Tides Announces New Chief Executive Officer
Release Date:
01/23/2014
Last week NCG Member Tides announced the appointment of Kriss Deiglmeier as its new CEO.
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NCG Member Full Circle Fund Welcomes New Executive Director
Release Date:
01/16/2014
NCG member the Full Circle Fund announced earlier this month that Tim Smith was named their new Executive Director following the departure of for Full Circle Fund CEO Kiki Mills Johnston who left at the end of 2013.
The San Francisco Chronicle Features NCG Member Tom DeCaigny
Release Date:
07/22/2014
Last week the SF Chronicle published a feature on NCG member Tom DeCaigny as a champion for artists.
CEO Message: NCG's Annual (Not)-Report
Release Date:
02/17/2017
We invite you to take a look at our year’s NCG's 2016 Annual (Not)-Report, to spot some great people doing great work.
Pixar in a Box: The Art of Storytelling
There are few organizations in the world that can claim more expertise when it comes to storytelling than Pixar. The Disney-owned animation studio is known for its ability to consistently create world-class movies with gripping narrative alongside stunning visuals. Now, Pixar is helping others learn the secrets of great storytelling – for free, in partnership with online education provider Khan Academy.
Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap
The nonprofit sector is experiencing a racial leadership gap. Studies show the percentage of people of color in the executive director/CEO role has remained under 20% for the last 15 years even as the country becomes more diverse. To understand the causes of this disparity, the Building Movement Project conducted the Nonprofits, Leadership, and Race survey with over 4,000 respondents. The study found few differences between white and people of color (POC) respondents in their aspirations or preparation for leadership roles—in fact people of color are more likely to be interested in becoming a...
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Jun
2018
Upswell Lab: San Francisco
Areas of Focus
June 4, 2018 -
12:30pm to 4:00pm
Google Community Space
Be the first to test drive mind-opening new ways to collaborate. The public square is at the very heart of civil society. It's where we build community, test ideas, and make change. It’s where creativity, innovation, science,...
Announcing the 2020 Rising Leaders Cohort
Release Date:
01/23/2020
We learn a lot about ourselves and what we need to thrive in the earlier stages of our careers. The inaugural Rising Leaders Cohort launches this week! Participants will be part of an intimate group of peers and will be exploring themes of...
12
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2021
2021 Corporate Philanthropy Institute
October 12, 2021 - 9:30am to October 13, 2021 - 1:00pm
Virtual Conference
When: October 12 & 13, 2021 | 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Where: Virtual The world is different. We've collectively gone through a shutdown of our everyday lives, ongoing threats to our democracy, expanding divisiveness in our communities...
A Funder’s Perspective on Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks
Release Date:
08/05/2013
NCG Member John Esterle, Executive Director of The Whitman Institute, recently co-authored an article entitled From the Kid’s Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks that was published in The Whitman...
Funders for LGBTQ Issues on Indiana & Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination: What Does It Mean For Funders?
Release Date:
04/03/2015
All eyes have been on Indiana recently with passage of a bill which allows LGBTQ discrimination under the guise of religious freedom. Funders for LGBTQ Issues has released a statement outlining what the bill—and others like it—means for foundations.
A Rising Leader's Experience: Pushing back on Imposter Syndrome
Release Date:
12/03/2020
by Victoria Rodarte , Program Associate, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Victoria Rodarte_Headshot.jpg A year ago, I was entering my 4th year in philanthropy and still not entirely sure of my...
The Volunteer "Toolkit" | KQED and the SF Homeless Project
Release Date:
11/07/2016
As part of a collaboration with dozens of Bay Area news organizations, KQED is shining another light on the issue of homelessness and housing insecurity with the SF Homeless Project. Take a look at the "toolkit" KQED has provided for volunteer...
Countdown to the Conference Has Begun
Release Date:
04/07/2015
From the 49ers to the fact that our city is 7 x 7 miles—the number 49 has special significance in San Francisco. And today, the number 49 has very special meaning for NCG staff…we’re officially 49 days out from the 2015 Annual Conference.
Ideas Fest: 30 Ideas to Change the World
Release Date:
03/15/2018
This year, NCG is creating a new kind of space adapted from the tech sector’s ‘un-conference’ and tracing its origins to indigenous practices of creating open space for differing views. This ‘new space’ which, for our purposes, we’ll call ...
Can You Put a Price On That?
Release Date:
05/19/2015
When Dan Pallotta’s 2013 TedTalk,“The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong” first made the rounds, with it came a resurgence of a familiar conversation about how to cultivate healthy nonprofit organizations and avoid the nonprofit starvation...
04
Mar
2016
Breakfast of Champions: Connect With Your Peers in NCG's Networks While We Dish About What's Ahead
March 4, 2016 -
8:30am to 11:30am
NCG Office
Want to know what NCG has up our sleeves for 2016? And learn more about the different networks and committees in our network? Come hear from Ellen LaPointe about our plans for 2016, and come engage in dialogue with your peers and with us about what...
05
Oct
2016
Parents in Philanthropy | PiP PiP Hooray!
October 5, 2016 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Join us for a moving, illuminating and powerful kick-off to philanthropy’s newest affinity group: Parents in Philanthropy . PiP started when a few moms kept running into each other at philanthropy events and realized that while we...
Arts Loan Fund: Types of Loans
The ALF provides five types of loans: Bridge, Benefit/Performance, Opportunity, Quick Qualifier, and Individual Artist. Bridge Loans Amount: Up to $50,000 Must be secured by a current government contract, an approved grant or other...
Goals and Outcomes | Racial Equity Action Institute
Learn more about the goals and outcomes of NCG's Racial Equity Action Institute.