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San Diego Grantmakers
Update
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"At a time when people have things and
they know that other people don't,
Americans' generosity wins out. If it makes them feel good and
they feel like it's making a difference, they'll give money."--Justin
Graves, Harris Interactive
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February 2009
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Webinar
RSVPs Due This Friday February 27 by Noon!
What the New Economic Stimulus Package Means for
California Grantmakers
Monday, March 2, 11:00 a.m. -
12 noon
As the largest state economy in
the nation, California
is key in the efforts to turn the current
economic crisis around. Our legislature has just reached a deal
to close the state's $42 billion budget gap which will involve massive
cuts in spending for programs that are vital to our communities.
Now they will need to decide how to spend the funds that will be coming
to California
through the massive economic stimulus package recently signed into law
by President Obama. What do California grantmakers need to know
NOW about these new developments and what will they mean for your work
and your grantees?
Diana Aviv,
president and CEO of Independent Sector, and her senior vice
president for public policy, Pat
Read, will share the latest developments from
Washington and strategies that will help California grantmakers in the
difficult work that lies ahead. Independent Sector is the
national leadership coalition for foundations, nonprofits and corporate
giving programs and is seen as a leading voice for the nonprofit
community on Capitol Hill.
RSVPs REQUIRED:
programs@sdgrantmakers.org
by 12:00noon on Friday,
February 27, 2009! Details on how to access the
webinar will be sent in your confirmation.
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Member &
Community Partner News
YOUR ORGANIZATION COULD BE FEATURED HERE! Don't forget to let SDG know what's
new with you, from grantmaking to awards, events, and more. We want to
share the good news about all of our members. To submit an item for the
newsletter, email nancy@sdgrantmakers.org.
SDG is seeking
a part-time intern. Click here (pdf) for the
job description--please forward to interested candidates!
Nancy Jamison spoke about
women's philanthropy with James Goldsborough from Voice of San Diego at
a Voices of Women event on January 22. Nancy also spoke at a Rancho Santa Fe
Rotary event on philanthropy and the economy on February 23.
The California Endowment published its 2007-2008 Annual Report.
Gary L. Yates, president
and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation, has been
named the 2009 recipient of Grantmakers in Health's Terrance Keenan
Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy. Click here for info.
Cox Communications, in partnership with The
Trust for Public Land (TPL) and Think Blue San Diego, launched "Cox Conserves Heroes," a campaign to
honor individuals in our community who take it upon themselves to
create, preserve or enhance places for everyone to enjoy.
Richard Kiy of the International Community Foundation was
profiled in the Carmel Valley News/Del Mar Village Voice.
Jim Canales of The James Irvine Foundation wrote a San Francisco Chronicle column about why
supporting the arts is important even during an economic downturn.
The Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation is
accepting artist applications for the 2009 Senior Artist Project until
March 31, 2009. Click here for details.
The Legler Benbough Foundation helped fund Voice of San Diego's new coverage of San Diego's
science and technology industry.
The Leichtag Family
Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation, and Carlsbad
Education Foundation enabled Carlsbad High School Broadcasting
students to dramatically expand the scope of their documentary film
about the last generation of Holocaust survivors, which debuted at the
San Diego Jewish Film Festival on February 9.
Invitrogen Foundation is now Life Technologies Foundation, and they
announced $500,000 in grants earlier this month. Click here for more information.
Mission Federal Credit Union launched a new "Mission in the Community" webpage and
made donations to the San Diego Zoo for every visit to the page in
February.
The San Diego County Bar Foundation's grants
were covered in a SD Business Journal article.
The San Diego Foundation announced that
funding available for its Community Scholarship program is not enough
to meet the demand for scholarships this year and called on current and
new donors to help it reach its $4 million fundraising goal. Click here for info.
Sadly, TSDF also announced
the passing of Deborah
Hoffman, who was Senior Vice President of Fund
Services there.
San Diego Social Venture Partners held
several "Boot Camps" for SDSVP members and
nonprofits strategic and annual outcome planning, fund and revenue
development, finance, legal affairs, information technology, marketing
and public relations, and board development and governance.
Louarn Sorkin of San Diego Social Venture Partners and Jan Tuttleman of SDSVP and
the Tuttleman Family
Foundation were both named "Women of
Distinction" by the Salvation Army.
San
Diego Women's Foundation was profiled in La Jolla Light's Philanthropy Spotlight.
Union Bank of California was recognized for
their community support in the Rancho Santa Fe Review.
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Nonprofit Quarterly Sent to SDG Members
We recently arranged for each SDG member
organization to receive a free copy of Nonprofit Quarterly called "Building the Power Grid." This
interesting issue is about the infrastructure needed to support
the philanthropic sector. Of special note are articles by Margaret
Wheatley and Paul Light. You can also check out Light's article
about the future of the nonprofit sector online.
