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The Volunteer "Toolkit" | KQED and the SF Homeless Project

Release Date: 
11/07/2016
As part of a collaboration with dozens of Bay Area news organizations, KQED is shining another light on the issue of homelessness and housing insecurity with the SF Homeless Project. Take a look at the "toolkit" KQED has provided for volunteer...
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From the Field

Fire and Philanthropy: Special Edition

Release Date: 
10/08/2018
A year ago today, firestorms came racing through our North Bay communities. With the immediacy of the smoke and danger to our friends and neighbors, it was hard to think about anything else. Our community responded with urgency and generosity...

Global Chase Bank Team takes on Bay Area’s Nonprofit Displacement Challenge

Release Date: 
11/07/2019
What do you get when you set four top-performing bankers from Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, and San Francisco on a three-week sprint to map the next leg of the Bay Area’s efforts to secure space for its prized nonprofits? A welcome strategy for...

CCJFG Legislative Update: April

Publication date: 
04/2020
Find up-to-date information on 2020 criminal justice reform legislation including the California Racial Justice Act and the Family Over Fees Act. You'll also find a breakdown of 2020 ballot measures including cash bail and California voting rights restoration.
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Policy Materials
16 Mar 2021

Foundations on the Hill 2021

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
Public Policy
March 16, 2021 (All day) to March 25, 2021 (All day)
We invite you to join us virtually for Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) on March 16-18 and March 23-25, 2021 along with more than 300 philanthropy representatives from around the country. We will meet with our elected officials about...
30 Apr 2021

Friday Morning Refresh | Part 2

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
April 30, 2021 -
9:30am to 10:00am
Current conditions continue to place enormous demands on us. Still, we have cause for hope: bold new leadership in many places, budgetary step stones toward a just recovery, and a rising tide of action to disrupt systemic racism. Now, as always, we...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
07 May 2021

Friday Morning Refresh | Part 3

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
May 7, 2021 -
9:30am to 10:00am
Current conditions continue to place enormous demands on us. Still, we have cause for hope: bold new leadership in many places, budgetary step stones toward a just recovery, and a rising tide of action to disrupt systemic racism. Now, as always, we...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
04 Jun 2021

Friday Morning Refresh | Part 6

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
June 4, 2021 -
9:30am to 10:30am
Current conditions continue to place enormous demands on us. Still, we have cause for hope: bold new leadership in many places, budgetary step stones toward a just recovery, and a rising tide of action to disrupt systemic racism. Now, as always, we...
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Briefing Program
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Geographic Location 
Statewide
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
26 May 2021

Bringing A Racial Equity Lens to Foundation Strategy

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
May 26, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. In response to the racial reckoning in 2020, foundations have sought many perspectives to learn how they can support racial justice, shift power, and more effectively engage communities in grantmaking decisions. Moving beyond...
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Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Philanthropy CA
Funding Area 
Populations & Communities
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Deciphering the California Budget

Release Date: 
01/16/2015
Wondering if you have the mad skills needed to make heads or tails of the 2015/2016 California budget? NCG’s annual California Budget Project program is right around the corner. And as usual, we’re bringing together experts to do the deciphering for...

Tech Entrepreneur Commits $600 Million to Establish New San Francisco Foundation

Release Date: 
06/24/2015
Napster co-founder and former Facebook President Sean Parker formally announces plans and strategies for his new $600 Million foundation, The Parker Foundation.
02 Feb 2016

Financial Analysis: Assessing Nonprofit Financial Health (2016)

February 2, 2016 -
9:00am to 12:30pm
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Come learn how to evaluate your grantee's current financial health. This training will help you to develop a comprehensive picture of your grantee's financial performance to better assist in times of a grantee's growth or crisis phase. This training...

Resources for A Grantmaking New Year’s Resolution: A Values-Based Grantmaking Practice

Publication date: 
02/2019
Values-aligned grantmaking is becoming every day parlance in our field, with good reason: foundation professionals are increasingly conscious of the role they play in social change. Similarly, the challenges we face seem ever more difficult to solve, and the injustices individuals, communities, and the planet face are heartbreaking. Making highly effective grants across a portfolio and even across an entire foundation is the nut we are all trying to crack. Given the current moment in philanthropy, in our country, and across the world, grantmakers are looking more intentionally at their own...

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