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24 Apr 2018

More Than Tech: A Workforce Approach Towards Inclusion for Young Adults

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 24, 2018 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
The tech industry has generated unprecedented wealth in the Bay Area but many residents aren’t benefiting from the boom. Instead, they are being pushed out of the region altogether. Not only do some communities of color lack access to the tech...
12 Mar 2020

How Philanthropy Can Support and Enhance the Government Response to COVID-19

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 12, 2020 -
9:00am to 10:00am
Webinar
In the face of COVID-19 outbreaks in California and across the world, philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting community preparedness and response. In order to do so most effectively, it is important to first understand the way the...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Disaster Preparedness
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
25 May 2021

CCJFG: My Life Is Not A Game: The Movement to Repeal California’s Three Strikes Law

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
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...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Legal
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

A Conversation With Van Jones: Understanding Movement Building–The Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street and Philanthropy

Release Date: 
11/21/2011
Last month NCG was excited to partner with the Mitchell Kapor Foundation to present Van Jones. Van discussed Occupy Wall Street, Philanthropy and other political movements at work in our country today.

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.
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CEO Message

Resources from Collaboration Gone Right: 9 Funders and 69 Nonprofits Make Regional Change Work

Publication date: 
06/2017
For far too long, communities across the San Joaquin Valley haven’t had access to the same opportunities that make California golden for other regions. Inspired directly by the voices of San Joaquin Valley Health Fund partners, over 1000 San Joaquin Valley residents came to the capital to advocate for a shared policy agenda that’s an all-in approach for racial and health equity on some of the most pressing issues facing the Valley. They showed the power of funder and community collaborations with their call for “a Golden State for All.” The program offered a case study of the Fund and how its...

Resources from In Defense of Data: A Funder’s Journey to Support Continuous Improvement

Publication date: 
06/2018
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation , in collaboration with partner co-investors, supports two efforts, Propel Next and Project Evident , to strengthen the capacity of nonprofits, and youth-serving organizations in particular, to better collect and use data for continuous learning and improvement. In a June 21st session, leaders of both initiatives described what they are doing, why they’re doing it, and what they’ve learned so far.
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Presentation
Topic(s) 
Data
12 Feb 2015

Paying It Forward? The 2015/2016 California Budget Review

February 12, 2015 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northen California Grantmakers
Please join NCG for our annual look at the state’s budget with the California Budget Project and its Executive Director, Chris Hoene. Chris will provide a high-level analysis of the Governor's 2015-16 proposed Budget—it’s social and economic context...
27 Jul 2017

The Problem of Poverty isn’t Getting any Younger: A Funder Briefing on Poverty and Aging

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
July 27, 2017 -
2:00pm to 4:30pm
Metta Fund
Of the many causes for worry, pressures on the elderly in our region rarely find their way to the top of the list. Nonetheless, the same inequities driving hardship today only worsen with age. Our region’s increasing poles of wealth and poverty and...
04 Oct 2017

Building Community Power: Democracy at the Local Level

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
October 4, 2017 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Webinar
At a time when many are looking for bright spots when it comes to democracy, this session will introduce funders to new efforts in California to reimagine democracy at the local level. These new tools for community power and democracy are broadening...
06 Dec 2017

California Policy Forum Webinar | Federal Tax and the Budget Debate: Where Things Stand and Why It Matters to our Sector

Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
December 6, 2017 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Zoom Webinar
The emerging federal budget picture has had nonprofits, funders, and communities across California expecting major impacts for housing, transportation, health, arts, education and workforce development, immigration, and many other areas -- and...
21 Jun 2018

In Defense of Data: A Funder’s Journey to Support Continuous Improvement

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
June 21, 2018 -
12:30pm to 3:00pm
Bay Room
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation , in collaboration with partner co-investors, supports two efforts, Propel Next and Project Evident , to strengthen the capacity of nonprofits, and youth-serving organizations in particular, to better collect and...
16 Jul 2018

Trauma-Informed Philanthropy: From Knowledge to Action

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
July 16, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Webinar
Though there have been significant scientific advances to help us better understand how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma are contributing factors towards negative health outcomes later in life, there remains little guidance on how to...
05 Sep 2018

Golden State Learning Series 2018

September 5, 2018 - 10:00am to November 6, 2018 - 11:30am
Virtual
The Golden State Learning Series is back and applications open on June 18 (and close on July 23!). This highly-interactive, six-session cohort based online learning series gives California grantmakers the opportunity to learn from...
13 Feb 2019

Making it Count: Philanthropy and the 2020 Census

Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
February 13, 2019 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Webinar
It has been a long road as California prepares for the 2020 Census—from budget delays at the federal level and persistent advocacy for adequate state funding, to the pending inclusion of an untested citizenship question. The state has allocated an...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
2020 Census
Funding Area 
Policy Advocacy
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Peninsula and South Bay
Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
21 May 2019

No Rest for the Weary: The Fight for Statewide Criminal Justice Reform

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
May 21, 2019 - 1:30pm to May 22, 2019 - 5:00pm
Sacramento, CA
The CA Criminal Justice Funders Group (CCJFG) is excited to host a two-day event exploring the current landscape of criminal justice reform, including upcoming legislation and ballot measures that both advance and impede the efforts of the movement...
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Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Legal
Policy
Funding Area 
Policy Advocacy
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy

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