NCG Board Members Speak Out
Release Date:
08/24/2017
NCG Board members and their organizations are speaking out and taking action in response to Charlottesville.
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September Meeting Recap: Envisioning a Funder Network on Childhood Adversity
Background On August 29, 2017, a group of Bay Area funders came together to brainstorm a possible vision, scope, and set of content directions for a funder learning network on childhood adversity. A 1 range of funders were represented - including family foundations, corporate foundations, community foundations, and individual donors. Some have been funding in the childhood adversity space for decades, while others are at the early stages of their journey. What emerged was a rich discussion exploring the possible ways in which a funder learning network might strengthen our work, and accelerate...
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May
2015
NCG 2015 Annual Conference
May 27, 2015 -
7:30am to 5:00pm
Hotel Nikko
Join us on for the 2015 NCG Annual Conference as we explore how the philanthropic sector can move discussion of ideas and challenges to developing real-world solutions to cultivate healthier, thriving communities here in northern California.
What We're Reading: Funding Trans Liberation
Release Date:
08/17/2022
We have seen the national conversation turn even more hostile around bodily autonomy and sovereignty for all genders, amplified policing of trans bodies in public spaces, and an explicit attack on the existence of trans youth in State legislatures...
Corporate Philanthropy Institute Q&A: Environmental Journalist Discusses Challenges and Opportunities the SDGs Present to Businesses
Release Date:
01/11/2018
Our Q&A features Mary Mazzoni, one of our panelists. Mazzoni is a freelance environmental journalist who reports on the role of business in protecting the environment and fostering equality around the world. Here, she explains how the SDGs came...
#MeToo and Philanthropy: 3 Things We Can Do to Improve our Workplace Practices
Release Date:
05/24/2018
Philanthropy and the non-profit social justice sectors are not exempt from perpetuating toxic workplace environments.
Sharing the Journey: Montgomery, Alabama
Release Date:
01/21/2019
This region is widely considered to be the birthplace of the civil rights movement, but was also the center of power for the Confederacy, the heart of the Jim Crow South, and at one time a thriving regional marketplace for the trafficking and sale...
Honoring our Full Humanity: Never Again for All of Us
Release Date:
01/21/2019
History is told through multiple, sometimes competing, narratives. Earlier this month, walking through downtown Montgomery, Alabama with folks from NCG, posted plaques told stories in the way official histories often do, highlighting founders and...
15
Aug
2019
Guaranteed Income: A Silver Bullet to Reduce Poverty?
Areas of Focus
August 15, 2019 -
10:30am to 2:00pm
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
In recent years, guaranteed income initiatives such as Universal Basic Income (UBI) have garnered national attention. The topic has been elevated in the national discourse by potential presidential candidates as part of their economic platforms...
Why We’ve Stopped Saying ‘Natural Disaster’ and You Should Too
Release Date:
08/01/2019
Not so long ago, I used the term "natural disaster" in a manuscript for a publication. My PhD supervisor shot back, “There's nothing natural about disasters.” Decades of hazard research and our frontline communities are concluding the same thing:...
Policy Update
Release Date:
03/30/2017
As Northern California Grantmakers CEO Ellen LaPointe discussed in her January message , NCG is building capacity to engage in public policy work with our members, our partners, and our Philanthropy California colleagues.
Disaster Updates and Reflections
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Yesterday’s news that a second earthquake struck Mexico and that Hurricane Maria would be bearing down on Puerto Rico today left us with heavy hearts and feelings of disbelief — how much more could possibly happen? For reflections and practical...
Reflections on Un-Learning
Release Date:
10/10/2019
As a kid, I practiced all the time – piano, soccer, reading – to get better at whatever it was I was doing. I practiced. I asked questions. I got frustrated. Inevitably, with that one piece of sheet music, that soccer move, or the next chapter book...
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Apr
2018
2018 Public Policy Conference
Areas of Focus
April 23, 2018 -
3:00pm to 10:00pm
The California Endowment Center for Healthy Communities
The legislation currently being debated in Washington, DC and Sacramento could result in significant changes for the philanthropy sector and our communities. Building on the success of last year's Conference, we are once again partnering with the...
Get on the Map–And Get Even More Savvy about Your Grantmaking!
Release Date:
01/20/2015
Imagine being able to see who is funding what and where—anywhere in our region, anytime, and with just a few clicks. NCG is pleased to partner with the Foundation Center and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers to launch the "Get on the...
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Jun
2017
2017 Social Impact Exchange Conference on Scaling Impact
June 14, 2017 - 8:30am to June 15, 2017 - 5:00pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Philanthropy California (an initiative of Northern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers) is pleased to support the 2017 Social Impact Exchange Conference on Scaling Impact. This year’s Conference theme is...
12
Jul
2017
ComNetworkSF | Connecting with Audiences in an Uncertain Age
Areas of Focus
July 12, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
ComNetworkSF, a local group of The Communications Network, and Northern California Grantmakers invite you to join Atlantic Media Strategies, the digital consultancy of The Atlantic, for a look at the modern media mindset today. We are in a time of...
Start by Showing Up: What Being an Ally Means to Me
Release Date:
10/25/2018
Earlier this summer, I attended a discussion on how philanthropy could respond to the #MeToo movement — in this field, we’re all trying to make a difference for our communities, so why not start with our own organizations?
10
Dec
2020
2020 Virtual Bay Area Philanthropy Holiday Party
Areas of Focus
December 10, 2020 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Zoom Meeting
2020 Holiday Party.jpg Join us for a Bay Area Philanthropy Holiday Party that will be like no other, as we take it virtually! 2020 may have been full of hardships, but it also offered constant reminders of the importance, power, and joy that comes...