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As a follow up to NCG's Annual Conference, we are welcoming back former Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich and filmmaker Jake Kornbluth to share their latest work. Building on the success of their award winning film, Inequality for All, they are...

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Executive Staff

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Income Inequality

Technology/Social Media

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Economic Justice

Policy Advocacy

Reimagine What’s Possible: NCG’s Family Philanthropy Exchange Needs You!

Release Date:

11/13/2014

As NCG enters a new chapter for the organization we’re taking time to reflect. Join us on December 8th for our Family Philanthropy Exchange End-of-Year Gathering. We want your ideas on how FPE can best serve members in the future.

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Just for Fun: Q&A with Tabitha Tapia

Release Date:

08/11/2015

This Just for Fun blog features NCG member: Tabitha Tapia, Multicultural Fellow for Community Development at The San Francisco Foundation. Tabitha truly understands the value of community and having a good time. We sat down with Tabitha to learn...

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A New Brand of CSR

Release Date:

09/19/2016

Corporate responsibility is changing fast. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Corporate Responsibility Manager Kathy Gu explores the evolution of corporate responsibility "from traditional cause-related marketing and grants to embedding...

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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?

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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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Can You Put a Price On That?

Release Date:

05/19/2015

When Dan Pallotta’s 2013 TedTalk,“The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong” first made the rounds, with it came a resurgence of a familiar conversation about how to cultivate healthy nonprofit organizations and avoid the nonprofit starvation...

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Let the Healing Begin

Release Date:

11/09/2016

When I was in high school I was captivated by a book called To Be Young, Gifted, and Black , the autobiography of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry. In 1959, two weeks before the opening of her groundbreaking play Raisin in the Sun on Broadway, she...

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21 Mar 2019

Legal Services Funder Network: Signature Event

Areas of Focus

Leadership, Culture and Community

March 21, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Public Policy Institute of California

Join our 2019 Keynote Speakers, Margaret Hagan & Jason Solomon, at the 5th annual Legal Services Funders Network Signature Event as we further explore how to improve access to justice, the delivery of legal services, and public service law...

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Legal Services Funders Network

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Leadership, Culture and Community

Voting in 2020: Summary of Briefing Call 3/23/2020

Publication date:

03/2020

Read the summary of the Voting in 2020 briefing call.

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Convening

26 Aug 2015

San Francisco | Strategic Corporate Philanthropy: Designing Community Programs for Impact

August 26, 2015 -

9:00am to 10:30am

SF Location: Northern California Grantmakers

Based on Corporate Citizenship’s (CC) latest global research, which draws on the insights of companies such as Amway, Unilever, Kellogg’s and Microsoft, find out to what extent companies are moving to a flagship approach, where one is focusing...

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Climate Resilience and Justice

Global: Specific Regions

26 Aug 2015

Mountain View | Strategic Corporate Philanthropy: Designing Community Programs for Impact

August 26, 2015 -

1:30pm to 3:00pm

Mountain View location: Microsoft Campus, Nebula Conference Room, 1065 La Avenida Street

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Global: Specific Regions

04 Mar 2016

Breakfast of Champions: Connect With Your Peers in NCG's Networks While We Dish About What's Ahead

March 4, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:30am

NCG Office

Want to know what NCG has up our sleeves for 2016? And learn more about the different networks and committees in our network? Come hear from Ellen LaPointe about our plans for 2016, and come engage in dialogue with your peers and with us about what...

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Collaborative Philanthropy

Organizational Effectiveness

Shared Value

21 May 2019

How Strong Is My Corporate Citizenship Portfolio? How to Align Programs and Maximize Impact

Areas of Focus

Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

May 21, 2019 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

Northern California Grantmakers

Companies dedicate numerous resources to identify issues that are important to their stakeholders, but many companies develop program portfolios that don’t meet their expectations or fully support the goals of the company. In many cases, community...

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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Member Spotlight: Frances Phillips, Program Director at the Walter & Elise Haas Fund

Release Date:

07/11/2016

Frances Phillips is the Program Director of the Arts and the Creative Work Fund at the Walter & Elise Haas Fund and a member of NCG's Book Club. As a part of our Member Spotlight series, Frances told us a little about herself, what and how to...

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Stanford Social Innovation Review | Shifting Philanthropy From Charity to Justice

Release Date:

02/16/2017

Historical injustices—perpetuated by racial and cultural conflicts, and exacerbated by a lack of empathy—are at the heart of America’s growing economic, social, and political inequalities.

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Emerging Practitioners

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Equity and Social Justice

07 Dec 2022

2022 Bay Area Philanthropy Holiday Party

December 7, 2022 -

4:30pm to 6:00pm

In-person Event

Time to take off your work-from-home slippers and polish off your party shoes! The Bay Area Philanthropy Holiday Party is back IN-PERSON this year! Please join the NCG board and staff to celebrate our vibrant philanthropic community, network with...

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Briefing Webinar

Leadership Culture Community

Release Date:

09/21/2016

Today we are announcing that NCG is embracing three areas of focus: Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability, Equity and Social Justice, and one I am honored to steward, Leadership, Culture, and Community.