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For Corporate Givers
International Corporate Philanthropy Day
International
Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD) was celebrated in San
Diego County on Monday, February 23 at a special reception co-hosted by
SDG, Sempra Energy and Qualcomm
Incorporated. ICPD is a day sponsored by the
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy to showcase strategic
corporate philanthropy initiatives and encourage further partnerships
in support of social and environmental causes made by the corporate
sector. Click here for a
Chronicle of Philanthropy article about ICPD as experienced on
Wall Street with the ringing of the opening bell of the NY Stock
Exchange.
"Lets Not
Waste This Crisis": Corporate Philanthropy in the Downturn
In this article, Shannon Bond
of Changing Our World urges companies to use this time to gain a
fresh perspective, rethink corporate America's role in social
change, and create a culture of collaboration among both funders
and grantees.
Trying to
Integrate Corporate Citizenship? Consider Competency Models
"For many companies the
major challenge of corporate citizenship is how to integrate its themes
into operations. Rather than a sidelined activity, corporate
citizenship should be an integral part of everyone's job in the
company. This is easy to say, but often difficult to
achieve." See this Boston College
article on applying competency models to corporate
citizenship.
In the Face of
Fiscal Crisis, a Fresh Approach to Corporate Giving
"Current economic
conditions have created an environment in which philanthropy of all
types has become both increasingly challenging and especially
important. On January 13th the Columbia Business
School co-hosted
a panel of top corporate philanthropy executives to discuss how their
organizations are addressing the recession. Their discussion revealed
some key takeaways for corporate philanthropy practitioners, to help
them weather this storm." Read takeaways in this onPhilanthropy
article.
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Philanthropy & Policy Makers
SDG has had a series of meetings with local policy
makers as a result of our publication of The Grantmaking Report: Foundation and Corporate
Giving in San Diego County. These meetings have made clear
the importance of educating government leaders about our sector.
In that spirit, we hope you will join us for Foundations on the Hill, March 24-25,
2009. SDG Executive Director Nancy Jamison and
Public Policy Chair Sid Voorakkara will be attending! During Foundations on the Hill, foundation
trustees, executives and staff, working with their regional association
(SDG), schedule meetings on Capitol Hill to personally discuss their
work with members of Congress. In addition to congressional meetings,
participants will hear from senior representatives from the Obama
administration and the House
Ways and Means and Senate Finance
committees, as well as attend training sessions and a breakfast event
featuring remarks by a members of Congress.
The purpose is to:
- Inform and educate
Congress about philanthropy
- Create visibility for
foundations and philanthropy on Capitol Hill
- Advocate on issues
affecting foundations
- Encourage Congress to
view foundations as resources on key public policy issues
In
other Congressional news, Rep. John Lewis and Rep. Patrick Tiberi
are the new co-chairs of the Congressional Philanthropy Caucus. Click here for details. Locally, Reps.
Susan Davis and Bob Filner are caucus members.
On February 11, the SDG Homelessness Working Group hosted
a Summit of San Diego County Elected Leaders to learn about
and discuss the growing concerns of families facing homelessness in our
region. The summit was held in conjunction with the National
Alliance on Ending Homelessness Annual Conference on Family Homelessness.
Mayors and staff from city, county, state and national legislative
offices joined SDG members and representatives from national
foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the
Melville Charitable Trust.
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Philanthropic Headlines
New York Times: In Uncertain
Times, Donors Hold Back
"Charitably inclined
people are anxious. Charities, like businesses and families, have
suffered in the economic maelstrom, while their services are needed
more than ever. But donors fear they can no longer afford to give as
much as they once did."
Chronicle:
Charities Merge
at Almost the Same Rate as Businesses
"Charity leaders are
looking at mergers and acquisitions as a potential strategy to ride out
the turbulent economy, according to a new survey....A related study
found that nonprofit organizations merge at almost the same rate as for-profit
businesses do." This article relates to SDG's event with David
LaPiana on strategic restructuring: click here (pdf) for the
program materials.
Pablo Eisenberg
in Chronicle of Philanthropy: Now's the Time to Push for Changes in How
Foundations Operate
"In these troubled times,
it is important for nonprofit groups, enlightened foundation
executives, and members of the Obama administration and the public to
push for needed changes in a more comprehensive manner. To improve
foundation responsiveness to today's needs will take legislative and
regulatory changes, as well as efforts by foundations themselves to
improve their performance." Eisenberg argues for
increased payout requirements, limits on trustee fees, foundation size
limits, and several other provocative recommendations. This
article is available to Chronicle subscribers, but Eisenberg published
a related article in
Philanthropy Journal about how foundations should help
bail out nonprofits. Todd Cohen adds to Eisenberg's argument in
this blog post.
International
Business News: In Tough Times, It's Time to Step Up
"With markets gyrating,
companies disappearing, and wealth vanishing down the Madoff
rabbit-hole, some nonprofits are holding their breath, others cutting
staff and postponing building plans, still others closing their doors.
And in this perfect storm, while the working poor lose jobs and health
insurance, and vital social services are needed more than ever,
philanthropy must be strengthened."
Newsweek:
Death of a Dream
This article by 2008 SDG Annual
Conference speaker Joel
Kotkin outlines economic and political problems facing California.
