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15 Nov 2018

A Global Perspective on Healing After Trauma: Where Health and Human Rights Meet

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
November 15, 2018 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Commonwealth Club
There are a greater number of forcibly displaced people in the world today than at any time since the end of World War II, and the Bay Area has welcomed many of these individuals. Hear from clinicians working directly with Bay Area refugees and...

Resources for The Ethics of Working With Story

Because stories are powerful, and because they are wholly owned by the person who shares them, we have an ethical obligation to use story in ways that do no harm. Our goal should be to lift, not exploit. Only when we use story ethically can people to be heard, respected, and celebrated. This workshop goes beyond storytelling, and explores the ethics of asking for stories, attempting narrative change, and collecting, analyzing, and labeling stories. Participants will reflect on, refine, and plan for increasing the ethical approaches to their own work with story. Guided by Thaler’s expertise...
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Presentation

Disasters Don’t Care About Your Funding Focus

Release Date: 
10/07/2014
You may not fund disaster preparedness, but that won’t matter when the next big earthquake hits the Bay Area. The fact is, disasters are everyone’s problem when they hit.
19 Mar 2020

Bay Area Census Funders Collaborative | Q1 2020 Meeting

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 19, 2020 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Webinar
Please join the Bay Area Census Funders Collaborative for our next regional working group meeting. As Census 2020 Day approaches, it is an important time to share updates and further opportunities for engagement to ensure a fair and accurate count...
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Collaborative
Topic(s) 
2020 Census
Funding Area 
PubPolicy/Social Justice:CivicEngagement
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
15 Apr 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Immigrant Families and Communities: Recommendations for Philanthropic Action

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 15, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Join GCIR to learn from leaders in the immigrant rights movement on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic about how philanthropy must significantly increase grantmaking dollars, shift grantmaking practices, embrace risk, and assert leadership to meet...
31 Jul 2020

What's Your Plan? COVID-19 Recovery Conversation | Bay Area Health Funders Group

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
July 31, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Zoom Meeting
We are now more than three months in to the COVID-19 crisis, and health funders are faced with many questions and choices for how best to respond to the ongoing challenges organizations and communities are facing. How can health funders...

2014 NCG Annual Conference: Save the Date for April 8th

Release Date: 
01/29/2014
This year NCG is giving its Annual Meeting a bit of a makeover.
25 Jun 2014

NCG CEO Series presents | Economic Inequality Media Project: A Special Briefing with Robert B. Reich

June 25, 2014 -
8:30am to 10:00am
The California Endowment
As a follow up to NCG's Annual Conference, we are welcoming back former Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich and filmmaker Jake Kornbluth to share their latest work. Building on the success of their award winning film, Inequality for All, they are...

The Giving Code: Silicon Valley Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Publication date: 
10/2016
Why are Silicon Valley community-based organizations struggling to meet demand in one of the wealthiest and most sophisticated regions in the world? Why aren’t more Silicon Valley philanthropists directing their dollars toward local organizations and issues—in addition to national or global causes—and why hasn’t more entrepreneurial ingenuity been harnessed to solve local problems? What is the cause of these disconnects, and how might we help bring these two groups together in service of shared community?

2017 Annual Conference: Framing on Complex Issues

Release Date: 
03/30/2017
NCG is pleased to present a special hands-on workshop at the Annual Conference on April 17th. Winners of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, the FrameWorks Institute, has identified the most effective ways to...
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NCG Blog
Topic(s) 
Annual Conference
18 Sep 2017

After Hurricane Harvey and Irma: Specific Challenges Facing Immigrants and Refugees

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
September 18, 2017 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
Webinar
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have wreaked devastation in Texas and across the Southeastern United States. They have left widespread flooding, massive power outages, and destruction of property in their wake. The residents of these regions have had...
26 Jul 2018

2018 Corporate Philanthropy Awards & Summit

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
July 26, 2018 -
7:00am to 11:45am
Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, Grand Ballroom
It's that time of year when the San Francisco Business Times honors top Bay Area corporate philanthropists and shares the stories of those who do it best. NCG is proud to once again be a partner sponsor for this inspiring breakfast event honoring...

Reflection and Discussion Questions | Peace & Justice Trip

These are questions we crafted to support meaningful reflection for our group. Prompts for visiting the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum: Through which lenses are you observing and making sense of what...
16 Jun 2020

Asset-Framing in a Time of Crisis

June 16, 2020 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Learn about the power of narrative frames and how to use that power in this time of crisis. This workshop with Trabian Shorters offers an opportunity to explore a new ways to talk about constituents and community, encouraging us to think differently...
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Professional Development Webinar

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