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11/14/2016
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13
Apr
2017
Arts Loan Fund Meeting 4/13/17
April 13, 2017 -
9:30am to 11:30am
Northern California Grantmakers
NCG's Arts Loan Fund (ALF) Steering Committee is comprised of a diverse range of Bay Area funders, who are committed to the Arts. The committee convenes every four weeks to discuss issues impacting the Arts in Northern California and to review loan...
18
Jul
2019
Corporate Philanthropy Awards
July 18, 2019 -
7:15am to 11:45am
Hilton Union Square
This inspiring breakfast event will honor the Top Bay Area Corporate Philanthropists, and share the stories of those who do it best.
13
Mar
2020
CCJFG Webinar: The Transformative In-Prison Workgroup and the Fight for Healing in Prison
Areas of Focus
March 13, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Webinar
Meet the Californians bringing healing and transformative programs to state prisons, and hear how a growing statewide campaign is calling for 1% of the corrections budget to be reinvested in community-run prison programs. Community Based...
24
Sep
2020
Is 2020 Over? Responding to Multiple Disasters Amid COVID-19 and Climate Change
Areas of Focus
September 24, 2020 - 12:00pm
Zoom Webinar
It feels like 2020 has lasted 15 years. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) team started following COVID-19 in January while we were also responding to the Australian wildfires and the earthquakes in Puerto Rico. The beginning of the year is...
19
Jul
2017
2017 Corporate Philanthropy Awards and Summit
Areas of Focus
July 19, 2017 -
7:00am to 11:45am
Hilton Union Square
It's that time of year again when the San Francisco Business Times honors the generosity of corporate philanthropists by hosting an awards presentation that unveils the ranks of companies who gave the most cash to Bay Area causes. NCG is proud to...
Meet the Moment: Demystifying Bold
Release Date:
03/24/2021
I’ll be the first to acknowledge that I’ve arrived as NCG’s CEO on the shoulders of many others that came before me. Two of the strongest shoulders belong to my first professional mentor and a heavyweight in philanthropic circles, Joe Brooks. During...
16
Nov
2021
Engaging Indigenous Leadership in Climate & Disaster Resilience
Areas of Focus
November 16, 2021 - 12:00pm to December 9, 2021 - 1:30pm
Increasing impacts from climate change are testing the resiliency of Native peoples and cultures throughout the West. This is exacerbated by more than a century of forced displacement and wealth extraction, marginalization through discriminatory...
19
Mar
2020
COVID-19: Impact on the Need for and Delivery of Legal Services
Areas of Focus
March 19, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Webinar
This webinar will address the ways in which COVID-19 is impacting the populations served by legal services organizations, the legal aid organizations themselves, legislation being considered to help highly impacted communities and funder...
Counting for Dollars 2020: The George Washington Institute of Public Policy (Aug 2017)
View the Census research by The George Washington Institute of Public Policy .
Annual Conference Teaser: Q&A with Nayantara Mehta, Senior Counsel at Alliance for Justice
Release Date:
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.
Ground Breaking Study on Bay Area Muslim Community
Release Date:
05/22/2013
On Tuesday, May 20, 2013, the San Francisco Chronicle published the following article: Muslims Become Part of Bay Area Fabric , which highlights a benchmark study that gives demographic data on the Bay Area’s growing Muslim community. The study, The...
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.
Announcing Jeff Malloy as NCG Board Chair
Release Date:
01/09/2017
Northern California Grantmakers is pleased to announce that Jeff Malloy has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors.
Reversing the Trend of Intolerance and Exclusion
Release Date:
03/20/2017
The theme of our Annual Conference this year is Bigger. Bolder. Stronger . The piece below by NCG's Christopher Punongbayan invites further discussion related to the current political environment and what philanthropy might be able...
Member Spotlight: Jara Dean-Coffey, Founder of Luminare Group
Release Date:
08/24/2017
Jara Dean-Coffey is the founder of Luminare Group and a founding member and Steering Committee Member of the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers. As a part of our Member Spotlight series, Jara told us why she appreciates "A-ha" moments...
27
Sep
2018
State of Democracy: Countering Threats and Advancing Voting Rights in the U.S. and California
September 27, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Access to the ballot and voting rights continue to be threatened in increasing and unprecedented ways. Nearly half the states have enacted new voting restrictions since 2010. These include purging voter rolls, cutting back on early voting, and...
Reflections on Un-Learning
Release Date:
10/10/2019
As a kid, I practiced all the time – piano, soccer, reading – to get better at whatever it was I was doing. I practiced. I asked questions. I got frustrated. Inevitably, with that one piece of sheet music, that soccer move, or the next chapter book...
A Vision for NCG (and the People Making it Happen)
Release Date:
06/17/2021
Truth is, I’ve been skeptical of membership groups for funders. Why should foundations put precious resources toward these groups — philanthropy-serving organizations? Is it helping the communities at the core of our missions? But then I experienced...