The San Francisco Chronicle Features NCG Member Tom DeCaigny
Release Date:
07/22/2014
Last week the SF Chronicle published a feature on NCG member Tom DeCaigny as a champion for artists.
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Listening To Your Grantees
August 14, 2014 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
The James Irvine Foundation
Building strong funder-grantee relationships are at the heart of grantmakers' work. Join us for this practical, interactive workshop that will explore strategic approaches to developing stronger relationships between you and your grantees.
Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration
Publication date:
12/2006
Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration , published by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees in 2006, is a succinct, easy-to-understand guide that describes how grantmakers at all levels can play an important leadership role on this issue. This toolkit for grantmakers draws on extensive research and interviews with hundreds of foundation, community, business, and government leaders. It incorporates academic research as well as policy and community-based concerns into a resource that also can inform the work of practitioners in the nonprofit, public, and...
Health Resources Toolkit for Immigrant Communities
Publication date:
02/2014
With resources in English and Spanish, the California Immigrant Policy Center's Health Resources Toolkit for Immigrant Communities provides in-depth information about immigrants and health access.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Renewal Process
Publication date:
06/2014
Published by the National Immigration Law Center, this FAQ is general information (not legal advice) on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewal process.
What the Department of Homeland Secutity Can Do Right Now
Publication date:
10/2013
This article was published by the National Immigration Law Center in October 2013 and outlines suggested practical options the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can exercise in ensuring that its detention and deportation system benefit immigrant families.
National Immigration Law Center Relief Fast Facts
Publication date:
03/2014
Published by National Immigration Law Center (March 2014). This flyer provides descriptions of various immigration reliefs, the relief's legal authority and information about who is eligible.
Bolder Advocacy: Immigration Advocacy Toolkit
Publication date:
07/2014
Bolder Advocacy, an Alliance for Justice Initiative, has collected all their resources in one place to support immigrants' rights advocacy groups working on policy goals ranging from federal policy reform to voter mobilization. Their online toolkit offers information in both English and in Spanish.
Making Meaningful Connections: Characteristics of Arts Groups that Engage New and Diverse Participants Infographic
Publication date:
07/2014
The infographic summary of Characteristics of Arts Groups that Engage New and Diverse Participants, a report by The James Irvine Foundation.
Making Meaningful Connections
Publication date:
07/2014
Part of The James Irvine Foundation's Arts Engagement Focus series, Making Meaningful Connections: Characteristics of Arts Groups that Engage New and Diverse Participants is a report authored by Helicon Collaborative. This research points to eight recognizable, definable attributes present across these organizations---attributes that are widely transferable and applicable in the field.
Advancing Human Rights: The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking
Publication date:
07/2014
The Foundation Center and International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) have produced two new resources that facilitate strategic decision making in human rights philanthropy: An interactive website that animates funding flows and a report analyzing $1.7 billion in grants.
How Does Foreign Aid Work
Publication date:
01/2014
This explainer was released in tandem with Bill and Melinda Gates' Annual Letter in 2014. It debunks several prominent myths about foreign aid, including the argument that it is a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Supporting Nonprofit Capacity: Three Principles for Grantmakers
Publication date:
12/2013
When Grantmakers for Effective Organizations traveled cross-country to meet with funders and nonprofits and learn more about their capacity-building experiences, the effort led to their development of an approach to capacity building that may help grantmakers be better positioned to support nonprofits in achieving lasting impact.
Ground Breaking Study on Bay Area Muslim Community
Release Date:
05/22/2013
On Tuesday, May 20, 2013, the San Francisco Chronicle published the following article: Muslims Become Part of Bay Area Fabric , which highlights a benchmark study that gives demographic data on the Bay Area’s growing Muslim community. The study, The...
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...
Mitchell Kapor Foundation’s 2012 Video Annual Report
Release Date:
04/08/2013
Once again NCG member the Mitchell Kapor Foundation produces a video annual report to highlight their work and the work of their grantees in the previous year.
Next Gen Philanthropy: Finding the Path Between Tradition and Innovation
Publication date:
02/2014
Part of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors' Philanthropy Roadmap series, this guide offers another series of questions that every next generation donor should carefully consider.
Guide to Evaluating Collective Impact: Part I, II & III
Publication date:
05/2014
Practical guidance for planning and implementing evaluations of collective impact initiatives.
Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change: High Impact Strategies for Philanthropy
Publication date:
10/2011
Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change: High Impact Strategies for Philanthropy examines the role of the arts in engaging, educating, and building communities and addressing social, economic, environmental, and other injustices
How Can This Leading Health Equity Funder Bolster Its Community Impact
Publication date:
06/2014
This assessment of The California Endowment by NCRP's Philamplify examines how the foundation employs strategic, social justice philanthropy in its holistic approach to advancing health issues.