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Resources from Kellogg’s Racial Healing Initiative

Publication date: 
05/2012
This third program in NCG's 2012 Diversity in Philanthropy Series provided an opportunity for the philanthropic community to engage in a peer-to-peer dialogue that explored the critical role racial inequity plays in the funding community's ability to realize strong returns on its investments in some of the most vulnerable communities in America.
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Presentation
Audience 
Executive Staff
Program Staff
Topic(s) 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Funding Area 
Communities: BIPOC

Walter & Elise Haas Fund Executive Director Appointed Berkeley–Haas Social Impact Fellow

Release Date: 
09/15/2016
NCG member and Walter & Elise Haas Fund Executive Director Pamela David has accepted an appointment at the Institute for Business & Social Impact. Read the announcement below. Pam David Appointed Berkeley–Haas Social Impact Fellow...
13 Oct 2020

The Path to Portfolio Activation

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
October 13, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Zoom Webinar
You have decided you want to start making impact investments and you need buy-in within your organization. How do smaller foundations develop the capacity to execute a strategy? Learn strategies and approaches to develop consensus from leaders that...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Impact Investing
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Beyond Five Percent

Publication date: 
10/2007
Beyond Five Percent profiles several organizations that have charted alternative paths to the traditional lifespan model for foundations. This includes foundations that are adopting a limited existence by "spending down" their resources through a variety of methods, as well as those that have adopted policies of higher or flexible payout without necessarily intending to spend down. This report is intended to aid grantmakers looking for insightful approaches to philanthropy and innovative ways to deploy their assets.
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Research
Audience 
Board/Trustees
Executive Staff
Topic(s) 
Spending Down
18 Apr 2016

Powerful Grants Data at Your Fingertips: Foundation Maps Training

April 18, 2016 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Online webinar
Join us for an interactive statewide webinar to learn about our powerful new data tool, Foundation Maps: California, which displays information about more than 200,000 grants made by 260+ California grantmakers and is free to members of Northern...

Trump’s Tax Plan Would Only Help Wealthy Parents

Release Date: 
08/15/2016
NCG member Surina Khan is the CEO of the Women's Foundation of California. Check out her Op-Ed in Wednesday's San Francisco Chronicle for a host of solutions to make childcare affordable in the Bay Area.

Social Justice Then and Now

Release Date: 
02/04/2019
I began 2019 with members of the Northern California Grantmakers Board and staff in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama. I was prepared for the visit to be emotional and deeply moving, but was unprepared for it to be as personal as it became.
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Member News
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

Meet NCG's Summer Intern Allegra Maeso

Headshot of the author Allegra Maeso
Release Date: 
09/25/2019
This summer NCG was thrilled to welcome Allegra Maeso as our first summer intern. A rising senior at Northwestern University and Bay Area native, Allegra dove into a number of policy projects, providing valuable research and...
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NCG Blog
10 Mar 2017

Health Funding: Is There More We Can Do Together?

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 10, 2017 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Join us at the next Bay Area Health Funders Group program for a discussion led by CEO of Better Health East Bay and the BAHFG Chair, Jim Hickman . He will moderate the discussion with speakers joining us from prominent health...
04 Aug 2021

Investments in COVID-19 Recovery and Public Health

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
August 4, 2021 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Public health infrastructure underpins many important priorities — such as keeping the economy open and children in classrooms. California’s COVID-19 response confirmed that our health systems were ill-prepared for such a crisis, and public health...

Resources from BAHFG February 2016 Meeting

Publication date: 
02/2016
On February 29, 2016, Dr. Tomas Aragon, presented The Roots of Health Inequities: A Population Health Life Course Approach to the Bay Area Health Funders Group. During the meeting, the network also elected Jim Hickman, CEO of Better Health East Bay as the new Co-Chair of the network and engaged in lively discussion to design its 2016 strategy. The following are the resources from this meeting:

Levers For Change: Philanthropy in Select South East Asian Countries

Publication date: 
06/2014
This report examines the extent of strategic philanthropy in four of the largest economies in South East Asia – Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – and explores the role of public policies in shaping institutional philanthropy and influencing the charitable decisions of the regions wealthiest givers.

Resources from Public Charge: The Policy that Could Change Everything for Immigrant Families

Publication date: 
06/2018
In a June 26th program, we hosted a multi-sector group of leaders who are working together to protect the wellbeing of immigrant families and fight against this proposed change to the public charge regulation for a thoughtful discussion on the imporatance of this issue and how funders can be prepared.

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