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15 Nov 2016

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

November 15, 2016 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
The San Francisco Foundation
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...

Resources from Financial Series 2016 | Session 4 - Multi-Year Planning: Thinking Beyond the Annual Budget

Publication date: 
07/2016
In this workshop, Program Officers discussed how key drivers of an organization’s business model are used to develop long-term financial plans.
14 Dec 2015

California Policy Forum Webinar: Prop 47 - Look Back. Look Forward

December 14, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Online Webinar
In November 2014, California voters passed Proposition 47, the most sweeping incarceration-reduction ballot initiative in state history. The “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act” reclassified six common, low-level crimes from felony to misdemeanor...

Resources from Proof Positive: Where Next for Whole Person Care?

Publication date: 
08/2017
At an August 22 event, the Bay Area Health Funders Group led an interactive session to learn how foundations can engage in systems-change work, how we can build successful public-private partnerships, what we’re learning from the Whole Person Care pilots in the Bay Area, and what role foundations can play in advancing a healthier future for all Californians.
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Presentation
Topic(s) 
Bay Area Health Funders Group
Funding Area 
Health
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Update on the California Children’s Trust

Publication date: 
08/2018
At the first meeting of the Funder Network on Trauma and Resilience on March 14, 2018, Alex Briscoe presented a fledgling model for reimagining California’s behavioral health system for children. Since then, the California Children’s Trust (the Trust) was formed as a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund with initial funding from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Genentech, McKenzie Foundation and Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The Trust is intended as a three-year initiative to build a broad-based coalition that advances a fundamentally different...
26 Jun 2018

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

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Public Policy
June 26, 2018 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
A new policy change is coming in under the radar with the potential to affect immigrants in a way that would be more dramatic than the ban for Muslims entering the country and ending DACA for young people. Given the breadth and scope of this...
28 Feb 2019

New Strategies for Civic Engagement in the Central Valley

Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
February 28, 2019 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Webinar
The changing demographics and political attitudes of the Central Valley - a traditionally conservative region of California - demand new strategies for community and civic engagement. To understand the shift in the region and how it is becoming more...
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Event type 
Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
2020 Census
Funding Area 
PubPolicy/Social Justice:CivicEngagement
Geographic Location 
Greater Northern California
Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
04 Feb 2021

Caregiving in the Spotlight: An Opportunity to Rebuild and Reimagine

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
February 4, 2021 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
We’re living longer than ever before, and at some point, we will all need care from a family or professional caregiver. Today, nearly 42 million Americans provide unpaid care to an older person—often a family member—while the direct care workforce...

Chief Financial Strategy Officer - Foundation for California Community Colleges

Position: 
Chief Financial Strategy Officer - Foundation for California Community Colleges

The Foundation for California Community Colleges (“FoundationCCC”) is the official nonprofit supporting the Board of Governors, the Chancellor’s Office, and, ultimately, the California Community College system — the largest system of higher education in the nation. FoundationCCC’s initiatives,...

2017 Corporate Philanthropy Institute Speakers

Caroline Barlerin , Head of Community Outreach & Philanthropy , Twitter Passionate about what can be created at the intersection of social good and technology, Caroline Barlerin leads Twitter’s community outreach and...
25 Sep 2018

The New Normal: Capacity Building During a Time of Disruption

September 25, 2018 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
(This program will be delivered on November 1 at the Packard Foundation on the Peninsula, with the same frame, and different speakers. We encourage you to attend that program as well, or in place of this one. Check back for the program description,...
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Event type 
Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
27 Jan 2020

Great (and Not-As-Great) Collaborations: Why They Succeed and How They Fail

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
January 27, 2020 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Collaboration has long been an aspiration in our sector. You can trace its early beginnings to donors pooling their resources through vehicles like Community Foundations to locally-focused efforts to the emergence (and rise) of gigantic aggregated...
09 Feb 2022

Make the Most of NCG in 2022

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
February 9, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:00am
It is a tremendous privilege to work with the philanthropic sector. Our member community is made up of 217 members and more than 3,500 individuals – just imagine the impact of the power, influence, and potential we can have. We’re ready to fulfill...

Resources from Building Community Power: Democracy at the Local Level

Publication date: 
10/2017
In an October 4 Webinar, we introduced funders to new efforts in California to reimagine democracy at the local level. These new tools for community power and democracy are broadening political participation for traditionally disenfranchised groups, expanding civic engagement beyond elections, and creating new platforms for making government more responsive, accountable, and equitable.
12 Oct 2017

Full Cost Project Two-Day Workshop: Asking For and Funding Full Costs

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
October 12, 2017 - 9:00am to October 13, 2017 - 5:00pm
Google Community Space
Full Cost funding is a little like learning a new language—one both funders and nonprofits can use to communicate more clearly about ideas, needs, and opportunities that move us all closer to our goals. You don’t need to be an expert or implement a...

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