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Resources for When the World Tilts: Adaptive Leadership for VUCA Times

In this first conversation about adaptive leadership, we heard from two seasoned leadership development professionals and philanthropic peers the art of tending to ourselves as a prerequisite for more effective social change. We explored how to cultivate self-awareness, self-regulation, new perspectives, and generative ways of working and working together. To watch a recording of the webinar, please click here .
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Annual Conference Teaser: Q&A with Nayantara Mehta, Senior Counsel at Alliance for Justice

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03/24/2014
As Alliance for Justice is one of our official conference partners, we’ve asked AFJ Senior Counsel Nayantara Mehta to participate in a quick Q&A about on the conference.
07 Apr 2015

Transforming Lives: Safety and Opportunity Through Prop 47

April 7, 2015 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
The San Francisco Foundation
Last year, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 47, a landmark piece of legislation which changed certain low-level crimes from potential felonies to misdemeanors. Now significant numbers of young men and women, most of them of color...

2015 Annual Conference Sneak Peek: What Exactly is a PhilTalk?

Release Date: 
05/12/2015
Ever go to a program or conference that’s chock full of interesting information on an important issue, but you still leave wondering to yourself, “So now what?” NCG's conference PhilTalks are designed to help answer that question. Here's what you...

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.

Sobrato Family Foundation Invests $29 Million in Literacy Model

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05/25/2017
Last week NCG member the Sobrato Family Foundation celebrated its 20th anniversary by sharing the news of its $29 million investment in the Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL) educational model. With a ten-year commitment, the investment will...
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NCG Blog
19 Nov 2018

Immediate and Emerging Needs Arising from the California Fires

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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
November 19, 2018 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Webinar
As impacted communities in Northern and Southern California continue to grapple with the devastation resulting from the Camp, Woolsey, and Hill fires, questions about those affected and the resources available to them become paramount. This call...
25 Feb 2020

Introduction to Expanding the Bench for Culturally-Responsive and Equitable Evaluation

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Leadership, Culture and Community
February 25, 2020 -
11:30am to 12:30pm
Webinar
Does your organization value diversity, inclusion and equity? How are those values reflected in your organization's approach to learning and evaluation? Expanding the Bench (ETB) is based on the belief that learning and evaluation have the power to...
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Guidance for Philanthropic Communications in a Pandemic

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03/2020
Philanthropy can serve as a trusted resource for actionable communications that lead with empathy and support grantees to prevent the spread of disease, preserve well-being, maintain social cohesion, and respond to economic hardship. Social Cohesion Pandemics are personal and interpersonal: we make each other sick. We must address the financial, social, and psychological conditioning that prompts us work when sick. Effective pandemic response requires isolation: create virtual connection to form the kind of social cohesion that drives effective response to other types of crisis or disaster...
28 Apr 2020

Supporting California's Small Businesses in Covid-19 Recovery

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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 28, 2020 -
3:30pm to 4:30pm
Webinar
Small businesses are vital to the wellbeing of California, and the impact of Covid-19 on their operations is proving to be devastating for many. While federal and state support has provided critical relief to some businesses, major gaps still exist...
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Briefing Webinar
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
10 Nov 2020

How to Talk to Your Financial Advisor About Impact Investing

November 10, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Webinar
Your organization has decided you want to move forward and begin to make impact investments, but your financial advisor is not yet familiar with impact investing. Join us for a fireside chat with Ron Cordes and Monique Aiken to learn how to manage...
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Nephthali Ramirez Helps Expand NCG's Virtual Programming

Release Date: 
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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New Horizons for Me

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08/25/2021
Sometimes you know it’s time for something new, even if you don’t yet know what that new thing will be. I’ve decided it’s time for me to move on from NCG. There’s never going to be a good time to leave this wondrous group of people. But I know I...
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