do We Know: Defining Social Impact in Storytelling

March 8, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Google San Francisco

Digital storytelling, feature-length documentaries, "viral videos" and even your favorite, binge-able streamed series - creative media is a must for 21st century funders and the causes they support. But how do grantmakers make smart decisions about...

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Briefing Program

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Storytelling

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Arts and Culture

Space: The Final Frontier

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11/29/2016

Over the last two years we have been working hard to build our capacity and expand and deepen the assets we bring to bear in service to the shared impact the NCG community seeks. After an eleven-week stint in temporary offices, we were delighted to...