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About | Nonprofit Displacement Project

Creation and Purpose What began as a funder briefing on displacement evolved into a research project and now an effort to address the issue of displacement. A multi-stakeholder group including nonprofits, funders, philanthropy, and private interests...

Health Equity is About More Than Just Health

Release Date: 
03/30/2015
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: No issue is an island. In other words, communities and individuals intersect with a variety of issues on a daily basis. And health equity is a great example of how no issue is an island.

Tech Entrepreneur Commits $600 Million to Establish New San Francisco Foundation

Release Date: 
06/24/2015
Napster co-founder and former Facebook President Sean Parker formally announces plans and strategies for his new $600 Million foundation, The Parker Foundation.
07 Feb 2017

Safe and Sustainable Space: Nonprofit Displacement Funder Briefing

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
February 7, 2017 -
2:00pm to 5:00pm
The David Brower Center
The choices we all make now will shape our community and cultural legacy for generations. Join us for a funder briefing to discuss safe and sustainable spaces for nonprofits and arts organizations during these uncertain times.
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Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Nonprofit Displacement Project
Funding Area 
Nonprofit Displacement
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
12 Sep 2017

Partner Event | The “Real San Bernardino” Bus Tour: Reviving an All-American City

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
September 12, 2017 -
8:00am to 5:30pm
Los Angeles Union Station
Not long ago, San Bernardino was an All-American city with prosperous people and a robust civic infrastructure. Yet even before the Great Recession, San Bernardino was struggling with public safety issues and high unemployment. The Recession tipped...
11 Dec 2017

Building, Sharing and Wielding Power: How Foundations Can Assess and Grow their Impact

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
December 11, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
The San Francisco Foundation
How can your foundation engage in effective feedback and reflection processes to improve impact? In this intimate roundtable discussion, co-hosted by Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) and the Bay Area Justice Funders Network (...
14 Mar 2018

Bay Area Funder Network on Trauma and Resilience: Kick-off Meeting

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 14, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Join us for the first meeting of the Bay Area Funder Network on Trauma and Resilience! This new funder group will meet quarterly and is designed to provide a forum for learning, debate, and relationship building around topics related to the field of...

CEO Message: More Than a Feeling

Release Date: 
01/23/2020
I have been thinking a lot about community lately. I am moved to do so by several things: the quality, character, and noise level of the current public discourse concerning policy and politics, the ongoing challenges people living in the Bay area...
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CEO Message
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
13 Apr 2020

Discussion on Funder Collaboration for COVID-19

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 13, 2020 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is far reaching, including major implications for non-profits and the communities that they serve. Philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting their non-profit partners during this challenging time in...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Disaster Preparedness
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Breakout Session | Self-Reflection and Reckoning: Exploring What’s Required to Repair Systemic Harm

The past several years’ intersecting large-scale crises and continued racialized police-involved murders have headlined the question:  What is our shared responsibility for dismantling white supremacy, transforming racial inequities, and establishing the conditions for a just and equitable future? More specifically, how might philanthropy hasten an end to anti-Black racism?

Date & Time: 
05/19/2021 -
10:30am to 11:45am

Breakout Session: From Climate Curious to Climate Justice

Confronting and transforming the devastating harm of a planet in crisis stands alongside reckoning with this nation’s true history of genocide, land theft, and chattel slavery as The Work of our time. We know that communities of color bear the brunt of climate breakdown and also lead in implementing solutions. However, data indicates that white-led groups –especially the nation’s largest environmental and “clean energy”-focused nonprofits -continue to receive more than90% of philanthropic funding to address the climate emergency.
Date & Time: 
05/05/2022 -
10:00am to 11:15am

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