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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...

Breakout Session: Policy Landscape

We’ll dig deep into the issues the pandemic created as well as those issues that it exacerbated. We’ll explore the policy landscape; opportunities to leverage recovery resources, and how we can make headway on some of the issues the pandemic laid bare.

For this session, we'll dive into the policy landscape to answer the questions: What is the policy and resource landscape? What’s the opportunity to leverage and be additive? What is the potential role for companies?

Date & Time: 
10/12/2021 -
11:00am to 11:50am
20 Sep 2016

California Policy Webinar | From Marijuana to the Death Penalty: What Nonprofits & Philanthropy Need to Know About California's Ballot Propositions

September 20, 2016 -
10:30am to 11:30am
Online Webinar
With 17 State propositions to vote on this November, the idea of studying them all is pretty daunting. So instead, you can listen to some of the smartest nonprofit policy folks in the state discuss the ones most relevant to nonprofits. If you’re...
26 Feb 2021

CA State Budget: Proposals, Process, and Opportunities for Advocacy

Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
February 26, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:15am
Webinar
The California state budget has a significant impact on nonprofits, grantmakers, and our communities. In early January, Governor Gavin Newsom released his administration’s 2021-22 budget proposal which includes significant investments in pandemic...

Action Guide | Public Policy

2022 Mid-Term Elections Midterm elections provide voters the opportunity to assess and signal if the current presidential administration, federal elected officials, and local elected leaders are meeting their needs. This November, California voters...

Breakout Session: Advancing Housing and Homelessness Policies

Being housed is central to just about every issue philanthropy is working to address. Whether its health, homelessness, economic development, or education we know that having affordable, sustainable housing is key. And against the backdrop of billions in stimulus dollar and an environment forever changed by a pandemic we have a unique opportunity. Our panel of funders, practitioners, and experts will lift up how we leverage the funding that’s coming down the pike, support variety of approaches and empower communities so they are an active part of the conversation.
Date & Time: 
05/05/2022 -
10:00am to 11:15am

Resources from Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government: A Learning Session for Funders

Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government was a learning session to learn about tackling advancing governments role in advancing racial equity. This is such an important topic and we received such positive feedback!
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...
19 Mar 2018

California Policy Forum | Stepping Up to the Plate: How California is Responding to Policies from Washington

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 19, 2018 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Webinar
Last year brought staggering changes in federal policies, and this year promises more of the same. Whether it's taxes, immigration or the federal budget, what happens in Washington affects us here in California. And as the largest state in the union...
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Briefing Webinar
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Resources from Advancing Economic Opportunity for Black Communities

Publication date: 
11/2015
Black communities have been particularly hard hit by the rising tide of inequality in today’s economy. Participants joined us for an exciting briefing that will feature Kimberly Freeman Brown, Sean Thomas Breitfeld, Linda Burnham and Steven Pitts, the authors of two important reports on the state of Black workers. Titled And Still I Rise and #Black Workers Matter, these two groundbreaking reports offer numerous lessons for funders who are interested in expanding economic opportunity for African American communities. We also heard from local leaders about the launch of the Bay Area Black...

Senior Director, Place Pathway

Position: 
Senior Director, Place Pathway

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW   

Founded in 1948, the San Francisco Foundation is one of the nation’s largest community foundations — a grantmaking public charity dedicated to improving life within a specific local region. We are committed to racial equity and economic inclusion...

10 Jun 2019

An Update on the California Children’s Trust

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
June 10, 2019 -
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
The California Children’s Trust (the Trust) formed in 2018 to reimagine California’s behavioral health system for children. It is intended as a three-year initiative to build a broad-based coalition that advances a fundamentally different approach...
01 Mar 2021

Centering Equity in COVID-19 Vaccinations – Bay Area Health Funders Group

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 1, 2021 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Zoom Meeting
The COVID-19 vaccine will help keep communities healthy and safe and holds promise to bring an end to the pandemic that has had the most severe impacts on Black, Latinx, Indigenous, immigrant, and low-income people. Structural racism created the...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Bay Area Health Funders Group
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
15 Feb 2018

There’s a Hole in My Budget: What’s the Governor Covering and What’s Left Out?

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
February 15, 2018 -
9:00am to 12:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
With a new federal tax plan recently passed and budget cuts looming, the Governor and other state policymakers will face a tall task in order to fund the programs that provide the opportunities California values. Faced with prospect of substantial...

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