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Washington, DC-based Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers and New York-based Foundation Center have announced a new partnership to improve the quality and effectiveness of grantmaking through the strategic collection and sharing of data on...

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CCJFG Site Visit Report-Back: California Institution for Women

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04/01/2020

On December 6, 2019, members of the California Criminal Justice Funders Group spent the day building connections with women and transgender people incarcerated in the state’s oldest women’s prison, the California Institution for Women (CIW), as well...

Silver to Gold Issue Brief

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12/2006

This Grantmakers in Aging issue brief focuses on aging demographics in the United States.

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JSI Report | Integrating Housing Strategies with Health: An Opportunity to Advance Whole-Person Care in California

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06/2015

A report prepared by JSI Research & Training Institute, titled Integrating Housing Strategies with Health: An Opportunity to Advance Whole-Person Care in California.

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Bay Area Health Funders Group

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Resources from After Hurricane Harvey and Irma: Specific Challenges Facing Immigrants and Refugees

Publication date:

09/2017

In this webinar co-sponsored with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, members learned about unique post-disaster challenges facing immigrants and refugees, particularly those who are low-income and limited English proficient, and explored both their immediate and long-term needs. We discussed ways that philanthropy can most effectively support recovery and rebuilding efforts in diverse affected regions in the months and years that lie ahead.

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Equity and Social Justice

Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Appoints Harvey V. Fineberg as President

Release Date:

10/31/2014

NCG member organization the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recently announced the appointment of Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., as its new President.

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Bay Area Communities to Participate in Give Local on May 5th

Release Date:

05/01/2015

May 5th is around the corner. And May 5th is Give Local America day, a 24-hour crowdfunding event designed to empower every person to give back to their local communities. Here in the Bay Area both the East Bay and Silicon Valley are participating...

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01 Oct 2015

SOLD OUT: 2015 New Grantmakers Institute: Essential Skills & Strategies

October 1, 2015 - 9:00am to October 2, 2015 - 4:30pm

The James Irvine Foundation

For new grantmakers it is essential to hit the ground running by equipping themselves with the tools and best practices for making sound funding recommendations. The New Grantmakers Institute is a cost-effective, local option that develops important...

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20 Oct 2016

Building Collaboration from the Inside Out - San Francisco (A GEO Special Feature)

October 20, 2016 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

The Metta Fund

Before collaboration became the latest philanthropic buzzword, many grantmakers were already collaborating in ways both large and small around shared concerns or core issues and beliefs. But because collaboration is hard and messy, both grantmakers...

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Participate Now and Add Your Voice! Survey of Grantmakers Practice

Release Date:

01/23/2017

Every three years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations conducts a field study to track trends in grantmaker practices at staffed US foundations and we share the results with the field to provide a detailed picture of how grantmaking has evolved...

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Philanthropy California Goes to Washington, D.C.

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04/20/2017

This spring, Philanthropy California made its debut on Capitol Hill with our state’s largest organized delegation ever. Our statewide delegation of 20 funders joined Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) to represent our sector with a united voice for...

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09 Jan 2018

Census 2020 Statewide Meeting

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Equity and Social Justice

January 9, 2018 -

11:00am to 4:00pm

Northern California Grantmakers

With our partners from Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), Northern California Grantmakers will be co-hosting the first Census planning meeting of 2018 for California. Planning for the Census is well-underway at the national...

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21 Jun 2018

Get a Beer and Undo Nonprofit Power Dynamics Day (GBUNPD)

June 21, 2018 -

4:30pm to 6:30pm

Natoma Cabana

Please join EPIP, the Foundation Center, Northern California Grantmakers, the Whitman Institute, and YCore for a happy hour to celebrate Get a BEER* and Undo Nonprofit Power Dynamics Day (GBUNPD). This new national holiday is the brainchild of Vu Le...

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03 Dec 2019

A holiday coffee hosted by Magnify Community, NCG and SVCF

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Leadership, Culture and Community

December 3, 2019 -

8:30am to 10:00am

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Join us for some holiday cheer, and an opportunity to connect with fellow grant-makers, philanthropic advisors, and others committed to local giving. As we reflect on the past year, we would love for everyone to share ideas about 1 or 2 local...

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Social

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Greater Northern California

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Leadership, Culture and Community

12 Sep 2019

2019 New Grantmakers Institute | Grantmaking for the 21st Century

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Leadership, Culture and Community

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Policy Committee | Public Policy

Log In Committee members must log in to access meeting details. Log In > Committee Members Dimple Abichandani, Executive Director, General Service Foundation Ophelia Basgal, Visiting Scholar, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley Matt...

14 Dec 2020

We’re Just Getting Started! 2020 Post-Election Debrief with Movement Leaders

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Equity and Social Justice

Leadership, Culture and Community

December 14, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

Zoom Webinar

Last month, California voters made history by passing several propositions and measures to restore rights and self-determination to communities impacted by incarceration, while also rejecting racist legislation that would have rolled back decades of...

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SF Bay Area

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Equity and Social Justice

Leadership, Culture and Community

Making The Leap: How Four Philanthropy-Serving Organizations Elevated Their Work and Shaped Their Regions — and the Support that Helped Make it Happen

For more than half a decade, Philanthropy Northwest, Northern California Grantmakers, Southern California Grantmakers and Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties have been the recipients of unprecedented support from one foundation that saw value in regional philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs). That partner is the Satterberg Foundation. In the years since this infusion began, we’ve often chatted about how this relationship has changed us and how we need to tell its story. We represent what sustained investment in philanthropic infrastructure can...

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