The California Wellness Foundation Announces Chief Operating and Financial Officer
Release Date:
07/20/2015
NCG member The California Wellness Foundation announces Margaret Minnich as its Chief Operating and Financial Officer.
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Firelight Foundation Announces New Executive Director
Release Date:
07/27/2015
NCG member the Firelight Foundation announced its new Executive Director, Nina Blackwell. Nina has spent her career utilizing the power of grassroots movements, politics, the legislature, corporate impact and philanthropy to achieve a meaningful...
18
Apr
2016
Real Cost Project Executive Leadership Briefing
April 18, 2016 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
The Real Cost Project explores what it might take for funders to adopt grantmaking practices that take into account what it really costs for nonprofits to deliver outcomes. On April 18, foundation CEOs, executive directors, and board members will...
Collaboration, the Good, the Bad and How You Can Make it the Best
Release Date:
11/21/2016
If you are secretly afraid when you hear the word collaboration, you are not alone. In fact, it can be a big challenge for an organization. To aid our thinking, we’ve invited health visionary Ambassador Sally Cowal to stop over from her global...
Resources from: A New Vision For Comprehensive Capacity Building (A GEO special feature)
Publication date:
01/2017
We know that grantmakers can bolster nonprofit effectiveness and results by supporting capacity-building initiatives, thus ensuring their grantees have what they need to deliver on their missions over the long haul. As part of GEO and NCG’s partnership, we’re happy to offer this dynamic and comprehensive workshop, which tackles the essential questions that drive the design of effective capacity building support. Developed with information and insights gathered over many years of working with grantmakers on this topic, A New Vision for Comprehensive Capacity Building takes participants on a...
First Look: Restrained Budget Proposal Reflects Uncertainty About Federal Commitments and Economic Conditions
Publication date:
02/2017
On January 10, Governor Jerry Brown released a proposed 2017-18 budget that reflects both deep uncertainty about looming federal actions and a tempered economic and fiscal outlook for the state. The Governor forecasts revenues that are $5.8 billion lower — over a three-year period — than previously projected and proposes taking steps to address a $1.6 billion projected shortfall for 2017-18. (This gap would be even larger but for the Administration’s assumption that some state General Fund costs will decrease in 2017-18. For example, the Governor proposes to change how the state and counties...
04
May
2017
Exponent Philanthropy: Great Funder-Nonprofit Relationships
May 4, 2017 -
8:30am to 11:30am
Hilton San Francisco Financial District
Navigating the complex funder-nonprofit relationship is vital to mission success. Often, it seems, nonprofits do the asking, reporting, and proving, while donors sit in positions to say yes or no, how much, when, and what’s required. Achieving...
10
Oct
2017
Women's Policy Institute - Bay Area Funder Briefing
Areas of Focus
October 10, 2017 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
The James Irvine Foundation
The Walter and Elise Haas Fund, Northern California Grantmakers and the Women’s Foundation of California invite you to a funder briefing about investing in local policy advocacy to advance gender justice and equity within the Bay Area. Join us over...
17
Oct
2017
Fires: Join Local Foundation Leaders and Experts for A First Hand Report
Areas of Focus
October 17, 2017 -
10:30am to 11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Join a webinar with leaders of the community foundations and disaster response experts to hear how they're doing, what they know so far, and what kind of support is most helpful at this stage of the emergency.
12
Mar
2018
Foundations on the Hill 2018
Areas of Focus
March 12, 2018 - 9:00am to March 14, 2018 - 5:00pm
Washington, DC
Northern California Grantmakers and its members join other regional and national grantmaking associations across the country to ensure policymakers in Washington, DC understand the landscapes of the communities we serve.
24
Oct
2017
Northern California Fires Funder Briefing
Areas of Focus
October 24, 2017 -
10:30am to 11:30am
Join by Phone
NCG is holding calls to update funders on the fire response, opportunities for support, and emergent issues. Join us each Tuesday from 10:30-11:30 AM PST. We're tapping expertise from peer networks to learn from those who've gone before, meet the...
22
Jan
2018
Member Call: Exploring the Challenges to Sustaining Funder Collaboratives
January 22, 2018 -
8:30pm to 9:45pm
This is a member call.
Collaboration requires everyone to be honest, trusting and humble. It means being open about what our strengths are as well as what knowledge and expertise our partners bring to the table. And once we understand what role we should play, solving...
Resources from Social Justice in Disaster: Neighborhoods and Nonprofits Point the Way
Publication date:
04/2018
In an April 10th program, we heard from local leaders and nonprofits from the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, Napa, and Sonoma as they discussed how they are helping their communities, and what they need to be effective in disaster. Two Bay Area funders will discussed their disaster support and how it fits into their missions and broader programmatic work as well as ways that funders can support grantees and local leaders.
13
Sep
2018
20th Anniversary Symposium Imagining the Future of Family Philanthropy
September 13, 2018 - 12:00pm to September 14, 2018 - 3:00pm
Hotel Nikko
Philanthropy California is proud to support our partners at the National Center for Family Philanthropy , the national nonprofit devoted to giving families and those who work with them. NCFP is hosting their 20 th Anniversary Symposium in...
New Research Suggests Foundations Have Work To Do To Engage Lower-Ranking Staff, Live into DEI Values
Release Date:
08/30/2018
Foundations often have underutilized talent and insight into the very issues they’re working to address — in their own staff. Entry- and mid-career staff are the most diverse in the field, and are often the most-unwedded to standard operating...
15
Oct
2018
Framing for Social Change | Peninsula Philanthropy Network
Areas of Focus
October 15, 2018 -
10:30am to 12:30pm
Redwood Shores Library
How do we create messages that build public understanding, engagement, and action? Join the Peninsula Philanthropy Network, as Moira O’Neil from the FrameWorks Institute defines what framing is and the importance of it. FrameWorks designs, conducts...
20
Feb
2020
Fighting the Chilling Effect: Ensuring the Health & Well-Being of Immigrants
Areas of Focus
February 20, 2020 -
11:30am to 2:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Whether we’re tenth generation American or a newcomer, Black, White, or Brown, most of us try to treat people how we’d want to be treated. New immigrants work hard to make life better for themselves and come here to bring new ideas and new energy to...
02
Apr
2020
COVID-19 Funder Response: State & National Relief Funding for Nonprofits
Areas of Focus
April 2, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Webinar
Join philanthropic funders for an in-depth look at how the state and federal resources can be accessed to support nonprofits. This call will host a panel of experts discussing funding in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act...
02
Sep
2020
Funder Response: Current Northern California Widespread Wildfires
September 2, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:00am
The current wildfires are affecting tens of thousands of Northern Californians, forcing widespread evacuations, burning homes and structures, causing air pollution, and disrupting the fragile livelihoods of people and communities already responding...
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