Announcing Daniel Lau as NCG's New Program and Events Manager
Release Date:
12/06/2018
Northern California Grantmakers is pleased to announce Daniel Lau has been named Program and Events Manager.
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How Far Have We Come? Foundation CEOs on Progress and Impact
Publication date:
12/2013
The Center for Effective Philanthropy's How Far Have We Come? Foundation CEOs on Progress and Impact report reveals that foundation CEOs have a sober take on overall progress toward key goals, but a more positive view of their own foundations' contributions.
To Ensure Accurate Local Census Count, $1 Million In Grant Funding Available To Nonprofits
Release Date:
04/18/2019
The Bay Area Census Funders Collaborative – a partnership of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the East Bay Community Foundation, Northern California Grantmakers, and numerous other funders – has been created to help ensure a fair and complete...
What Donors Value: How Community Foundations Can Increase Donor Satisfaction, Referrals, and Future Giving
Publication date:
04/2014
To better understand how community foundations can best respond to the current environment, The Center for Effective Philanthropy asked donors about how satisfied they are with the community foundations with which they work.
Diana Bermúdez Appointed to Y & H Soda Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
07/19/2018
NCG member the Y & H Soda Foundation has appointed Diana Bermúdez to a five-year term on its board. Welcome to the NCG community Diana!
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...
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!
Children's Health Programs in California: Recent Years' Budget and Policy Changes
Publication date:
05/2015
California Budget & Policy Center 's infographic Children’s Health Programs in California: Recent Years’ Budget and Policy Changes is a brief companion piece to the Children's Health Programs in California: Promoting a Lifetime of Health and Well-Being and provides a timeline of major policy choices made in the past several years that have shaped our state’s health system for children. The Children’s Health Programs in California project was made possible by a grant from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health .
Navin Moul Joins the Zellerbach Family Foundation
Release Date:
06/21/2017
NCG member, the Zellerbach Family Foundation (ZFF), has announced Navin Moul has joined its staff as the new Program Executive for Immigrants and Refugees. Join us in congratulating her!
NCG Program Focuses on Supporting New Strategies and Tactics for Social Change
Release Date:
09/08/2014
This program will highlight how the Levi Strauss Foundation is partnering with pioneering nonprofit leaders to embrace technology and breakthrough forms of collaboration. Participants will learn how the Foundation approaches leadership capacity...
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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...
Resources from Financial Workshop South Bay Series Part I | Understanding the Full Cost of Programming
Publication date:
04/2015
NCG is pleased to announce our three-part financial workshop series in partnership with Fiscal Management Associates (FMA) in the South Bay. All three workshops in this series are designed to help funders support your grantees in building financial management practices, strengthen your partnership with grantees for financial sustainability and inform your own grantmaking practice.
18
Jun
2015
ALF Steering Committee Meeting and Program
June 18, 2015 -
9:30am to 11:30am
Northern California Grantmakers
NCG's Arts Loan Fund (ALF) committee is made up of Bay Area funders that are committed to the Arts. The ALF meets several times a year to review loan applications and determine awards to artists and nonprofits that support the Arts in the Bay Area.
Snapshots of Philanthropy: Horizons Foundation
Publication date:
08/2010
The Snapshots of Philanthopy are meant to offer a glimpse into the many ways organized philanthropy is making a difference in our community. This snapshot features NCG member the Horizons Foundation and its work to address a host of concerns and problems faced by California's growing LGBT aging population.
11
Jul
2016
Emerging Practices: Integrating a Racial Equity Lens - A BAHFG Program
July 11, 2016 -
12:30pm to 3:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Racial equity means working to address root causes of inequities, with the goal that race is no longer a predictor of negative outcomes.
26
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...
Foundation Maps | California
Publication date:
09/2015
Welcome to the Northern California Grantmakers Map This map is provided to you as part of the campaign to “Get on the Map” which is a national partnership between Northern California Grantmakers, Southern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers, Candid and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. Foundation Maps: California is an interactive map showing more than 80,000 grants by over a hundred California foundations, who electronically share their grantmaking data through Candid's Electronic Reporting program. The first of its kind, this map provides a...
01
Mar
2017
A Case of Uncertainty: The 2017 California State Budget | A California Policy Forum Program
Areas of Focus
March 1, 2017 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Northern California Grantmakers
This year’s the Governor’s proposed budget strikes a significantly different tone than those of the last few years. It reflects lower revenues, a $1.6 billion projected shortfall, an expected economic downturn and deep uncertainty about what the...
Learn Foundation Law
Publication date:
06/2014
A free first-of-its-kind resource for private foundations (and others who are interested), to host e-trainings and tools related to the basic legal rules for private foundations.