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You've been added to the waitlist for Giving Done Right: A Fireside Chat with Phil Buchanan and Jacqueline Martinez Garcel on June 10th. You will be notified before 5:00 pm on Friday, June 7th if you have been added to the registrant list...

Northern California Grantmakers Welcomes Sara Davis and Sandra Nathan to the NCG Board of Directors

Release Date: 
12/03/2014
Northern California Grantmakers is pleased to announce that Sara Davis, Director of Grants Management at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Sandra Nathan, the Vice President of Grants and Loans at the Marin Community Foundation, are...

Hewlett Foundation Names Emiko Ono as New Program Director of the Performing Arts Program

Release Date: 
01/18/2018
NCG member the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced yesterday that Emiko Ono has been named the new Program Director of its Performing Arts Program. Emiko has been a sharp and engaging member of NCG's Arts Loan Fund...

Director of Philanthropic Services

Position: 
Director of Philanthropic Services

It is an exciting time of growth and building as Horizons Foundation launches an ambitious strategic plan that will prioritize overall growth of the foundation while focusing on the most vulnerable of our community. With a new Chief Philanthropy Officer at Horizons Foundation and the reshaping...

Director, Donor Engagement

Position: 
Director, Donor Engagement

Silicon Valley Community Foundation is seeking an experienced leader for its donor engagement department. Reporting to the senior vice president of donor engagement, the director, donor engagement is responsible for enabling a world-class donor experience through exceptional donor stewardship...

Forum of Regional Grantmakers and Foundation Center Form Strategic Alliance

Release Date: 
10/06/2014
Washington, DC-based Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers and New York-based Foundation Center have announced a new partnership to improve the quality and effectiveness of grantmaking through the strategic collection and sharing of data on...

Jobs for All: The Movement to Restore Employment Rights for Formerly Incarcerated People

Publication date: 
09/2017
NCG member The Rosenberg Foundation recently released a new report on the movement to restore employment rights to formerly incarcerated people. This report, Jobs for All: The Movement to Restore Employment Rights for Formerly Incarcerated People , provides an overview of this powerful movement led by formerly incarcerated people and the most significant policy wins to date and outlining the priorities that are essential for expanding employment opportunities.

Resources from An Honest Look at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Are We Getting It Right?

Publication date: 
11/2017
Diversity makes us stronger. Large-scale movements including Black Lives Matter, Dreamers, Standing Rock and the 2016 presidential election are changing society and philanthropy along with it. Join fellow travelers for a deep dive into how they’re managing change and moving toward their values. The Peninsula Philanthropy Network is bringing together foundations from across the spectrum to reflect on changes they’re making to the way they do business and new types of partnerships they’re forging. Changes include deploying rapid response funds, shifting grantmaking priorities, and incorporating...
11 Feb 2020

The Great American Lie: Film Screening and Panel

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
February 11, 2020 -
3:00pm to 6:00pm
Restore Oakland
With income insecurity and economic inequity at historic highs funders, practitioners and policy advocates are working harder than ever to understand and address the root causes of family economic insecurity. The film explores the systemic and...
04 Oct 2018

Collective Impact: From Common Goals to Uncommon Results

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
October 4, 2018 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Collective Impact is one of those buzzwords that you often hear in our sector. Since the publication of the article Collective Impact in the winter 2011 edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, this framework for successful cross-sector...
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Briefing Program
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Collective Impact
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

UnderDeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising

Publication date: 
01/2013
A joint project of CompassPoint and the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund , UnderDeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising reveals that many nonprofits are stuck in a vicious cycle that threatens their ability to raise the resources they need to succeed. The report found high levels of turnover and lengthy vacancies in development director positions throughout the sector. More significantly, the study reveals deeper issues that contribute to instability in the development director role, including a lack of basic fundraising systems and inadequate attention to fund...
04 Feb 2020

Fireside Chat Part 2 | Liberate Your Foundation: Lessons from POC, Queer, and Allied Foundation Leaders

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
February 4, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
How was philanthropic wealth created in the first place? Who should lead foundations? Who gets to decide how wealth is distributed? Philanthropy is undergoing a moment of reckoning, with many inside and outside the sector questioning the way that...
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Briefing Program
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SF Bay Area
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Leadership, Culture and Community
22 Feb 2017

Readying Ourselves: The State of LGBTQ Funding in the Age of Trump

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
February 22, 2017 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
The election of Donald Trump poses unprecedented challenges for all those funding LGBTQ rights and other social justice issues. This briefing will touch on issues most pressing in the face of this new administration, including criminalization,...
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Populations & Communities
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

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