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Make Big Data Work For You and Your Grantmaking

Release Date: 
04/21/2015
How would you adjust your grantmaking if you knew where the funding gaps were? If you knew who else was funding your grantees? Usually we're on the receiving end of Big Data. So how can we make Big Data work for us and our grantmaking?

Earthquake in Nepal

Release Date: 
04/27/2015
Time and time again the philanthropic sector has come to the aid of communities recovering from disaster. Over the years grantmakers have developed best practices on approaching disaster relief both here and abroad. Learn more about an upcoming May...

Time is of the Essence

Release Date: 
09/09/2015
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is leading the charge to address math misplacement by sponsoring the California Placement Act of 2015-AB 359. SVCF is excited to announce that SB 359 has passed legislature and is awaiting the Governor's signature.
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The Giving Code: Silicon Valley Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Publication date: 
10/2016
Why are Silicon Valley community-based organizations struggling to meet demand in one of the wealthiest and most sophisticated regions in the world? Why aren’t more Silicon Valley philanthropists directing their dollars toward local organizations and issues—in addition to national or global causes—and why hasn’t more entrepreneurial ingenuity been harnessed to solve local problems? What is the cause of these disconnects, and how might we help bring these two groups together in service of shared community?
04 May 2017

Exponent Philanthropy: Great Funder-Nonprofit Relationships

May 4, 2017 -
8:30am to 11:30am
Hilton San Francisco Financial District
Navigating the complex funder-nonprofit relationship is vital to mission success. Often, it seems, nonprofits do the asking, reporting, and proving, while donors sit in positions to say yes or no, how much, when, and what’s required. Achieving...
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Peer Network
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Family Foundation

Resources from 'Using Data to Increase Access and Equity in Arts Education: A Funders Briefing on the California Arts Education Data Project'

Publication date: 
06/2017
Southern California Grantmakers, Northern California Grantmakers, and San Diego Grantmakers held an interactive webinar exploring the powerful role of new statewide data in increasing equity and access to arts education across the state. The California Arts Education Data Project, which reports and analyzes school-level data on arts education courses in grades 6–12, is a joint effort of Create CA (California’s statewide arts education coalition), the California Department of Education , and the Arts Education Data Project . During this webinar, private and public funders explored the Data...
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Presentation
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Communications
Philanthropy CA
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Resources from 2018 Political Forecast | What Can We Expect and How Can We Prepare?

Publication date: 
08/2017
On August 15, the California Policy Forum together with CalNonprofits, Philanthropy California (a collaboration between Northern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers), and the League of California Community Foundations presented an interactive webinar on the political landscape in California in the coming year.

An Equity Profile of the Five-County San Francisco Bay Area Region

Publication date: 
08/2017
The San Francisco Foundation together with PolicyLink and PERE, the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at the University of Southern California, recently published this report outlining an equity profile of the Bay Area. This Five-County San Francisco Bay Area Equity Profile adds to the growing body of research that finds that greater economic and racial inclusion fosters stronger economic growth and a more equitable region.
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Report
Topic(s) 
Data
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
13 Sep 2017

California Immigrant Integration Initiative Meeting

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
September 13, 2017 -
10:00am to 1:00pm
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Last week’s drastic changes in federal immigration policy related to the elimination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, will have deep impacts in California. Research indicates that California is the state with the most...

Resources from Federal Tax and the Budget Debate: Where Things Stand and Why It Matters to our Sector

During this interactive webinar on December 6, we discussed the status of the federal budget and the implications for California’s budget, the potential impact of federal tax and budget choices on public services and systems, communities, and nonprofits, and how this all could impact the work of grantmakers and nonprofit organizations.
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Presentation
Topic(s) 
Policy
Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
25 Jan 2018

Watch Party: The 2018 Gubernatorial Forum

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
January 25, 2018 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Join us for NCG’s first-ever watch party! Come listen to and discuss the California gubernatorial candidates’ responses on the issues, including economic mobility, health care, higher education, climate change, and immigration reform.
20 Feb 2018

South Meets West: Philanthropy and the Heart of the Resistance

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
February 20, 2018 -
3:00pm to 6:30pm
James Irvine Foundation
The nation’s current climate can make it feel like each day brings more bad news – dangerous new ecological warning signs, acts from Washington that threaten communities of color, and continued erosion of our democratic processes and institutions...
12 Feb 2019

2019 Corporate Philanthropy Institute | Navigating the High Road

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
February 12, 2019 -
8:00am to 5:00pm
Pullman San Francisco Bay Hotel
Over the past year we’ve seen companies make headlines by addressing social and environmental issues with new internal policies, strategic nonprofit investments and external advocacy. But with competing priorities and pressure from stakeholders on...

Resources for Making it Count: Philanthropy and the 2020 Census

Publication date: 
02/2019
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 unprecedented $90.3 million to support the census, but will it be enough to make sure that all California residents—including the 75 percent who are in historically undercounted groups—are counted? With $60 million in state dollars allocated for outreach by counties and community-based organizations, what do funders need to know about the efforts...
27 Feb 2019

Moving to Higher Ground & Emboldening the Field: Strategic Dismantling of the School to Prison Pipeline

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
February 27, 2019 -
1:00pm to 3:30pm
Freedom and Movement Center
Join Lateefah Simon from Akonadi Foundation and strategists of Dignity in Schools Campaign California (DSC CA) to build allies in philanthropy who are willing to invest in movement building leadership to keep California at the forefront ending...
07 Nov 2019

Camp Fire Remembrance

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
November 7, 2019 - 5:30pm to November 9, 2019 - 12:00pm
Chico and Paradise
Please join the North Valley Community Foundation (NVCF) and local communities to mark the one-year anniversary of the Camp Fire that devastated Paradise and surrounding communities in Butte County, California. NVCF would like to honor partners and...
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Social
Topic(s) 
Disaster Preparedness
Funding Area 
Environment
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
10 Apr 2020

Aging Intersections: A Funder Network | Conversation about Older Adults and COVID-19

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 10, 2020 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Webinar
A lifetime of inequity—whether racial, economic, or gender-based— is compounded in old age. The global COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and laid bare the unmet needs facing older adults, who are among the hardest hit by this current crisis. Please...

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