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Smarter Philanthropy for Greater Impact: Rethinking How Grantmakers Support Scale

Publication date: 
02/2014
A special supplement sponsored by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) for the Stanford Social Innovation Review Spring 2014 edition. It was created to capture the latest thinking about how nonprofit organizations, grantmakers, public funders, and social entrepreneurs can increase the impact of successful solutions to urgent social challenges. In the following pages, leaders from across the social sector offer their perspectives on “scaling what works” — what it means, what it takes to do it right, and what needs to happen to ensure that proven and promising solutions find their way...
10 Jun 2019

An Update on the California Children’s Trust

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
June 10, 2019 -
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
The California Children’s Trust (the Trust) formed in 2018 to reimagine California’s behavioral health system for children. It is intended as a three-year initiative to build a broad-based coalition that advances a fundamentally different approach...
09 Jul 2020

Justice in Recovery: Building a New Economy for California

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
July 9, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Zoom Webinar
In a matter of weeks, California’s years of record-breaking economic growth were wiped out, and the state now faces a historic recession. Confronting a $54 billion budget deficit, the Governor and Legislature are making hard choices considering cuts...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
21 Oct 2021

Limited Life Foundations: Lessons from CEOs | National Center for Family Philanthropy

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
October 21, 2021 -
10:30am to 11:15am
Webinar
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 . Philanthropic purpose, impact, and perpetuity are on the minds of giving families...
15 Sep 2015

San Francisco | Beyond the Grant: Solutions for Building Nonprofit Operational Excellence

September 15, 2015 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
This event will showcase two funder initiatives that went beyond grantmaking to help strengthen the operations of nonprofit grantees. This event will include discussions with The Wallace Foundation and Tipping Point Community as well as grantees...

The Real Cost Project: Increasing the Impact of Philanthropy in California

Publication date: 
08/2016
Around the country, as well as across the State of California, grantmakers are examining their funding practices and looking to develop new approaches to better support the communities they serve. Recently, numerous grantmakers have begun exploring what it would take to fund the real costs of the organizations they support – that is all of the necessary investments for a nonprofit organization to deliver on mission and to be sustainable over the long term. Building off of this interest, Northern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers launched a joint...

Resources from Embracing the Network Mindset: Overcoming Complex Challenges Together

Publication date: 
02/2014
Today's nonprofits and philanthropic organizations are, on average, better managed than ever. Despite that fact there still remain many social and environmental problems that have had limited improvements, or in some cases have worsened. How can grantmakers take on these seemingly intractable problems? What new approaches are actually tackling complex, systemic challenges with success?

Post-Program Resources: Emerging Practices - Integrating a Racial Equity Lens

Publication date: 
07/2016
On July 11, 2016 members of the Bay Area Health Funders Group gathered to discuss and gain a deep understanding about what it takes to implement a racial equity lens within their institution. The following are presentations and hand-outs from the program, as well as additional resources: Racial Equity Tools A great list of various resources to support people and organizations dedicated to advancing racial justice, including many resources for opening conversations about white privilege and white supremacist organizational culture. Catalyst Project A great organization the focuses on anti-...
11 Oct 2017

Business as a Force for Good: A Conversation with B Lab

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
October 11, 2017 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Join Northern California Grantmakers, B Lab and local B Corp leaders to talk about the power of business as a force for good! Corps have been shaking up the traditional business model for some time. As The New York Times said in its descriptions of...
09 Nov 2017

Arts Loan Fund Meeting 11/9/17

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
November 9, 2017 -
9:30am to 11:30am
Northern California Grantmakers
NCG's Arts Loan Fund (ALF) Steering Committee is comprised of a diverse range of Bay Area funders, who are committed to the Arts. The committee convenes every four weeks to discuss issues impacting the Arts in Northern California and to review loan...
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Event type 
Collaborative
Topic(s) 
Arts Loan Fund
Funding Area 
Arts and Culture
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Development without Displacement: Resisting Gentrification in the Bay Area

Publication date: 
04/2014
The culmination of a year-long collaboration between Causa Justa::Just Cause and the Alameda County Public Health Department, this report is a first of its kind combining neighborhood analysis using a quantifiable “gentrification typology,” with interviews of affected populations and public health research to present a comprehensive definition of gentrification in the Bay Area.

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