In March 2021, Catalyst is re-launching our Leading Equity Series, virtually. This multi-day series will provide you interactive ways to learn about and practice equity-building tools in a cohort, build supportive peer relationships for this journey, and interact with community organizations such as Black Lives Matter San Diego, Comite Civico del Valle, and Kumeyaay Community … Continue reading Leading Equity Series
Trust-based philanthropy is anchored in an understanding of power and privilege, historical and systemic racism and structural oppression, and how these shape people’s realities in profoundly different ways. As grantmakers, we have a responsibility to confront the reality that philanthropy originated from and has often contributed to systemic inequities, both in the ways wealth is … Continue reading The Ethos of Being Trust-Based Session 4 | Confronting and Correcting Historical Power Imbalance
Funders Together to End Homelessness San Diego (FTEHSD) is a collaborative of individual, public and private funders that explore and invest in effective systems change and services to end homelessness in San Diego County. The group is fiscally sponsored by Catalyst. FTEHSD’s goal is to build a San Diego County collaborative of funders who are … Continue reading Funders Together to End Homelessness Meeting
Over the past year, different sectors, including corporate philanthropy, are earnestly attempting to align themselves with the reality that racial equity must be prioritized to address existing conditions that perpetuate inequities. However, many organizations are finding it challenging to identify where to begin. How can we move beyond releasing statements for racial equity and back … Continue reading Corporate Philanthropy Session
Join Southern California Grantmakers in partnership with Moss Adams for an informative conversation that explores important tax updates from the US Department of the Treasury, Congress, and the IRS regarding implications for tax-exempt organizations. CPA’s Lauren Haverlock and Ryan Stedman will address the changing tax landscape and provide insight into COVID-19 relief initiatives, potential changes … Continue reading Spring Ahead: New Regulations, Relief Initiatives, and Other Updates for Tax-Exempt Organizations
Learn more about the need and opportunity to provide mental health support to mothers and children. This session invites you to a conversation with Lily Valmidiano & Pradeep Gidwani from the County of San Diego's Healthy Development Services and Sahra Abdi from United Women of East Africa who will discuss how supports to mothers can … Continue reading Early Childhood Funders Meeting: Mental Health Support for Mothers & Children
Natural disasters have a way of grabbing media attention and the public’s interest. The visuals of people wading through chest-deep water or picking up the pieces of tornado-ravaged homes are eye-catching. They draw attention and money from philanthropy and everyday donors. However, there are numerous forgotten emergencies and hidden crises worldwide, especially last year as … Continue reading Humanitarian Crises Around the World
In philanthropy, ‘grassroots’ is often equated with ‘community’ and with ‘small-scale’. Grassroots solutions do come from the community, but they are not often small. And because grassroots solutions come from the people most impacted by the problem they seek to solve, they can be more effective and holistic in the problems they address. As communities … Continue reading Grounded Action: Grassroots Movements and Climate Justice | Session 1
Join Southern California Grantmakers for two mornings exploring the policy and advocacy actions needed to combat the challenges of a generation and maximize lessons learned from listening deeply, building power, and meeting the social justice movements of 2020. Our country faces a set of multidimensional and interrelated crises — the Covid-19 pandemic, racial and economic … Continue reading SCG Policy Conference: Build Anew
Please join us to discuss a new report that focuses on the systemic inequalities that – while magnified during COVID-19 – have always been a reality for marginalized populations, including, but not limited to, those living with or at risk of HIV. Report excerpt: “Our grantees had added stress – immeasurable stress. Living in a … Continue reading COVID-19 and Systemic Inequality: Community-led Lessons for Funders
Employee ownership is an evidenced-based wealth generation tool for frontline workers and their families, and a powerful tool to build an inclusive economy. Alliance Healthcare Foundation, Project Equity and Mission Driven Finance will discuss their partnership to expand employee ownership models for small businesses with majority BIPOC employees through its impact investment portfolio. Hear about why they have made this … Continue reading Investing for Quality Jobs and Wealth Generation: Employee ownership for frontline and BIPOC workers
In philanthropy, ‘grassroots’ is often equated with ‘community’ and with ‘small-scale’. Grassroots solutions do come from the community, but they are not often small. And because grassroots solutions come from the people most impacted by the problem they seek to solve, they can be more effective and holistic in the problems they address. As communities … Continue reading Grounded Action: Grassroots Movements and Climate Justice | Session 2
Join Nonprofit Finance Fund and Philanthropy California to advance full cost practices for the nonprofit sector by participating in a remote learning series in April. This workshop series invites you to take what you’ve learned as a nonprofit leader or funder and help pave the way for others to have transformative conversations about more equitable funding practices. We intuitively … Continue reading Full Cost Workshop
The Military Funders is a funder collaboration that focuses on helping military and veteran families in San Diego and Imperial Counties. Military Funders connects Catalyst members and cross-sector partners to learn and explore ways to collectively support local active military personnel, veterans, and their families. Currently exploring mental health issues, the group began its collaborative … Continue reading Military Funders Meeting
Current conditions continue to place enormous demands on us. Still, we have cause for hope: bold new leadership in many places, budgetary step stones toward a just recovery, and a rising tide of action to disrupt systemic racism. Now, as always, we are each asked to bring clarity, generosity, and courage to our efforts to … Continue reading Friday Morning Refresh
As climate disasters in our region continue to persist in the form of rising sea levels, wildfires and poor air quality, how can funders expand their work to include a climate justice lens? Hosted by Philanthropy Northwest, this call will illuminate the intersectionality between climate change, community development, COVID-19 and racial equity. Speakers will share … Continue reading Philanthropy Northwest Network Call – Linking Climate Change and Racial Justice
Join the James Irvine Foundation for a conversation with Leadership Awards alumni - followed by a keynote address from Senior Advisor on Social Innovation for Governor Gavin Newsom, Kathleen Kelly Janus The James Irvine Foundation and USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy are hosting a one-hour virtual event featuring alumni of Irvine’s Leadership … Continue reading Leadership When It Matters Most: A Conversation with Breakthrough California Leaders
Trust-based philanthropy encourages us to rethink our notions of traditional philanthropic roles, which tend to prioritize transactions over relationships. In fact, a trust-based approach encourages us to understand our roles as partners working in service of nonprofits and communities. Traditional Philanthropy has institutionalized and perpetuated harmful tropes about funders as experts and nonprofits as needy … Continue reading The Ethos of Being Trust-Based Session 5 | Reimagining Funder Roles in a Trust-Based Context
As our world becomes more uncertain, planning for the future becomes more important, but also more difficult. This interactive workshop will introduce fundamental tools used in scenario analysis and risk management and show how foundations can apply these tools to predict how economic, social/political, and environmental changes might affect their grantees and their beneficiaries. It … Continue reading Future-Proofing Your Portfolio: A Quick Guide To Scenario Planning For Foundations
Current conditions continue to place enormous demands on us. Still, we have cause for hope: bold new leadership in many places, budgetary step stones toward a just recovery, and a rising tide of action to disrupt systemic racism. Now, as always, we are each asked to bring clarity, generosity, and courage to our efforts to … Continue reading Friday Morning Refresh
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