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09 Sep 2020

Expert Insights: Integrated Capital Approaches to Racial Equity

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
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...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Innovation
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

NCG Letter of Support Assembly Bill 1487 – San Francisco Bay Area Regional Housing Finance Act

Publication date: 
09/2019
Northern California Grantmakers is pleased to support Assembly Bill 1487 – San Francisco Bay Area Regional Housing Finance Act. The bill will strengthen our region with more affordable homes and protections for longtime residents to ensure all Bay Area residents, no matter their color or income, have a safe, stable, affordable place to call home. We applaud the leadership to date on this effort and urge you to sign this important piece of legislation into law.
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NCG Reports
Topic(s) 
Policy
Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
12 Jul 2018

2020 Census California Complete Count Regional Convening | San Francisco

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
July 12, 2018 -
9:00am to 12:30pm
The Women's Building
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research California Complete Count team for Census 2020 invites you to the July 12th San Francisco regional convening to help build our community’s capacity to achieve a complete count during the 2020 Census.
15 Sep 2015

San Francisco | Beyond the Grant: Solutions for Building Nonprofit Operational Excellence

September 15, 2015 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
This event will showcase two funder initiatives that went beyond grantmaking to help strengthen the operations of nonprofit grantees. This event will include discussions with The Wallace Foundation and Tipping Point Community as well as grantees...
26 Aug 2015

San Francisco | Strategic Corporate Philanthropy: Designing Community Programs for Impact

August 26, 2015 -
9:00am to 10:30am
SF Location: Northern California Grantmakers
Based on Corporate Citizenship’s (CC) latest global research, which draws on the insights of companies such as Amway, Unilever, Kellogg’s and Microsoft, find out to what extent companies are moving to a flagship approach, where one is focusing...

Solving the Housing Crisis Is Key to Inclusive Prosperity in the Bay Area

Publication date: 
04/2018
This report presents new data and analyses that illustrate how rising rents and stagnant incomes are straining household budgets and stifling opportunity in the nine-county Bay Area, jeopardizing the region’s diversity, growth, and prosperity.
03 May 2018

Resources for Financial Resilience: Human and Financial Capital

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
May 3, 2018 -
9:30am to 12:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
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 this session, we will explore the importance...

Resources from Flipping the Script on Disaster: A Tale of Three Resilient Cities

Publication date: 
06/2017
At NCG’s May 31 event, Flipping the Script on Disaster: A Tale of Three Cities , the Chief Resilience Officers of Oakland and San Francisco each shared their city’s resilience strategy and ways for philanthropy to support resilience. The Honorable Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland, also offered her perspective on resilience and current efforts in Oakland. The Managing Director of the Bay Area Resilient By Design Challenge shared details of this new effort to catalyze innovative, collaborative planning to build resilience in advance of disaster. Although the Berkeley Chief Resilience Officer was...

Building Diversity: A Survey of California Foundation Demographics, Policies and Practices

Publication date: 
06/2009
In the fall of 2007, Northern California Grantmakers (in partnership with Southern California Grantmakers and San Diego Grantmakers) commissioned the Foundation Center to conduct two studies on diversity in philanthropy in California. The first of these studies examined the extent to which grantmaking by large California foundations serves populations of color. Titled Embracing Diversity: Foundation Giving to California’s Communities of Color , this study was released in June 2008. The present study reports findings from a survey that collected baseline data from 115 California foundations on...
23 Sep 2021

Listening for Equity: The Impact of High-Quality Feedback Loops

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
September 23, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Many nonprofits and foundations are overlooking a critical source of insight into the relevance and impact of their work —the people and communities most impacted by the systems and policies funders are working to change and yet often least...
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Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
09 Nov 2021

Grantmaking with a Racial Equity Lens | Foundations of Racial Equity Session 5

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
November 9, 2021 - 9:30am to November 16, 2021 - 12:00pm
About the Series Anti-Black racism and white supremacy are embedded in philanthropy and in our institutions, often invisible to the majority of us, even as we work with intention towards equity and justice. As change agents within philanthropy, we...
02 May 2019

What’s Ahead for Racial Equity: Real Talk with Manuel Pastor and Lateefah Simon

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
May 2, 2019 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
What is the landscape of economic, racial, and social inequities in the Bay Area, and what can we do about it? NCG is excited to announce our new offering - the Racial Equity Action (REA) Institute - to bring together racial equity specialists and...
20 Jun 2019

The Sweet Spot: Leveraging the SF Soda Tax to Advance Health Equity

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
June 20, 2019 -
2:00pm to 4:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Join the Shape Up SF Coalition and NCG's Bay Area Health Funders Group for a conversation with nonprofits and funders to strategize how San Francisco can be a leader in health equity and healthy eating active living programs by further supporting...
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Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Bay Area Health Funders Group
Funding Area 
Health
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

Making Meaningful Connections: Characteristics of Arts Groups that Engage New and Diverse Participants Infographic

Publication date: 
07/2014
The infographic summary of Characteristics of Arts Groups that Engage New and Diverse Participants, a report by The James Irvine Foundation.
03 Feb 2017

The Opportunity Summit: Activating the Power of 9 Counties to Create Opportunity and Shared Prosperity for All

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
February 3, 2017 -
9:00am to 3:30pm
Nile Hall
You are invited to join partners from across the Bay Area to learn together, collaborate, and take action toward equity, economic opportunity, and shared prosperity. Hear from experts and those on the ground implementing promising solutions. This...
16 Apr 2015

BAHFG Meeting & Program | Health Equity: Achieving Quality Health for All People

April 16, 2015 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
What does Health Equity mean for you? Join the Bay Area Health Funders for a peer learning program and discussion on Heath Equity - what it means and how funders can adopt evidence based strategies that support solutions.
01 Mar 2021

Centering Equity in COVID-19 Vaccinations – Bay Area Health Funders Group

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 1, 2021 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Zoom Meeting
The COVID-19 vaccine will help keep communities healthy and safe and holds promise to bring an end to the pandemic that has had the most severe impacts on Black, Latinx, Indigenous, immigrant, and low-income people. Structural racism created the...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Bay Area Health Funders Group
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

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