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Resources from The Intersection of Housing and Health | Bay Area Health Funders Group Meeting

Publication date: 
10/2017
One of the most cost effective ways to improve the health of people experiencing homelessness is to house them. At this program, we learned about the connection between housing and health, how to build cross sector relationships, promising projects in the region and the country, and philanthropy’s role as a catalyst for advancing health and well-being in our communities through housing.
15 May 2018

Immigrant Well-Being | Bay Area Health Funders Group and BARHII Joint Program

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
May 15, 2018 -
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
This meeting will be held in partnership with the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative to discuss what role philanthropy can play to better support regional trauma informed rapid response efforts for immigrant communities.
18 Aug 2020

Trust-Based Philanthropy Practice: Support Beyond the Check

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
August 18, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Zoom Meeting
Philanthropy California and the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project invite you to join us for a monthly webinar series for funders. Each month, we’ll explore each of the six trust-based principles that, when practiced together, help alleviate power...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
19 Oct 2016

Building Collaboration from the Inside Out - Peninsula (A GEO Special Feature)

October 19, 2016 -
1:00pm to 4:00pm
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Before collaboration became the latest philanthropic buzzword, many grantmakers were already collaborating in ways both large and small around shared concerns or core issues and beliefs. But because collaboration is hard and messy, both grantmakers...

Supporting Nonprofit Capacity: Three Principles for Grantmakers

Publication date: 
12/2013
When Grantmakers for Effective Organizations traveled cross-country to meet with funders and nonprofits and learn more about their capacity-building experiences, the effort led to their development of an approach to capacity building that may help grantmakers be better positioned to support nonprofits in achieving lasting impact.
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Journalism
Audience 
Program Staff
Funding Area 
Infrastructure
Infrastructure: Capacity Building

Informal Child Care in California: Current Arrangements and Future Needs

NCG member the David & Lucile Packard Foundation recently engaged with three research teams compiling information in an effort to broaden understanding of caregivers’ motivations and experiences, and to provide a more nuanced depiction of the adults who are caring for California's youngest children.

Resource from Building the Bench: How Philanthropy Can Sustain Nonprofit Leaders

Publication date: 
10/2014
This interactive briefing, co-sponsored by Northern California Grantmakers and Bay Area Justice Funders Network, provided a three-way look at how the leadership bench is being built. Research from Rusty Stahl of Talent Philanthropy and Margi Clarke of RoadMap Consulting grounded our conversation as we examined how funders support and build internal benches of leadership within social justice organizations, as well as looked at what organizations are doing internally to sustain themselves for the long haul.
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Presentation
Audience 
Program Staff
Topic(s) 
Leadership Development
Funding Area 
Infrastructure: Capacity Building
14 Feb 2019

Gender, Power, Race, Money: #MeToo and Philanthropy

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
February 14, 2019 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2)
For two years, the #MeToo Movement has dominated the news headlines as women who’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted continue to step forward to tell their stories. #MeToo momentum was quickly followed by the Time’s Up Movement for workplace...

Resources from Beyond the Grant: Building Capacity of Your Nonprofit Grantees Through Pro-Bono

Publication date: 
10/2014
As part of Global Pro Bono Week, NCG is partnered with the Taproot Foundation to present a special program on how funders can support their grantees' work by providing much-needed pro-bono services.

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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Network
Topic(s) 
Trauma & Resilience
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
Geography 
SF Bay Area

Many Voices, One Goal

Publication date: 
12/2014
Many Voices, One Goal: How an Informal Foundation Collaboration Helped Make California History is a new report produced by NCG members The Stuart Foundation and the Silver Giving Foundation on their collaborative work to influence education financing policy in California.
27 May 2021

Building A Sustainable Climate Future in Inland CA

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
May 27, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Governor Gavin Newsom and his administration have taken significant steps to put California on the path towards a greener, more sustainable climate future. So far, Governor Newsom has pledged to conserve 30 percent of the state's land and coastal...
10 Nov 2021

Engaging the Next Generation | National Center for Family Philanthropy

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
November 10, 2021 -
9:00am to 10:15am
NCG recently announced a partnership with NCFP. Members can now have free access to NCFP's webinars and resources. You can learn more about it here . The promise of family philanthropy is fulfilled by its members—often across...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Strategic Philanthropy
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
13 Feb 2020

Growing Dollars for Prevention: A California Wellness Trust

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
February 13, 2020 -
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
This event has been postponed. We will update registrants once we confirm a future date.

Resources from Legislative Briefing on Census 2020

Publication date: 
05/2018
On May 18th, Senator Richard Pan, Chair of the Senate’s Select Committee on the Census, and Assemblymember Marc Berman, Chair of the Assembly’s Select Committee on the Census, joined NCG members for lunch and had a conversation of how to best leverage our philanthropic investments to ensure a complete and accurate count of all people in California on the Census 2020.

Resources from What's on the Horizon for Health Equity in 2020?

The Bay Area Health Funders Group, the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, and the California HealthCare Foundation hosted an in-depth discussion of the progress we’ve made on health equity policy priorities in 2019, what’s on the horizon for 2020, and how to help communities prepare for the many changes taking place. They explored how philanthropy can respond, and what role it can play in supporting positive policy change.
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