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23 Apr 2018

2018 Public Policy Conference

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Public Policy
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...
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2020 Census
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Statewide
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Public Policy
30 Jan 2019

A Grantmaking New Year’s Resolution: A Values-Based Grantmaking Practice

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Leadership, Culture and Community
January 30, 2019 -
9:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Values-aligned grantmaking is becoming every day parlance in our field, with good reason: foundation professionals are increasingly conscious of the role they play in social change. Similarly, the challenges we face seem ever more difficult to solve...

A Series on Risk, Change, and the Year Ahead: A Conversation with Larry Kramer

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02/06/2020
I asked five foundation executives—private, public, family, tech, small and large—if they’ve taken any special measures to ready themselves for the year ahead. In our second installment, we hear from Larry Kramer, President of the William and Flora...

Resources from Tax Laws of Private Foundations: What You Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

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02/2014
The field of philanthropy is now more complex and dynamic than ever. Philanthropy, and the profession that supports it, is evolving in sophisticated ways, requiring new resources to support the people and organizations charged with grantmaking more productive and effective. These increased demands on philanthropic organizations and their staffs have produced an unprecedented need for professional development throughout the field, specifically in the area of legal compliance. NCG is committed to serving this need through the continued development of its educational programs. Now more than ever...
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Executive Staff
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Legal

Resources from Financial Series 2016 | Session 4 - Multi-Year Planning: Thinking Beyond the Annual Budget

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07/2016
In this workshop, Program Officers discussed how key drivers of an organization’s business model are used to develop long-term financial plans.

Comments Opposing HHS’s Section 1557 proposed rule

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08/2019
On August 13, 2019, Philanthropy California submitted a public comment opposing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule to change the anti-discrimination provisions of Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This proposed rule would substantially limit federal protections against gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination in healthcare. Additionally, this proposed rule would weaken protections that provide access to language services for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP).
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NCG Reports
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Policy
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Public Policy

Talking Housing: New Laws and Conversation on the Bay Area's Top Worry

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10/05/2017
“It seems that almost everyone in the Bay Area has a housing horror story to tell. Anecdotes abound of renters spending months looking for a new place, and the pound of flesh extracted when they do find one. Equally scary are the stories from...

Building Diversity: A Survey of California Foundation Demographics, Policies and Practices

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06/2009
In the fall of 2007, Northern California Grantmakers (in partnership with Southern California Grantmakers and San Diego Grantmakers) commissioned the Foundation Center to conduct two studies on diversity in philanthropy in California. The first of these studies examined the extent to which grantmaking by large California foundations serves populations of color. Titled Embracing Diversity: Foundation Giving to California’s Communities of Color , this study was released in June 2008. The present study reports findings from a survey that collected baseline data from 115 California foundations on...

Collaborative Efforts We Love

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09/26/2016
Collaboration - it’s been on our minds a lot lately. Across the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors many organizations are throwing aside the “go-it-alone” mentality in favor of working together to address complex problems.
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