Our Blog
News & Insights
Read about our collective, collaborative work to build a just and vibrant Sacramento region with philanthropy.
-
Quiet Types: Spotting Clients who Prefer to Give Anonymously
Read more: Quiet Types: Spotting Clients who Prefer to Give AnonymouslySome clients value privacy and choose to keep their giving and financial capacity under the radar.
-
Timing Is Everything: Mapping Out Clients’ 2025 Charitable Giving Plans
Read more: Timing Is Everything: Mapping Out Clients’ 2025 Charitable Giving PlansAs always, our Foundation team is honored to be your first call when the topic of charitable giving arises in client conversations.
-
Confidence and Collaboration: Cultivate’s Impact
Read more: Confidence and Collaboration: Cultivate’s ImpactThis year’s Cultivate cohort gained skills, expanded their donor base, and launched new partnerships.
-
Four Reasons to Make a Will
Read more: Four Reasons to Make a WillNo matter your age or health status, creating a will has more benefits than drawbacks.
-
Dragonfly Fund
Read more: Dragonfly FundWhen it came to finding the best option for their Donor Advised Fund, one Davis couple decided the Foundation was the way to go.
-
Univision Highlights the Foundation’s $1 Million Investment
Read more: Univision Highlights the Foundation’s $1 Million InvestmentDirector of Operations Doni Allen joined the Univision team to talk about the Foundation’s $1 Million investment in Yolo food security.
-
Funding Cuts Ripple Through Sacramento Region Nonprofits
Read more: Funding Cuts Ripple Through Sacramento Region NonprofitsOur recent survey shows half of local nonprofit survey respondents have been impacted by funding cuts. Here’s how you can help.
-
One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Three Insights for Philanthropy
Read more: One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Three Insights for PhilanthropyThe OBBBA, with nearly 900 pages of provisions, reshapes policy across major sectors of the U.S. economy.
-
Charitable Mindset: What are Clients Thinking?
Read more: Charitable Mindset: What are Clients Thinking?Don’t you wish you could read your clients’ minds?
-
Start With Numbers: A Case Study for Charitable Clients
Read more: Start With Numbers: A Case Study for Charitable ClientsOur team is here as a sounding board for everything related to charitable giving.
-
Impact Newsletter: Summer 2025
Read more: Impact Newsletter: Summer 2025A $1 million grant is supporting food access in Yolo County, plus how one business is inspiring its employees to give.
-
One Company, Many Causes
Read more: One Company, Many CausesAt 34 Strong, corporate giving begins with a smile — and grows from there.
-
First Time Homeowners Receive Critical Support
Read more: First Time Homeowners Receive Critical SupportU.S. Bank provides $1 million to assist with down payments for new homeowners.
-
$1 Million to Nourish Yolo County
Read more: $1 Million to Nourish Yolo CountyA $1 million grant is providing short- and long-term solutions to food insecurity in Yolo County.
-
Easier Than You Might Think: Moving a DAF to the Foundation
Read more: Easier Than You Might Think: Moving a DAF to the FoundationIt’s easier–and more beneficial–than you might think for your client to move a DAF to the Foundation.