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24 Sep 2020

Is 2020 Over? Responding to Multiple Disasters Amid COVID-19 and Climate Change

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September 24, 2020 - 12:00pm

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It feels like 2020 has lasted 15 years. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) team started following COVID-19 in January while we were also responding to the Australian wildfires and the earthquakes in Puerto Rico. The beginning of the year is...

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Disaster Response and Resilience

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Disaster Preparedness

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24 Sep 2020

Legal Services Funders Network 2020 Signature Event

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September 24, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:15pm

Zoom Meeting

Each year in March, Legal Services Funders Network's annual LSFN Signature Event brings together over a hundred individuals from the funder, academic, government, and legal services fields who are passionate about improving access to justice. Like...

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Beyond Rigor: Building Philanthropy’s Equitable Evaluation Infrastructure

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08/01/2019

Should the “rigor” yardstick, used in traditional evaluation practice, be used to assess an equity-focused mission? Does centering questions of validity, objectivity, and appropriateness advance equity? A growing group of funders and evaluators...

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Leadership, Culture and Community

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It’s Time to Decriminalize our Education Systems for Youth of Color

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11/12/2020

All children deserve to have access to a quality education. They deserve to feel safe and supported in a place that exists to prepare them for their futures. Yet, for Black youth and other youth of color, this is far from the reality. Every day,...

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Leadership, Culture and Community

13 Oct 2020

The Path to Portfolio Activation

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October 13, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Zoom Webinar

You have decided you want to start making impact investments and you need buy-in within your organization. How do smaller foundations develop the capacity to execute a strategy? Learn strategies and approaches to develop consensus from leaders that...

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COVID-19 Update: CARES Act and Lankford Amendment

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03/2020

On March 19, 2020, Senate Majority Leader McConnell proposed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. The United States Senate will likely consider voting on this bill in the next 24 hours, depending on negotiations with the House of Representatives and the President. NCG, in coordination with our Philanthropy California colleagues, sent letters to Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Kamala Harris to respectfully request that the CARES Act include support for the nonprofit sector.

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Levers For Change: Philanthropy in Select South East Asian Countries

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06/2014

This report examines the extent of strategic philanthropy in four of the largest economies in South East Asia – Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – and explores the role of public policies in shaping institutional philanthropy and influencing the charitable decisions of the regions wealthiest givers.

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Global: Specific Regions

One Year Later: Effects of 2017 North Bay Fires on the Region’s Arts Community

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09/18/2018

Study by Northern California Grantmakers examines how the fires affected a key economic driver in the region, aims to supplement research on fires’ impact.

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Arts and Culture

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Peace & Justice Trip

Find the resources prepared from NCG"s Peace & Justice Trip.

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Benchmarks

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Affordable Healthcare Act

Influencing Public Policy in the Digital Age: The Law of Online Lobbying and Election-Related Activities

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09/2011

With new online tools popping up all the time, questions like these are becoming more and more frequent. This Alliance for Justice guide helps you navigate the web of rules and regulations to empower your organization to engage in online advocacy!

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Policy Advocacy

Evaluating Complexity: Propositions for Improving Practice

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11/2014

This new FSG brief asks civil society organizations to challenge the assumptions behind traditional evaluation models as they take steps toward evaluating complex initiatives and initiatives in complex environments.

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Research

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Evaluation

Opportunities to Maximize Women's Health Under the Affordable Care Act

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10/2013

This Grantmakers in Health report asserts that philanthropy is uniquely situated to address the challenges specific to women’s health.

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Health

Communities: Marginalized Genders

Asian American & Pacific Islander Communities: An Untapped Political Bloc?

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06/09/2015

Here in the Bay Area we have a large and diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander Community—Asian Americans make up 24% of the Bay Area population vs. less than 6% nationwide. It’s hard to imagine this cultural community not being a strong...

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Global: Specific Regions

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The Countdown to CPI Has Begun!

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08/25/2015

Time is running out! The countdown has begun for 2015 Corporate Philanthropy Institute. CPI is only 26 days away.

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Corporate Philanthropy Institute

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What Do Arts Leaders Really Need?

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03/21/2016

Last week, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation released a new report showing implications for the nonprofit arts sector as a whole and for individual organizations striving to keep pace with rapid demographic change. Read Hewlett's blog to...

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Reversing the Trend of Intolerance and Exclusion

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03/20/2017

The theme of our Annual Conference this year is Bigger. Bolder. Stronger . The piece below by NCG's Christopher Punongbayan invites further discussion related to the current political environment and what philanthropy might be able...

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Collaborative Philanthropy

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Annual Conference

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11 Oct 2018

Stockton Reinvention Tour Webinar | Economic Empowerment: Basic Income Demonstration & Workforce Access

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October 11, 2018 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

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On June 1 st , representatives of 26 philanthropic institutions had the opportunity to experience how Stockton is reinventing itself through a full-day funders convening and Reinvention Tour in Stockton . Participants had the...

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Resources from NCG's 2019 Annual Conference | Values. Vision. Voice.

View the resources from NCG's 2019 Annual Conference.

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07 Oct 2020

Reimagining Safety: Community-Driven Solutions to Gun Violence

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