Northern California Grantmakers

About Us

Northern California Grantmakers may have been started by grantmakers in philanthropy, but now we are a philanthropy serving or as we like to envision it, a philanthropy transforming organization. We’re a nonprofit, not a philanthropic institution. It’s confusing, we get it. We don’t serve as grantmakers, but our membership base is made up of some dynamic funders moving philanthropy as a whole.  

NCG is made up of community members across philanthropy, including program officers, board members, donor trustees, individual donors, movement conveners, communicators, visionaries, advocates, dreamers, and believers. We believe in our collective power for good.  

Northern California is our home; and NCG's mission focuses on mobilizing philanthropy for just and equitable communities in the region. Our vision for the sector as a whole is for philanthropy to redistribute resources, capital, and power back to marginalized communities. We know that when philanthropy moves dollars, creates strategic partnerships, and implements equitable grantmaking practices, its impact extends across the state and the nation. According to 2023 Candid Maps, NCG's membership acocunts for $12 billion in funding annually. (2023 Candid Maps).

Our Mission

Northern California Grantmakers mobilizes philanthropy to build healthy, thriving, and just communities in Northern California.

Our Vision

Philanthropy redistributes resources, capital, and power back to historically marginalized communities leading transformative change.

Perks and Benefits