Jul
As SV2 staff members Lisa Van Dusen and Mariam Nur are both moving on to new adventures this month, please join us in celebrating their many accomplishments and thanking them for their service to SV2’s mission. After nearly two years...
Jul
The 2020 Partner Survey Results are in! This survey is one way of understanding SV2’s impact on Partners and how we can continue to achieve our mission, learn, make positive social impact and cultivate community. Everyone can read...
Jun
We have been angered and grieved by the events of the past days and weeks -- which for many in our communities represent injustice and violence that have been felt for a lifetime. We stand in solidarity and condemn the deaths of George...
Jun
Did you know that at any one time roughly one-quarter of the SV2 Partnership puts their hands up to serve as active volunteer leaders? Check out this year’s impressive leadership cohort here and let us know if you are interested in a...
Jun
Our Environment Lightning Grant Round was action-packed! We had the amazing opportunity to get to know how six organizations are advancing climate solutions and environmental sustainability, as well as replicating and/or scaling their...
Jun
This year, SV2 Teens decided to learn more about criminal justice reform. We went on site-visits, learned more about and allocated a $20,000 grant across three organizations: Defy Ventures (shifts mindsets to give people with criminal...
Jun
This year, SV2 hosted our first-ever place-based Grant Round in a particular geography: the North Fair Oaks community in San Mateo County. As part of SV2’s Pathways to Opportunity initiative, this Grant Round looked at the overlapping...
Jun
SV2 launched our impact investing work in 2015, and a committed and engaged group of Partners meets monthly to discuss prospective impact investment opportunities, hear pitches from social entrepreneurs, and conduct due diligence in order...
Apr
In line with funder best practices in times of crisis, SV2 recently made changes to our annual grant reporting process. Specifically, we did not ask our Grantees to write grant reports, but relied on our Lead Partner liaisons to write...
Apr
The Social Ventures we support (Grantees and Investees) are heroically, resourcefully, and lovingly rapidly adapting to fulfilling community needs. We want to highlight some ways they are doing this. We encourage you to look through their...