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19 Feb 2021

CCJFG Membership Meeting | Session 1

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
February 19, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
This meeting will be an opportunity for CCJFG members to share their work priorities and interests for 2021 and discuss how to best utilize our Membership Meetings. What collective learning do we want to engage in? What issues within the field would...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Leadership Development
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
04 Feb 2022

CCJFG Membership Meeting | Session 1 (Cancelled)

February 4, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
CCJFG Membership Meetings are structured, yet informal spaces for California criminal justice funders to learn, collaborate and get organized together. The specific content of this meeting is TBD and will be updated as the date approaches. ...
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Briefing Webinar
Geographic Location 
Statewide
11 Mar 2022

CCJFG Membership Meeting | Session 1

March 11, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
CCJFG Membership Meetings are structured, yet informal spaces for California criminal justice funders to learn, collaborate and get organized together. The specific content of this meeting is TBD and will be updated as the date approaches. ...
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Briefing Webinar
Geographic Location 
Statewide
13 May 2022

CCJFG Membership Meeting | Session 2

May 13, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
CCJFG Membership Meetings are structured, yet informal spaces for California criminal justice funders to learn, collaborate and get organized together. The specific content of this meeting is TBD and will be updated as the date approaches. ...
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Briefing Webinar
Geographic Location 
Statewide

Breakout Session: Democracy Despite Crises

Each election is critical, and the 2022 elections are no exception. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic downturn, and racial reckoning across the United States reaffirmed the need for equitable policies and strong policymakers advocating for community-driven priorities. Over the last two years it has been increasingly difficult to get either. The democratic system of the United States is in peril. Traditional party politics has become polarized, often driven by misinformation and disinformation.

Date & Time: 
05/04/2022 -
11:45am to 1:00pm
08 Jul 2022

CCJFG Membership Meeting | Session 3

July 8, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
CCJFG Membership Meetings are structured, yet informal spaces for California criminal justice funders to learn, collaborate and get organized together. The specific content of this meeting is TBD and will be updated as the date approaches. ...
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Briefing Webinar
Geographic Location 
Statewide
03 May 2022

Together for Good: NCG's 2022 Annual Conference

May 3, 2022 - 5:00pm to May 5, 2022 - 1:00pm
In-Person Reception + 2-Day Virtual Conference
This is the moment to be bold in our vision for a more inclusive tomorrow. A future where our communities have equitable access to health care, jobs, education, voting, and safety. It will only be with these protections that we will be able to fully...
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Conference

Networks & Collaboratives

The power of a membership organization like NCG lies in its network. NCG relies on an engaged base of member volunteers in committees to drive programming and help staff to develop relevant content. These volunteer committees meet...

Getting Results: Using Legal Aid to Break the Cycle of Poverty

Release Date: 
02/17/2015
Breaking out of poverty requires individuals to run a gauntlet of legal obstacles. Access to legal aid and advocacy gives individuals, families and communities the help needed to address the problems that keep them in poverty. Investing in legal aid...

Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy

Release Date: 
06/08/2015
In this article, first published by The Stanford Social Innovation Review, Paul M. Connolly, Director of Philanthropic Advisory Services for NCG's member Bessemer Trust, discusses how advocates for effective philanthropy need to “build a bigger tent...

Call for Participants: How Funders Maximize Nonprofit Leadership Investments

Release Date: 
09/04/2015
The Bridgespan Group is conducting important research on how funders can maximize the impact of investments in leadership in the nonprofit sector. Results will be completely anonymous, and participants who complete the survey will receive the final...
17 Nov 2015

Building Financial Security for Bay Area Families: New Data, Partnerships and Solutions

November 17, 2015 -
10:00am to 11:30am
East Bay Community Foundation
While only 10% of households across the Bay Area are living in poverty, over three times more are financially vulnerable. Brand new data from CFED in partnership with Citi Community Development reveals that 35% of households in the Bay Area are...
19 Nov 2015

Communications Salon Series | Sharing Highlights and Lessons from ComNet15

November 19, 2015 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Are you a communications staff person in your organization? Come join your fellow communications peers at an informal Communications Salon brown bag lunch. We will be sharing highlights, lessons, and resources from ComNet15: Making Ideas Move, the...
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Peer Network
Audience 
Communications Staff
Topic(s) 
Communications
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
27 Jun 2018

Where Are the Children? Family Separation Becomes U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policy

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
June 27, 2018 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Since October 2017, the U.S. government has forcibly separated at least 2,400 children—including hundreds who are under four years old—from their parents as they arrive on our southern border seeking refuge. Attorneys and other humanitarian aid...
14 Mar 2019

CalSavers: A Cross-Generational Approach to Addressing Poverty through Public-Private Partnerships

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 14, 2019 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
United Way of the Bay Area
California has the highest poverty rate in the nation. In fact, the UC Berkeley Labor Center predicts that half of Californians currently working will likely retire with just $24,000 a year in a state with ever increasing living costs – from health...
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Event type 
Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Income Inequality
Funding Area 
Economic Justice
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

GrantCraft

Publication date: 
05/2014
GrantCraft collects practical wisdom from grantmakers, then turns it into guides, workshops, videos, and other tools to help grantmakers hone their craft. They offer frameworks to help organize grantmaker work, make it more strategic, and benchmark effectiveness. Materials can be used for starting a discussion, orienting new staff, or introducing ideas to colleagues and trustees. Visit Grantcraft to explore: Guides GrantCraft guides explore challenges grantmakers face every day, whether they are new to grantmaking, sharpening their practice, or leading within their foundations, fields, or...

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