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01 Feb 2019

Ending the Criminalization of Poor Women and Girls of Color

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Public Policy
February 1, 2019 -
9:30am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
In-person registration is now closed. Please register via webinar if you would like to join us. Please join the Akonadi Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Rosenberg Foundation and Zellerbach Family Foundation for a conversation about the...

Snapshots of Philanthropy: Akonadi Foundation

Publication date: 
10/2010
The Snapshots of Philanthopy are meant to offer a glimpse into the many ways organized philanthropy is making a difference in our community. This snapshot features NCG member the Akonadi Foundation and its work giving students of color every opportunity to go to college.

Firelight Foundation Announces New Executive Director

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07/27/2015
NCG member the Firelight Foundation announced its new Executive Director, Nina Blackwell. Nina has spent her career utilizing the power of grassroots movements, politics, the legislature, corporate impact and philanthropy to achieve a meaningful...
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CCJFG Site Visit Report-Back: California Institution for Women

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04/01/2020
On December 6, 2019, members of the California Criminal Justice Funders Group spent the day building connections with women and transgender people incarcerated in the state’s oldest women’s prison, the California Institution for Women (CIW), as well...
16 Sep 2016

SOLD OUT | Stronger California: Securing Economic Opportunities for All Women

September 16, 2016 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
The San Francisco Foundation
Several years ago, Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) convened the state’s most effective advocates and progressive political leaders to think big for women and families. We joined together for the very first time across different...

Vision, Values and Voice: A Social Justice Communications Toolkit

Publication date: 
12/2013
The Opportunity Agenda, launched in 2006 with the mission of building the national will to expand opportunity in America, created the Vision, Values and Voice toolkit to help social justice communications campaigns tap into the comic book superhero zeitgeist to advance its messaging.

Executive Director

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Executive Director

Envisioned, created and supported by local leaders, Three Valleys Community Foundation (3VCF)  is a new, geographically-based philanthropic organization in California’s greater East Bay/ San Francisco region. This area, consisting of the Amador, Livermore and San Ramon Valleys, is rich in...

Director of Compliance

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Director of Compliance

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Tides is a group of 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations committed to building a world of shared prosperity and social justice. Founded in 1976, Tides’ accelerates the pace of social change, working with innovative partners to solve the world’s...

Advancing Human Rights: The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking

Publication date: 
07/2014
The Foundation Center and International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) have produced two new resources that facilitate strategic decision making in human rights philanthropy: An interactive website that animates funding flows and a report analyzing $1.7 billion in grants.

Resources from NCG's Communications Series Pt 2: How Foundations Effectively Work with Media for Social Impact

Publication date: 
09/2012
How Foundations Can Effectively Work With Media for Social Impact is part of NCG's 2012 Communications Series. Developed and presented in partnership with The Communications Network , this series has been designed to both build the capacity of program staff to make effective use of communications strategies and to promote a greater awareness within foundations of how communications contribute to advancement of both program goals and mission.
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Communications

2015 Executive Directors Compensation Survey

In March of this year, the Chinese American Community Foundation authored a survey to learn about organizational practices regarding executive compensation. The survey is an attemp to zoom in on and look specifically at the trends in organizations serving the Asian American Community.

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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Foundation Diversity Policies and Practices Toolkit

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05/2009
In 2008, in its quest to improve the effectiveness of its grants portfolio and institutional operations, The California Endowment contracted with Social Policy Research Associates (SPR) to complete an internal assessment of its diversity policies and practices.

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