Resolving to Take on the Implicit Bias in How Grant Awards Are Decided
Release Date:
12/11/2018
By Christine Essel,
President & Chief Executive Officer, Southern California Grantmakers
SCG in the News
Rallying Around Relief: In the Face of Wildfires, California Funders Take Action
Release Date:
11/14/2018
With flames ablaze and billowing smoke at both ends of the state, it seems that wildfires have become the new normal in California. In response, regional grantmaking associations have emerged as sources of fire-related relief information and centr
2020 Census Crucial for Kern County Federal Allocation
Release Date:
11/08/2018
Numbers don’t lie—unless they are left out of an equation to begin with. When numbers are missing from a calculation, a deceptive void appears like a black hole that swallows otherwise important realities.
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Expand Public-Private Partnerships in LA County
Release Date:
09/18/2018
Portrait of Los Angeles County Featured in Various News Outlets
Release Date:
12/07/2017
The Portrait of Los Angeles County is the result of a collaboration of 15 funders, several County departments, nonprofit organizations, and Measure of America, facilitated by SCG.
SCG CEO Chris Essel and SCG Members Featured in "The Give and the Get: The Future of Philanthropy"
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Green Hasson & Janks recently released their 2017 whitepaper on the nonprofit sector, The Give and The Get: The F
SCG's Chris Essel Featured in Women in Leadership Blog Series
Release Date:
08/22/2017
UCLA's Dr. Nancy Wayne recently interviewed SCG President and CEO Chris Essel for her "Women in Leadership" Blog Series.
SCG’s Christine Essel Named to NonProfit Times Power and Influence Top 50
Release Date:
08/01/2017
Social Innovation Is The Hallmark of the 20th Annual Unveiling
Philanthropy is dead. Long live philanthropy.
Chris Essel’s Blog Post in the NonProfit Times: The Cost of Collaboration Can Be Brutal -- And Edible
Release Date:
01/05/2017
What keeps me up at night? I have nightmares about cannibals. It’s not a phobia. It’s a perfectly reasonable and realistic fear in the nonprofit sector. Let me explain.
Press Release: Southern California Grantmakers Announces New Board Members for 2017
Release Date:
12/02/2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR 2017
Southern California Leadership Network to Honor Chris Essel at SCLN 2016 Visionaries Awards
Release Date:
09/01/2016
On December 8th, SCLN will celebrate dynamic leaders who drive change at the 2016 Visionaries Awards. We are pleased to honor Chris Essel, president of Southern California Grantmakers (SCG), as the Southern California Leader of the Year.
Chris Essel, SCG Members and Partners Named to NonProfit Times 2016 "Power & Influence Top 50"
Release Date:
08/02/2016
If you ask nonprofit executives the one thing about which they feel certain during 2016 the answer surely would be uncertainty. Here’s the list: A presidential election that probably will resemble Ali v.
A Watershed Moment for Philanthropy Infrastructure
Release Date:
07/25/2016
The work of infrastructure organizations often feels like a “play within a play within a play” — we’re supporting our members’ work in a particular region or on a particular issue while simultaneously grappling with it ourselves.
Foundations Show Signs of Moving Beyond ‘Overhead Myth’
Release Date:
05/18/2016
General operating support has nudged up only slightly in the past decade, according to a Foundation Center analysis of data from 2013, the latest year available. Yet advocates are cautiously optimistic that these new efforts will accelerate and encourage others to tackle the question: Just how much does it cost to do good?
Nearly 2 Dozen Groups Urge Foundations to Spend More to Strengthen Nonprofits
Release Date:
05/17/2016
Groups like GuideStar and the Council on Foundations say organizations like theirs need more resources to help charities and foundations advance.
Leading 5th District Candidates for the Board of Supervisors Will Consider How to Improve the Lives of Los Angeles County's 2.3 Million Children
Release Date:
05/09/2016
May 6, 2016 / PRZen / LOS ANGELES -- The leading candidates competing for the fifth district seat of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will debate their positions on children's issues on May 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Inside Los Angeles’ Ambitious Public-Private Child Welfare Partnership - Inside Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/13/2016
Public-private partnerships are the philanthropy of the future, and there’s a big one starting up in Los Angeles right now.
Chronicle of Social Change: Kate Anderson to Lead Public-Private Center Within L.A. Office of Child Protection
Release Date:
04/11/2016
After a four-month search involving 26 applicants, Los Angeles County and Southern California Grantmakers have named a leader to forge deeper partnerships between the county and philanthropic institutions in a novel bid to improve the child welfar
Government and Philanthropy Join Forces to Launch New Center for Strategic Public-Private Partnerships
Release Date:
04/01/2016
For Immediate Release: March 31, 2016
Inside Philanthropy names SCG the Regional Grantmaker Association with the Most Mojo
Release Date:
12/22/2015
With savvy leader Christine Essel, Southern California Grantmakers is helping the philanthropic cake rise in new ways in one of the nation’s wealthiest regions.