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Ban the Box

Release Date: 
08/25/2015
If you live in California, chances are you have heard of Ban the Box legislation. Following the momentum the campaign has received all across the country, many foundations and philanthropic organizations are urging this movement to come to fruition...

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...

South Bay Here We Come: Taking the Financial Workshop Series on the Road

Release Date: 
03/26/2015
South Bay members here we come! NCG is bringing its wildly popular Financial Workshop series to your neck of the woods. All three of our workshops will be hosted in Menlo Park by NCG member The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Resources from Ending the Incarceration of Women & Girls Funders Strategy Convening

"I was looked at as an expert from day one." -Jessica Nowlan, Executive Director of the Young Women’s Freedom Center on her experience with the Center as a system-involved youth On July 11th, the Akonadi Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation and the Race, Gender, and Human Rights Fund organized the event, Ending the Incarceration of Women and Girls Funders Strategy Convening . CCJFG co-sponsored this event, which was a follow up to February’s briefing Ending the Criminalization of Poor Women and Girls, and featured Susan Burton of A New Way of Life Re-Entry...
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The State of Change: An Analysis of Women and People of Color in the Philanthropic Sector

Publication date: 
08/2017
As the leading voice for philanthropy, the Council on Foundations is committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as a core policy and fundamental operating principle in the philanthropic sector. This report, The State of Change: An Analysis of Women and People of Color in the Philanthropic Sector , helps inform strategies that support DEI efforts.

NCG Interviews Nayantara Mehta About Upcoming Program on Funding Progressive Groups: Managing the Risk

Release Date: 
11/29/2011
NCG interviews Alliance for Justice Senior Counsel Nayantara Mehta on a program designed to help funders and social justice organizations manage "sting" operations, attacks on their organization, and the potential media firestorms that follow.
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...
02 Feb 2017

NCG Book Club | Winesburg, Ohio

February 2, 2017 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Join NCG Book Club for a discussion of W inesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson. Bring your lunch and an appetite for conversation!
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Social
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Book Club

Bay Area: Closing the Women's Wealth Gap

Publication date: 
02/2017
Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap—What It Is, Why It Matters, and What Can Be Done About It aims to inform a national discussion about the women’s wealth gap, and to catalyze movement towards policy and practical solutions that build wealth for low-income women and women of color.
30 Apr 2018

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations 2018 National Conference

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
April 30, 2018 - 7:00am to May 2, 2018 - 7:00am
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Philanthropy California is excited to announce, as part of our partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), NCG members are able to register early for GEO’s 2018 National Conference on February 13 th with a discounted rate. The...
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Conference
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SF Bay Area
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Leadership, Culture and Community

Reflection and Discussion Questions | Peace & Justice Trip

These are questions we crafted to support meaningful reflection for our group. Prompts for visiting the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum: Through which lenses are you observing and making sense of what...
12 Jun 2020

Friday Morning Refresh | Session 7

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
June 12, 2020 -
9:30am to 10:00am
Zoom Meeting
Join us in a collective pause for mental hygiene – a brief period for meditation, gentle mindful movement, and quiet reflection in community. Beginners welcome! Current conditions place enormous demands on us. Maintaining good physical and mental-...
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Briefing Webinar
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Philanthropy CA
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

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