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Four new members are elected to the SDG Board of Directors: Steve Eldred of The California Endowment, Sharyn Goodson of the Jewish Community Foundation, Nancy Sasaki of Alliance Healthcare Foundation, and Linda Spuck of Union Bank. 2013 marked the departure from the Board of Janine Mason of Fieldstone Foundation, Kathy Patoff of Union Bank, Charlene Seidle of the Jewish Community Foundation, and Christopher Weil of The Patricia and Christopher Weil Family Foundation. |
| 2012 |
SDG is quoted/recognized in 10 news articles throughout the year.
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The Homelessness Working Group awarded a grant of $25,000 provided by the Leichtag Foundation to the Regional Task Force on the Homeless for database enhancements.
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A small planning group of the Military Family Support Working Group developed a draft approach for collective action that focuses on military personnel transitioning from active duty to veteran status and involves existing nonprofit networks and the public sector. |
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Several members of the Education Funders Group pooled $100,000 to fund an exploration of how philanthropy can collectively best support education in our region known as the "Education Synergy Project" and led by education expert and consultant Laura Kohn.
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SDG published its 2011 Annual Report and mid-year update. |
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SDG launched new strategic focus on member-driven services, including its member collaborations, member-led programs, and member learning communities. |
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SDG partnered with six other nonprofit support organizations to host a forum for candidates in the 2012 City of San Diego mayoral election that focused on the issues facing the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors and was attended by more than 500 individuals. |
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SDG, together with Northern California Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers as "California Philanthropy," descended on Washington D.C. as part of Foundations on the Hill (FOTH), the annual legislative and public policy event organized by the Council on Foundations (COF) and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. |
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SDG hired Jennifer James, vice president of Harder+Company Community Research, as its new Funder Collaboration Consultant in charge of facilitating four of its member collaborations. |
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Four new members are elected to the SDG Board of Directors: Roque Barros of Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation (JCNI), John Fanestil of Foundation for Change, David Lynn of San Diego Social Venture Partners (SDSVP), and Briana Wagner of San Diego County Bar Foundation. 2012 marks the departure of Valerie Jacobs of JCNI/Jacobs Family Foundation and Alan Sorkin of SDSVP. |
2011
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SDG Board approves new organizational mission and vision statements.
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SDG Executive Director Nancy Jamison is featured in the November 28 issue of San Diego Business Journal with a professional profile and Op-Ed about corporate philanthropy. |
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SDG members Mary Herron and San Diego Social Venture Partners are named "Outstanding Organizational Volunteer" and "Outstanding Philanthropic Organization," respectively, at the 2011 National Philanthropy Day awards. |
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The SDG member collaboration Homelessness Working Group's Keys to Housing: Ending Family Homelessness coalition launched www.KeysToHousing.org and the Toolbox to End Family Homelessness report. |
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Launched quarterly Public Policy Bulletin newsletter in collaboration with Northern California Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers. |
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Hosted two large, cross-sector convenings about poverty alleviation and education -- first of their kind for SDG.
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Hired a part-time Member Services Associate, a permanent position replacing the temporary Administrative Coordinator position. |
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Launched new website.
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| 2010 |
Board approved descriptions of five "unique value adds" that SDG contributes to philanthropy. These statements reflect SDG's services, programs and activities.
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Hired a Director of Communications, SDG's second full-time staff person besides the Executive Director.
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Transitioned to new organizational database.
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SDG Board approved protocols for establishing new working groups, updated conflict of interest, whistleblower, and other key policies. |
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Created a new Program Committee. |
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Hired two new consultants with a grant from the James Irvine Foundation: Public Policy Consultant and Diversity & Inclusion Program Consultant. |
| 2009 |
In collaboration with Southern California Grantmakers and Northern California Grantmakers and in partnership with the Foundation Center, released two studies on diversity in philanthropy. |
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Launched the San Diego Giving Stories project to tell the stories of our members through a series of email profiles sent to elected officials, their staffs and other civic leaders. |
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In August, moved offices to co-locate in a larger location with SDG members Alliance Healthcare Foundation and The California Endowment. |
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In June, engaged a new Funder Collaboration Consultant through a significant operating grant from The California Wellness Foundation, to facilitate and thus expand the power of leveraged philanthropy in four health-related working groups. |
| 2008 |
Coordinated a special focus on grantmaking during the economic downturn, including several events and webinars, a new Philanthropy & the Economy webpage, and a series of newsletters on the topic. |
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Established the SDG Guiding Principles, providing guidance and inspiration for our members on how to be ethical, accountable and effective grantmakers. A special series of newsletters provided specific ideas on how to put the principles into practice. |
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Supported by funding from the Jewish Community Foundation, McCarthy Family Foundation, The Parker Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, United Way of San Diego County, and Washington Mutual, published the first benchmarking report on organized philanthropy in San Diego: The Grantmaking Report: Foundation and Corporate Giving in the San Diego Region. The study was conducted by the USD Caster Family Center for Nonprofit Research and analyzed the nature of organized philanthropy in our region to help various stakeholders understand its strengths, challenges and opportunities. |
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Increased public policy work through statewide regional association efforts regarding Assembly Bill 624, which was aimed at requiring larger foundations to disclose the race and gender composition of their trustees, staff and grantees. Formed new Strategic Communications and Public Policy Committee. |
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Created a “Diversity in Philanthropy” webpage, as well as programming with national thought leaders on diversity. |
