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June 18, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

This meeting will focus on strategies and practices for funding healing justice and was designed in collaboration with Melanie Havelin, Executive Director of the John M. Lloyd Foundation . What would change about our funding practices if we operated...

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Leadership Development

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SF Bay Area

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MacArthur Genius Ai-Jen Poo to Speak at NCG Program

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02/03/2015

This month NCG members have the opportunity to hear from 2014 MacArthur genius and work activist Ai-Jen Poo on a transformative leadership process used to develop leadership skills for organizing and building power.

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09 Jun 2015

The Real Cost Project | Regional Forum, San Francisco

June 9, 2015 -

9:00am to 12:30pm

Metta Fund

Recently, many grantmakers have begun exploring an approach based on real cost funding. NCG is proud to be a part of the Real Cost Project, a statewide initiative to explore what it takes for funders to develop new grantmaking strategies based on...

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Real Cost Project

California Regionals Oppose Bill on Nonprofit Regulation

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05/02/2016

Northern California Grantmakers was invited to join our colleagues at Southern California Grantmakers and San Diego Grantmakers in opposition to AB2855, a bill widely viewed to be unnecessary and overly burdensome to California nonprofits.

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20 Oct 2017

The Color of Law: A Look at Residential Racial Segregation in America

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

October 20, 2017 -

9:30am to 11:30am

Northern California Grantmakers

Join us for a provocative discussion with prominent scholar Richard Rothstein, whose latest book The Color of Law , exposes how the United States’ vexing history of segregated housing—including in the San Francisco Bay Area—can be traced to explicit...

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History

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Economic/Community Development:Housing

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SF Bay Area

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Member Spotlight: Jeff Tiell, Program Officer of the Jim Joseph Foundation

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01/18/2018

Jeff Tiell is a Program Officer at the Jim Joseph Foundation . As a part of our Member Spotlight Series, Jeff told us about his superpower that helps with Bay Area traffic and what's exciting him about the future of Jewish...

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Family Foundation

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08 Nov 2018

Arts Loan Fund Meeting 11/8/18

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November 8, 2018 -

9:30am to 11:30am

Northern California Grantmakers

NCG's Arts Loan Fund (ALF) Steering Committee is comprised of a diverse range of Bay Area funders, who are committed to the Arts. The committee convenes every four weeks to discuss issues impacting the Arts in Northern California and to review loan...

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Collaborative

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Arts Loan Fund

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07 May 2019

Member Mixer: City Arts & Lectures | Anand Giridharadas & Courtney Martin

May 7, 2019 -

9:00pm to 10:30pm

The Grove SF

Join NCG staff and members after City Arts & Lectures live conversation between Anand Giridharadas and Courtney Martin to share words, nibbles, and company.

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Social

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About Philanthropy

21 Sep 2020

Meeting the Movement: SCG's 2020 Virtual Conference

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Collaborative Philanthropy

September 21, 2020 (All day) to September 24, 2020 (All day)

SCG_conference_webbanner_2.jpg To register for this event, NCG members can register at the member discount. Use the code: AC200NCG. SCG’s 2020 Annual Conference, Meeting the Movement, invites funders to embody adaptive and...

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National

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14 Dec 2020

Inland California Economic Development

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December 14, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

Zoom Webinar

Since elected, Governor Gavin Newsom and his administration have been committed to driving inclusive, equitable investment throughout California, with a particular focus on the underinvested regions of inland California, from the San Joaquin Valley...

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Philanthropy CA

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Statewide

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Announcing Sarah Evers as Member Engagement Coordinator

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01/20/2022

NCG is pleased to announce NCG's membership team is growing! Sarah Evers (they/them) joins the team as the new Member Engagement Coordinator to support all things membership for the NCG community. Interested in getting to know Sarah or have...

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CEO Message: We're So Glad We Asked

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11/21/2019

When I started at NCG early in 2015 I spent a lot of time listening. Like, a LOT. During close to 200 meetings in my first year, I sought to learn what was strong about our work, what members of our community wanted more (and less) of from NCG, and...

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13 Jan 2016

Dream Boldly: Lifting King's Legacy

January 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:30pm

Contemporary Jewish Museum

Clarence B. Jones was a speechwriter and counsel for Martin Luther King, Jr. His work in the civil rights movement dramatically impacted the course of American history, and he has received numerous state and national awards recognizing his...

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Income Inequality

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PubPolicy/SocialJustice:CommOrganizing

Economic & Community Development

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National

(Un)Common Passion

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04/06/2017

This past week, the award-winning hip hop artist and actor Common went behind the scenes in Southern California to better understand our nation’s prison pipeline, and learn from people whose lives are profoundly affected by it both on the inside and...

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CEO Message: The New Normal

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08/16/2018

I’ve recently started a yoga practice. (OK maybe it’s a bit premature to call it a “practice,” but I have been to four classes so far, and I plan to keep going.)

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2020 Census

01 Feb 2019

Ending the Criminalization of Poor Women and Girls of Color

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Public Policy

February 1, 2019 -

9:30am to 12:00pm

Northern California Grantmakers

In-person registration is now closed. Please register via webinar if you would like to join us. Please join the Akonadi Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Rosenberg Foundation and Zellerbach Family Foundation for a conversation about the...

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Populations & Communities: Women & Girls

Populations/Communities: LGBTQA

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SF Bay Area

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Public Policy

Fighting for Judicial Independence: Why Our Democracy Depends on Fair Courts

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09/25/2019

States across the country are considering legislation that would diminish the independence of their courts. Recently, Kathy Bonnifield , Program Officer at the Piper Fund, chatted with the Bay Area Democracy Funders Group about some...

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From the Field

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Public Policy

What We're Reading: August Equity & Social Justice Edition

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08/06/2020

The past, the present, and the future come to mind with this month’s articles that address the on-going fight for equal rights, the progress and the loss of rights, the gendered impact of the recession, and concrete actions to take to radically...

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14 Jul 2020

Building Wildfire Resilience in the West: Megafire - The New Abnormal | Session 2

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