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2010 SDG Annual Conference

Thursday, October 14, 2010
8:00am-3:00pm
Joe & Vi Jacobs Center

We're delighted to announce the premier event for local grantmakers: sign up to sponsor or register now on the conference homepage.

San Diego Giving Stories

San Diego Giving Stories offers a glimpse into the many ways institutional philanthropy is making a difference in our community. SDG created this series of monthly profiles to share the work of local grantmakers who are investing their resources in our region, and partnering with each other, nonprofits and government to improve our quality of life.

Report to Members

Check out SDG's report to members (pdf) to see what we've been up to lately, and what's coming soon!

Disaster Grantmaking
Looking for information on philanthropic responses to the Gulf oil disaster, or the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti? Click here for our disaster grantmaking resource page, which includes general information as well as resources specific to individual disasters.

Materials Available Now: SDG 2009 Annual Conference

The Future of Philanthropy: Creating Silver Linings
Thursday, October 29, 2009

SDG members can click here for materials from the conference.

Diversity in Philanthropy

San Diego Grantmakers, working in collaboration with Southern California Grantmakers and Northern California Grantmakers and in partnership with the Foundation Center, is pleased to announce the release of Building Diversity: A Survey of California Foundation Demographics (pdf), the second study commissioned to provide an overview of diversity in philanthropy. 

In addition to being one of San Diego Grantmakers' Guiding Principles, diversity is a hot topic all over our sector. COF has launched a major Diversity & Inclusiveness initiative, several national funders have formed a Diversity in Philanthropy Project. Click here (SDG members only) for more information on the topic of diversity in philanthropy.

Philanthropy and the Economy

The economic downturn has had wide-ranging impacts on the nonprofit sector and philanthropy. How do state budget cuts, the real estate and credit crises, and other fiscal issues impact grantmaking? Many people in the sector have been asking these questions. Uncertainty during economic downturns can add financial stress to grantees, just as demand for their services rises and stock market losses shrink grantmaker endowments. Click here for updates and resources relating to this timely and important issue.

The Grantmaking Report: Foundation and Corporate Giving in the San Diego Region

San Diego Grantmakers and the USD Caster Family Center for Nonprofit Research are pleased to present this overview of foundation and corporate giving in San Diego. Click here for information, including key findings and a downloadable version of the report. Be sure to check out the related San Diego Union-Tribune op-ed by SDG Executive Director Nancy Jamison.

Online KnowledgeBase Available to SDG Members

SDG members can now search the collective Knowledgebase—a compilation of the best resources from among 32 regional associations and 4,000 grantmaking members across the country. Log in to the members-only section for access.

Press Room
Click here for our press room, including links to news stories that feature San Diego Grantmakers. Check out SDG Executive Director Nancy Jamison's article on Voice of San Diego: "Being Nonprofit When No Profits Are Being Made."

Latest SDG Newsletters
San Diego Grantmakers electronic newsletters are always available here at the site! Click here for archived editions.

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RESOURCES

San Diego Business Journal Publishes 2009 Supplement on Corporate Philanthropy
For a third year, San Diego Business Journal, San Diego Grantmakers, and Volunteer San Diego worked together to publish a special supplement on local corporate philanthropy. To download the supplement (large pdf), click here.

Report on Public Confidence in San Diego Nonprofits

The Appreciated Sector: Public Confidence in San Diego County Nonprofit Organizations (pdf) presents results of a survey of residents' awareness of local nonprofit organizations and sub-sectors, their confidence in the sector's ability to deliver services and to spend funds wisely, and their involvement through donations and volunteerism. Funded by the San Diego Foundation and produced by the Institute for Nonprofit Education and Research at University of San Diego.

San Diego Common Grant Application
The San Diego Common Grant Application (CGA) is now available. Designed to help make the grantseeking process simpler and more efficient for nonprofits, the CGA has become a standard concept and practice among grantmakers and regional associations in the U.S. To learn more about the San Diego CGA and participating organizations, click here.

Click Here to Download the Common Grant Application

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NATIONAL EVENTS OF INTEREST

COF Fall Conference for Community Foundations
September 13-15, 2010
Charlotte, NC

Association of Small Foundations National Conference
October 11-13, 2010
Austin, TX

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