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October 6, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

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In this Feeling the Impact Series , we will explore how our need for safety, dignity, and the right relationship deeply influence how we navigate crises. The past six months have brought unparalleled disruption and loss that has affected every...

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SF Bay Area

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08 Dec 2020

The Ethos of Being Trust-Based Session 1 | Permission to Pause: You Have To Go Slowly To Go Far

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December 8, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

Zoom Webinar

About the Series The Ethos of Being Trust-Based, developed by Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, Philanthropy CA, and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, is a webinar series dedicated to exploring the fundamental values and dispositions central...

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16 Mar 2021

Foundations on the Hill 2021

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Public Policy

March 16, 2021 (All day) to March 25, 2021 (All day)

We invite you to join us virtually for Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) on March 16-18 and March 23-25, 2021 along with more than 300 philanthropy representatives from around the country. We will meet with our elected officials about...

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Health

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Statewide

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Public Policy

05 Nov 2021

CCJFG Membership Meeting | Session 6

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November 5, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Please join us for our last CCJFG Membership Meeting of 2021. We will be using this meeting to reflect on 2021; to share the hard lessons we’ve learned, as well as celebrate our successes. We will also spend time thinking about the possibilities of...

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Collaborative Philanthropy

Curriculum | 2020 Rising Leaders Cohort

Sessions for the 2020 Rising Leaders Cohort.

10 Ways to Engage in 2014

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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

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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...

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What We're Reading: Vaccine Justice Edition

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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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20 Sep 2021

System Change Investing: What, Why, and How?

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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...

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Philanthropy CA

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Organizational Effectiveness

Election Special: Funding Structural Reform and Voter Engagement | 8/2/2016

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07/2016

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 accountable election system that serves the public interest matter to funders?

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Resources from Financial Analysis 201: Assessing Nonprofit Financial Health

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02/2015

In this session you learned how to evaluate your grantee's current financial health. This training also helped to develop a comprehensive picture of your grantee's financial performance to better assist in times of a grantee's growth or crisis phase.

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Are We There Yet?: A Guide to Evaluating Foundation/Nonprofit Communications

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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.

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Resources from Financial Workshop Series Part I | Understanding the Full Cost of Programming

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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.

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How Does Financial Sustainability Relate to Growth–and What Can Grantmakers Do to Support It?

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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.

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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!

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13 May 2020

The Economic Moment & What Philanthropy Can Do

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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...

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Disaster Resilience Relief and Recovery

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Income Inequality

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Economic & Community Development

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Statewide

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Why We Turn to Intersectionality to Confront Anti-Asian Violence

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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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22 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...

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