Northern California Grantmakers

08/20/2020

Northern California is currently experiencing multiple widespread . NCG is working with key state and local partners to monitor these various fires, and we are compiling vetted funds, resources, and events (including a funder response call on Monday, August 24 at 10am PT) on our response page here: https://bit.ly/2EacDGM

06/19/2020

This moment demands more from us. As we commemorate , NCG's Acting Co-CEOs invite you to listen, reflect, & act with us in order to acknowledge this moment, while also taking action to live our values in order to sustain a greater movement: https://bit.ly/2YRsY9J

06/01/2020

THIS WEDNESDAY our founder and visionary Valarie Kaur will speak to this moment: how do we lead with revolutionary love in *this* time? Catch her on the virtual stage at this year’s Northern California Grantmakers’s Conference titled (Apart). Grantmakers and changemakers are invited! Register now at https://ncg.org/events/ncgs-2020-annual-conference

[Image Description: A rectangular-shaped image split into two squared sections. The first section to the left is a grid of multi-colored (orange, green, teal, white) letters spelling out “Together For Good.” The second image to the right has a white background. In the center is a circle outlined in orange with a black and white headshot of Valarie Kaur. Above her is written in black “Keynote.” Underneath that written in orange is “REVOLUTIONARY LOVE.” Below the circle photo of Valarie it has her name “Valarie Kaur” written in orange. Underneath in black is written “Civil Rights Activist and Founder of Revolutionary Love.”]

04/01/2020

"The Pandemic Has Revealed the Weaknesses in Our Democracy": Gary D. Bass, Executive Director of the Bauman Foundation, calls on philanthropy to continue to fund & provide leadership around issues like the 2020 election & in a recent Chronicle of Philanthropy op-ed

Philanthropy’s focus is rightfully on urgent needs, but we must also do all we can to ensure that the voices of those hurt most by the coronavirus are heard in the 2020 elections and census count.

04/01/2020

"The coronavirus is yet another major reminder of why it’s important for our state to have access to accurate census data." Christian Arana and Jacqueline Martinez Garcel of Latino Community Foundation share how the is more important now than ever in a Los Angeles Times op-ed:

Coronavirus and the census: Latinos and immigrants may be undercounted because they often receive help with the survey at public gatherings.

04/01/2020

"The COVID-19 crisis has upended the carefully laid plans for the 2020 Census in ways that might have disproportionate effects on California’s count." Thank you to the Public Policy Institute of California for continuing to uplift the importance of the during these times

With the census just underway, how might the challenges presented by COVID-19 affect California’s ability to ensure a complete count?

04/01/2020

Today is ! NCG is proud of the work our community has done to ensure in the with the Bay Area Census Funders Collaborative, and we will continue to work for a . Fill out your form online here: https://bit.ly/2UVPXOO

01/20/2020

"...we walked through an outdoor auditorium of metal slabs—slabs that remind you of large headstones and represent all the known individuals whose lives were taken through this form of sanctioned terror." Read a personal experience http://bit.ly/37bVJkl

01/20/2020

Our Director of Equity and Social Justice, , shares her experience in Montgomery, and offers some personal, professional, and political recommendations to practice racial healing http://bit.ly/2RePLdc

01/20/2020

In January 2019, NCGBoard of Directors and staff journeyed together to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama. In the spirit of community this , Ellen LaPointe and Richard Tate are sharing resources to support our colleagues planning similar journeys

In January 2019, Northern California Grantmakers Board of Directors and staff journeyed together to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama. Our point of inspiration was the opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery. Our shared purpose in making the trip was to reflect on the legacy...

01/20/2020

For NCG's Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Steve Barton, shares a moment of reverie looking at Motown 45s in the house of Martin Luther King Jr.’s neighbors in Montgomery, AL. Read more about his experience here: http://bit.ly/3ase7HR