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29 Oct 2020

Funding Intersectionality in Action: Philanthropy and LGBTQ Communities

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October 29, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Zoom Webinar

How has a global health pandemic and the Black Lives Matter racial justice uprisings affected LGBTQ communities in California? How are LGBTQ communities of color, especially transgender women of color, impacted, and how can philanthropy reach them...

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Communities: LGQBTIA

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09 Apr 2021

Grounded Action: Grassroots Movements and Climate Justice | Session 1

April 9, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

In philanthropy, ‘grassroots’ is often equated with ‘community’ and with ‘small-scale’. Grassroots solutions do come from the community, but they are not often small. And because grassroots solutions come from the people most impacted by the problem...

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25 May 2021

Why the Time is Right for a Guaranteed Income with an Equity Lens

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May 25, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

Nearly half of all American households have experienced serious financial trouble as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic. Even prior to the pandemic, nearly 40 percent of Americans did not have enough savings on hand to cover a $400 emergency. We also...

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Philanthropy CA

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Economic Justice

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Statewide

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29 Sep 2021

Youth Power, Youth Lead: Stories from the Youth Power Fund

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September 29, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

How many times do we hear “the youth are our future”? Our guess is that each of us hear it, or think it, a lot. The Youth Power Fund operates from the participatory stance that youth organizers see their future in front of them and know what they...

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Youth Organizing and Youth Power

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What We're Reading: Funding Trans Liberation

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08/17/2022

We have seen the national conversation turn even more hostile around bodily autonomy and sovereignty for all genders, amplified policing of trans bodies in public spaces, and an explicit attack on the existence of trans youth in State legislatures...

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Nonprofit Displacement Project

Risky Real Estate

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03/15/2017

This feature article by Inside Philanthropy reminds colleagues in the sector of the ongoing pressures caused by nonprofit displacement. NCG, together with The San Francisco Foundation and other partners, established the nonprofit displacement crisis...

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Nonprofit Sustainability

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24 Jan 2018

Crashing the Barriers: Making Work Possible for Everyone

January 24, 2018 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

The Zellerbach Family Foundation

In San Francisco and Alameda counties an estimated 27,000 youth are disconnected from work and school; 10,000 are homeless or live in unstable housing; and 16,000 people have been incarcerated and are reentering the community. Like the millions of...

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SF Bay Area

Kincade Fire and Other Northern California Fires: How to Help

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10/25/2019

The Kincade Fire broke out on the night of Wednesday, October 23, 2019, in rural Sonoma County. Since then, the fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate in the county.

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Disaster Response and Resilience

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Disaster Preparedness

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SF Bay Area

A Series on Risk, Change, and the Year Ahead: A Conversation with Surina Khan

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02/27/2020

I asked five foundation executives—private, public, family, tech, small and large—if they’ve taken any special measures to ready themselves for the year ahead. In our third installment, we hear from Surina Khan, CEO of the Women's Foundation...

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What We're Reading: Vaccine Justice Edition

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04/08/2021

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, AAPI, immigrant, and low-income people. Systemic racism created the...

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What We're Reading: Critical Race Theory Edition

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08/04/2021

I’m someone who went into a graduate program in history and wrote a dissertation on hidden and oftentimes, erased stories on resilience and activism by queer women of color. I’m attuned to what gets taught, why some topics aren’t, and the process...

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What We're Reading: Operationalizing Racial Equity Edition

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02/02/2022

The lunar new year of the tiger began on February 1, so it's still a new year which means we have an opportunity for a fresh start. Leaders and staff in organizations from different sectors use the phrase “racial equity” or “diversity, equity, and...

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13 Sep 2022

Investment Strategies for Community Owned Real Estate

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September 13, 2022 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Zoom Meeting

Investing in community-led real estate infrastructure is a powerful strategy that promotes the security of place, creates affordability, builds wealth, and supports Black and Brown leadership of community real estate development. Community-based...

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Philanthropy CA

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Statewide

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Resources from Resources for Financial Resilience: Human and Financial Capital

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05/2018

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 our third Financial Management session with FMA on May 3, 2018, we explored the importance of the right mix of financial resources in ensuring financial resilience, as well as the critical role of another resource key to a nonprofit’s success: its people. We also explored what a successful leadership team looks like and how funders can support their grantees in developing leadership capacity...

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Finance

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Program Highlight: Creating Shared Value

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11/01/2012

Last month NCG corporate members had the opportunity to learn more about Shared Value from FSG Managing Director Lalitha Vaidyanathan.

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Corporate Philanthropy Institute

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Corporate Giving

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Shared Value

The San Francisco Foundation Makes $34 Million Investment in Oakland

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07/16/2015

On July 14th, NCG member The San Francisco Foundation announced its $34 Million investment into the City of Oakland.

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O2 Initiatives Announces 2015 Sabbatical Award Recipients

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11/22/2015

In July, we told you about NCG member O2 Initiatives launching their annual O2 Sabbatical Awards. They have announced this year's winners!

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From the Field

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Community Foundation

Emerging Practitioners

Family Foundation

Private Foundation

Public Foundation

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Leadership Development

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A New Generation of Girl Philanthropists Inspires

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03/14/2016

On Friday, Philanthropy News Digest published a piece by NCG Member Surina Khan. As the CEO of the Women's Foundation of California, Surina writes about one of the Foundation's giving circles, a group of high school girls in LA who are emblematic of...

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Community Foundation

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On The Move

10 Aug 2016

California Policy Forum Webinar | Drought, Water and the Economy: What We All Need to Know!

August 10, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Online Webinar

We still have a drought! Water scarcity continues to affect the entire state from agricultural regions to urban centers. As this unprecedented drought continues, the legacy of variable rainfall will impact the state for some time to come. But it’s...

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