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Breakout Session: Democracy Despite Crises

Each election is critical, and the 2022 elections are no exception. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic downturn, and racial reckoning across the United States reaffirmed the need for equitable policies and strong policymakers advocating for community-driven priorities. Over the last two years it has been increasingly difficult to get either. The democratic system of the United States is in peril. Traditional party politics has become polarized, often driven by misinformation and disinformation.

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05/04/2022 -

11:45am to 1:00pm

Beyond Five Percent

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10/2007

Beyond Five Percent profiles several organizations that have charted alternative paths to the traditional lifespan model for foundations. This includes foundations that are adopting a limited existence by "spending down" their resources through a variety of methods, as well as those that have adopted policies of higher or flexible payout without necessarily intending to spend down. This report is intended to aid grantmakers looking for insightful approaches to philanthropy and innovative ways to deploy their assets.

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08 Oct 2015

South Bay | Beyond the Grant: Solutions for Building Nonprofit Operational Excellence

October 8, 2015 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

The David & Lucile Packard Foundation

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...

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20 Sep 2016

California Policy Webinar | From Marijuana to the Death Penalty: What Nonprofits & Philanthropy Need to Know About California's Ballot Propositions

September 20, 2016 -

10:30am to 11:30am

Online Webinar

With 17 State propositions to vote on this November, the idea of studying them all is pretty daunting. So instead, you can listen to some of the smartest nonprofit policy folks in the state discuss the ones most relevant to nonprofits. If you’re...

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PubPolicy/SocialJustice:CommOrganizing

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Economic & Community Development

Public Policy & Social Justice

The Competitive Advantage of Racial Equity

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10/2017

The Competitive Advantage of Racial Equity , a report from FSG and PolicyLink, highlights examples from 12 leading companies such as Gap Inc., PayPal, and Cigna, who are driving innovation and growth by advancing racial equity.

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08 Aug 2017

Full Cost Project One-Day Workshop: Unpacking Full Cost

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Infrastructure: Capacity Building

August 8, 2017 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

Google Community Space

The Full Cost conversation is happening nationally, and funders here in California have a special opportunity to lead the way and make an impact on grantmaking practices far beyond our own region.

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Strategic Philanthropy

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Infrastructure: Effectiveness

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SF Bay Area

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Children & Youth: Opportunity Youth

Smarter Philanthropy for Greater Impact: Rethinking How Grantmakers Support Scale

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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...

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Children & Youth: Youth Development

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Philanthropy Responds to Inhumane Family Separation and Detention Policies

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06/26/2018

Philanthropy California and nearly 120 philanthropic institutions from across the country have signed onto a joint statement in support of children and families seeking refuge in the United States.

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10 Jun 2019

An Update on the California Children’s Trust

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2019 Communications Training Cohort

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...

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Collaborative Philanthropy

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Health

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SF Bay Area

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Leadership, Culture and Community

O2 Initiatives Now Accepting Applications for the O2 Sabbatical Award

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06/29/2017

NCG member O2 Initiatives has just released their call for applications for the O2 Sabbatical Award . The annual award program honors the commitment and accomplishments of exceptional nonprofit executive directors in San Francisco, Alameda, and...

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09 Jul 2020

Justice in Recovery: Building a New Economy for California

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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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Philanthropy CA

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Statewide

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Equity and Social Justice

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

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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...

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Community Foundation

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21 Oct 2021

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

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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...

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Equity and Social Justice

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Family Foundation

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Leadership, Culture and Community

Resources from: Building Power in Asian American & Pacific Islander Communities

Publication date:

07/2015

AAPI communities are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States. California is home to nearly a third of the national AAPI population, and since 2008, the percentage of voters who are AAPI nearly doubled in the state.

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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?

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Executive Staff

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Organizational Effectiveness

Collaborative Philanthropy

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

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Professional Development Program

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Organizational Effectiveness

Transforming Lives, Transforming Movement Building

Publication date:

11/2014

This report documents the impacts and lessons from a two-year transformative leadership and movement building program to strengthen the domestic worker movement.

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Program Staff

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PubPolicy/SocialJustice:CommOrganizing