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- Public Policy & Government Relations & Civic Engagement (18)
- Equity & Racial Justice (17)
- Workforce/Economic Development (16)
- Health & Wellness (9)
- Disaster (4)
- Arts & Culture (2)
- Environment (2)
- Veterans & Military Families (2)
- Gender Equity (2)
- Youth Development (1)
- Justice Reform (1)
- Education (1)
Geographic Focus
Staff Blog
Celebrating 15 Years of FFIX
Jan Kern
Senior Philanthropy Advisor,
Southern California Grantmakers
Los Angeles County
Family Philanthropy
President's Blog
Making the Leap: How Four Philanthropy-Serving Organizations Elevated Their Work and Shaped Their Regions — and the Support that Helped Make it Happen
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Kiran Ahuja
CEO Emeritus,
Philanthropy Northwest
Christine Essel
President and CEO,
SoCal Grantmakers
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Dwayne S. Marsh
President and CEO,
Northern California Grantmakers
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Megan Thomas
President & CEO,
Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties
Strategy Spotlight
How Philanthropy Can Reimagine its Role in the Movement Building Ecosystem
Monica Fernandez
SCG Contributing Writer
Staff Blog
Who’s Organizing the Volunteers? A Look Behind the Scenes in Local Disaster Response
Alan H. Kwok, PhD
Director, Climate and Disaster Resilience, Philanthropy California
California
Strategy Spotlight
How Healing Justice Can Help Funders End Youth Incarceration in California
Monica Fernandez
SCG Contributing Writer
Disaster
Strategy Spotlight
Incarcerated Firefighters: At the Intersection of Abolition, Workforce Development, and Wildfire Resilience
Monica Fernandez
SCG Contributing Writer
Disaster
Strategy Spotlight
How Funders Can Support the Guaranteed Income Pilots Addressing Childhood Poverty
Monica Fernandez
SCG Contributing Writer
California
Staff Blog
Explaining The Caregiver Program and The Veteran's Judicial Review Act
Aimee Pila-Bravo
Director, Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative,
Southern California Grantmakers
Health & Wellness
Veterans & Military Families
Nationwide
Leader Spotlight
An Invitation to Bravery: Omar Brownson on the Social Power of Gratitude as an Antidote to Fear
Eddy Gonzalez
Vice President, Knowledge & Communications,
SCG
Health & Wellness
Los Angeles County
Mindfulness
Transformational Leadership
Staff Blog
Radical Black Joy is the Revolution
Sequoia Thompson
Coordinator, Equity, Organizational Culture, & Dialogue,
Southern California Grantmakers
Erica Rey
Director, Equity, Arts & Culture,
SCG
Los Angeles County