Guide to Evaluating Collective Impact: Part I, II & III
Publication date:
05/2014
Practical guidance for planning and implementing evaluations of collective impact initiatives.
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Resources from Strategy Made Simple: A Straightforward Approach to Corporate Philanthropy
Publication date:
12/2015
In corporate societal engagement, strategic clarity and focused results are not accidental – they are achieved through inquiry, intentionality, and investment. We often find executives aspiring for change but lacking the necessary tools and approaches to spearhead that shift. The destination is clear – transforming their portfolio from oftentimes disparate legacy giving to a results-focused, business-aligned societal engagement – but the path to get there less so. Over the years, our presenter has found three tools and approaches to be critical guides for corporate executives: intent matrix,...
Member Spotlight: Nancy Wiltsek, Executive Director of van Löben Sels/RembeRock Foundation
Release Date:
06/27/2016
Nancy Wiltsek is the Executive Director of the van Löben Sels/RembeRock Foundation in San Francisco. As a part of our member Spotlight series, Nancy told us about herself and her work with legal services.
Member Spotlight: Tiffany Johnson, Program Officer, Ken Birdwell Foundation
Release Date:
06/13/2019
Tiffany Johnson is the Program Officer at the Ken Birdwell Foundation . As a part of our Member Spotlight Series, Tiffany spoke to us about where she is inviting collaboration from NCG membership and why she's in no rush to pick what she wants to be...
Resources from #YesWeCode: A Special Briefing with Van Jones
Publication date:
08/2014
Hosted by NCG, Marin Community Foundation and Rebuild the Dream, this briefing featured Van Jones and other movement leaders exploring Tech's diversity problem and how #YesWeCode endeavors to address it.
A New Brand of CSR
Release Date:
09/19/2016
Corporate responsibility is changing fast. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Corporate Responsibility Manager Kathy Gu explores the evolution of corporate responsibility "from traditional cause-related marketing and grants to embedding...
Outcome Focused Grantmaking: A Hard-Headed Approach to Soft-Hearted Goals
Publication date:
03/2012
Outcome Focused Grantmaking is the approach the Hewlett Foundation uses to guide its strategic and grantmaking decisions. This document is a practical and philosophical guide to the OFG process.
Upcoming NCG Speaker Max Stier Says...
Release Date:
08/23/2017
"...This is not the time for philanthropy to wait out current circumstances. Rather, foundations need to step up efforts to help safeguard the government’s viability and vitality." - Max Stier
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.
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Expert Insights: Integrated Capital Approaches to Racial Equity
Areas of Focus
September 9, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Zoom Webinar
In recent years funders have been increasingly coordinating the use of different forms of financial capital and non-financial resources to support enterprises and initiatives working to solve complex social and/or environmental problems, called...
Resources from 25 Years After Loma Prieta and Days After Napa
Publication date:
11/2014
Using the lens of Loma Prieta, Napa, Katrina, Sandy and other disasters this program explored the role of philanthropy and nonprofits in preparing for, responding to, and mitigating disasters and how we can help communities get back to "normal."
Giving in Numbers: 2014 Edition
Publication date:
05/2014
The CECP's annual report on corporate giving is based on data from 261 companies, including 62 of the largest 100 companies in the Fortune 500.
Learning to Approach Risk Without Being Frozen by Fear
Release Date:
02/23/2012
Guest blog post by Dan Cohen of Full Court Press Communications outlining how grantmakers can help grantees prepare for the unknown.
NCG Philanthropic Storytelling Toolkit
Publication date:
01/2014
A step-by-step guide that teaches grantmakers develop stories for policy makers and other community leaders that demonstrate the powerful impact and unique value that the philanthropic community brings to this region.
Resources from Social Change, Advocacy and Movement Building
Publication date:
09/2014
Once again NCG partnered with Alliance for Justice to present an encore of the most popular session from our 2014 NCG Annual Conference, addressing how funders can support social change, advocacy and movement building.
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Bay Area Health Funders Group Meeting
June 26, 2015 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Connect and network with like-minded individuals around critical health issues that impact the Bay Area including access to healthcare, behavioral health, violence prevention, health in the workforce, and health in diverse populations. Learn about...
Disrupting Poverty: Coming Together to Build Financial Security for Individuals and Communities
This report found that integrating efforts which support individual capability can improve the overall success of U.S. organizations working to disrupt the cycle of poverty.
Resource from Transforming Our Lives, Transforming Movement Building
Publication date:
02/2015
The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and generative somatics (gs) shared a comprehensive report and findings on the impact and effectiveness of NDWA’s SOL (Strategy Organizing Leadership) Initiative, coordinated in collaboration with gs and Social Justice Leadership.
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.
Rebecca Coker & Jessica Huey: The Stories of Capacity Building
Release Date:
09/01/2015
Guest bloggers Rebecca Coker and Jessica Huey, consultants with FMA, explain below how effective management of grantee funds and an alternative mindset can affect today's grantmaking.