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Resources from Crafting the Grant for the Long-term

Publication date: 
06/2018
What does it take for a nonprofit to move from surviving to thriving? And, what kind of support can funders provide to meaningfully shift the trajectory of an organization? To most effectively deploy game-changing grants (capacity, operating, and infusions of capital – alongside project and program grants) funders must understand the intersection of strategy, financial health, and the needs of the whole enterprise. In our fourth and final Financial Management session with FMA on June 5, 2018, we explored several foundation approaches to leveraging the right kinds of grants at the right times.
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Facts, Figures, Trends
Finance
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Leadership, Culture and Community

Grantmakers for Housing Stability

... Area. The network provides philanthropy with a space for strategic thinking and intersectional opportunities for ... Partnerships, Northern California Grantmakers Rob Gitin, Consultant , Rob Gitin Consulting...

Resources from Charting a Course Toward Financial Resilience: Building the Planning Muscle

Publication date: 
03/2018
In uncertain times, it’s important for nonprofit organizations to plan for contingencies and anticipate both short- and long-term needs. Financial planning, which ranges from annual budgeting to multi-year projections, is about connecting programmatic goals to resource decisions. And while a strong financial planning function is critical, many organizations struggle to assess and refine strategy on an ongoing and “adaptive” basis. In this session, we explored the skills and tools nonprofits must develop if they are to build their financial planning “muscle” and how funders can support them in...
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Finance

Resources from Moving Black-Led Organizations from Crisis to Change: Solutions for Sustainability

Publication date: 
11/2016
A report issued last year by the Bay Area Black United Fund - Black-Led Organizations (BLOs) in the Bay Area: From Crisis to Change - noted that BLO’s which are lifelines to low-income Black communities are especially vulnerable due to a cumulative lack of resources to support growth, best-in-class systems, training and leadership development. Connections to mentors, coaches, experienced consultants, and other resources to assist with succession planning, board recruitment and the implementation of earned income strategies have been identified as keys to improving the sustainability of Black-...
11 Dec 2017

Building, Sharing and Wielding Power: How Foundations Can Assess and Grow their Impact

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
December 11, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
The San Francisco Foundation
... toolkit to support funders that want to exemplify strategic , social justice grantmaking, transparency and ...
14 Mar 2018

Bay Area Funder Network on Trauma and Resilience: Kick-off Meeting

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 14, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
... and build resilience in the Bay Area. Alex Briscoe, a consultant to the Zellerbach Family Foundation, will present ... relationship-building, and sharing around current initiatives Test a unifying framework to...

Resources from Public Charge: The Policy that Could Change Everything for Immigrant Families

Publication date: 
06/2018
... can be prepared. Speakers Ignatius Bau, independent consultant for community-based organizations, minority ... Asian Health Services Sachi Yoshii, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects, East Bay Community ...
28 Aug 2017

Advancing Strategy: How to Lead Change in Corporate Societal Engagement (South Bay)

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
August 28, 2017 -
9:30am to 12:00pm
Microsoft Campus|Mercury Room
In corporate societal engagement, strategic clarity and focused results are not accidental – ... FSG staff- Managing Director Philippe Sion and Senior Consultant Elizabeth Hawkins- in an interactive learning .....
21 Jun 2018

In Defense of Data: A Funder’s Journey to Support Continuous Improvement

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
June 21, 2018 -
12:30pm to 3:00pm
Bay Room
... and improvement. In this session, leaders of both initiatives will describe what they are doing, why they’re ... Evident, a recently launched organization offering a new, strategic approach to evidence...
15 Sep 2015

San Francisco | Beyond the Grant: Solutions for Building Nonprofit Operational Excellence

September 15, 2015 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
This event will showcase two funder initiatives that went beyond grantmaking to help strengthen ... (OST) programming for youth in Chicago. This multi-phase strategic initiative was formally evaluated by MDRC and...
08 Oct 2015

South Bay | Beyond the Grant: Solutions for Building Nonprofit Operational Excellence

October 8, 2015 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
This event will showcase two funder initiatives that went beyond grantmaking to help strengthen ... (OST) programming for youth in Chicago. This multi-phase strategic initiative was formally evaluated by MDRC and...

NCG, SCG & SDG: Working Together on Behalf of California Philanthropy

Release Date: 
08/25/2014
We are pleased to announce that the three regional associations of grantmakers in California—Northern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers—are embarking on an exciting initiative to collaborate more...

Resources for Collective Impact: From Common Goals to Uncommon Results

Publication date: 
10/2018
... and early outcomes were found across the participating initiatives ; Explored how implementation of the collective ...

Census 2020: Uniting for a Common Cause | 10/18/2018

Publication date: 
10/2017
... included: Terri Ann Lowenthal , Legislative and Policy Consultant John Dobard , Manager of the Political Voice, ...
05 Jun 2017

Advancing Strategy: How to Lead Change in Corporate Societal Engagement (San Francisco)

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
June 5, 2017 -
9:30am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
In corporate societal engagement, strategic clarity and focused results are not accidental – ... Vaidyanathan , Managing Director Philippe Sion , Senior Consultant Elizabeth Hawkins- in an interactive learning...

Resource from Building the Bench: How Philanthropy Can Sustain Nonprofit Leaders

Publication date: 
10/2014
This interactive briefing, co-sponsored by Northern California Grantmakers and Bay Area Justice Funders Network, provided a three-way look at how the leadership bench is being built. Research from Rusty Stahl of Talent Philanthropy and Margi Clarke of RoadMap Consulting grounded our conversation as we examined how funders support and build internal benches of leadership within social justice organizations, as well as looked at what organizations are doing internally to sustain themselves for the long haul.
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Leadership Development
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Infrastructure: Capacity Building

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