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17 Mar 2021

Recovery and Beyond: Youth Organizing for a Better and More Equitable Future

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 17, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Young people are the keepers of our future and when they are organized, they are a force to be reckoned with. In 2019, a network of foundations and individual donors who value the role of youth organizing in creating and advancing more equitable,...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Next Gen
Funding Area 
Children & Youth
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
21 Sep 2015

2015 Corporate Philanthropy Institute | Authenticity

September 21, 2015 -
8:00am to 6:00pm
UCSF - Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA
Once again, the 2015 Corporate Philanthropy Institute (CPI) is presented by Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. This year's CPI will explore how companies are going about breathing authenticity and value into...
15 Apr 2020

Disability Matters: How Philanthropy Can Support Disability Healthcare Rights During Coronavirus

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 15, 2020 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
Webinar
The Coronavirus public health crisis is a moment when we need to be intentional in addressing the needs of disability communities. As funders, there is also the opportunity to be ahead of the curve on disability civil and human rights. In applying...
03 Oct 2019

Foundation Endowments…Activate!: Aligning Investment Strategy with Social Justice Values

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
October 3, 2019 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
In-person attendance for this event is now at capacity. Please join us via webinar by registering on Zoom. Given the scale of social, economic and environmental crises our communities are facing, it is hopeful to see foundations...
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Briefing Program
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SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
16 Apr 2021

Grounded Action: Grassroots Movements and Climate Justice | Session 2

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 16, 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...
13 Jul 2021

United We Stand: Creating an Inclusive California through a Robust Movement Building Ecosystem

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
July 13, 2021 -
11:00am to 12:30pm
A California that allows all residents to reach their full potential requires both a focus on racial equity, inclusion, and justice, and a commitment to challenging the systemic issues that permeate our society and government, even in this great...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
02 Dec 2021

Funding Our Movements: Lessons from the Field

December 2, 2021 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
Social justice movements are what lead us towards racial, gender, disability, and economic justice. To bring about an equitable and just world, we must build upon the strength of these social movements by supporting organizers doing this movement-...
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Resources for Foundation Endowments...Activate!

Given the scale of social, economic and environmental crises our communities are facing, it is hopeful to see foundations making bold shifts to their grantmaking. Yet funders committed to justice recognize that grant dollars alone are not enough to manifest the kind of transformation needed to create a better future for people experiencing systemic oppression. In recent years, the philanthropic field has begun to reckon with the reality that most foundations’ endowments are invested in ways that are out of alignment with their values, exacerbating the very problems that their grant dollars...

Equity and Recovery: Redwood Complex Fires

Release Date: 
06/21/2018
Natural disasters are the great equalizers, razing a cruel path regardless of income, heritage, or history. When the firestorm blazed through Redwood and Potter Valleys on the night of October 8 th over 7,000 residents fled, leaving behind a...
29 May 2019

No Housing Support for Mixed Status Families? How Philanthropy Can Respond to Proposed HUD Rule

Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
May 29, 2019 -
10:30am to 11:30am
Webinar
No one should be denied support because of their loved ones’ immigration status. Yet a newly introduced regulation from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would force U.S. citizen children and their families out of public...
03 Oct 2019

Fair Courts: The Threat to Judicial Independence in Polarized Times

Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
October 3, 2019 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Judicial independence may be the most consequential — though least visible and discussed — long-term threat to a well-functioning American democracy. The partisan political climate in the U.S. has emboldened lawmakers to undermine the role of an...
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Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Policy
Funding Area 
Public Policy & Social Justice
PubPolicy/Social Justice:Law/CivilRights
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Public Policy

What We're Reading: February Equity and Social Justice Edition

Alice Hom and Daniel Lau
Release Date: 
02/11/2021
This month we’re highlighting articles around accountability, philanthro-capitalism, somatics, and the strategic power of collective organizing. We hope these articles inspire you to delve in deeply about how to be accountable and to reflect on the...
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NCG Blog
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.

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