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27 Jun 2019

Building Greater Economic Mobility Through Social Enterprise

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
June 27, 2019 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Webinar
A Californian coalition ( The Economic Mobility Collaborative ) sets out this vision: “Every Californian should have a chance to work, to discover their potential, and to share that potential with others.” The Collaborative suggests that, among the...
02 Dec 2019

Right to Housing

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
December 2, 2019 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Webinar
Philanthropy across the state has been working collaboratively to address the pressing problem of homelessness in our state. A recent Public Policy Institute of California survey found that “homelessness” is the state’s number one problem in the...
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Briefing Webinar
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Economic/Community Development:Housing
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
27 Jan 2020

Great (and Not-As-Great) Collaborations: Why They Succeed and How They Fail

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
January 27, 2020 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Collaboration has long been an aspiration in our sector. You can trace its early beginnings to donors pooling their resources through vehicles like Community Foundations to locally-focused efforts to the emergence (and rise) of gigantic aggregated...
20 Feb 2020

Fighting the Chilling Effect: Ensuring the Health & Well-Being of Immigrants

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
February 20, 2020 -
11:30am to 2:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Whether we’re tenth generation American or a newcomer, Black, White, or Brown, most of us try to treat people how we’d want to be treated. New immigrants work hard to make life better for themselves and come here to bring new ideas and new energy to...
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Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Immigration
Funding Area 
Health: Health Access & Care
Immigration
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
19 May 2020

Impact Investing: Making low risk, high impact community investments during the COVID-19 crisis

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
May 19, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Webinar
Learn from seasoned impact investors on how supporting Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) can create durable change with underserved communities and why supporting CDFIs is more important than ever to address inequities in the...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Impact Investing
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
30 Jun 2020

Generosity, Community, and Powerful Purpose: Resilience through Feminist Leadership

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
June 30, 2020 -
2:00pm to 3:15pm
Zoom Webinar
Join us to learn how feminist values and feminist leadership are powerful tools for building strength to withstand the myriad challenges facing us currently and build new systems. In this session you will hear how the Women’s Foundation California...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

Shift Happens

ShiftHappens2.jpg Shift Happens: A Series on Leadership and Change Introduction by Dwayne S. Marsh, President and CEO, Northern California Grantmakers: I grew up in a semi-segregated Richmond, Virginia at a time that its heritage as...

Top 10 Reasons to Attend NCG's Corporate Philanthropy Institute

Release Date: 
09/30/2021
Still on the fence about attending the 2021 Corporate Philanthropy Institute? Well you have come to the right place! Check out the top ten reasons below for why this is going to be a conference you are not going to want to miss!
08 Feb 2022

Build Back Better and the Economic Recovery of the Bay Area

February 8, 2022 -
5:00pm to 6:00pm
The Build Back Better Act has the potential to help the nation grow, as framed by the White House, “from the bottom and middle-out" by providing families with funding for childcare, expanding access to affordable housing, education, and health care...
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Briefing Webinar
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National
07 Dec 2021

Awake to Woke to Work: A Framework for Racial Equity in Your Organization | Foundations of Racial Equity Session 6

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
December 7, 2021 - 10:00am to December 14, 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...
14 Dec 2015

California Policy Forum Webinar: Prop 47 - Look Back. Look Forward

December 14, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Online Webinar
In November 2014, California voters passed Proposition 47, the most sweeping incarceration-reduction ballot initiative in state history. The “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act” reclassified six common, low-level crimes from felony to misdemeanor...
23 Sep 2021

LSFN Signature Event | Wellness 360: Supporting Staff Wellness and Building Back Better

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
September 23, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Annually the LSFN Signature Event brings together over a hundred individuals from the funder, academic, government, and legal services fields who are passionate about improving access to justice. This year we will bring together several leaders from...
08 Apr 2014

2014 NCG Annual Conference | Be the Change: Philanthropy and a Thriving Society for All

April 8, 2014 -
9:00am to 4:30pm
Hotel Nikko
For our inaugural Annual Conference we are pleased to feature two thought-provoking and engaging speakers: Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich and Rebuild the Dream President Van Jones. Both speakers will address how the issue of income...
15 Feb 2018

There’s a Hole in My Budget: What’s the Governor Covering and What’s Left Out?

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
February 15, 2018 -
9:00am to 12:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
With a new federal tax plan recently passed and budget cuts looming, the Governor and other state policymakers will face a tall task in order to fund the programs that provide the opportunities California values. Faced with prospect of substantial...

We Couldn’t Have Done 2020 Without You

Release Date: 
12/16/2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people in prison cannot be understated. As rates of infection rose inside prisons throughout the state, we witnessed our movement partners quickly and efficiently organize in response to this crisis. We...
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