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Convened the Family Foundation Exchange to explore issues of common interest in an intimate collegial setting. |
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Hired another part-time staff person (making a total of four staff: three part-time and one full-time executive director) |
| 2007 |
Collected and distributed information about reacting to the San Diego wildfires, tracked philanthropic response, and hosted several events to discuss collaborative responses. |
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Published the first San Diego Business Journal Corporate Philanthropy Supplement designed to help small to medium-sized businesses get involved in corporate giving and volunteerism (and produced this supplement again in 2008 and 2009), in partnership with Volunteer San Diego. |
| 2006 |
Transformed all print newsletters (including the SDG Update, Family Ties, and Corporate Link) into electronic communications. |
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Hosted largest Annual Conference in organizational history, doubling the number of attendees. |
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Convened two new working groups: the Coming Home to Stay project, focused on helping ex-offenders reintegrate into their communities and thereby reduce recidivism; and the San Diego Workforce Funders Collaborative, which links unemployed and underemployed individuals with education and training programs to improve their quality of life and ensure that local employers have a supply of trained workers. |
| 2005 |
Created new Disaster Grantmaking webpage after Hurricane Katrina. |
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SDG’s first executive director, Julie Holdaway, left to move closer to family and Nancy Jamison was hired as the new executive director. |
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Hired another part-time staff person, for a total of three staff (one full-time; two part-time). |
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Coordinated the host committee, including local events and site visits, for the Council on Foundations national conference held in San Diego. |
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Launched the Common Grant Application, designed to help make the grantseeking process simpler and more efficient for nonprofits. |
| 2004 |
Convened the Child Welfare Funders working group to improve services for children in the foster care system, those at risk of entering the system, and other families that have come to the attention of Child Protective Services. |
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Board developed a new mission: to connect, educate, develop, and inspire a diverse group of foundations and corporations in order to stimulate effective philanthropy in the San Diego region. |
| 2003 |
Developed a successful Community Leader series with The San Diego Foundation and LEAD San Diego with over 350 participants. |
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Annual Conference had to be rescheduled due to the 2003 wildfires. SDG also collected information about philanthropy’s response to the fires. |
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Created a library of more than 450 sample grantmaking documents available for member use. |
| 2002 |
Convened the Homelessness Working Group to address regional homelessness collaboratively. |
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Two staff members: a full-time executive director and a part-time member services coordinator |
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Hosted the first SDG Annual Conference |
| 2001 |
SDG consisted of more than 65 grantmaking members, hosted approximately 30 programs a year including a three-day Grantmaking Basics institute and an annual members meeting, sat on several funding collaboratives, worked closely with leaders in the nonprofit sector, and developed a leadership position with the Forum of RAGs. |
| 2000 |
San Diego Grantmakers launched a website, www.SDGrantmakers.org, and the monthly online version of Philanthropy Link. |
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Building a more comprehensive menu of services, SDG hosted approximately 24 programs each year, with separate tracks for corporate and family foundation members; launched Philanthropy Link, a bi-monthly publication featuring local philanthropic topics. |
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Moved into its first offices, provided in-kind by the San Diego National Bank. |
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SDG hired its first full-time staff member, a director. |
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The dues structure was revised to reflect increased services with dues ranging from $350 to $5,000 based on annual grantmaking in San Diego. |
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The Leadership Council was inaugurated, for those contributing more than $7,500. Charter members of the Leadership Council included: Alliance Healthcare Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, The California Endowment, California Wellness, Qualcomm, Inc. |
| 1999 |
SDG’s general service categories at incorporation include: seminars and workshops, newsletters, funding collaborations, and professional development |
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San Diego Grantmakers’ mission at incorporation: "San Diego Grantmakers is a network of private sector Grantmakers, committed to promoting cooperation among local, regional, and national Grantmakers, improving the effectiveness of Grantmakers to address important community issues, enhancing the skills and knowledge base of Grantmakers, and promoting the value of the nonprofit sector." |
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In November, with more than 40 members, San Diego Grantmakers incorporated, receiving official 501(c)3 status. In addition, San Diego Grantmakers joined 28 other regional associations of Grantmakers in the national Forum of RAGs. |
| 1998 |
Seed capital grant proposals were sent to all members and $75,000 was contributed by nine organizations to develop SDG’s capacity. The grants funded an 18-month transitional staffing plan, membership and program development, and expanded opportunities for collaborative grantmaking. |
| 1997 |
Program frequency was increased from quarterly to bi-monthly and the longer term and leadership members of SDG began a strategic planning process aimed at strengthening the organization and expanding its programs. |
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The dues structure was altered from a single rate of $100 for all members to voluntary higher support levels with dues ranging from $100 to $1,000. |
| 1996 |
SDG was led by co-chairs Jennifer Vanica, executive director of the Jacobs Family Foundation, and Tim McCarthy, secretary-treasurer of the McCarthy Family Foundation. |
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Fiscal sponsorship was transferred to the Jacobs Center for Nonprofit Innovation, an operating foundation established by the Jacobs Family Foundation. |
| 1993 |
Fiscal responsibility shifted to the Fieldstone Foundation under leadership of the chair, Janine Mason. Prior to this, The San Diego Foundation had acted as fiscal sponsor since the inception of SDG. |
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SDG adopts a more formal leadership structure with a rotating Steering Committee developing quarterly luncheon programs. |
| 1980 |
The grantmakers network adopts the name San Diego Grantmakers. |
| 1976-1980 |
The founding participants in the grantmakers network include: The San Diego Foundation (formerly the San Diego Community Foundation), the Parker Foundation, the Sefton Foundation, the Willis and Jane Fletcher Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation, the Copley Foundation, the City of San Diego, and the United Way. |
| 1976 |
Representatives from the San Diego State University Foundation and the one-year old San Diego Community Foundation, met to form a network of grantmakers in San Diego. Members of the Los Angeles Inter-Foundation Center spoke about their experiences in building a similar consortium.
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