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.
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Why Philanthropy Must Do More on Climate Change
Release Date:
03/16/2017
By Larry Kramer | History is replete with examples of societies that vanished when the local climate changed. But the threat we face from climate change today is much greater than that, because it’s not local, it’s global. Human activity is changing...
Healthy Environments, Healthy People: A Funder Guide on Improving Environmental Conditions for Health
Publication date:
04/2014
This Health & Environmental Funders Network issue brief is an excellent "first-read" for funders newly interested in environmental health and environmental justice. It provides funders with a basic understanding of concerns about environmental impacts on health and an introduction to strategies grantmakers are pursuing to address these impacts.
Advancing Human Rights: The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking
Publication date:
07/2014
The Foundation Center and International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) have produced two new resources that facilitate strategic decision making in human rights philanthropy: An interactive website that animates funding flows and a report analyzing $1.7 billion in grants.
28
Jul
2020
Building Wildfire Resilience in the West: The Future of Wildfire, Climate Change, and Water in the West | Session 4
Areas of Focus
July 28, 2020 -
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Zoom Webinar
About this Series Western landscapes have always burned and always will. The more we suppress fire and change the climate, the more catastrophic wildfires become. How can we make communities and wild lands more resilient in the age of megafire?...
06
Oct
2021
Investment Strategies to Address Climate Change in California
October 6, 2021 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Webinar
In California, heatwaves are becoming more common, snow is melting earlier in spring, and in the southern region, less rain is falling. The state’s climate is changing drastically. These changes are likely to further decrease the supply of water,...
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.
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.
What We're Reading: Climate Justice Edition
Release Date:
03/04/2021
We're sharing climate justice issues, ranging from climate feminism to health impacts of climate change to accountability of philanthropy to BIPOC climate justice innovators. We hope these articles inspire you to delve in deeply about how you can...
24
Sep
2020
Is 2020 Over? Responding to Multiple Disasters Amid COVID-19 and Climate Change
Areas of Focus
September 24, 2020 - 12:00pm
Zoom Webinar
It feels like 2020 has lasted 15 years. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) team started following COVID-19 in January while we were also responding to the Australian wildfires and the earthquakes in Puerto Rico. The beginning of the year is...
06
Dec
2022
December Funders for Climate Equity Meeting
December 6, 2022 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
Zoom Meeting
At the federal, state, and regional levels, a historic amount of public funding is being allocated to support climate-resilient infrastructure. This funding has the potential to correct longstanding infrastructure injustices and to create more...
16
Sep
2022
Funders for Climate Equity September Meeting
September 16, 2022 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
Zoom Meeting
A recent report, Much Alarm, Less Action , from the Center for Effective Philanthropy found that both foundation and nonprofit leaders believe that climate change will negatively affect their work —no matter the issues they focus on. However, less...
15
Jul
2022
Funders for Climate Equity July Meeting
July 15, 2022 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
Zoom Meeting
The NCG Funders for Climate Equity network is a collaboration with Smart Growth California and the League of California Community Foundations. We invite funders who are interested in or are already funding at the intersection of climate justice and...
Breakout Session: From Climate Curious to Climate Justice
Confronting and transforming the devastating harm of a planet in crisis stands alongside reckoning with this nation’s true history of genocide, land theft, and chattel slavery as The Work of our time. We know that communities of color bear the brunt of climate breakdown and also lead in implementing solutions. However, data indicates that white-led groups –especially the nation’s largest environmental and “clean energy”-focused nonprofits -continue to receive more than90% of philanthropic funding to address the climate emergency.
Date & Time:
05/05/2022 -
10:00am to 11:15am
Pathways for Change: 10 Theories to Inform Advocacy and Policy Changing Efforts
Publication date:
11/2013
This Center for Evaluation Innovation brief produced in collaboration with ORS Impact summarizes 10 theories grounded in social science about how policy change happens.
The Global Employee Engagement Report: A Corporate Responsibility Practitioner’s Guide
NCG member Silicon Valley Community Foundation published a new report examining employee engagement in Brazil, China, India, South Africa and the United Kingdom to provide guidance for Corporate Social Responsibility.
Breakout Session: Wildfires, Climate Change, ESG's!
What is the work ahead for climate change, wildfires, and disaster resilience?
Date & Time:
10/13/2021 -
11:00am to 11:50am
Climate and Disaster Resilience
When the time comes, most foundations become disaster funders whether they've previously thought of themselves that way or not. That’s because disasters and community crises touch all aspects of people’s lives, communities, and cities. NCG's new...
22
Apr
2022
Funders for Climate Justice
April 22, 2022 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
The NCG Funders for Climate Justice Group is a collaboration with Smart Growth California and the League of California Community Foundations. We invite funders who are interested in or are already funding at the intersection of climate justice and...
Global Chase Bank Team takes on Bay Area’s Nonprofit Displacement Challenge
Release Date:
11/07/2019
What do you get when you set four top-performing bankers from Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, and San Francisco on a three-week sprint to map the next leg of the Bay Area’s efforts to secure space for its prized nonprofits? A welcome strategy for...