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May 2

2025 NCG Annual Conference: Becoming Our Vision

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May 8

Preserving California as an Immigrant Inclusive State

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Jun 3

Making Reporting Work Session 3: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change

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2025 Annual Conference: Becoming Our Vision

Imagine a Northern California where resources are redistributed back to those leading transformative change. In this vision, healing and justice are not merely aspirations but realities. This is a moment to embrace the responsibility and privilege of working within philanthropy. By listening deeply, acting boldly, and committing enduring resources, we can become the vision we seek for our shared future.

What are you being called for in this moment? Let’s answer the call together.

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2024 Annual (Not) Report

In 2024, NCG's community of over 4000 philanthropic leaders worked together to transform philanthropy. We gathered, mobilized, and inspired philanthropy to invest in equitable futures. We are facing times of upheaval and in such times, staying rooted in our values requires tenacity and clarity.

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Take a Look at our 2024 Annual (Not) Report

Check out how we wrapped up the year in our 2024 Annual (Not) Report. While it's not an annual report, it's a great representation of our community working together.

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Where We've Been, Where We're Going

We started as the “Lunch Bunch” in the 1960s, a group of philanthropic leaders committed to growing together. We formalized ourselves in the 1980s as Northern California Grantmakers with the goal of supporting a base of philanthropic members. Currently, we have more than 220 institutional members and over 4,000 individual members. For the past forty years, we have been working to gather, mobilize, and transform philanthropy. 

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Tour NCG's New Website & Refreshed Brand

We have been working hard for the past year to create a website that reflects our current evolution. You'll find that we've updated our brand—and it's not just about changing logos or colors. We've taken a deeper look at how we communicate our values through our new design and our refreshed mission and vision statement.

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Apr 28, 2025
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Melissa Nop Moves towards Greater Relationship with Community

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Apr 17, 2025
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Innovation at Risk: Why California Philanthropy Must Invest in Equitable Technology

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by Lili Gangas Chief Technology Community Officer Kapor Foundation
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Member Voices
Apr 17, 2025
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NCG Welcomes Sarah Williams as New Arts Loan Fund Co-Chair

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by Sarah Williams Arts Program Officer Kenneth Rainin Foundation
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by Ron Muriera Arts Industry Support Director, Co-Chair of ALF City of San Jose, Office of Cultural Affairs
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Our Actions Must Be Greater Than Our Fears

NCG's Reflection on the 2024 Elections

In the days since the 2024 election, we’ve all been deluged with waves of reaction, analyses, and predictions of what will transpire with the seismic shift in political power to take place on January 20. The volume alone is overwhelming, but its detail is even more disturbing. Closer to home, we’ve seen rapid response, primarily in a series of powerful statements of commitment from many of our members, reassuring grantee partners that they will be there during the dangerous days that follow. This speaks to the conviction of much of the northern California philanthropic landscape in support of the region’s diverse communities. It does raise the question – now what? 
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