10 Ways to Engage in 2014
Release Date:
01/30/2014
It’s a new year! Make a resolution to make the most of your NCG membership. And in case you need any help in figuring out how to do so, here are ten ways to engage in 2014.
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Staking Out Reflective Territory: The Heart of Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/02/2016
"Philanthropy is replete with complex tensions that must be held to do it well—for example, the pressures to be objective AND be empathetic, to be polite and nice AND to speak truth, to be efficient AND transformative. We face great complexity in...
What We're Reading: Vaccine Justice Edition
Release Date:
04/08/2021
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, AAPI, immigrant, and low-income people. Systemic racism created the...
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Sep
2021
System Change Investing: What, Why, and How?
Areas of Focus
September 20, 2021 -
11:00am to 12:15pm
Registration is closed for this event. If you are interested in attending, please contact programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org . How can institutions and individuals go beyond conventional investing and rethink how investment decisions can better...
Program Associate, Education
Position:
Program Associate, Education
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, seeks a Program Associate for its Education Program.
About the Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports...
Are We There Yet?: A Guide to Evaluating Foundation/Nonprofit Communications
Publication date:
08/2010
This guide published by the Communications Network walks users through a nine-step process for creating plans for monitoring and measuring their communication.
Resources from Financial Workshop Series Part I | Understanding the Full Cost of Programming
Publication date:
03/2015
The first part of a three-part financial workshop series in partnership with Fiscal Management Associates (FMA). All three workshops in this series are designed to help funders support your grantees in building financial management practices, strengthen your partnership with grantees for financial sustainability and inform your own grantmaking practice.
How Does Financial Sustainability Relate to Growth–and What Can Grantmakers Do to Support It?
Publication date:
10/2011
This Grantmakers for Effective Organizations briefing paper explores the role grantmakers can play in assessing and nurturing an organization's internal health, while putting them on track to financial sustainability.
NCG's Summer Reading List
Release Date:
07/13/2017
We asked NCG's board and staff to give us recommendations for this summer reading list. See what they had to say - there are still five weeks left to fit in some reading!
13
May
2020
The Economic Moment & What Philanthropy Can Do
Areas of Focus
May 13, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:15pm
Zoom Meeting
COVID 19 is leading to an economic collapse of proportions we have not seen since the Great Depression. Leaders across sectors are acting swiftly in order to be responsive to the crisis at hand. However, we have known for many years that the economy...
Why We Turn to Intersectionality to Confront Anti-Asian Violence
Release Date:
03/19/2021
This has been a hard week of swirling emotions since I learned six Asian women and two other people were shot in Atlanta amidst the rise of anti-Asian violence here and nationwide. The names identified so far are: Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre...
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Jun
2021
Investing in California's Economy: Strategies to Support an Equitable Recovery Post-Pandemic
June 22, 2021 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
California's economy will recover faster than the U.S. post-pandemic, strengthened by the entrepreneurial spirit in the state; technology, entertainment, and logistics industries, and; the development of inland areas, including the Imperial, San...
Take a Page From the Book Club: NCG Members Sharing a Love of Literature
Release Date:
03/16/2015
Not many people know that NCG has a book club. It’s been around since 1987. Who better to talk about the NCG book club than the members themselves? I asked the book club about their favorite book and their reason for participating and here’s what...
Earthquake in Nepal
Release Date:
04/27/2015
Time and time again the philanthropic sector has come to the aid of communities recovering from disaster. Over the years grantmakers have developed best practices on approaching disaster relief both here and abroad. Learn more about an upcoming May...
Marching to the Beat of Their Own Drums—Two Fashionistas in Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/09/2015
NCG's Director of Member Engagement Phuong Quach once again interviews two NCG members who are each putting their best fashion foot forward. Learn what Gwyneth Tripp and Cedric Brown have to say about their personal approaches to fashion.
Meet the NCG Associates
Release Date:
06/16/2015
Get to know the NCG associate team: Senior Operations Associate Jenny Chinn, Collaborative Philanthropy Associate Krystle Chipman, Knowledge & Communications Associate Kayla Eichamer, and Member Services Associate Gabrielle Traub.
NCG Book Club Summer Reading List
Release Date:
07/27/2015
Summer is in full swing–hopefully a little sun and a good read are in your future! NCG Book Club members gave us some of their top picks for summer reading.
S.H. Cowell Foundation: Providing Assistance Beyond the Grant
Release Date:
08/17/2015
S.H. Cowell Foundation was spotlighted by The Center for Effective Philanthropy last week in the second post of its series highlighting profiles of funders that show non-monetary support to their grantees.
08
Oct
2015
SOLD OUT | Become the Grants Manager of the Future
October 8, 2015 -
2:00pm to 5:00pm
The James Irvine Foundation
In partnership with the Northern CA chapter of the Grants Managers Network, Sara Davis, Director of Grants Management at the Hewlett Foundation will lead us in exploring how the role of the grants manager is constantly evolving along with changes in...
Access to Justice | Q&A with our Legal Services Funders Network
Release Date:
03/14/2016
Funders of legal services bring their best thinking on how to use law to better the lives of everyone who’s got it the hardest in the region. NCG provides a home for this thinking. Members of the LSFN steering committee answered questions about...