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CEO Transition Update: January 2020

Release Date: 
01/31/2020
In March , NCG’s President and CEO Ellen LaPointe will embark on her next great adventure leading a Boston-based LGBTQIA+ health organization. NCG’s Bo ard is gearing up to conduct a robust and inclusive search for her successor . Here’s an update...
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Putting Schools and Communities First

Schools and Communities First is a historic effort to reform Proposition 13 and restore over $11 billion a year for services that all Californians rely on like schools and community colleges, social services, libraries, and health clinics. Conceived and championed by those communities most impacted by decades of disinvestment, Schools and Communities First is one of several opportunities for California for advance bold, long-term structural reforms rooted in equity and inclusion that can serve as a model for the rest of the country. Change of this magnitude requires a deep and expansive voter...
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The Roots Are Still Growing

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10/13/2015
A social justice activist and funder who has consistently worked with the intersection of race, class and gender for more than 30 years, Susan Wefald is trying to build capacity of organizations and movements to affect change.

Staking Out Reflective Territory: The Heart of Philanthropy

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03/02/2016
"Philanthropy is replete with complex tensions that must be held to do it well—for example, the pressures to be objective AND be empathetic, to be polite and nice AND to speak truth, to be efficient AND transformative. We face great complexity in...

Resources from The Problem of Poverty isn’t Getting any Younger: A Funder Briefing on Poverty and Aging

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07/2017
Our region’s increasing poles of wealth and poverty and racial disparities mean people getting older will need thoughtful action now if we are to build the kind of inclusive participatory communities we value. On July 27th, the Metta Fund, Thomas J. Long Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, and NCG brought together a robust panel to discuss and equip members with thoughtful insights into the ways that inequity plays out as we age across economic justice, racial equity, asset building, women’s issues, workforce development, and social determinants of health.

Resources from Financial Workshop Series Part III SF and South Bay | Strategic Management: Thinking Like a Finance Person

Publication date: 
06/2015
In this final finance workshop in the series, funders gained an understanding of how to engage in a dialogue with grantees to identify their capacity for fiscal strategy around complex issues.
05 May 2016

W(h)ine About Tech

May 5, 2016 -
2:30pm to 4:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Managing technology in small foundations can be a real challenge for the Mad Hatter, often accompanied by out-sized expectations, unexpected shifts, and complicated, budget-busting solutions. Join your peers in this lively exchange of pain points...

Resources from The Intersection of Housing and Health | Bay Area Health Funders Group Meeting

Publication date: 
10/2017
One of the most cost effective ways to improve the health of people experiencing homelessness is to house them. At this program, we learned about the connection between housing and health, how to build cross sector relationships, promising projects in the region and the country, and philanthropy’s role as a catalyst for advancing health and well-being in our communities through housing.

Thank You for an Amazing Conference!

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06/02/2015
Wow! What an exhilarating day. Thank you for spending a day with us. Thank you for bringing your curiosity, your passion, and your intelligence to the conversations, plenaries, and sessions throughout the day. Thank you for your investing in our...
09 Mar 2015

Seize the Moment: Immigration Relief and Bay Area Communities

March 9, 2015 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Bechtel Conference Center
The President's Executive Order on immigration promises to be the largest immigration reform in contemporary American history. Join funder colleagues for a special briefing on this policy milestone, learn about the momentum built by undocumented...

Healthy Environments, Healthy People: A Funder Guide on Improving Environmental Conditions for Health

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04/2014
This Health & Environmental Funders Network issue brief is an excellent "first-read" for funders newly interested in environmental health and environmental justice. It provides funders with a basic understanding of concerns about environmental impacts on health and an introduction to strategies grantmakers are pursuing to address these impacts.
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Communities: An Untapped Political Bloc?

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06/09/2015
Here in the Bay Area we have a large and diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander Community—Asian Americans make up 24% of the Bay Area population vs. less than 6% nationwide. It’s hard to imagine this cultural community not being a strong...

A Portrait of California 2014-2015: California Human Development Report

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12/2014
Instead of relying only on economic analysis, Measure of America’s A Portrait of California uses the human development approach to tell us how people are doing. Three dimensions—a long and healthy life, access to knowledge, and a decent standard of living—are examined in detail and presented along a simple ten-point scale: the American Human Development (HD) Index.

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