Thank you for Meeting the March Challenge! |
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Greetings!
Did you enjoy our March Madness Challenge?
We even asked members to host a breakout room in our popular Virtual Café, and we were not disappointed!
Even though March is over (and irrespective of you loving or hating that Baylor and Stanford dominated during March Madness), we are continuing the conversation (and fun) on the LinkedIn Group for NNCG members. Join us there!
P.S. See below for more information on the *complimentary* Virtual Café for April 13 and definitely share with your peer consultants.
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Way-Ting Chen
Chair, NNCG Steering Committee
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New Member Spotlight
Blanca Flor Guillen-Woods
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NNCG member spotlight of the month is Blanca Flor Guillen-Woods, who has primarily worked with communities of color, with her experience including research design, fieldwork, public opinion polling, conducting focus groups, facilitation of community meetings, as well as quantitative and qualitative data analyses. She has conducted quasi-experimental and mixed methods research studies and program evaluations related to education, youth services, civic engagement, health prevention and intervention for over 20 years through the lens of diversity and inclusion.
In the past year she has been invited to participate in a series of discussions specific to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in education and she has served as a Mentor in the Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) program. Her work for the past several years with Latino Decisions has focused on providing Latinos a stronger voice and impact on national and statewide policies ranging from Health Care Policies to Immigration Reform efforts. Her work with Strategic Learning Partners focuses on culturally responsive and equitable evaluation.
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The Philanthropy Consultant’s Virtual Cafe: Great Conversation, Light Facilitation!
Complimentary and Open to All!
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We are bringing back our Virtual Cafe series in 2021, setting aside open space and Zoom breakout rooms to discuss the issues and questions facing you every day. What would you like to discuss with your philanthropy consultant colleagues?
Potential topics:
- A return to travel? Setting new boundaries and expectations
- Making Zoom meetings work – tips and tricks
- Learning from 2020: helping clients reflect and learn from the shifts in practice and priority that 2020 and Covid required
- Facilitating difficult conversations
- Warm ups that go deep – share your favorite ways to begin sessions
Please register here to attend the April Virtual Cafe and let us know what you would like to discuss (whether one of our sample topics or something different). If you’d be willing to provide light facilitation within your breakout room, please indicate that as well. Final breakouts will be determined based on interest.
Save these dates for future cafes: June 15 @2p ET, September 8 @2p ET, November 11 @2p ET
These sessions are free and are open to all philanthropy consultants, including non-members.
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STRENGTHENING AND UNIFYING COMMUNITIES THROUGH EFFECTIVE GRANTMAKING
April 29, 2021 - 1p Eastern
Marcus Walton is president of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, a community of funders committed to transforming philanthropic culture and practice in ways that support thriving nonprofits and communities. Through that lens, Marcus will discuss ways to help your foundation clients turn a hunger for more effective philanthropy into clear pathways for achieving it.
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RESPECT THE HUSTLE: WHY DO POC IN PHILANTHROPY WEAR SO MANY HATS?
May 18, 2021 - 12p Eastern
People of color in philanthropy are exhausted. One reason that may not be apparent from the outside is that we almost always have a side hustle: in addition to our regular responsibilities we’re starting employee resource groups, or leading informal support sessions, or organizing an internal DEI committee, or mentoring young people finding their way in the field, or helping our white colleagues navigate the uncertainties of stepping up in this moment of racial-justice reckoning.
Led by Chris Cardona (senior program officer at Ford Foundation) and Adela Ruiz (Program and Grants Manager at NBA Foundation).
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Alliance Magazine Feature |
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Thanks to Seema Shah, an NNCG member, for lifting up NNCG’s disability inclusion efforts in the Alliance Magazine.
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We are extending a special thanks to Seema for taking the lead on sharing our work and her journey!
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Spring into Spring with Spotify Playlists |
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Congratulations to NNCG Member Marcus Littles! His firm, Frontline Solutions, just turned 16 years old, and to celebrate, they are kicking things off with a new look and a new website. They even have their own Sweet 16 Playlist on Spotify.
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NNCG Steering Committee Member Erica Ekwurzel, Principal at CivicAIM created a collaborative playlist on Spotify! I t is a collection of fresh and positive beats to keep your internal fire burning bright and bold. Feel free to share it with others and don’t hesitate to add songs to the playlist!
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Welcome New & Renewing Members |
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New Members
New Firms:
Renewing Firms
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Inform Your Practice. Increase Your Impact.
Did you know that NNCG has a Knowledge Center -- a searchable, online database of resources for and about grantmaking, produced by highly qualified and experienced philanthropy consultants. NNCG's Knowledge Center contains a wealth of reports, case studies, infographics, issue briefs, videos and more that offer ideas, research and helpful information about almost every aspect of philanthropy. Each item was authored or published by an NNCG member. NNCG constructed the Knowledge Center in partnership with IssueLab by Candid -- one of the most respected and trusted sources of information in the philanthropic field. As a member, you can contribute and share your expertise - just log into the Members Only section of our website to review how to upload publications.
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Socially and economically marginalized groups face the greatest risks from climate change. GMA invites funders to join its Environmental Justice Fund - a six-month pooled giving and interactive learning experience focused on Greater Boston’s grassroots efforts to engage politically, promote healing, and build healthier communities. Contact Phil Hall by May 1.
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The Nonprofit Build Up™ podcast provides fundraising and development ideas, program strategy, innovative thinking, organizational structuring, and grant-making policies and practices for the sector to help you transform the way you and your organization work. Discover insights from nonprofit and philanthropy leaders about assessing and building better organizational infrastructure, programmatic strategies, and challenging traditional sector approaches on how to support some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. Start the power shift. Here. Now. Join Nonprofit Build Up ™ with NNCG Member A. Nicole Campbell today.
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Mark Sedway and The Giving Practice (TGP) recently shared perspectives from three leaders at the Southeastern Council of Foundations (SECF) on courageous leadership — the centerpiece of a strategic framework that TGP helped to design for SECF. What does courageous leadership mean and what does it look like in the context of leadership and philanthropy in the South? Read More.
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