Sponsorship Opportunities
Each year, NCG's annual events and institute bring together thousands NCG members and partners from the sector and all over Northern California. As a potential sponsor, you can choose which type of sponsorship is best for you and your organization.
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Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) may have been started by grantmakers in philanthropy, but now we are a philanthropy serving or as we like to envision it, a philanthropy transforming organization. We’re a nonprofit, not a philanthropic institution. It’s confusing, we get it. We don’t serve as grantmakers, but our membership base is made up of some dynamic funders moving philanthropy as a whole.
Our Mission
Northern California Grantmakers mobilizes philanthropy to build healthy, thriving, and just communities in Northern California.
Our Vision
Philanthropy redistributes resources, capital, and power back to historically marginalized communities leading transformative change.
Our Audience
NCG is made up of community members across philanthropy including program officers, board members, donor trustees, individual donors, movement conveners, communicators, visionaries, advocates, dreamers, and believers. We believe in our collective power for good.
NCG's annual events bring together thousands of NCG members and partners from the sector and all-over Northern California!
4,000+ individuals in the NCG community representing the entire spectrum of philanthropy from community, family, independent, and corporate foundations to government grantmakers, and philanthropic advisors, partners, and individual donors.
An active and engaged social media following: 6,000+ Twitter followers; 3,000+ LinkedIn followers and email list of 4,500.
Sponsorship
Northern California Grantmakers truly appreciates our SPONSORS. Not only do their financial contributions make our event possible, but you are valuable members of our community. As a sponsor, you’ll have an opportunity to connect with thousands of NCG members and partners from the sector and all-over Northern California to transform philanthropy.
Support NCG’s work to curate engaging events that connect, inspire, and mobilize
philanthropy by becoming a sponsor today!
Combined Annual Gatherings Sponsorship
Annual Event Sponsor: (Annual Conference + Corporate Philanthropy Institute)
Annual Event Sponsor | Sponsorship Level: $30,000: As an Annual Signature Event Sponsor that sponsors both the Annual Conference and Corporate Philanthropy Institute, you receive the following sponsorship benefits throughout the year:
- Conference passes/registrations to attend each event: 6 conference passes for the Annual Conference and 6 conference passes for CPI
- Verbal recognition during opening and/or closing remarks of each event
- Shoutouts on social media
- Logo on website and placement on event collateral and announcements
- Recognition as Annual Sponsor on the NCG website
- Opportunity to sponsor an NCG educational program during the year
Annual Conference: Imagine & Act
When: Friday, May 2, 2025 | The Palace, San Francisco, CA | Estimated Attendance: 500 people
Each year, we intentionally gather to lean into how the philanthropic sector can develop solutions to cultivate healthier, thriving communities here in Northern California and to discover what is possible when we collectively come together to work towards the greater good. This year's conference theme, Becoming our Vision, aims to support our sector through the polarizing and precarious times we're in. For philanthropy, this moment requires us to close the gap between our values and our actions to truly become our shared vision of equity and justice. At their core, visions are born from our deepest desires for the future. What are we needing in this moment? What is the ecosystem of relationships and expansive ideas we need to become our vision? What does this interdependent ecosystem look and feel like?
Sponsorship Levels: All sponsorship levels include a select number of in-person tickets, logo placement on the event website and conference collateral, and recognition on social and during the live event.
- Mover and Shaker: $25,000
- Visionary: $15,000
- Dreamer: $10,000
- Believer: $7,500
Corporate Philanthropy Institute (CPI)
When: 2025 date to be announced.
NCG’s signature corporate event addresses where Corporate Philanthropy and the CSR field are headed, key issues and opportunities, and what bold steps companies are taking in tackling significant problems that impact our most vulnerable communities.
Sponsorship Levels: All sponsorship levels include a select number of in-person tickets, logo placement on the event website and conference collateral, and recognition on social and during the live event.
- Premier Sponsor: $25,000
- Platinum: $15,000
- Gold: $10,000
- Silver: $7,500
- Bronze: $5,000
Annual Holiday Party
When: December 2025 | In-person venue in Bay Area | Estimated Attendance: 200 people
NCG’s Holiday Party is the much anticipated annual celebration of our vibrant philanthropic community. It’s an opportunity for networking, connection, and joy.
Sponsorship Levels: All sponsorship levels include a logo placement on the event website and collateral and recognition on social and during the live event.
- Convener Sponsor: $10,000
- Partner Sponsor: $7,500
- Community Sponsor: $5,000
New Grantmaker Institute
When: Fall 2025 | In-person venue in Bay Area
A signature NCG program that provides a 101-level introduction to the art and craft of grantmaking. Participants learn from seasoned philanthropic leaders and become familiar with the opportunities facing philanthropy today. In addition to top-notch faculty, participants will begin to develop a network of peers as we grapple with what it means to practice effective and equitable grantmaking in the context of ongoing racial injustice, global climate catastrophe, economic turmoil, and social unrest.
Contact Jaime Woods for more details.
Contact
Jaime Woods, Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Northern California Grantmakers
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