In response to a declared emergency in Napa County, the Napa Valley Community Foundation has launched a COVID-19 Fund that will support efforts to help slow the spread of the virus within Napa County. It will deploy additional financial resources to best meet evolving needs.
A collective fund that was recently created by the Desert Healthcare District and Foundation with the Regional Access Project (RAP) Foundation continues to offer grant opportunities in support of the COVID-19 relief effort in the Coachella Valley.
A virtual convening featuring Governor Gavin Newsom in conversation with state water leaders.
Many foundations are exploring potential new programs in response to the pandemic, racial reckoning, and threats to our democracy, among many other challenges. This workshop will introduce a structured, efficient process that foundations can use to quickly learn ‘the lay of the land’ in potential new spaces and identify how they can complement – and learn from – the efforts of others as they seek to generate meaningful, measurable impact.
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 the basic practices that many foundations are already incorporating, this workshop will examine how foundations can incorporate a racial equity perspective in their overall strategy setting and implementation planning at both the institutional level and the programmatic level.
Find upcoming webinars, recordings of past webinars, and events in the field taking place in response to COVID-19.
Right now, across the country, immigrant and Latino families are living in fear. A mother is deciding whether to go to the job she needs tomorrow, knowing that masked agents could storm her workplace at any moment.
With much at stake in this upcoming election, Philanthropy has an opportunity to make a difference for our democracy. The final results of the November 2020 election, Census 2020, and redistricting will influence where our energies are needed in the years ahead.
In January 2017, California’s three leading philanthropy-supporting organizations — SoCal Grantmakers (SCG), Northern California Grantmakers (NCG), and Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties — officially announced our statewide alliance, Philanthropy California.
Here’s what we’re learning from recent funder efforts: the most successful transitions to Full Cost funding have included securing executive buy-in; providing support and training to the staff that structure and disperse grants; and bringing grantees into the process with open and honest communic
Immigration proceedings are civil, not criminal, which means that the government will not provide a lawyer to people who cannot afford one.
You can’t have impact investing without impact. But what is the impact that we want to see when we make an investment? And how do we know if we are successful? Just like in grantmaking, impact investing requires a theory of change and a thoughtful framework for measurement.
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Over 500 colleagues statewide streamed into our first Philanthropy California Policy Summit virtual conference on April 20th, 2020.
Report released, Thursday, September 17, 2020
By Phuong Pham, Katie Janowiak