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31 Aug 2020

Funder Update: The Alternatives to Incarceration Care First Model and Vision

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
August 31, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:15pm
Zoom Meeting
This year presents a historic opportunity to fundamentally reimagine justice in Los Angeles County. Years of deep organizing and several recent motions by the LA County Board of Supervisors have laid the groundwork for real transformation. In March...
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Briefing Webinar
Funding Area 
Public Policy/Social Justice: Advocacy
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
07 Oct 2020

Meeting their Mission: How CDFIs Can Better Serve Communities of Color

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
October 7, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) play a critical role by bringing investment and resources to historically underserved communities through capital and other supports to help entrepreneurs start and grow businesses, develop...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Impact Investing
Funding Area 
Economic & Community Development
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
09 Feb 2021

An Equitable and Resilient Future: Perspectives from Philanthropic Leaders

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
February 9, 2021 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Zoom Meeting
Philanthropy and the nonprofits they support were engaged in incredible work at the start of 2020. But the world drastically changed in March of last year. As we battle with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it's disproportionate effect on BIPOC...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Funding Area 
Health
Populations & Communities
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
19 Apr 2021

Seeking to Soar: A Call for Collective Action

April 19, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Seeking to Soar Webinar_ Banner.png We are proud to co-sponsor AAPIP’s upcoming webinar, Seeking to Soar: A Call for Collective Action . In the midst of heightened anti-Asian violence, AAPIP released Seeking to Soar , a new report which revealed...
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Briefing Webinar
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Statewide
10 Jun 2021

The Cultural, Historical, & Political Foundations of Racism | 2021 Foundations of Racial Equity Session 1

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
June 10, 2021 - 9:30am to June 22, 2021 - 12:00pm
About the Series Anti-Black racism and white supremacy are embedded in philanthropy and in our institutions, often invisible to the majority of us, even as we work with intention towards equity and justice. As change agents within philanthropy, we...
30 Jun 2022

Ensuring Equitable and Sustainable Public Funding: Philanthropy’s Critical Role

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
June 30, 2022 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Communities across the country – especially those continuing to struggle with economic and health impacts from the pandemic – are hoping to access part of the billions of dollars in economic recovery dollars deployed to support economic recovery...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
22 Apr 2022

Funders for Climate Justice

April 22, 2022 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
The NCG Funders for Climate Justice Group is a collaboration with Smart Growth California and the League of California Community Foundations. We invite funders who are interested in or are already funding at the intersection of climate justice and...
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Briefing Webinar
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...

Staking Out Reflective Territory: The Heart of Philanthropy

Release Date: 
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...

Risky Real Estate

Release Date: 
03/15/2017
This feature article by Inside Philanthropy reminds colleagues in the sector of the ongoing pressures caused by nonprofit displacement. NCG, together with The San Francisco Foundation and other partners, established the nonprofit displacement crisis...
26 Sep 2017

Strengthening Your CSR Impact Story with a Program Outcomes Framework

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
September 26, 2017 -
9:30am to 11:30am
Northern California Grantmakers
Companies are tackling numerous issues through their corporate citizenship programs, and they often struggle to tell a coherent CSR Impact story about their achievements. In many cases, that story is even more difficult to communicate due to unclear...
24 Jan 2018

Saving the Social Safety Net: Advocacy Lessons for Funders

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
January 24, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Northern California Grantmakers
Our nation’s social safety net is at risk, and the effects on our most vulnerable communities could be devastating. Arabella Advisors is working with donors and advocates to protect the programs that collectively constitute that safety net using all...
06 Jun 2019

Schools and Communities First: The Fight for California’s Future

Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
June 6, 2019 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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...
12 Aug 2020

Direct Investment: Championing Flexible Cash Relief

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
August 12, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Zoom Meeting
Providing direct cash assistance to lower-income populations has been championed internationally for some time and domestically by pioneers Michael Tubbs and Mauricio Lim Miller . Even with recent traction, direct cash assistance is not robustly...
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Briefing Webinar
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

We Couldn’t Have Done 2020 Without You

Release Date: 
12/16/2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people in prison cannot be understated. As rates of infection rose inside prisons throughout the state, we witnessed our movement partners quickly and efficiently organize in response to this crisis. We...
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From the Field

Who’s Organizing the Volunteers? A Look Behind the Scenes in Local Disaster Response

Release Date: 
08/25/2021
As we find ourselves in the midst of yet another devastating wildfire season, I want to share the importance of the little-known or often misunderstood community-based network known as the VOAD – Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters. A VOAD,...

What is at Stake for an Equity Agenda in California’s Recall Election?

Release Date: 
08/25/2021
California Governor Gavin Newsom was elected in 2018 with 62% of the votes, a victory margin not seen in nearly seven decades. On September 14, 2021, California’s voters will be asked to weigh in on whether or not he should be recalled. The special...

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