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End of Life Care

The United States is a resource-rich country with the most advanced medical care and health care delivery systems in the world. In spite of this, funding from public and private sources to advance and sustain end-of-life systems of care remains...
07 Dec 2017

End Well Symposium | Design for the End of Life Experience

December 7, 2017 -
8:00am to 8:00pm
InterContinental San Francisco Hotel
End Well is a first of its kind gathering of design, tech, health care and activist communities with the goal of generating human-centered, interdisciplinary innovation for end of life care. This single-day symposium's fast-paced agenda of...
29 Aug 2018

Dan Diaz & Brittany Maynard: The End-of-Life Conversation

August 29, 2018 -
6:30pm to 7:30pm
The Commonwealth Club
On New Year’s Day 2014, Brittany Maynard discovered that she had terminal brain cancer. Despite an eight-hour surgery and extensive assessments, it was concluded that she had six months to live. Choosing peace over pain and to die with dignity,...
18 Apr 2018

Exploring Racial Inequities in Healthcare at the End of Life

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 18, 2018 -
7:00pm to 9:00pm
GLIDE Memorial Church
Finding Humanity at End of Life: Two Provocative Evenings with Pastor Corey Kennard and Dr. Jessica Zitter This two-part mini series explores faith and inequity among the seriously ill and dying in our healthcare system. What role...
17 Apr 2018

Reaching Across Traditions: Spirituality and Medicine at End of Life

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 17, 2018 -
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Oakland Museum of California
Finding Humanity at End of Life: Two Provocative Evenings with Pastor Corey Kennard and Dr. Jessica Zitter This two-part mini series explores faith and inequity among the seriously ill and dying in our healthcare system. What role...

Inside A Doctor's Mind At The End Of His Life

Publication date: 
02/2016
Dr. Paul Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon who passed away from lung cancer in 2015, at 37 years old. Before he died, he wrote When Breath Becomes Air, a reflection on being a doctor with a terminal illness. In an interview on NPR's Morning Edition, Paul's widow Dr. Lucy Kalanithi reads excerpts from When Breath Becomes Air and talks about her late husband's life. Read More >
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End of Life Care
19 Apr 2018

End of Life: A Theatrical Exploration of Death, Dying, and Suffering

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 19, 2018 -
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Castro Theatre
End of Life presents readings of Sophocles’ ancient Greek plays to spark a community conversation about death, illness, and the challenges faced by patients, families, caregivers, and medical professionals. This unique, participatory event is...

CEO Message: Navigating the End

Release Date: 
09/21/2017
In 2007 I found myself in a situation we all dread: witnessing my mother’s declining health and doing everything I could to help her in what turned out to be her last year of life. With the hindsight of ten years, I now look back on that time as one...

The Urgency of Now: Foundations’ Role in Ending Racial Inequity

Publication date: 
04/2014
This Foundation Review article explores the multiple approaches that foundations can use to advance racial equity, focusing on a specific set of approaches used by the Minnesota-based Northwest Area Foundation. The article also gauges the depth of the challenge that communities face in racial disparities, the long history of racialization of institutions and systems, and the evolution of the role of philanthropy in addressing poverty.
18 Jun 2020

This is the Moment: A Philanthropic Call to Unify and End the Epidemic of Racism

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
June 18, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Zoom Meeting
Long before the Coronavirus pandemic, Black and Latino communities have lived amid the pandemics of racism, poverty, and lack of investment in California. Now, philanthropy has an urgent opportunity to lead the charge for a just recovery which not...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

Disasters Don’t Care About Your Funding Focus

Release Date: 
10/07/2014
You may not fund disaster preparedness, but that won’t matter when the next big earthquake hits the Bay Area. The fact is, disasters are everyone’s problem when they hit.

Areas of Focus

To maximize the collective power of our community for greatest effect, NCG is pleased to announce that we will be partnering more deeply with our members in three areas moving forward.

Resources from Proof Positive: Where Next for Whole Person Care?

Publication date: 
08/2017
At an August 22 event, the Bay Area Health Funders Group led an interactive session to learn how foundations can engage in systems-change work, how we can build successful public-private partnerships, what we’re learning from the Whole Person Care pilots in the Bay Area, and what role foundations can play in advancing a healthier future for all Californians.
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Presentation
Topic(s) 
Bay Area Health Funders Group
Funding Area 
Health
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

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.

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