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NCG's Blog
January 23, 2020
We learn a lot about ourselves and what we need to thrive in the earlier stages of our careers. The inaugural Rising Leaders Cohort launches this week! Participants will be part of an intimate group of peers and will be exploring themes of leadership development and racial equity, will build skills in conflict management and facilitation, and will develop an intentional career plan that can help guide them in the coming years.
January 23, 2020
I have been thinking a lot about community lately. I am moved to do so by several things: the quality, character, and noise level of the current public discourse concerning policy and politics, the ongoing challenges people living in the Bay area and beyond navigate daily as they strive to live into their full potential, and the way my heart is beating as I contemplate leaving a place I have lived for over twenty-seven years.
January 9, 2020
The beginning of a new year gives us a moment to think about the importance of 2020. As the census count and presidential election approach, we envision what it takes to create a decade centering equity and social justice. In this spirit, we offer some articles below that help us think about reparations, check our assumptions, reflect on the costs of social norms, and how to be media literate. We're including a couple bonus samples this month that bring in future visions while understanding our present and past conditions.
Philanthropy News
December 19, 2019
Annie will join the firm’s Senior Management Team and provide strategic leadership on numerous philanthropic portfolios. Annie joins the Hirsch & Associates team during a time of exciting growth at the firm, which has added eight new team members in the past year.
December 2, 2019
Join us in welcoming Gina Peralta to the CCJFG Steering Committee! Gina Peralta is a program officer with the Human Rights program at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2019, Gina served as the director of site management at The W. Haywood Burns Institute (the Burns Institute), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing racial and ethnic equity in the justice system by creating community-based alternatives to system involvement.
December 2, 2019
The San Francisco Foundation (SFF) is committed to ensuring that all people in the Bay Area are economically secure, rooted in vibrant communities and civically engaged. We envision a Bay Area where everyone is able to make ends meet and plan for their future, where culture and difference are celebrated, and where they are able to lift their voices to shape community policies that meet their needs and interests.
October 24, 2019
Blue Shield of California Foundation has announced Annie Z. Wong as its new Director of Finance, Operations, and Grants.
Resources Search
This December webinar was presented by the California Criminal Justice Funders Group.
Resources from the CCJFG December Newsletter.
Policy and legislative updates from the CCJFG December Newsletter.
Jobs
Grants and Finance Manager
Application Deadline: 01/31/2020
Philanthropy Advisor (2 levels)
Application Deadline: 01/30/2020
Director of Donor Engagement
Application Deadline: 01/30/2020
Development Officer
Application Deadline: 01/30/2020
Director of Planned Giving
Application Deadline: 01/30/2020
Senior Advisor, Special Initiatives
Application Deadline: 01/31/2020