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Honoring our Full Humanity: Never Again for All of Us

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01/21/2019

History is told through multiple, sometimes competing, narratives. Earlier this month, walking through downtown Montgomery, Alabama with folks from NCG, posted plaques told stories in the way official histories often do, highlighting founders and...

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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03 Jun 2020

NCG's Virtual 2020 Annual Conference

June 3, 2020 -

2:00pm to 4:45pm

Zoom Webinar Livestream

When we chose love as the theme for our 2020 conference we knew we’d be entering an election year fraught with anxiety, but none of us imagined we’d be entering the fourth month of a pandemic. Love, it turns out, could be just what...

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Media | Nonprofit Displacement Project

Since the release of the Nonprofit Displacement Report in 2016, national and local media have supported the spread of the issue and the work we are doing. View some of the external media below. The Bay Area Reporter...

29 Apr 2020

RGHR Fund and CCJFG Webinar on Women in California’s Prisons during the COVID-19 Crisis

April 29, 2020 -

2:00pm to 4:30pm

Webinar

As of April 14th, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, there are 57 incarcerated individuals and 78 CDCR prison staff who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Five Ways Funders Can Support Movements Building True Multiracial, Feminist Democracy

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11/12/2020

What role can philanthropy now play to restore some guardrails and resource these movements? We offer some reflections on the current moment as well as a few recommendations to guide social justice, human rights, and democracy funders.

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Leadership, Culture and Community

Who’s Organizing the Volunteers? A Look Behind the Scenes in Local Disaster Response

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08/25/2021

As we find ourselves in the midst of yet another devastating wildfire season, I want to share the importance of the little-known or often misunderstood community-based network known as the VOAD – Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters. A VOAD,...

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Post-Election Special: What Did We Learn? What’s Next? | 11/30/2016

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12/2016

After a long and ugly ride, what are the key takeaways from the election? Where will these results take us? And what are the long-term strategies that will fuel the growing movement for a direct and participatory democracy?

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Stanford Social Innovation Review | Shifting Philanthropy From Charity to Justice

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02/16/2017

Historical injustices—perpetuated by racial and cultural conflicts, and exacerbated by a lack of empathy—are at the heart of America’s growing economic, social, and political inequalities.

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(Un)Common Passion

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04/06/2017

This past week, the award-winning hip hop artist and actor Common went behind the scenes in Southern California to better understand our nation’s prison pipeline, and learn from people whose lives are profoundly affected by it both on the inside and...

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Fighting for Judicial Independence: Why Our Democracy Depends on Fair Courts

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09/25/2019

States across the country are considering legislation that would diminish the independence of their courts. Recently, Kathy Bonnifield , Program Officer at the Piper Fund, chatted with the Bay Area Democracy Funders Group about some...

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To maximize the collective power of our community for greatest effect, NCG is pleased to announce that we will be partnering more deeply with our members in three areas moving forward.

The Road to Recovery: A Framework for Philanthropy

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08/04/2021

Over the last year, our work supporting COVID-19 recovery has been guided by an evolving set of principles. We've refined and captured those into seven key principles for philanthropy's support of a recovery that centers racial equity. NCG's...

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Climate and Disaster Resilience

When the time comes, most foundations become disaster funders whether they've previously thought of themselves that way or not. That’s because disasters and community crises touch all aspects of people’s lives, communities, and cities. NCG's new...

Just for Fun: Q&A with Grantmaker Fashionistas

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05/02/2014

Just for Fun is a new NCG blog feature dreamed up by Director of Member Engagement Phuong Quach. In this edition Phuong interviews NCG Board members Fatima Angeles and Jeff Malloy–two NCG members with impeccable fashion sense.

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NCG Board Chair on Our Curious City

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07/28/2017

Last week, NCG hosted United Philanthropy Forum’s annual conference in San Francisco. Having peers in town gave us a chance to showcase lots of talent from the region (including Dr. Bob Ross, Lateefah Simon, Judy Belk, Daniel Lee and Fred Blackwell...

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

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09/12/2019

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

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