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13 Jan 2020

The Wisdom of Youth: Equity Centered Solutions to Prevent Youth Homelessness

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
January 13, 2020 -
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Adolescence and young adulthood are critical developmental times in a person’s life, and experiencing housing instability and homelessness at this stage can have lifelong negative impacts. Many adults who experience chronic homelessness first became...
31 Aug 2020

Funder Update: The Alternatives to Incarceration Care First Model and Vision

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
August 31, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:15pm
Zoom Meeting
This year presents a historic opportunity to fundamentally reimagine justice in Los Angeles County. Years of deep organizing and several recent motions by the LA County Board of Supervisors have laid the groundwork for real transformation. In March...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Funding Area 
Public Policy/Social Justice: Advocacy
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
09 Sep 2020

Expert Insights: Integrated Capital Approaches to Racial Equity

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
September 9, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Zoom Webinar
In recent years funders have been increasingly coordinating the use of different forms of financial capital and non-financial resources to support enterprises and initiatives working to solve complex social and/or environmental problems, called...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Innovation
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

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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NCG Blog
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

On The Money

Publication date: 
09/2009
This Grantmakes for Effective Organizations (GEO) publication highlights the financial challenges nonprofits face and the ways in which grantmakers are both improving the situation as well as perpetuating the problem.
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Research
Topic(s) 
Finance

Resources from: Beyond the Grant: Solutions for Building Nonprofit Operational Excellence

Publication date: 
09/2015
This event showcased two funder initiatives that went beyond grantmaking to help strengthen the operations of nonprofit grantees. This event included discussions with The Wallace Foundation and Tipping Point Community as well as grantees that participated in the initiatives and capacity building partners.

Where Do We Go From Here: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys

Publication date: 
07/2014
This report examines U.S. foundation giving explicitly in support of black males by issue area, type of support, and geographic area served. The analyses explore patterns of giving by larger U.S. foundations over the past eight years, with a focus on giving from 2008 to 2010.

Resources from Financial Series 2016 | Session 2 - So What If You Don’t Have an Audit?

Publication date: 
04/2016
Participants in this workshop gained an understanding of how to assess a nonprofit organization’s financial health when no audited financial statements are available.

Resources from 2015 New Grantmakers Institute: Essential Skills & Strategies

Publication date: 
10/2015
For new grantmakers it is essential to hit the ground running by equipping themselves with the tools and best practices for making sound funding recommendations. The New Grantmakers Institute is a cost-effective, local option that develops important skills, helps build lasting peer relationships with other grantmakers in our community, and cultivates the ability to ask critical questions of ourselves and others about our role as change-makers in our communities.

Foundation Funding to Address Domestic Violence in California

Publication date: 
04/2014
The Foundation Center announced the release of a landmark report on foundation support for organizations and programs working to prevent—and address the consequences of— domestic violence in California. Enabled through a grant from Blue Shield of California Foundation, and using data from the Foundation Center’s research database, Foundation Funding to Address Domestic Violence in California is the first-ever examination of philanthropy’s contribution to the field of domestic violence. The report provides a landscape analysis to inform community organizations, funders, government agencies,...
13 May 2021

Can Corporate America Help Build a Racially Just Society? Preview of A CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity 2.0

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
May 13, 2021 -
12:30pm to 1:45pm
In the wake of COVID-19 and a long-overdue national reckoning on racism, the call for all sectors to address structural racism has rarely been stronger. Corporate leaders from around the country made commitments in response to the increased demand...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Funding Area 
Health
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

Addressing California’s Emerging Teacher Shortage: An Analysis of Sources and Solutions

After many years of teacher layoffs in California, school districts around the state are hiring again. With the influx of new K–12 funding, districts are looking to lower student-teacher ratios and reinstate classes and programs that were reduced or eliminated during the Great Recession. However, mounting evidence indicates that teacher supply has not kept pace with the increased demand. This report examines indicators of current shortages, discusses their impact on students, analyzes factors that influence teacher supply and demand in California and nationally, and recommends policies to...
24 Jan 2018

Leadership for Equity & Opportunity (LEO) | 2018 Cohort

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
January 24, 2018 - 8:00am to May 17, 2018 - 5:00pm
Nile Hall
Leadership for Equity and Opportunity is a learning-in-action program that builds the capacity of a diverse group of community leaders to produce extraordinary results for equitable individual, organizational and community change. Hosted by Rise...

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