Susan True Joins The Kenneth Rainin Foundation
Release Date:
07/30/2013
NCG member The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today that Susan Truejoins its staff as a Program Officer for the Foundation’s Reading Success Initiative.
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Oakland Mayor the Honorable Libby Schaaf to Speak at Upcoming NCG Program
Release Date:
03/24/2015
NCG is excited to share that the Honorable Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland will be a key part of an upcoming NCG program! Mayor Schaaf will offer key insights on what Prop. 47 implementation means to Oakland and the impact that implementation will...
Akonadi Foundation Welcomes Camarena-Arredondo to the Team
Release Date:
06/22/2017
On Monday, NCG member the Akonadi Foundation announced Vanessa Camarena-Arredondo as its new Program Officer for its Beloved Community Fund. Join us in welcoming her to the NCG community!
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Apr
2015
Key Traits of Phenomenal Foundation Executive Directors
April 30, 2015 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Foundation executive directors—particularly those with few or no staff—juggle many roles: strategic grantmaker, convener, collaborator, board wrangler, media spokesperson, technical assistance provider, mediator, and so much more. Exponent...
Member Spotlight: Bob Uyeki, CEO of Y & H Soda Foundation
Release Date:
08/01/2016
Bob Uyeki is the CEO of the Y & H Soda Foundation and a former NCG board member. As a part of our Member Spotlight Series , Bob told us about his guilty pleasure and how his superpower is good for him and for humanity!
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Jun
2018
Being the Change: Foundations Transforming for Greater Impact
Areas of Focus
June 26, 2018 -
9:30am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Today, many foundations are re-examining the role they can play in addressing societies more challenging problems. As foundations embrace ever more ambitious and complex approaches for creating social change, they are taking an intentional approach...
Stupski Foundation Builds Team to Launch Spenddown Strategies
Release Date:
04/04/2019
NCG member The Stupski Foundation announced that it hired Elvin Padilla and Jennifer Nguyen to help the Foundation launch its spenddown strategies. Elvin joins the team as the Foundation’s director of Food Security and Jennifer as the director of...
FordForward: The Ford Foundation Charts a New Course
Release Date:
06/11/2015
"Today is not a new beginning. It is a next step in a quest begun eight decades ago," said Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation.
A Cultural Reckoning: The Moore Foundation’s Sasha Abrams on #MeToo
Release Date:
08/02/2018
“…as the tsunami of stories emerge about harassment… I am struck by my own inability to answer with complete confidence that I would have done something different.” The Moore Foundation’s General Counsel, Sasha Abrams, gives her...
Majority of Foundations Need New Sexual Harassment Training
Release Date:
08/15/2019
Beginning this year, employers with 5 or more employees must provide harassment prevention training for all of its employees – full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal – before January 1, 2020.
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May
2021
Bringing A Racial Equity Lens to Foundation Strategy
Areas of Focus
May 26, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. In response to the racial reckoning in 2020, foundations have sought many perspectives to learn how they can support racial justice, shift power, and more effectively engage communities in grantmaking decisions. Moving beyond...
NCG Members Join PropelNext California Partnership
Release Date:
01/12/2015
NCG members The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Sobrato Family Foundation join the Weingart Foundation and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation to pilot the PropelNext California Partnership.
Heising-Simons Foundation: Celebrating the Giving Gene
Release Date:
10/31/2016
NCG member the Heising-Simons Foundation was featured in Forbes last week, Two Generations Of Givers: How The Simons Family Passed On The Philanthropy Gene. Read the article below to learn more about the Foundation and the families supporting this...
CCJFG Member Spotlight: New Breath Foundation
Release Date:
05/17/2021
Interview with Eddy Zheng, President and Founder
Meeting Agenda | California Census 2020 Funders Meeting
Publication date:
01/2018
02
Sep
2020
Funder Response: Current Northern California Widespread Wildfires
September 2, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:00am
The current wildfires are affecting tens of thousands of Northern Californians, forcing widespread evacuations, burning homes and structures, causing air pollution, and disrupting the fragile livelihoods of people and communities already responding...
GEO & California Philanthropy Alliance form A New Partnership
Release Date:
06/09/2016
Northern California Grantmakers is excited to announce a new partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, San Diego Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers that will benefit our collective memberships and the philanthropic...
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May
2015
Visualizing the Past, Present, and Future of California Philanthropy
May 13, 2015 -
11:30am to 1:30pm
Foundation Center
We live in a data-driven world. Join us for this statewide discussion featuring philanthropic leaders in California who are harnessing the power of big data and tech solutions for the greater good.
California Regionals Oppose Bill on Nonprofit Regulation
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Northern California Grantmakers was invited to join our colleagues at Southern California Grantmakers and San Diego Grantmakers in opposition to AB2855, a bill widely viewed to be unnecessary and overly burdensome to California nonprofits.