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14 Apr 2020

Trust-Based Philanthropy Practice: Doing the Homework

April 14, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

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Philanthropy California and the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project invite you to join us for a monthly webinar series for funders. Each month, we’ll explore each of the six trust-based principles that, when practiced together, help alleviate power...

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14 Jul 2020

Trust-Based Philanthropy Practice: Solicit & Act on Feedback

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July 14, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

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26 Jun 2020

What's Next For DACA?

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June 26, 2020 -

10:30am to 12:30pm

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On June 18th the Supreme Court blocked the administration’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Had the effort been allowed to move forward, over 650,000 DACA holders would have been at risk of losing their work...

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Immigration

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18 Aug 2020

Trust-Based Philanthropy Practice: Support Beyond the Check

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August 18, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

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15 Sep 2020

Trust-Based Philanthropy Practice: Making the Case

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September 15, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:30am

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Public Policy & Social Justice

Access to Justice | Q&A with our Legal Services Funders Network

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03/14/2016

Funders of legal services bring their best thinking on how to use law to better the lives of everyone who’s got it the hardest in the region. NCG provides a home for this thinking. Members of the LSFN steering committee answered questions about...

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16 Sep 2016

The Raising of America, a BAHFG Program

September 16, 2016 -

12:30pm to 3:00pm

Metta Fund

The Raising of America is an ambitious documentary series and public engagement campaign that seeks to reframe the way we look at early child health and development.

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29 Aug 2016

Strategy Made Simple: A Straightforward Approach to Corporate Philanthropy (South Bay)

August 29, 2016 -

9:30am to 12:00pm

Microsoft Campus/Mercury Room

In corporate societal engagement, strategic clarity and focused results are not accidental – they are achieved through inquiry, intentionality, and investment. We often find executives aspiring for change but lacking the necessary tools and...

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01 Jun 2017

Using Data to Increase Access and Equity in Arts Education: A Funders Briefing on the California Arts Education Data Project

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June 1, 2017 -

8:00pm to 9:15pm

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Philanthropy California (Northern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers) invite you to participate in an interactive webinar exploring the powerful role of new statewide data in increasing equity and...

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Communications

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Arts and Culture

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Philanthropy in the Age of Trump, Part 2

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06/06/2017

Take a look at Philanthropy in the Age of Trump, Part 2 by NCG Member Pam David . She discusses the need for new and different collaboration and the research published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy,...

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24 Jan 2019

Finding Common Purpose: Confronting Regional Resegregation in the Bay Area

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Economic/Community Development:Housing

January 24, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:30am

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Rising housing prices and displacement pressures are pushing low-income people of color in the Bay Area out of central cities to cities to neighborhoods where institutional resources and supportive infrastructure have not yet scaled to match...

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21 Aug 2019

More Than Just Disasters: How Natural Hazards Exacerbate Racial, Gender, and Wealth Inequalities

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August 21, 2019 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

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Why We’ve Stopped Saying ‘Natural Disaster’ and You Should Too by Alan Kwok, Disaster Resilience Director, Northern California Grantmakers Read More Philanthropy has responded to a range of extreme natural events over the past few...

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Disaster Resilience Relief and Recovery

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Majority of Foundations Need New Sexual Harassment Training

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08/15/2019

Beginning this year, employers with 5 or more employees must provide harassment prevention training for all of its employees – full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal – before January 1, 2020.

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Health: Health Access & Care

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Snapshots of Philanthropy: Horizons Foundation

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08/2010

The Snapshots of Philanthopy are meant to offer a glimpse into the many ways organized philanthropy is making a difference in our community. This snapshot features NCG member the Horizons Foundation and its work to address a host of concerns and problems faced by California's growing LGBT aging population.

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Snapshots of Philanthropy: The Christensen Fund

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10/2010

This snapshot features NCG member The Christensen Fund and its work with the Ethiopian community in Northern California.

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Resources from BAHFG February 2016 Meeting

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02/2016

On February 29, 2016, Dr. Tomas Aragon, presented The Roots of Health Inequities: A Population Health Life Course Approach to the Bay Area Health Funders Group. During the meeting, the network also elected Jim Hickman, CEO of Better Health East Bay as the new Co-Chair of the network and engaged in lively discussion to design its 2016 strategy. The following are the resources from this meeting:

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Health

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Equity and Social Justice

Menus Options for Funders: Census 2020

All around the country, philanthropy is mobilizing to ensure a fair and accurate census 2020. As your foundation is considering how it may engage, the Funders Census Initiative (FCI), a working group of FCCP, and the United Philanthropy Forum have put together a menu of options for funder participation.

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2020 Census

Resources for #MoreThanMoney

Ableism: a social attitude that having a disability makes someone a less valued member of society. It assumes that the ways able–bodied people live are the best ways to live. In addition to grantmaking, advocacy funders play a critical role in advancing social justice: agenda-setting and shifting narratives. But while more and more disabled people are being included in philanthropy, funders often overlook ableism as an area of structural discrimination, even here in the Bay Area where disability civil rights were born. Because many funders' understanding of ableism continues...

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