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San
Diego Grantmakers Update
LAST
REMINDER: Take the SDG 2009 Programming survey by February 9:
click here for the survey.
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"I hope both of you will take up that
work, righting the wrongs that you see and working to give others the
chances you've had..... Because it is only when you hitch your wagon to
something larger than yourself that you will realize your true
potential."--President Barack Obama's
letter to his daughters
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January 2009
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Upcoming SDG
Programs
RSVP today for these
upcoming program dates:
Strategic Restructuring for Nonprofit
Organizations
February 5,
2009
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: NTC Promenade Command
Center, 2640
Historic Decatur Rd,
San Diego
In this time of economic
hardship and uncertainty, nonprofits increasingly are looking to their
fellow organizations for collaborations, alliances and even mergers.
What is the range of partnerships available to nonprofits, and what are
organizations around the country doing to counter the weak economy?
This program features David LaPiana, La Piana Associates,Inc., a
national expert on nonprofit collaboration. One half-day session for
SDG members will focus on funder support for successful strategic
restructuring, and a separate partial-day session will be held for
nonprofits. Further details will be provided shortly.
Special Presentation of The California
Endowment's Statewide Funding Strategy and Prevention/Community Health
Agenda
February 6, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: Joe and Vi Jacobs
Center
Meeting of San Diego
Neighborhood Funders. RSVP to Nancy Jamison.
International Corporate Philanthropy Day:
Celebration and Peer Learning Kickoff Event
February 23,
2008
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: The San Diego Zoo
(room TBA)
SDG, Qualcomm Incorporated, and Sempra Energy invite you to celebrate
International Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD) on February 23, 2009 at
a special wine and appetizer reception. On this day, the corporate
giving community will come together to build awareness of
corporate-community partnerships and inspire businesses around the
world to engage further in philanthropy. This is the perfect time to
join your colleagues at an SDG informal meeting to launch our 2009
corporate peer learning group - a facilitated roundtable about key
issues important to you, topics to be generated by the group. Together,
we will have in-depth discussions, share best practices, vent, and
connect and learn from one another.
Click here for a
complete list of SDG programs. To RSVP, please call (619) 744-2180 or
email programs@sdgrantmakers.org.
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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 beginning in January 2009. Click here (pdf) for the
job description--please forward to interested candidates!
SDG is pleased to announce 3 new board members for
2009: Renata Hron Gomez (The Hitachi Foundation), Charlene
Seidle (Jewish Community Foundation), and Sid Voorakkara
(The California Endowment). Additionally,
Kathy Patoff (Union Bank of California) is the new
Chair-Elect. Many thanks to departing board members Greg Hall (The California Endowment) and Allison Kelly (Qualcomm Incorporated).
Did you see SDG's article on Voice of San Diego and blog posts in VOSD's "Cafe
San Diego"?
Karma Bass of Alliance Healthcare Foundation shared her
hopes for an Obama agenda on healthcare in the Union-Tribune.
The California Endowment's healthcare
advocacy efforts are covered in this LA Times article.
Cox Communications is launching "Cox
Conserves Heroes," an award for conservation and environmental
champions, on February 9.
Jim Canales of the James Irvine Foundation discusses the
California Forward initiative in light of the state budget shortfall in
this letter.
The San Diego Foundation received coverage
in the North County Times for its annual
report. Bob Kelly
also had a opinion column on Voice of San Diego.
San Diego Women's Foundation shared their
story on SignOnRadio with Drew Schlosberg on his U-T in the Community radio
program. Click here to listen.
The United Way of San Diego County is
working with the San Diego County Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition to
help low-income residents receive much-needed money through federal tax
credits they may not have known existed.
Ruth Westreich
of The Westreich Foundation presented at the USD
Nonprofit Governance Symposium this month, and received rave reviews
from a local blogger.
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Philanthropy and the New Administration
Independent Sector's Nonprofit Policy Platform
Independent
Sector has offered the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress
six nonprofit policy proposals to help strengthen the ability of
Americans to improve our communities and the world through nonprofit
organizations. Click here to read the platform.
Thought>Action>Impact:
The New Administration Issue
COF's journal focuses on the new presidential
administration.
Roll
Call: "Even
Philanthropies Pitch Stimulus Plan"
The nonprofit sector "is
making a rare, direct push for legislative help to ease billions of dollars
in recession-related investment losses now on its books."
Meanwhile, this opinion piece argues that nonprofits don't
need a bailout.
Chronicle:
"Foundations
Should Step Up as Obama Steps In"
"Looking back to the
campaign, what can grant makers learn about mobilizing social change?
And looking ahead to the president's first 100 days, how can
foundations and nonprofit groups work together to seize this moment of
opportunity?"
San Francisco
Chronicle: "How
Obama Can Partner with Philanthropy"
"In a world of complex problems, the social sector - philanthropy
and those it supports - may be the only sector able to take risks,
withstand criticism and make long-term investments in the public
interest."
Trevor Neilson
in Huffington Post blog: "A
Philanthropy Strategy for President Obama"
This post outlines "five
key actions Obama should take to harness the power of philanthropy as
he works to implement his agenda."
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Foundations on the Hill: March 24-25, 2009
With a new administration, this event is even more
important. Executive Director Nancy Jamison and Policy Committee
Chair Sid Voorakkara will be attending--please join us! 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 attend training sessions and a breakfast event featuring
remarks by a members of Congress. The purpose of Foundations on the
Hill 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
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For Corporate Givers
BCLC Report: Investing in Our Communities
Click here (pdf) for the
Business Civic Leadership Center's new report on corporate community
investment and click here for
Philanthropy Journal's article about the report.
