Events

Communications professionals, narrative strategists, and storytellers hold immense power and responsibility in shaping just futures. Hosted by SoCal and Northern California Grantmakers, the 2022 Communications Institute will provide technical skills, transformational tools, and a values-aligned peer network to harness our collective power. This five-session, virtual training series program, offers best practices along with peer spaces … Continue reading The Collective Power of Communicators: Communications Institute 2022

This 90-minute presentation features representatives of Ability Central and a WITH Foundation vendor who will cover the basic principles of accessibility and introduce it as an element of having truly inclusive workplace environments. Institutions that are working on equity, diversity, and inclusion can learn how disability issues are a part of this work. Coming from … Continue reading Ramps Aren’t Enough: Improving Accessibility in Your Workplace | Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy Webinar Series

Following the first webinar, this 60-minute panel discussion will illustrate the value of accessibility and disability inclusion as part of intersectional and equitable grantmaking practices. Panel members, including Ability Centralstaffand representatives from other disability funders, will outline some of the inequitable practices of traditional nonprofit and philanthropy structures, suggest ways in which funders can adjust … Continue reading It’s About Equity, Not Kindness: Accessible and Inclusive Grantmaking Practices | Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy Webinar Series

In the last year alone, Californians have experienced the impacts of multiple climate disasters including severe drought, extreme heatwaves, earthquakes, catastrophic wildfires, and now several back-to-back Atmospheric Rivers. Climate change will only continue amplifying the risk that Californians face from natural hazards. We can’t keep doing business as usual disaster philanthropy to meet the scope of … Continue reading California Disaster Philanthropy Briefing: From Episodic Relief to Transformative Resilience

About the Series Anti-Black racism and white supremacy are embedded in philanthropy and in our institutions, often invisible to the majority of us, even as we work with intention towards equity and justice. As change agents within philanthropy, we are stretching to become our best selves, rise to the moment, and progress toward racial equity. Foundations … Continue reading Foundations of Racial Equity 2022 | Session 5: Grantmaking with a Racial Equity Lens

With more than 30 new state legislators taking office in Sacramento, a $25 billion budget shortfall projected by the Governor, and the looming threat of recession, 2023 presents significant changes and challenges for those of us in the charitable sector working to support vulnerable Californians throughout the state. Get your bearings for the year to … Continue reading A Changing Landscape: The 2023/2024 California Legislative Year

With a new legislative session comes the start of the budget process and the development of hundreds of new policy proposals. The decisions made in Sacramento impact health, equity, and our communities across California.  Join Policy Perspectives for a webinar that will provide an overview of the 2023 proposed state budget, the policy outlook for … Continue reading The Proposed State Budget: What to Know for 2023

CHANGE Philanthropy has released the 2022 DAPP Report: based on anonymous self-reporting from individuals, the DAPP provides grantmakers with a snapshot of the 2022 philanthropic workforce and helps participating foundations accurately assess the culture and climate of their institutions. Join CHANGE's Tenaja Jordan, Research & Communications Director and Lyle Matthew Kan, Interim National Director for … Continue reading Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals 2022 Report Briefing And Information Session

CHANGE Philanthropy has released the 2022 DAPP Report: based on anonymous self-reporting from individuals, the DAPP provides grantmakers with a snapshot of the 2022 philanthropic workforce and helps participating foundations accurately assess the culture and climate of their institutions. Join CHANGE's Tenaja Jordan, Research & Communications Director and Lyle Matthew Kan, Interim National Director for … Continue reading Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals 2022 Report Briefing And Information Session

In June 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom formally issued an apology through Executive Order N-15-19 on behalf of California to California Native American Peoples for the many instances of violence, mistreatment and neglect inflicted upon California Native Americans throughout the state’s history. This represented a major and unprecedented step towards correcting the historical record and acknowledging … Continue reading Native American Truth & Healing Convening

Structural racism, economic exclusion, occupational segregation, and other policies and practices have denied communities of color the opportunity to build wealth and achieve economic security for generations. Small businesses have long been one of the few ways people of color, women, and immigrants have been able to build wealth in the United States, and are … Continue reading Building Towards an Equitable Recovery: Activating Federal Funds for BIPOC Owned-Businesses

In 2021 Governor Newsom announced a groundbreaking investment of $35 million over a period of five years to support local and tribal governments and community-based organizations in establishing or strengthening existing guaranteed income pilots across California. Starting in May 2022, the California Guaranteed Income Fund has been developed as a public-private partnership to ensure that … Continue reading Virtual Funder Briefing: California Guaranteed Income Fund