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NCG Member Spotlight: A Conversation with Irvine Foundation’s Amy Saxton

Release Date:

08/09/2022

As a part of our Member Spotlight series, we spoke with Amy Saxton , Vice President of Program Development at The James Irvine Foundation. Amy shared how she is approaching her work, program strategy, and where others can jump in to collaborate.

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27 Apr 2021

The Ethos of Being Trust-Based Session 5: Reimagining Funder Roles in a Trust-Based Context

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April 27, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

About the Series The Ethos of Being Trust-Based, developed by Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, Philanthropy CA, and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, is a webinar series dedicated to exploring the fundamental values and dispositions central...

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15 Nov 2022

2023 Rising Leaders Cohort Information Session

November 15, 2022 -

11:30am to 12:45pm

Zoom Meeting

Join us for an information session about the 2023 Rising Leaders Cohort ! Are you a rising leader in philanthropy, someone looking for ways to expand your impact within the sector and advance your career? Are you feeling like the skills that got you...

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Moore's Law: The Story of "Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary"

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08/05/2016

Join us in honoring Gordon Moore, Co-Founder of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. A new book about Gordon's life, impact and accomplishments of the conservative radical behind Moore's Law .

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What We're Reading: Workplaces of Belonging

Release Date:

03/31/2022

My invitation to you, as you explore these resources, is to interrogate the role urgency plays in your life and work. Urgency, a feature and symptom of white supremacy culture, especially stands as a major obstacle to centering relationships and...

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12 Apr 2022

PowerMoves: How to Put Community-Powered Funding into Practice

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April 12, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Zoom Meeting

NCRP’s PowerMoves provides a compelling framework and toolkit for funders to build power, share power, and wield power for equity and justice. This session will explore the Sharing Power module in-depth, offering three living case studies of...

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Corporate Philanthropy Institute

Systematic Review of Evaluations of Trauma-Informed Organizational Interventions That Include Staff Trainings

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08/2018

Enthusiasm for trauma-informed practice has increased dramatically. Organizational interventions that train staff about trauma-informed practice are frequently used to promote trauma-informed systems change, but evidence about these interventions’ effects has not been integrated. A systematic review was conducted of studies that evaluated the effects of organizational interventions that included a “trauma-informed” staff training component.

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Trauma & Resilience

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...

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Corporate Giving

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15 Apr 2020

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

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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...

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Disaster Preparedness

Philanthropy CA

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Statewide

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17 Mar 2021

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

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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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Youth Organizing and Youth Power

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Next Gen

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SF Bay Area

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Program Highlight: Creating Shared Value

Release Date:

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

Equity and Recovery: Redwood Complex Fires

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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...

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Disaster Preparedness

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Disaster Response and Resilience

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Greater Northern California

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SF Bay Area

29 May 2019

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

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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...

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Greater Northern California

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Human Resources

Immigration

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Peninsula and South Bay

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03 Oct 2019

Fair Courts: The Threat to Judicial Independence in Polarized Times

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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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Policy

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Policy Advocacy

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SF Bay Area

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Democrats Can Win by Tackling Race and Class Together. Here's Proof.

Release Date:

09/12/2019

By Ian Haney López, Anat Shenker-Osorio, and Tamara Draut

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

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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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Affordable Healthcare Act

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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Collaborative

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Communications Staff

Community Foundation

Emerging Practitioners

Potential Members

Program Staff

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Collaborative Philanthropy

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Youth Organizing and Youth Power

Meet the Moment: It isn’t enough to fund change. We must change too.

Release Date:

09/27/2021

As I sit to write, our Northern California skies are hazy with wildfire smoke. It strikes me as a metaphor for this moment, 19 months into COVID, when our visions of a post-pandemic future are shifting yet again. I definitely don’t feel clear-eyed...

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13 Apr 2022

Trust-Based Philanthropy Peer Learning Exchanges

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April 13, 2022 - 12:00pm to October 20, 2022 - 12:00pm

Virtual

The registration deadline for this has passed. We're excited to announce the launch of two peer learning exchanges created by Philanthropy CA and the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project! Over the past two years, we've partnered to provide learning...

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