BusinessWeek:
"The Future of Corporate Philanthropy"
"How will the downturn
affect the nascent field of corporate social responsibility?"
Chronicle:
"A Mixed
Outlook for Corporate Giving in 2009"
"While charitable giving by corporations and
corporate foundations is expected to drop in 2009, the overall decrease
may not be as severe as in past recessions, suggests a report released by
LBG Research Institute."
WSJ: "New Benefit
to Face the Ax: Matching Gifts"
"Hit hard by the
recession, many companies...are also taking the ax to their charitable
matching gifts and volunteer programs."
NYT Economix
blog: "Can Businesses Do Well and Do Good?"
A
Harvard economist asks "How ethical should businesses be?"
Book:
Small Businesses Give Big
This book by Maggie Keenan profiles
the giving-back stories of entrepreneurs and business
owners.
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SDG Members Form EPIP Chapter in San Diego
In the fall of 2007, a small group of young professionals
began to explore the idea of a San Diego chapter of the national
organization Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
(EPIP). Realizing that San Diego lacked a dedicated space for the
professional development and networking of philanthropic young people, Julieta Mendez of the
International Community Foundation, Christiana DeBenedict and Michelle Jaramillo of the
US-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership, and Marissa Garfield of the Jewish
Community Foundation, set off on a year-long discovery process to
determine the potential demand, role, impact and viability of a
chapter. By fall 2008, the steering committee had developed a
strong vision for EPIP San Diego: a chapter that offers member-driven
programming, meeting often and informally to nurture inter-personal
relationships with programming focused on keeping our finger on the
pulse (current events/media), moving forward on our career path
(professional development) and staying in touch with our community
(networking/partnerships). Jennifer Temple of the
Gary and Mary West Foundation has joined the core leadership, working
with several other committed members to plan events and raise the
chapter's visibility. For more information, contact Michelle Jaramillo.
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Philanthropic Headlines
San Diego Union-Tribune "Cities Look to Partners for Help"
San Diego has a 26-foot
surf rescue boat, two fire and rescue helicopters, lifeguard training
videos - and millions of dollars of operating funds - all thanks to corporate
partners.
WSJ: "Charity
Rankings Giveth Less Than Meets the Eye" It may make
you feel better to know that your charitable donations are going to
organizations that have been highly rated by any number of online
charity rankings. But these sites fail to quantify the most-important
and most elusive charity measurement: success in achieving its mission.
Bill Gates
2009 Annual Letter: "The Role of Foundations"
"Foundations are unusual
because they don't have to worry about being voted out at the next
election or board meeting....Another way that running a foundation is
not like running a business is that you don't have customers who beat
you up when you get things wrong or competitors who work to take those
customers away from you. You don't have a stock price that goes up and
down to tell you how you're doing. This lack of a natural feedback loop
means that we as a foundation have to be even more careful in picking
our goals and being honest with ourselves when we are not achieving
them."
Washington
Post: "Jewish
Charities Scramble to Cover Losses to Trader"
In December, "about three
dozen of the biggest Jewish foundations in the country convened an
emergency meeting to come up with a plan to anonymously help the Jewish
nonprofits that fell victim to a $50 billion Ponzi scheme that Wall
Street trader Bernard L. Madoff is charged with operating, and to try
to restore the community's faith in its values, said organizers of the
meeting." Thankfully, the Jewish Community Foundation
of San Diego had very minimal exposure to the
Madoff funds. Click here for a roundup of related articles
on Madoff's impact.
WSJ: "The
Philanthropy Shakedown"
This op-ed decries The Greenlining Institute's
efforts to require Florida foundations to track diversity
data.
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Resources
COF Report on Donor-Advised Funds
This new report (pdf), based on survey
findings, reveals that these funds comprise a third of community
foundation assets yet make up 62% of annual grants, and have a
payout rate that is three times that of other funds.
New Website:
More for Mission Resource Center
Mission investing - seeking opportunities to align a foundation's
investments with the mission of the organization - is an important
strategy for foundations participating in the More for Mission
Campaign. Formerly known as the 2% Campaign, the More for Mission Campaign
has developed a Resource Center based at the Boston College
Institute for Responsible Investment, to help foundations leverage
their endowments through investments that support the foundations'
broader missions without compromising their endowments' financial
success. Click here for a related article.
Report: The Social and
Economic Value of Private and Community Foundations
This report (pdf) is from The Philanthropic
Collaborative, a new organization seeking to educate federal and state
policymakers about the critical benefits of philanthropic dollars in
communities across the nation. Click here for a related WSJ article.
Dataplace
Thanks to Patricia Sinay of Holland
America for telling us about this resource for housing and demographic
data--local, regional, and national. The site not only assembles a
variety of data sets from multiple sources, but it also provides tools
and guides to assist you in analyzing, interpreting, and applying the
data. Check out the info on San Diego!
California
County 2008 Scorecard of Children's Well-Being
The scorecard tracks 26 key, interrelated
indicators of children's well-being for each of California's 58
counties. Individual counties also are graded in children's overall
well-being: San Diego County received a "C."
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Other Events of Interest
COF Family
Philanthropy Conference
February
1-3, 2009
Indianapolis, IN
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
The Grantmaking
School: Advanced Proposal Analysis
March
25-27, 2009
Scottsdale, AZ
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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