NCG Interim President and CEO David Greco: End-of-Year Reflection
Release Date:
12/10/2014
As 2014 comes to a close, NCG Interim President and CEO David Greco reflects on how NCG has worked to better serve our members.
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Resources from Natural Allies: Philanthropy, the Legal Community and Civil Legal Aid
Publication date:
03/2015
The struggle to break the cycle of poverty is often paved with legal potholes. For this event we explored collaborations and investments of foundations, individual donors, corporations, law firms, government and bar associations in Civil Legal Aid.
Resources from NCG's 2012 Annual Meeting
Publication date:
03/2012
The 2012 NCG Annual Meeting brought lead scholars and philanthropic experts, Lucy Bernholz and Rob Reich, to share their thinking about the changing landscape, what it means to #ReCodeGood and what the possible effects are for the philanthropic field.
Resources from A Conversation with D5: Diversity in Philanthropy in All Dimensions
Publication date:
09/2012
D5 was created to help foundations achieve greater impact in an increasingly diverse world. Since 2010, more than a dozen organizations, with connections to thousands of foundations, have come together through the D5 coalition to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by 2015. In this fourth and final program in NCG’s 2012 Diversity Series, funders will learn how D5 is working to make philanthropy genuinely inclusive of all diverse communities— racial and ethnic communities, LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities.
Meet Our New Board Members
Release Date:
04/28/2017
Look who's new to NCG's board!
Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration
Publication date:
12/2006
Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration , published by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees in 2006, is a succinct, easy-to-understand guide that describes how grantmakers at all levels can play an important leadership role on this issue. This toolkit for grantmakers draws on extensive research and interviews with hundreds of foundation, community, business, and government leaders. It incorporates academic research as well as policy and community-based concerns into a resource that also can inform the work of practitioners in the nonprofit, public, and...
Giving in Numbers: 2013 Edition
Publication date:
10/2013
CECP's annual report on corporate giving is based on data from 240 companies, including 60 of the largest 100 companies in the Fortune 500.
2014 State of the Arts & Culture Sector
Publication date:
09/2014
This Nonprofit Finance Fund report focuses on systemic barriers within the arts funding system—as well as the actions and strategies that arts organizations are taking to cope with those barriers, while adapting to a world in artistic flux.
Immigrant Parents and Early Childhood Programs: Addressing Barriers of Literacy, Culture, and Systems Knowledge
Publication date:
06/2014
The Migration Policy Institute report identifies the unique needs of newcomer parents across the range of expectations for parent skill, engagement, and leadership sought by ECEC programs, and strategies undertaken to address these needs. The study is based on field research in six states, expert interviews, a literature review, and a socio-demographic analysis.
Census Funders Subgroup Business Outreach Task Force (Jan 2018)
Background, Purpose, and Goals for Census Funders Subgroup Business Outreach Task Force.
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Oct
2016
Building Collaboration from the Inside Out - San Francisco (A GEO Special Feature)
October 20, 2016 -
9:00am to 12:00pm
The Metta Fund
Before collaboration became the latest philanthropic buzzword, many grantmakers were already collaborating in ways both large and small around shared concerns or core issues and beliefs. But because collaboration is hard and messy, both grantmakers...
Asian and Pacific Islander Health and Wellness: A San Francisco Neighborhood Analysis
Publication date:
05/2014
Commissioned by the Asian Pacific Islander Council (API Council) and prepared by Davis Y. Ja and Associates, this study marks a preliminary assessment of the structural indicators of health and wellness of Asian Pacific Islander populations in the San Francisco.
2015 Corporate Philanthropy Institute: Announcing Our Morning Keynote and Sessions
Release Date:
07/14/2015
Have you registered for this year’s Corporate Philanthropy Institute? What are you waiting for? The conference is taking place September 21, 2015 and Early Bird registration ends this Friday, July 17th.
Philanthropy Reacts
Release Date:
11/14/2016
Take a look at the social reactions to #Election2016 from the philanthropy community.
Foundation Diversity Policies and Practices Toolkit
Publication date:
05/2009
In 2008, in its quest to improve the effectiveness of its grants portfolio and institutional operations, The California Endowment contracted with Social Policy Research Associates (SPR) to complete an internal assessment of its diversity policies and practices.
Resources from Crafting the Grant for the Long-term
Publication date:
06/2018
What does it take for a nonprofit to move from surviving to thriving? And, what kind of support can funders provide to meaningfully shift the trajectory of an organization? To most effectively deploy game-changing grants (capacity, operating, and infusions of capital – alongside project and program grants) funders must understand the intersection of strategy, financial health, and the needs of the whole enterprise. In our fourth and final Financial Management session with FMA on June 5, 2018, we explored several foundation approaches to leveraging the right kinds of grants at the right times.
September Meeting Recap: Envisioning a Funder Network on Childhood Adversity
Background On August 29, 2017, a group of Bay Area funders came together to brainstorm a possible vision, scope, and set of content directions for a funder learning network on childhood adversity. A 1 range of funders were represented - including family foundations, corporate foundations, community foundations, and individual donors. Some have been funding in the childhood adversity space for decades, while others are at the early stages of their journey. What emerged was a rich discussion exploring the possible ways in which a funder learning network might strengthen our work, and accelerate...
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Jan
2020
Building the Future: Youth Organizing for Equity, Sustainability, and Justice
January 22, 2020 -
1:30pm to 4:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Registration for this program is now closed.
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Mar
2021
2021 Rising Leaders Cohort Information Session
Areas of Focus
March 4, 2021 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
Zoom Meeting
Join us for this information session about the upcoming 2021 Rising Leaders Cohort. Applications launch in mid-February. Are you a rising leader in philanthropy, someone looking for ways to expand your impact within the sector and advance your...
Got Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?
Release Date:
01/13/2015
This month Director of the D5 Coalition Kelly Brown and Hattaway Communications Senior Associate Zach Lowe are presenting a training session on how to communicate effectively and motivate others to take action that helps advance Diversity, Equity...