Advancing Racial Equity: Zooming In on the Right Thing Breakout Session
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Room Name: Galápagos, 29th Floor
Date & Time:
11/02/2022 -
11:40am to 12:20pm
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For Generations to Come: Chinese American Philanthropy in the Bay Area
Publication date:
03/2015
NCG members the Chinese American Community Foundation and Silicon Valley Community Foundation partnered to publish this report to better understand and celebrate the Chinese American community in the Bay Area, including the many contributions made to the Bay Area.
Resources from Creating Values-Driven Philanthropy: The Secret to High Impact Giving
Publication date:
03/2012
Colleagues from private, family, corporate and public foundations gathered to hear how local funders are shifting their way of thinking and incorporating their institutional values into their day-to-day philanthropic practices, and at the same time creating positive and sustainable change for the communities they support.
Resources from Collaboration Gone Right: 9 Funders and 69 Nonprofits Make Regional Change Work
Publication date:
06/2017
For far too long, communities across the San Joaquin Valley haven’t had access to the same opportunities that make California golden for other regions. Inspired directly by the voices of San Joaquin Valley Health Fund partners, over 1000 San Joaquin Valley residents came to the capital to advocate for a shared policy agenda that’s an all-in approach for racial and health equity on some of the most pressing issues facing the Valley. They showed the power of funder and community collaborations with their call for “a Golden State for All.” The program offered a case study of the Fund and how its...
Sobrato Family Foundation Awards $4.45 Million to Silicon Valley Nonprofits
Release Date:
01/09/2015
NCG member the Sobrato Family Foundation announced this week it will give $2.75 million to support 21st century education and pathways to careers, as well as more than $1.7 million in general operating support for health and legal services.
Drawing Electoral Lines: Making Redistricting Work for All | 6/7/2017
Publication date:
06/2017
With our expert panel, we had an informed, nonpartisan dialogue about the legal, political, practical, and charitable routes toward fairer redistricting. We discussed what solutions could work better, and how funders can support a redistricting process that is independent, transparent and ensures that communities are fully and fairly represented locally, at the state level, and in Congress.
Module 4 Pre-Session Work: Racial and Social Equity in Communications
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Mar
2015
How To Change The World! Philanthropy & Movement Building
March 25, 2015 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Health Reform. Immigrant Rights. Marriage Equality. Climate Change. What do these (and many other movements) have in common? The answer is the significant role of philanthropy in fostering, nurturing, and supporting their progress and successes...
02
Jul
2020
Equitable and Sustainable Recovery and Growth for Inland California: Next Steps for Philanthropy
Areas of Focus
July 2, 2020 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Over the past few months, the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events surrounding the murder of George Floyd have only further exposed the large and pre-existing health, racial, economic, and regional disparities across our state. The challenges of the...
25
Feb
2021
Bay Area Regional Homelessness: A Data Sharing System to Accelerate Impact
Areas of Focus
February 25, 2021 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Regional approaches are essential to addressing the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis, but without a system for sharing data across jurisdictions, our counties operate in siloes. A regional data-sharing system would transform the Bay Area’s ability to...
16
Apr
2021
Grounded Action: Grassroots Movements and Climate Justice | Session 2
April 16, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
In philanthropy, ‘grassroots’ is often equated with ‘community’ and with ‘small-scale’. Grassroots solutions do come from the community, but they are not often small. And because grassroots solutions come from the people most impacted by the problem...
09
Apr
2021
Grounded Action: Grassroots Movements and Climate Justice | Session 1
April 9, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
In philanthropy, ‘grassroots’ is often equated with ‘community’ and with ‘small-scale’. Grassroots solutions do come from the community, but they are not often small. And because grassroots solutions come from the people most impacted by the problem...
From Local to Global
Publication date:
01/2014
In 2010 the Barr Foundation launched a pilot in global grantmaking. This booklet summarizes their approach, grant investments, and learning from this initiative.
NCG Members Make the List | AMERICA'S Top 25 Most Influential Philanthropy Experts
Release Date:
03/21/2016
Many NCG members were listed on the just-released list of the Top 25 Most Influential Philanthropy Experts. Join us in congratulating them!
Resources from Business as a Force for Good: A Conversation with B Lab
Publication date:
10/2017
In this event on October 11, NCG welcomed B Lab co-founder Bart Houlahan and Chief B Keeper at B Lab Ben Anderson, as well as local leaders of the B Corp community, to have a conversation about the role business must play in addressing social and environmental issues and explore how companies can create an inclusive economy that provides a shared and durable prosperity for all.
Resources from Resources for Financial Resilience: Human and Financial Capital
Publication date:
05/2018
A nonprofit with adequate financial resources not only raises enough revenue to cover core operating expenses, but also maintains funds in reserve to buffer the organization against future uncertainty. In our third Financial Management session with FMA on May 3, 2018, we explored the importance of the right mix of financial resources in ensuring financial resilience, as well as the critical role of another resource key to a nonprofit’s success: its people. We also explored what a successful leadership team looks like and how funders can support their grantees in developing leadership capacity...
Resources for March 23rd COVID-19 Discussion on Funder Collaboration
Publication date:
03/2020
This call focused on the need to shore up our social safety net. Participants heard broadly of the emerging challenges experienced by social safety net providers, including perspectives from community health, food banks, housing, and legal services. Speakers Dr. Jian Zhang, San Francisco Chinese Hospital Kathleen Odne, California Food Banks Association Claire Solot, Managing Director, Bigglesworth Family Foundation. Co-Founder, Legal Services Funders Network (LSFN) Watch the webinar
Contact | California Criminal Justice Funders Group
Contact For questions and more information to become a member, please contact: Adrienne Skye Roberts, CCJFG Coordinator at CaCriminalJusticeFunders@ncg.org . Steering Committee Anuja Mendiratta, Co-Founder, CCJFG & Senior Philanthropic Advisor,...
30
Oct
2014
25 Years After Loma Prieta and Days After Napa: Philanthropy’s Role in Mitigating the Impact of Disaster on the Most Vulnerable
Areas of Focus
October 30, 2014 -
8:30am to 11:30am
World Affairs Council
How do funders prepare communities and organizations for disasters and ensure that institutions and social supports can recover quickly? Using the lens of Loma Prieta, Napa, Katrina, Sandy and other disasters we'll talk about the role of...
Resources from Who Will Teach Our Children: Exploring California's Teacher Shortage
Publication date:
03/2016
A crisis is looming for public education in California: a severe shortage of teachers. Without drastic intervention at the local and state level, enormous numbers of our children – especially those who have historically been the most underserved – will be without a qualified teacher. Members learned about this growing problem as well as the programs and policies that are needed to address it.