February 7, 2025 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – Feb. 7 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. PT | Virtual Join SoCal Grantmakers and Philanthropy California for a briefing with cross-sector partners who responded in Paradise after the 2018 Camp Fire, in the North Bay Area after the 2017 fires, in Boulder County, Col. after the 2021 Marshall Fire, and Lahaina after the 2023 […]
Funder Briefing: January 2025 Firestorm & Wildfires in Southern California
January 17, 2025 @ 11:00 am-12:30 pm – Friday, January 17, 2025 11:00am – 12:30pm Virtual Registration Register Here Event Details In the last week, a series of devastating wildfires associated with an extreme wind event swept through Southern California, prompting swift action from local, state, and federal authorities. Thousands of structures have been affected, over 200,000 residents have been displaced, […]
LCI & SGC Catalyst Convenings: Help Shape 2025 Roundtables in Your Region
December 13, 2024 @ 10:30 am-12:30 pm – The California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) and the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) invite you to join us for a virtual workshop, taking place Friday, December 13th, 10:30am-12:30pm. Communities in every region across California face increasingly complex and interconnected challenges. Over the next few years we will be adjusting […]
Bridging the Gap: A Collaborative Approach to Philanthropy
December 12, 2024 @ 3:00 pm-4:00 pm – DECEMBER 12 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM Over the last few years, we have seen historic public sector investments. However, often these funds have lengthy application and management processes, making them frequently fail to reach the communities that need them most. Philanthropy, foundations, donors, and investors have an opportunity to help remedy that gap! During this meeting, we […]
Post-Election Convening: Climate & Disaster Resilience
December 3, 2024 @ 11:30 am-1:00 pm – December 3, 2024 | 11:30 pm – 1:00 pm Join NorCal Grantmakers and your philanthropy peers for a lightly structured conversation over lunch to reflect on what the 2024 election might mean for climate & disaster resilience in Northern California, statewide, and at the national scale. This is a space for funders only to collectively […]
Investing in the Long Arc of Justice: Post-Election Convening
November 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am-6:00 pm – There are differing visions claiming a stake in our future this election cycle and it’s clear that the results will hold major social, political, economic, and spiritual implications. In California, we have numerous candidates and propositions on the ballot that will have material impact on marginalized communities. Regardless of the results, how can philanthropy invest […]
The Election and Its Impact on The Environment
November 15, 2024 @ 10:30 am-1:00 pm – Smart Growth California is co-hosting this upcoming funder convening for the Southern California Grantmakers Environmental Funders Group. This convening will take place nine days after the 2024 election, providing a space for funders to explore its impact on the environment in Southern California. At the national level, the next President will significantly influence the […]
Do The Work: Imperial Valley Overnight
November 13, 2024-November 14, 2024 @ All Day – Imperial County is both the youngest and the least populated county in California, and boasts an area more than twice the square miles of the State of Delaware. Imperial County produces two-thirds of all the vegetables consumed by Americans during the winter. Home to the Salton Sea and an incredibly active renewable energy sector including […]
A Spotlight on Disasters & Democracy
October 15, 2024 @ 2:00 pm-3:30 pm – Join Northern California Grantmakers for a virtual event titled A Spotlight on Disasters & Democracy. Our democratic systems are deeply entwined with disaster resilience. On the eve of consequential presidential and local elections, the question of what role democracy plays in disasters, and what role the response to disasters plays in undermining or strengthening democracy, […]
Decarbonizing Transportation: Electrification, Clean Rides and the 2028 Olympics
September 20, 2024 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pm – California’s century long love affair with the automobile is a primary driver of greenhouse gas emissions, which increasingly influence climate change and spark climate disasters. Even with clear evidence citing the risks of fossil fuel-oriented transportation, Californians are driving more, not less, partly because other viable options feel out of reach. For generations, advocates, policy […]
