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Census Funders Subgroup Business Outreach Task Force (Jan 2018)
Background, Purpose, and Goals for Census Funders Subgroup Business Outreach Task Force.
Feeling the Impact Series: Personal & Organizational Integration of Crises
REGISTER for the series About the Series In this program series, you will encounter and work with frameworks and practices for understanding and coping with the effects of crises as they impact us as individuals, organizations, and society. In these...
Love and Fury
Release Date:
06/05/2020
We no longer have to wonder what we would have done if we’d been around at the peak of the civil rights movement. Whatever it is, we will be doing it now. These words ring from our conference.
21
Sep
2015
2015 Corporate Philanthropy Institute | Authenticity
September 21, 2015 -
8:00am to 6:00pm
UCSF - Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA
Once again, the 2015 Corporate Philanthropy Institute (CPI) is presented by Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. This year's CPI will explore how companies are going about breathing authenticity and value into...
04
Feb
2021
Caregiving in the Spotlight: An Opportunity to Rebuild and Reimagine
February 4, 2021 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
We’re living longer than ever before, and at some point, we will all need care from a family or professional caregiver. Today, nearly 42 million Americans provide unpaid care to an older person—often a family member—while the direct care workforce...
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...
Foundation Diversity Policies and Practices Toolkit
Publication date:
05/2009
In 2008, in its quest to improve the effectiveness of its grants portfolio and institutional operations, The California Endowment contracted with Social Policy Research Associates (SPR) to complete an internal assessment of its diversity policies and practices.
Transparency in Philanthropy
Publication date:
04/2013
The Philanthropy Roundtable has published a new book by noted legal scholar John Tyler, general counsel of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, titled Transparency in Philanthropy: An Analysis of Accountability, Fallacy, and Volunteerism.
Many Voices, One Goal
Publication date:
12/2014
Many Voices, One Goal: How an Informal Foundation Collaboration Helped Make California History is a new report produced by NCG members The Stuart Foundation and the Silver Giving Foundation on their collaborative work to influence education financing policy in California.
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
Sep
2015
San Francisco | Beyond the Grant: Solutions for Building Nonprofit Operational Excellence
September 15, 2015 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
This event will showcase two funder initiatives that went beyond grantmaking to help strengthen the operations of nonprofit grantees. This event will include discussions with The Wallace Foundation and Tipping Point Community as well as grantees...
08
Oct
2015
South Bay | Beyond the Grant: Solutions for Building Nonprofit Operational Excellence
October 8, 2015 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
This event will showcase two funder initiatives that went beyond grantmaking to help strengthen the operations of nonprofit grantees. This event will include discussions with The Wallace Foundation and Tipping Point Community as well as grantees...
Top 10 Reasons to Attend NCG's Corporate Philanthropy Institute
Release Date:
09/15/2015
On the fence about the Corporate Philanthropy Institute? Here are 10 reasons to jump!
Voicing Your Inner Socrates: 50 new grantmakers, 10 big questions, 2 days
Release Date:
09/15/2015
NCG’s New Grantmakers Institute is coming up, and I’ve been doing a lot of work gearing up to it. In prepping the presenters, my frame for these two days is becoming really clear.
Corporate Philanthropy Reality Check
Release Date:
11/23/2015
In my 6 years working with corporations at FSG, I’ve come to realize that being in charge of your company’s foundation or CSR is reason to both celebrate and weep with frustration. What do I mean? Consider the fictional yet all-too-familiar story of...
09
Mar
2016
Return to Sender: Where Will We Send Our Funding When the Nonprofits Don’t Live Here Anymore?
March 9, 2016 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
The San Francisco Foundation
How will nonprofits deliver direct services in our local communities if they can no longer afford the space to do it in? Join one or more of three upcoming briefings to hear the latest data on what’s happening and to talk about what can be done.
22
Mar
2016
SOLD OUT | Return to Sender: Where Will We Send Our Funding When the Nonprofits Don’t Live Here Anymore?
March 22, 2016 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
East Bay Community Foundation
How will nonprofits deliver direct services in our local communities if they can no longer afford the space to do it in? Join one or more of three upcoming briefings to hear the latest data on what’s happening and to talk about what can be done.
24
Mar
2016
Return to Sender: Where Will We Send Our Funding When the Nonprofits Don’t Live Here Anymore?
March 24, 2016 -
11:30am to 1:30pm
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
How will nonprofits deliver direct services in our local communities if they can no longer afford the space to do it in? Join one or more of three upcoming briefings to hear the latest data on what’s happening and to talk about what can be done.