Philanthropy
Journal: Litz Tapped to
Head Funders Network
"A technology and
nonprofit-sector veteran will become the new president and CEO of the
Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers next month. Michael Litz
joins the Arlington, Va.-based organization March 1."
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Resources
Independent Sector Comments on the Federal Budget
Plan
The Independent Sector website features comments on President
Obama's budget blueprint for FY2010. The budget calls for tax
changes for those in the highest bracket, including a measure that will
reduce the value of tax deductions for charitable donations, state and
local taxes and real estate expenses for families earning more than
$250,000.
National
Council of Nonprofits Review of the Stimulus Package
This report (pdf) analyzes the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 from the perspective of
nonprofits.
Online
Consultants Directory
Grantmakers and other donors now have a new online resource to turn to
in their quest for qualified and experienced philanthropic consultants:
The National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers recently launched a searchable Directory of Consultants.
The Nonprofit
Marketplace: Bridging the Information Gap in Philanthropy
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has partnered
with McKinsey and Company to propose a path to a stronger nonprofit
marketplace. The resulting paper seeks to answer two related
questions: 1.) How can we help donors make smart philanthropic
decisions? 2.) How can we ensure that the strongest, most effective
nonprofits get the resources they need? Click here for an article about the report.
Gates Foundation:
Measuring and/or Estimating Social Value Creation: Insights Into Eight
Integrated Cost Approaches
This report (pdf) outlines eight methods of
integrating cost into calculations of social value, their strengths and
weaknesses, and cross-cutting issues and limitations.
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Upcoming SDG Programs
Distinguished Speaker Angela Glover Blackwell
March 13, 2009, 12:00 - 2:00
pm
Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, 404 Euclid Avenue, San Diego, CA
92114
Update on San Diego County Health and Human
Services
March 17, 2009, 9:00 - 10:30
am
Casey Family Programs, 3878 Old Town Ave., San Diego, CA
92110-3023
Association of Small Foundations Spring Seminars
April 19-22, 2009
Embassy Suites San Diego Bay - Downtown, 601 Pacific Hwy,
San Diego, CA 92101
Distinguished Speaker James A. Phills, Jr.
May 8, 2009, 8:30 - 10:30 am
Location TBA
NEW!
An Entrepreneurial Spirit: Rockefeller Family Philanthropy
June 3, 2009, 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Location TBA
Click here for a
complete list of SDG programs. To RSVP, please call (619) 744-2180 or
email programs@sdgrantmakers.org. Reminder: SDG programs are open only
to members and nonmember grantmakers.
Member and
Partner Programs
A Session for
Funders: Forces for Good: What Makes Great Nonprofits Great?
March 9, 2009, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
San Diego Hall of
Champions in Balboa Park, 2131 Pan
American Plaza,
San Diego, CA 92101
San Diego American Marketing Association Cause
Conference
March 11,
2009, 7:30am-4:30pm
Joan Kroc Institute for Peace Justice, 5998 Alcala Park,
San Diegom CA 92110
Status of Women
and Girls in San Diego County
March 14, 2009, 7:30 - 11:30 am
Joan
B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, USD, 5998 Alcala Park, San
Diego, CA 92110
Deciphering What the Economic Stimulus Means for
San Diego's Nonprofit Sector
March 21,
2009, 1:00- 3:00 pm
University of San Diego
Closing the Education
Achievement Gap in San Diego County
March 31, 2009, 11:30 am -
1:30 pm
Location TBA
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Other Events of Interest
Association of Small Foundations: Funding
Nonprofit Collaboration
March 5, 2009
Scottsdale, AZ
ACCP Annual
Conference on Corporate Contributions
March
8-11, 2009
San Francisco, CA
COF Seminar:
Empowering Foundation Leaders: Take Back Control of Your Investments
March
18-19, 2009
Arlington, VA
Foundations on the Hill
March 24-25, 2009
Washington, DC
BCCCC International Corporate Citizenship
Conference
March 29-31, 2009
San Francisco, CA
The Grantmaking
School: Advanced Proposal Analysis
March
25-27, 2009
Scottsdale, AZ
Northern California Grantmakers New Grantmakers
Institute
April 23-24, 2009
San Francisco, CA
On the Ground with Grassroots Grantmakers
April 23-24, 2009
San Diego, CA
BCLC National Conference on Corporate Community
Investment
May 3-5, 2009
Chicago, IL
COF Annual Conference
May
4-6, 2009
Atlanta, GA
COF Community
Foundation Conference
October
5-7, 2009
San Antonio, TX
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This online SDGrantmakers Update is published by San Diego Grantmakers to help SDG members
meet the challenges of philanthropy today. Our mission is to connect,
educate, develop, and inspire a diverse group of foundations and
corporations to stimulate effective philanthropy in the San Diego region.
Copies of past editions are archived here.
Contact Nancy Jamison, 619/744.2180 or nancy@sdgrantmakers.org to suggest
article ideas or submit news items.
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