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NCG's Resource HUB

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09/27/2015

NCG publishes post-program resources regularly, but recently many of our members are publishing their own resources and toolkits–we wanted to share! Below is a collection of resources including emerging leader best practices, impact investing,...

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09 Nov 2015

SOLD OUT | Advancing Economic Opportunity for Black Communities

November 9, 2015 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Northern California Grantmakers

Black communities have been particularly hard hit by the rising tide of inequality in today’s economy. Please join us for an exciting briefing that will feature Kimberly Freeman Brown, Sean Thomas Breitfeld, Linda Burnham and Steven Pitts, the...

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Invest in Integrity: Rejoining Soul and Role

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01/11/2016

The Heart of Philanthropy retreat is back. NCG is a community of individuals committed to positively impacting the world, whether that be locally, regionally, or globally. This is no small task! And yet, this is the work we are doing every day.

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Let's Talk About Orlando

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06/17/2016

The recent attack in a nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 and wounded over 50 others – nearly all LGBTQ Latino/a young people – has impacted us deeply. We are left with questions about how to respond, how to heal, and how to support our membership...

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21 Jul 2016

2016 Corporate Philanthropy Awards & Summit

July 21, 2016 -

7:00am to 11:45am

Marriott Marquis - Salon 1-8

It's that time of year again when the San Francisco Business Times honors the generosity of corporate philanthropists by hosting an awards presentation that unveils the ranks of companies who gave the most cash to Bay Area causes.

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Announcing Jeff Malloy as NCG Board Chair

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01/09/2017

Northern California Grantmakers is pleased to announce that Jeff Malloy has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors.

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And so it begins

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02/08/2017

NCG's board member Roger Doughty, President of the Horizons Foundation, is speaking at our upcoming program, on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. He will be joined by three other speakers to dive into local funding landscapes while considering how...

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Disaster Response and Resilience

Resilience: Not Your Parents’ Disaster Plan

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05/11/2017

On May 31, NCG will be hosting the first event in its recently launched Disaster Resilience, Relief, and Recovery initiative, Flipping the Script on Disaster: A Tale of Three Resilient Cities. Mayor of Oakland, the Honorable Libby Schaaf will open...

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Sobrato Family Foundation Message

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08/24/2017

The acts over the past weeks have forced difficult reflections locally, across the country, and around the world. We are forced to reckon with the history of our nation, our individual roles in learning from our past, and collectively ensuring that...

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The Stockton Few Have Seen: A Funder Perspective

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05/10/2018

The City of Stockton is an example of the resilience and hope that make California a great state. It is a city known for its diversity and also for its challenges, such as when it filed for bankruptcy in 2011. But like the Phoenix of Greek mythology...

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CEO Message: Leading with Love

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11/08/2018

My sweetheart and I were married a couple of weeks ago. We celebrated with friends and family with good food, dancing, and lots of laughter on a hilltop overlooking Tomales Bay. In the weeks leading up to our wedding the airwaves were saturated with...

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Sharing the Journey: Montgomery, Alabama

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01/21/2019

This region is widely considered to be the birthplace of the civil rights movement, but was also the center of power for the Confederacy, the heart of the Jim Crow South, and at one time a thriving regional marketplace for the trafficking and sale...

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CEO Message: Wow.

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05/02/2019

It takes a lot of time to put together a day-long conference. We think about that when we consider the other things we will not be able to do, or will have to do later.

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Working Together to Spur System Changes for Student Success: A Powerful Philanthropic Partnership

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06/12/2019

A new type of partnership between the College Futures Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation is making a big impact ensuring every student has a fair shot at opportunity. Hear

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Mailing In Your Vote: What You Need to Know about the 2020 Elections

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06/24/2020

The November 3, 2020 election is only four months away and, with groundbreaking ballot measures and the U.S. presidency on the table, this election promises to be one for the history books. Organizations across California are mobilizing to secure...

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What Say You?

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01/26/2016

“How can it be that people still sleep in the streets in the richest nation in the world? Dr. King would hold his head and weep. We need a new paradigm of what is morally/ethically right and wrong."

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NCG’s Statement on the Insurrection of January 6, 2021

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01/12/2021

Well, it didn’t take long for 2021 to remind us that the journey back from the edge of an abyss will not be a gentle one. Last Wednesday showed us we will need to advance racial equity to achieve a functioning democracy. And if democracy fails, we...

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NCG Shares Gratitude to Alice Y. Hom for Continued Leadership in the Field

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01/17/2023

We want to extend our deepest gratitude for Alice Y. Hom for serving as NCG’s Director of Equity and Social Justice for the past four years. Alice will be deepening their leadership with our co-conspirators at CHANGE Philanthropy as the new...

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Bay Area Health Funders Group

Resources from The Sweet Spot: Leveraging the SF Soda Tax to Advance Health Equity

At this program, Shape Up SF Coalition and NCG's Bay Area Health Funders Group came together for a conversation with nonprofits and funders to strategize how San Francisco can be a leader in health equity and healthy eating active living programs by further supporting agencies who will likely be applying for funding through the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax.

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