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09 Nov 2017

Arts Loan Fund Meeting 11/9/17

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
November 9, 2017 -
9:30am to 11:30am
Northern California Grantmakers
NCG's Arts Loan Fund (ALF) Steering Committee is comprised of a diverse range of Bay Area funders, who are committed to the Arts. The committee convenes every four weeks to discuss issues impacting the Arts in Northern California and to review loan...
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Event type 
Collaborative
Topic(s) 
Arts Loan Fund
Funding Area 
Arts and Culture
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
12 Jan 2021

The Ethos of Being Trust-Based Session 2 | Interpersonal Skills: The Hardest Skill-Building You’ll Ever Do

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
January 12, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
In philanthropy, we sometimes overlook or deprioritize the interpersonal skills required to do this work well. This includes the ability to connecct dots, show up in an emotionally intelligent way, listen actively and empathically, and know when to...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

The Time is Now for Justice Reform In California

Release Date: 
11/16/2017
Our criminal justice system is broken. It disproportionately impacts and targets communities of color and poor communities, and costs California taxpayers billions a year, money that could otherwise be directed towards more fruitful investments in...
08 Oct 2021

2021 New Grantmakers Institute: Grantmaking for the 21st Century

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
October 8, 2021 - 10:00am to November 12, 2021 - 12:30pm
Virtual Training
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. Please contact Kate Seely (kseely[at]ncg[dot]org) with questions. Target Audience NCG's New Grantmakers Institute (NGI) is created for those who are new to philanthropy, want to renew their skills, or...

Resources from Brace for Impact: What Possible Federal Budget Cuts Mean for the Bay Area

Publication date: 
06/2017
We hosted two summer programs, one in San Francisco and one in the Peninsula, addressing current budget issues. The federal budget season kicked off in high gear with the release of presidential priorities in March. While the federal budget is far from being finalized, the anticipated impact may be widespread across housing, transportation, health, arts, workforce, immigration, and many other areas. How will cuts impact public service, communities and nonprofits? Given that philanthropy will not be able to fill all of the gaps, what are the best strategies to help the region prepare and...
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Resource Type 
Funder Briefing
Presentation
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

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.

Resources from Public Charge: The Policy that Could Change Everything for Immigrant Families

Publication date: 
06/2018
In a June 26th program, we hosted a multi-sector group of leaders who are working together to protect the wellbeing of immigrant families and fight against this proposed change to the public charge regulation for a thoughtful discussion on the imporatance of this issue and how funders can be prepared.

Real Cost Project: Barriers to Change

"Real Cost Project: Barriers to Change“ is a new report issued by the Real Cost Project, finds that there are deeply ingrained practices, beliefs and perceptions in the philanthropic community that are preventing the adoption real cost funding practices.

Resources from Measuring Success in Addressing Childhood Adversity

Publication date: 
10/2018
On September 25th, the Funder Network on Trauma & Resilience hosted a forum to discuss successes and challenges in measuring the effectiveness of different approaches to addressing trauma and building resilience, across a variety of practice settings. Through panel and group discussion, attendees had a chance to reflect on a common question in this space: how do we define success in addressing childhood adversity, and what might success look like?
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Collaborative
Topic(s) 
Trauma & Resilience
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
05 Jun 2018

Crafting the Grant for the Long-term

June 5, 2018 -
9:30am to 12:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
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...
21 Jun 2018

In Defense of Data: A Funder’s Journey to Support Continuous Improvement

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
June 21, 2018 -
12:30pm to 3:00pm
Bay Room
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation , in collaboration with partner co-investors, supports two efforts, Propel Next and Project Evident , to strengthen the capacity of nonprofits, and youth-serving organizations in particular, to better collect and...
26 Jun 2018

Innovations in Nonprofit Capacity Building with a Regional Approach

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
June 26, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
The San Francisco Foundation
How can foundations address the targeted capacity building needs of nonprofits, at scale, throughout a region? The San Francisco Foundation and The East Bay Community Foundation are mobilizing resources and acting as catalysts for change to build...

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