Judy Belk Blogs on Gun Violence
Release Date:
12/18/2015
Judy Belk, CEO of CalWellness shares that she’s lost two close family members to gun violence and blogs on the foundation’s call to action.
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11
Jul
2017
Break Through the Noise with Active Listening and Smart Resurfacing
Areas of Focus
July 11, 2017 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Silicon Valley Community Foundation San Mateo
Northern California Grantmakers invites you to join Atlantic Media Strategies, the digital consultancy of The Atlantic, to explore how to join conversations at the moments that matter most to your audiences by anticipating and responding to trending...
Introducing NCG's Policy Goals and Committee
Release Date:
08/10/2017
Today, NCG is once again bearing philanthropy’s voice in the region’s policy interests. NCG members are grappling with complex issues in a diverse and rapidly-changing region. We recognize that policy is a powerful tool to advance significant and...
07
May
2019
Member Mixer: City Arts & Lectures | Anand Giridharadas & Courtney Martin
May 7, 2019 -
9:00pm to 10:30pm
The Grove SF
Join NCG staff and members after City Arts & Lectures live conversation between Anand Giridharadas and Courtney Martin to share words, nibbles, and company.
24
Jul
2019
Standing Together: Coalition Building to Stop Jail Expansion
Areas of Focus
July 24, 2019 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Webinar
Throughout the state of California, organizers and communities impacted by incarceration are demanding an end to jail expansion. JusticeLA (a coalition of grassroots organizations) celebrated an unprecedented victory in February 2019 when the Los...
Resources from Standing Together: Coalition Building to Stop Jail Expansion
Publication date:
07/2019
Throughout the state of California, organizers and communities impacted by incarceration are demanding an end to jail expansion. On this webinar we heard about the lessons learned from JusticeLA’s victory and what is required to create successful and effective coalitions to end mass incarceration. We heard from organizers from Los Angeles and the Bay Area about the current status of the fights to end jail expansion throughout the state and the role of funders in advancing these campaigns.
17
Oct
2019
Collaborative Skills and Group Facilitation Workshop
Areas of Focus
October 17, 2019 -
9:00am to 1:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
This event is at capacity. If you are interested in registering, email Kate Seely at kseely@ncg.org and she will be in touch if space opens. Skillful collaboration is facilitated by an open mind and heart, keen powers of observation of self and...
A Rare Gift (and I Don't Just Mean the Krispy Kremes)
Release Date:
02/27/2020
It’s hard to believe that in just a few years, Ellen and the NCG team have transformed the organization into what it is today. With over twice as many staff and a budget that’s almost four times the size, NCG is a force to be reckoned with.
Join CCJFG in Welcoming Our Newest Steering Committee Member
Release Date:
11/03/2020
California Criminal Justice Funders Group is honored to welcome our newest Steering Committee member: Karren A. Lane, Director of the Youth Organizing Capacity Building Initiative from the Weingart Foundation . We are grateful for her experience and...
27
May
2015
NCG 2015 Annual Conference
May 27, 2015 -
7:30am to 5:00pm
Hotel Nikko
Join us on for the 2015 NCG Annual Conference as we explore how the philanthropic sector can move discussion of ideas and challenges to developing real-world solutions to cultivate healthier, thriving communities here in northern California.
14
Jul
2020
Building Wildfire Resilience in the West: Megafire - The New Abnormal | Session 2
Areas of Focus
July 14, 2020 -
12:30pm to 2:00pm
About this Series Western landscapes have always burned and always will. The more we suppress fire and change the climate, the more catastrophic wildfires become. How can we make communities and wild lands more resilient in the age of megafire?...
Nine Ways to Do What Needs Doing
Release Date:
08/24/2017
Racial tensions in many parts of the country have again reached a boiling point. The recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia are only the latest in a pattern of violence that is at once alarming and increasingly commonplace. Even in so-called...
Finding MLK's Daybreak: Racial Healing for Philanthropy
Release Date:
01/16/2018
“ I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality .” Martin Luther King, Jr. gave these remarks in 1964 when he...
A Series on Risk, Change, and the Year Ahead: A Conversation with Larry Kramer
Release Date:
02/06/2020
I asked five foundation executives—private, public, family, tech, small and large—if they’ve taken any special measures to ready themselves for the year ahead. In our second installment, we hear from Larry Kramer, President of the William and Flora...
NCG's Summer Reading List
Release Date:
07/13/2017
We asked NCG's board and staff to give us recommendations for this summer reading list. See what they had to say - there are still five weeks left to fit in some reading!
Meet the Moment Series: 6 Philanthropic Leaders Share their Perspectives
Meet the Moment Blog2.jpg We wanted to explore some key questions for the sector and created a series fueled by curiosity and questions, not answers. We spent some of 2021 talking with leaders about racial equity, the strategies and practices we...
Ellen's Year in Review
Release Date:
12/21/2015
It is with enormous gratitude that I write to say thank you, as we ready ourselves for a holiday break.
CEO Message: Leading with Love
Release Date:
11/08/2018
My sweetheart and I were married a couple of weeks ago. We celebrated with friends and family with good food, dancing, and lots of laughter on a hilltop overlooking Tomales Bay. In the weeks leading up to our wedding the airwaves were saturated with...
New Horizons for Me
Release Date:
08/25/2021
Sometimes you know it’s time for something new, even if you don’t yet know what that new thing will be. I’ve decided it’s time for me to move on from NCG. There’s never going to be a good time to leave this wondrous group of people. But I know I...
Drawing Electoral Lines: Making Redistricting Work for All | 6/7/2017
Publication date:
06/2017
With our expert panel, we had an informed, nonpartisan dialogue about the legal, political, practical, and charitable routes toward fairer redistricting. We discussed what solutions could work better, and how funders can support a redistricting process that is independent, transparent and ensures that communities are fully and fairly represented locally, at the state level, and in Congress.