Northern California Grantmakers

Sean Stannard-Stockton of Tactical Philanthropy has assembled a blog team of funders and philanthropic professionals to cover the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) annual conference next week.

Guest bloggers include NCG members Carrie Avery of The Durfee Foundation, Paul Connolly of TCC Group, Carla Javits of REDF, Stephanie McAuliffe and Kathy Reich of the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Daniel  Silverman of The James Irvine Foundation and Linda Wood of the Walter & Elise Haas Foundation.

Check out the first pre-conference blog post by guest blogger Melinda Tuan.

FSG Social Impact Advisors, with funding from NCG member The James Irvine Foundation, interviewed dozens of foundation trustees, CEOs and evaluation experts to uncover critical issues and exciting ideas related to evaluation.

Based on discussions with trustees, FSG determined that current evaluation approaches don’t always generate information useful to trustee. This toolkit shares highlights from these interviews, and explores innovative new approaches.

Explore toolkit online.

NCG member The James Irvine Foundation announced today that its board “approved 26 grants totaling nearly $10.2 million in support of the foundation’s mission of expanding opportunity for the people of California to participate in a vibrant, successful and inclusive society.

Of the $10.2 million, nearly $4 million will support 11 California arts organizations that are addressing challenges of building organizational capacities and financial stability. Another $905,000 California Democracy program grant will fund KQED’s statewide radio news coverage of significant policy and governance issues focused on California. Additionally, a grant in the Youth program provides $500,000 to strengthen the District Leadership Series of the California Multiple Pathways District Initiative.”

Read the full press release online.

See the full list of approved grants online.