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20 Oct 2017

The Color of Law: A Look at Residential Racial Segregation in America

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
October 20, 2017 -
9:30am to 11:30am
Northern California Grantmakers
Join us for a provocative discussion with prominent scholar Richard Rothstein, whose latest book The Color of Law , exposes how the United States’ vexing history of segregated housing—including in the San Francisco Bay Area—can be traced to explicit...

Should I Help My Patients Die?

Publication date: 
08/2017
Jessica Nutik Zitter, a critical care and palliative medicine doctor at Highland Hospital, wrote this Opinion piece featured in The New York Times. She focuses on medical aid for dying patients and the tough choices doctors face. Read More >
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Blog Post
Topic(s) 
End of Life Care
Funding Area 
End of Life Care
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
How can your foundation engage in effective feedback and reflection processes to improve impact? In this intimate roundtable discussion, co-hosted by Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) and the Bay Area Justice Funders Network (...
11 Dec 2017

Divesting in Prisons/Policing and Investing In Communities: A Cross-County Conversation

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
December 11, 2017 -
11:30am to 2:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
‪On December 11th join the California Criminal Justice Funders, for a cross-county conversation to learn about innovative work in both Alameda and Los Angeles Counties to divest in prisons and policing, and invest in the communities.
27 Mar 2019

Building a More Disaster Resilient Future in our Communities: A Conversation Among Grantmakers

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 27, 2019 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Northern California Grantmakers
As climate-related disasters are increasingly affecting our health, livelihoods, and social fabric, how might philanthropic investment build greater community disaster resilience to preserve and sustain the hard-earned socioeconomic gains in our...
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Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Disaster Preparedness
Funding Area 
Disaster Resilience Relief and Recovery
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Resources for Building Greater Economic Mobility Through Social Enterprise

A Californian coalition ( The Economic Mobility Collaborative ) sets out this vision: “Every Californian should have a chance to work, to discover their potential, and to share that potential with others.” The Collaborative suggests that, among the most important things we need to do is to, “effectively promote evidence-driven approaches designed for accountability and inclusion and needed to restore trust and confidence in government’s ability to solve big problems.” Economic mobility is an especially remote dream for Californians who have been incarcerated or homeless, and young adults who...

Why We’ve Stopped Saying ‘Natural Disaster’ and You Should Too

Release Date: 
08/01/2019
Not so long ago, I used the term "natural disaster" in a manuscript for a publication. My PhD supervisor shot back, “There's nothing natural about disasters.” Decades of hazard research and our frontline communities are concluding the same thing:...
01 Oct 2019

Quarterly Conversation on Disaster Philanthropy: The Philanthropic Landscape in Northern California and Funding Pre-disaster Mitigation and Preparedness

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
October 1, 2019 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
As extreme natural events are increasingly affecting our health, livelihoods, and social fabric, how might philanthropic investments be more strategic in building greater community disaster resilience? Since philanthropy cannot do it alone, it...
30 Mar 2020

Discussion on Funder Collaboration for COVID-19

March 30, 2020 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Webinar
The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is far reaching, including major implications for non-profits and the communities that they serve. Philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting their non-profit partners during this challenging time in...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Disaster Preparedness
Funding Area 
Disaster Resilience Relief and Recovery
Geographic Location 
Statewide
08 May 2020

Keeping Kids and Families Safe During the COVID-19 Crisis

May 8, 2020 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Webinar
For many kids, home is not a safe place. School closures and the statewide shelter in place order, combined with health fears, massive layoffs, and economic uncertainty has resulted in increased stress for families and fewer eyes on children...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Disaster Preparedness
Trauma & Resilience
Funding Area 
Children & Youth
Education: K-12
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
29 May 2020

Equitable Disaster Planning: A New Online Tool for Philanthropy

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
May 29, 2020 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Zoom Meeting
Natural hazard events increasingly threaten communities across the state. Frontline communities – communities of color, renters, low-income communities, older adults, people with disabilities, Native communities, and others – have often been most...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Disaster Preparedness
Funding Area 
Disaster Resilience Relief and Recovery
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
27 Aug 2020

Two Pandemics, One Responsibility: A Conversation with Mayor Libby Schaaf & Mayor Michael Tubbs

Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
August 27, 2020 -
1:30pm to 3:00pm
Zoom Meeting
A month ago, one of the leaders in our community, Crystal Hayling, CEO of the Libra Foundation, said it best, “ our country is on the precipice .” Over the past six months, in the wake of a global health crisis and a national uprising for the...
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Briefing Webinar
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Public Policy
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
14 Dec 2020

Inland California Economic Development

Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
December 14, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Since elected, Governor Gavin Newsom and his administration have been committed to driving inclusive, equitable investment throughout California, with a particular focus on the underinvested regions of inland California, from the San Joaquin Valley...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

Breakout Session | Self-Reflection and Reckoning: Exploring What’s Required to Repair Systemic Harm

The past several years’ intersecting large-scale crises and continued racialized police-involved murders have headlined the question:  What is our shared responsibility for dismantling white supremacy, transforming racial inequities, and establishing the conditions for a just and equitable future? More specifically, how might philanthropy hasten an end to anti-Black racism?

Date & Time: 
05/19/2021 -
10:30am to 11:45am

NCG Expands Efforts to Secure an Equitable Climate-Resilient California

Release Date: 
06/02/2022
Climate change is here to stay. Although what’s needed seems endless as the impacts will worsen in the coming years, I am hopeful. Since joining the sector four years ago, I have seen an increasing number of funders exploring new ways to address...

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