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29
Jan
2021
Unconscious Whiteness for Board Members & Trustees
January 29, 2021 - 10:00am to March 12, 2021 - 12:00pm
Virtual Workshop
Are you struggling to understand how your role as a white trustee is critical to advancing transformational change and moving toward a future in which race is not a predictor of security, opportunity, access to resources, and life outcomes...
12
Jan
2021
The Ethos of Being Trust-Based Session 2 | Interpersonal Skills: The Hardest Skill-Building You’ll Ever Do
Areas of Focus
January 12, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
In philanthropy, we sometimes overlook or deprioritize the interpersonal skills required to do this work well. This includes the ability to connecct dots, show up in an emotionally intelligent way, listen actively and empathically, and know when to...
Investing in Latino-led Organizations like our Lives Depend on It
Release Date:
04/27/2021
In California, the Newsom administration recently made a bold pronouncement that opened COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to Californians 16 years and older on April 15th — an incredible milestone after a year of challenges that fueled a renewed drive...
About | COVID-19 Equitable Recovery
Act Now for an Equitable COVID Recovery We have the opportunity of a lifetime to ensure up to 6.3 trillion dollars in recovery funds reach our communities. We must be bold in our demands because how we define “recovery” today will impact generations...
04
May
2021
Belly of the Beast Film Screening and Discussion about Forced Sterilizations in California’s Women’s Prisons
May 4, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Between 2006-2010, 144 people were sterilized without consent in California’s women’s prisons. This atrocious human rights abuse was kept secret from the survivors and the public. Forced sterilizations are part of the long legacy of eugenics,...
Resources from Building Community Power: Democracy at the Local Level
Publication date:
10/2017
In an October 4 Webinar, we introduced funders to new efforts in California to reimagine democracy at the local level. These new tools for community power and democracy are broadening political participation for traditionally disenfranchised groups, expanding civic engagement beyond elections, and creating new platforms for making government more responsive, accountable, and equitable.
The Theory and Practice of Disaster Grantmaking
Release Date:
10/08/2018
Roughly a year ago, I participated in a funders meeting about the North Bay fires, hosted by our friends at Northern California Grantmakers. At that time, I said in jest that I planned to spend the rest of my career in an iron box in the high desert...
NCG Members Speak Up
Release Date:
06/05/2020
NCG's members are speaking up, some for the first time, about the protests, the killings, and the structural racism behind them. Several point toward organizations we can fund right now to fuel this movement. We are proud to share all of them here.
Informal Child Care in California: Current Arrangements and Future Needs
NCG member the David & Lucile Packard Foundation recently engaged with three research teams compiling information in an effort to broaden understanding of caregivers’ motivations and experiences, and to provide a more nuanced depiction of the adults who are caring for California's youngest children.
2020 Census: How Local Governments And Nonprofits Can Ensure a Fair and Accurate Count
An accurate count of the U.S. population forms the basis for many important, but often overlooked political, economic, and social decisions that end up affecting our daily lives. Community Connect Labs' "2020 Census: How Local Governments And Nonprofits Can Ensure a Fair and Accurate Count" explores why 2020 is vital to California's future.
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...
Announcing the 2015 Annual Conference Morning Breakouts
Release Date:
05/06/2015
At the 2015 Annual Conference, attendees will have six Morning Breakouts to choose from—each offering an opportunity to investigate how the changes happening in our communities are playing out in a specific issue area. This year's Morning Breakouts...
California Regionals Oppose Bill on Nonprofit Regulation: Letter
April 20, 2016 Assembly Member Lorena S. Gonzalez, Chair Assembly Committee on Appropriations State Capitol, Room 2114 Sacramento, CA 95814 Subject: Assembly Bill 2855 (Frazier) – OPPOSE AS AMENDED Dear Chairwoman Gonzalez : On...
Partisan Politics and the Nonprofit Sector
Release Date:
03/29/2017
"Our charitable and philanthropic communities are neither partisan nor bipartisan; we are nonpartisan in law and in practice. And to protect the common good, we must keep it that way."
01
Jun
2017
Using Data to Increase Access and Equity in Arts Education: A Funders Briefing on the California Arts Education Data Project
Areas of Focus
June 1, 2017 -
8:00pm to 9:15pm
Webinar
Philanthropy California (Northern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers) invite you to participate in an interactive webinar exploring the powerful role of new statewide data in increasing equity and...
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Announces New Program Directors for Immigrant Rights, Education Equity
Release Date:
07/28/2017
NCG member The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund has announced the hiring of two new team members to help lead its efforts to advance right and create opportunities for all people. Welcome to the NCG community!
14
Feb
2018
California's Race to Lead: The Racial Leadership Gap in the Golden State
Areas of Focus
February 14, 2018 -
8:30am to 11:00am
James Irvine Foundation Conference Center at the East Bay Community Foundation
Following its groundbreaking national report on why America’s nonprofit sector has so few leaders of color, the Building Movement Project (BMP) will release CALIFORNIA’S RACE TO LEAD, a report examining the diversity of nonprofit leadership in the...
16
Mar
2018
Bay Area Census Meeting
March 16, 2018 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Please join NCG for our first regional working group meeting related to the 2020 Census. Many sectors from philanthropy to government are mobilizing to ensure a fair and accurate Census count. For our first meeting, we will get updates on Census...
20
Sep
2018
Don’t Start Trouble: Real-Life Examples on Advocacy and Lobbying
Areas of Focus
September 20, 2018 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Watching the news and wondering if there’s a way to make your dollars and your voice count a little more? Join members as they share their experience jumping into the fray of advocacy and making changes in how they support grantees to pack some...