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Release Date:
04/28/2017
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01
Nov
2017
Crack the Capacity Building Nut: Fresh Breakthroughs from Chicago
Areas of Focus
November 1, 2017 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Trying to do right by grantees hasn’t always worked out the way it’s intended. Why do philanthropy’s well-meaning capacity building efforts so often result in scowls, or worse, wasted time for the grantees and wasted money for funders? Learning for...
Ending the Incarceration of Girls and Women Funders Strategy Convening
About When: Thursday, July 11, 2019 | 1:00 - 5:00 pm (followed by an informal reception) Where: Twitter Headquarters | 1355 Market Street | San Francisco, CA The Akonadi Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Heising-Simons...
Why We’ve Stopped Saying ‘Natural Disaster’ and You Should Too
Release Date:
08/01/2019
Not so long ago, I used the term "natural disaster" in a manuscript for a publication. My PhD supervisor shot back, “There's nothing natural about disasters.” Decades of hazard research and our frontline communities are concluding the same thing:...
04
Sep
2019
The New Nonprofit Workspace: Multi-Tenant Centers and Shared Space (San Francisco)
Areas of Focus
September 4, 2019 -
1:30pm to 6:30pm
Google Community Space
Join us to explore what it means to be a part of a vibrant sharing community. Our two-part event will explore long-term solutions for organizations' need for stable and affordable space with a free workshop and panel conversation. You have options...
18
Sep
2019
The New Nonprofit Workspace: Multi-Tenant Centers and Shared Space (Silicon Valley)
Areas of Focus
September 18, 2019 -
10:00am to 3:00pm
Sobrato Center for Nonprofits
Join us to explore what it means to be a part of a vibrant sharing community. Our two-part event will explore long-term solutions for organizations' need for stable and affordable space with a free workshop and panel conversation. You have options...
10
Sep
2019
Addressing the Nonprofit "Needs Gap"
September 10, 2019 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Capacity building is a concept we can all get behind. Both grantseekers and grantmakers know this is the base for long term sustainability and organizational effectiveness. So why does it continue to be so elusive in our sector and what’s the latest...
16
Dec
2019
Navigating Change: The Journey of Seven CEOs
Areas of Focus
December 16, 2019 -
11:30am to 1:30pm
Skoll Foundation
We are once again seeing a wave of transitions among foundation CEOs in our region. These transitions have come about in a number of different ways. A significant number of CEOs retired from their positions. Others have come about due to the natural...
02
Mar
2020
Sustaining Momentum: A Discussion on Corporate Social Responsibility
Areas of Focus
March 2, 2020 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Corporate philanthropy and social responsibility are more visible than they’ve ever been. Blackrock invokes us toward social impact, every year a new CEO steps into contested social issues, and the Business Roundtable calls upon business to promote...
23
Mar
2020
Operationalizing Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Stories and Lessons From Business, Government, Nonprofit, and Philanthropy
Areas of Focus
March 23, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Webinar
Racial equity, diversity, and inclusion (REDI) are increasingly important topics of discussion in institutions but where to begin and how to start operationalizing REDI can be overwhelming. This program is for you if you are curious about how to...
02
Jun
2020
Love Not Fear: Coffee and Resilience Series | Session 2
Areas of Focus
June 2, 2020 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Zoom Meeting
"Inside the word “emergency” is 'emerge'; from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibility are sisters." – Rebecca Solnit This is not your typical ZOOM call. There will be...
What We Mean by CARE in a Year of Cascading Crises: Part 3
Release Date:
03/04/2021
Putting CARE into Action for our Rural Older Adults
11
May
2021
Survival & Strength: COVID-19 Recovery & Nonprofit Sustainability
Areas of Focus
May 11, 2021 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
For more than a year now, we’ve relied on our nonprofit partners to help us manage the multitude of impacts from COVID-19. They’ve fed, housed, healed, educated, inspired us, and fought for our rights. They’ve stepped up and stepped in to care for...
23
Sep
2021
Listening for Equity: The Impact of High-Quality Feedback Loops
Areas of Focus
September 23, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Many nonprofits and foundations are overlooking a critical source of insight into the relevance and impact of their work —the people and communities most impacted by the systems and policies funders are working to change and yet often least...
16
Mar
2022
Empower 2022: Policy Pathways Toward Guaranteed Income in California
March 16, 2022 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Online Event
To ensure economic securityfor Californians, our public safety net needs to evolve, and that means getting serious about unrestricted cash support at the state level.During this legislative cycle, there are many proposals to provide groups of...
Grieving Loss + Embodying Solidarity
Release Date:
01/31/2023
To honor the lives taken this past week, we must understand and disrupt structures that make violence like this the norm. We uplift the leadership of API movement groups who have been naming the importance of undoing patriarchy ,...
Resources from Innovations in Nonprofit Capacity Building with a Regional Approach
Publication date:
06/2018
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 strong communities, foster civic leadership, and promote philanthropy. As a part of this work, they are building regional collaboratives that focus on nonprofit sustainability in innovative new ways. in a June 26 program, they shared their vision to think innovatively and in partnership with other foundations to achieve their goal of greater racial...
2017 Annual Conference: Announcing The Great Debate
Release Date:
03/08/2017
For the closing plenary, we are putting some of the region's top influencers up against each other for The Great Debate. Marisa Lagos , a California Politics and Government Reporter for KQED will direct the two teams. Whose side are...
20
Jun
2019
The Sweet Spot: Leveraging the SF Soda Tax to Advance Health Equity
Areas of Focus
June 20, 2019 -
2:00pm to 4:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Join the Shape Up SF Coalition and NCG's Bay Area Health Funders Group for a conversation with nonprofits and funders to strategize how San Francisco can be a leader in health equity and healthy eating active living programs by further supporting...
17
Sep
2019
Investing in Our Future: How California is Fighting Against Childhood Poverty and What Still Needs to be Done
Areas of Focus
September 17, 2019 -
10:30am to 12:30pm
James Irvine Foundation
Despite being one of the most progressive states in the Union, California has the highest childhood poverty rate in Country. In fact 20% of California children live in poverty, impacting almost 2 million children with 450,000 of those children...