Northern California Grantmakers

NCG Member East Bay Community Foundation is partnering with six socially responsible corporations to “provide emergency economic relief in Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties.”

“During the past 12 months, the Foundation and these participants have donated a total of $6.7 million to non-profit organizations providing food, shelter, employment-related services, health services and other support to individuals and families affected by the recession. The Foundation and the corporations are expected to provide an additional $5.2 million in aid during the coming months and in 2010.”

Read the full press release online.

Read the Philanthropy News Digest article on the initiative online.

Check out what our members are saying in the blogosphere:

Bob’s Blog, Robert K. Ross, M.D., President and CEO,The California Endowment
Fuel for the Field, Carla Javits, President, REDF
Mitchell Kapor Foundation blog
Paul Brest’s blog, President, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Reimagine Money, RSF Social Finance
Stories in Action, California Council for the Humanities
Think4Change, The Whitman Institute
ZeroDivide blog

NCG member the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund has announced the appointment of Elizabeth (Liz) Gutierrez as Director for the Fund’s new Education Opportunities program.

Liz joined the Fund after serving in the administration of Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, where she led efforts to develop statewide education policies from pre-K through postgraduate levels.

The Haas, Jr. Fund’s Education Opportunities program seeks to close racial and economic achievement gaps in education and help move people out of poverty and into family-supporting jobs. The Fund launched the program as part of its new “Rights and Opportunities” focus – which is based on the belief that a just and caring society can be measured by how well it provides fundamental rights and opportunities to those most in need, including children, immigrants, and lesbians and gays.

NCG welcomes Liz to her new position and applauds the Haas, Jr. Fund’s efforts to address achievement gaps in education.

To learn more about Liz Gutierrez visit the Haas, Jr. Fund website.