CCJFG Resources: August
Publication date:
08/2019
Resources on commutations and AB 2845 from the CCJFG August Newsletter.
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Sunlight Giving Launches New Website
Release Date:
09/14/2016
NCG member Sunlight Giving has launched their new website! On their new website, you will find Sunlight Giving’s mission, focus areas, information about their grantmaking—including findings that have been influencing their work. You will also be...
Cancellation Confirmation
Your registration for "Building a More Disaster Resilient Future in our Communities: A Conversation Among Grantmakers " has been cancelled. Thank you! Did you cancel by mistake? Contact Registrar at registrar@ncg.org .
What It Takes: How to Build an Effective, Modern Communications Shop
Now more than ever, successful strategic communications are essential in the social sector. The Communications Network (ComNet), which supports foundations and nonprofits to improve lives through the power of smart communications, has done ample research to back it up.
Pre-Conference Amuse Bouche: Measure of America's Latest Research
Release Date:
04/22/2015
For this year's Annual Conference we're bringing in Measure of America, a project of the Social Science Research Council that provides research on well-being and opportunity in America. This morning their Co-Director spoke with Marketplace host...
14
Mar
2019
CalSavers: A Cross-Generational Approach to Addressing Poverty through Public-Private Partnerships
March 14, 2019 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
United Way of the Bay Area
California has the highest poverty rate in the nation. In fact, the UC Berkeley Labor Center predicts that half of Californians currently working will likely retire with just $24,000 a year in a state with ever increasing living costs – from health...
21st-Century Community Foundations: A Question of Geography and Identity
In this “Leadership Series” paper, Emmett Carson, CEO and president of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, provides a thoughtful examination of fundamental questions facing U.S. community foundations today.
Drawing Electoral Lines: Making Redistricting Work for All | 6/7/2017
Publication date:
06/2017
With our expert panel, we had an informed, nonpartisan dialogue about the legal, political, practical, and charitable routes toward fairer redistricting. We discussed what solutions could work better, and how funders can support a redistricting process that is independent, transparent and ensures that communities are fully and fairly represented locally, at the state level, and in Congress.
Fundraising. Communications. Financial Management.
Release Date:
08/18/2015
Discussion around grantee overhead costs and capacity building is timely. Programs need to be funded, but finance, fundraising and communications are all pieces of the total costs which are often under invested.
NCG Interviews Nayantara Mehta About Upcoming Program on Funding Progressive Groups: Managing the Risk
Release Date:
11/29/2011
NCG interviews Alliance for Justice Senior Counsel Nayantara Mehta on a program designed to help funders and social justice organizations manage "sting" operations, attacks on their organization, and the potential media firestorms that follow.
To My Future Self: Thoughts on Preparing for Philanthropy Today
Release Date:
06/03/2019
NCG’s New Grantmakers Institute has been running nearly as long as the organization itself. We asked participants from years past what advice they would offer their future selves, thinking back on their first days in philanthropy.
NCG Member Offers Ideas for Moving Forward on Immigration
Release Date:
06/28/2016
NCG Member Cathy Cha's opinion piece in today's Sacramento Bee on California's pro-active approach to immigration. "The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday turned down an opportunity to bring more compassion and common sense to U.S. immigration policy...
CHCF Health Innovation Fund
The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) supports the testing and evaluation of innovative approaches to improve health care. To help achieve this goal, CHCF has developed an investment fund to support health care technology and service companies with the potential to significantly improve quality of care, lower the total cost of care, or improve access to care for low-income Californians. View their website for investment criteria and strategy.
07
Nov
2019
Camp Fire Remembrance
Areas of Focus
November 7, 2019 - 5:30pm to November 9, 2019 - 12:00pm
Chico and Paradise
Please join the North Valley Community Foundation (NVCF) and local communities to mark the one-year anniversary of the Camp Fire that devastated Paradise and surrounding communities in Butte County, California. NVCF would like to honor partners and...
NCG Member Emmett Carson Named Community Foundations Chair at Indiana University
Release Date:
09/01/2014
Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy recently selected NCG member Emmett Carson, the CEO and President of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to serve as its first Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Chair on Community...
24
Jul
2019
Standing Together: Coalition Building to Stop Jail Expansion
Areas of Focus
July 24, 2019 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Webinar
Throughout the state of California, organizers and communities impacted by incarceration are demanding an end to jail expansion. JusticeLA (a coalition of grassroots organizations) celebrated an unprecedented victory in February 2019 when the Los...
Breakout Session: Housing and Homelessness
We’ll dig deep into the issues the pandemic created as well as those issues that it exacerbated. We’ll explore the policy landscape; opportunities to leverage recovery resources, and how we can make headway on some of the issues the pandemic laid bare.
Date & Time:
10/12/2021 -
11:00am to 11:50am
The Chinese American Community Foundation Makes Headlines
Release Date:
04/08/2013
New member the Chinese American Community Foundation was featured last week in the San Jose Mercury News: A group of East Bay residents from Orinda, Piedmont, Berkeley and Oakland has launched a foundation with the idea of building an energetic...
Financial Analysis
Over the past three years, NCG’s Financial Analysis Series for Grantmakers has become wildly popular, attracting hundreds of participants interested in honing their financial assessment skills. In 2014, we added a new track for senior program and...
GrantCraft and Glasspockets Launch New Guide on Foundation Transparency
Release Date:
02/21/2014
Earlier this month GrantCraft and Glasspockets launched a new guide, Opening Up: Demystifying Foundation Transparency , which puts to the test many long-held beliefs about foundation transparency. [T]he guide’s research involved a survey of more...