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30 Mar 2021

The Ethos of Being Trust-Based Session 4: Confronting and Correcting Historical Power Imbalances

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March 30, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

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About the Series The Ethos of Being Trust-Based, developed by Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, Philanthropy CA, and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, is a webinar series dedicated to exploring the fundamental values and dispositions central...

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Equity and Social Justice

Meet the Moment: Demystifying Bold

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03/24/2021

I’ll be the first to acknowledge that I’ve arrived as NCG’s CEO on the shoulders of many others that came before me. Two of the strongest shoulders belong to my first professional mentor and a heavyweight in philanthropic circles, Joe Brooks. During...

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CEO Message

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Bay Area Health Funders Group

Notes from Policy Impacts on Immigrant Health | Bay Area Health Funders Group Meeting

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03/2018

Notes from Policy Impacts on Immigrant Health | Bay Area Health Funders Group Meeting

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Immigration

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Resources from The Real Cost Project | Regional Forum, San Francisco

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06/2015

Recently, many grantmakers have begun exploring an approach based on real cost funding. NCG is proud to be a part of the Real Cost Project, a statewide initiative to explore what it takes for funders to develop new grantmaking strategies based on what it really costs to deliver outcomes.

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Fostering Connection in a Time of Social Distancing

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03/20/2020

Anxiety and fear are the body’s biological impulse to keep us safe. This fear is not purely personal, given my privileges of age, ability, proximity to resources, what science tells me. It is fear for my beloveds and all who do and will suffer: my...

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Nonprofit Displacement Project

2015 Annual Conference Sneak Peek: What Exactly is a PhilTalk?

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05/12/2015

Ever go to a program or conference that’s chock full of interesting information on an important issue, but you still leave wondering to yourself, “So now what?” NCG's conference PhilTalks are designed to help answer that question. Here's what you...

The Lease Is Up — Now What?

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03/02/2017

Unaffordable office space can be destabilizing – particularly in the Bay Area. In the four years between 2011 and 2014, over 1,800 nonprofits left San Francisco. While this phenomena does not just impact San Francisco and Oakland, these areas are...

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Equity and Social Justice

Philanthropy CA Signs 2020 Census Budget Request

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05/24/2018

Philanthropy California has signed on to the Census Policy Advocacy Network’s (CPAN) budget request to support adequate funding for community-based organizations (CBOs) to engage in outreach efforts for the upcoming 2020 Census.

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CEO Message: Leading with Love

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11/08/2018

My sweetheart and I were married a couple of weeks ago. We celebrated with friends and family with good food, dancing, and lots of laughter on a hilltop overlooking Tomales Bay. In the weeks leading up to our wedding the airwaves were saturated with...

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NCG Policy Quarter: Fall 2019

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10/24/2019

When NCG stepped into the policy space two years ago, our goal was to bring a powerful tool to advance change to the complex issues facing our diverse and rapidly-changing region. Guided by our policy agenda, NCG’s policy work has focused on...

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What Say You?

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01/26/2016

“How can it be that people still sleep in the streets in the richest nation in the world? Dr. King would hold his head and weep. We need a new paradigm of what is morally/ethically right and wrong."

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Healing Humanity | A Poem and Performance by Ayanna Albertson

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06/09/2021

We were grateful for Ayanna Albertson to write a custom piece for the NCG community at the 2021 Annual Conference. Read her poem and watch her performance here.

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24 Jun 2020

Impact Investing: An Impact Investing Journey to address California’s Housing Crisis

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June 24, 2020 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

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More than half of all people experiencing unsheltered homelessness (108,000 individuals) in our country live in California. And, in the wake of our current pandemic, that number is bound to grow. With such staggering numbers, we are quickly...

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Children & Youth: Foster Care

GCIR: California Census 2020 Funders Meeting Presentation (Feb 2018)

California Census 2020 Funders Meeting presentation, February 26, 2018.

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2020 Census

30 Jun 2014

Levers For Change: Philanthropy in Select South East Asian Countries

June 30, 2014 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

The James Irvine Foundation

NCG, AAPIP and Give2Asia co-host the launch for Levers for Change: Philanthropy in Select South East Asian Countries.

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Global

Global: Asia Pacific

May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust Awards $3.7 Million in 25th Anniversary Grants

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11/03/2014

The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust has announced five grants to commemorate the Trust’s 25th Anniversary. These special one-time grants are intended to recognize and support effective organizations, efforts, and programs that strongly align...

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Children & Youth

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NCG Members Join PropelNext California Partnership

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01/12/2015

NCG members The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Sobrato Family Foundation join the Weingart Foundation and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation to pilot the PropelNext California Partnership.

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Children & Youth: Opportunity Youth

Children & Youth: Youth Development

Infrastructure

Infrastructure: Capacity Building

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist to Speak at NCG Program

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01/26/2015

At our upcoming program Seize the Moment, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas will participate in a conversation on immigration relief and the impact of President Obama's November executive order on immigration and Bay Area...

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Populations/Communities:People of Color

Corporate Citizen Rock Stars

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04/30/2015

How can you leverage the lessons of successful companies in your grantmaking, community engagement, and citizenship? TCC Group's Thomas Knowlton will share their new framework for thinking about how to assess, develop and execute a successful...

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