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Northern California Grantmakers Welcomes Sara Davis and Sandra Nathan to the NCG Board of Directors

Release Date: 
12/03/2014
Northern California Grantmakers is pleased to announce that Sara Davis, Director of Grants Management at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Sandra Nathan, the Vice President of Grants and Loans at the Marin Community Foundation, are...
10 Aug 2016

California Policy Forum Webinar | Drought, Water and the Economy: What We All Need to Know!

August 10, 2016 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Online Webinar
We still have a drought! Water scarcity continues to affect the entire state from agricultural regions to urban centers. As this unprecedented drought continues, the legacy of variable rainfall will impact the state for some time to come. But it’s...
16 Dec 2014

California Policy Forum Webinar: Local Control Funding Formula Implementation Updates and Opportunities

December 16, 2014 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Online Webinar
The LCFF is the most significant school reform California has seen in decades. In this webinar, we’ll hear updates on state-wide implementation and review the Student Need Index, used in districts across California to identify the students with the...
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 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
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...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Communications
Funding Area 
Arts and Culture
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Northern California Grantmakers Re-Enters Policy Advocacy, Brings on Powerhouse Attorney Cecilia Chen

Release Date: 
08/09/2017
The voice of philanthropy policy advocacy in the Bay Area returns as Northern California Grantmakers brings powerhouse attorney Cecilia Chen aboard as the organization’s first Manager of Public Policy to marshal the network’s collective power.
24 Mar 2015

California Policy Forum Webinar : The Winners, Losers, and Silver Lining of the Proposed State Budget

March 24, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Online Webinar
What the proposed budget fails to do, according to a California Budget Project analysis, is tackle California’s biggest challenges. But there is a silver lining. Nonprofits, philanthropy, and other stakeholders have a window of opportunity to...
29 Oct 2019

Funders Briefing | Northern California Wildfires and Public Safety Power Shutoff: Who’s Affected, What’s Needed from Philanthropy

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
October 29, 2019 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Call-in information: US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833 Webinar ID: 272 844 076 The wildfires and the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) in Northern California have caused major disruptions for Bay Area residents. To date, over...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Disaster Preparedness
Funding Area 
Disaster Resilience Relief and Recovery
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
17 Sep 2019

Investing in Our Future: How California is Fighting Against Childhood Poverty and What Still Needs to be Done

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
September 17, 2019 -
10:30am to 12:30pm
James Irvine Foundation
Despite being one of the most progressive states in the Union, California has the highest childhood poverty rate in Country. In fact 20% of California children live in poverty, impacting almost 2 million children with 450,000 of those children...
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Briefing Program
Funding Area 
Children & Youth
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
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...
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?
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Event type 
Peer Network
Audience 
Communications Staff
Topic(s) 
Communications
Income Inequality

Update on the California Children’s Trust

Publication date: 
08/2018
At the first meeting of the Funder Network on Trauma and Resilience on March 14, 2018, Alex Briscoe presented a fledgling model for reimagining California’s behavioral health system for children. Since then, the California Children’s Trust (the Trust) was formed as a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund with initial funding from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Genentech, McKenzie Foundation and Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The Trust is intended as a three-year initiative to build a broad-based coalition that advances a fundamentally different...

Cancellation for California For All

Your registration for California for All: What’s in Governor Newsom’s First Proposed Budget has been cancelled. Thank you! Did you cancel by mistake? Contact Registrar at registrar@ncg.org .
14 Dec 2020

Inland California Economic Development

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
December 14, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Since elected, Governor Gavin Newsom and his administration have been committed to driving inclusive, equitable investment throughout California, with a particular focus on the underinvested regions of inland California, from the San Joaquin Valley...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

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