Get to know 5 Bay Area Mental Health & Wellbeing orgs and help them get to know SV2!
In Meeting #2 on Zoom, we’ll hear directly from each of the five finalist organizations about their mission and work. SV2 and the finalist organizations will “Get to know each other”. Each Executive Director, along with any key teammates or community members they’d like to bring, will share more about their journeys, their organization’s changemaking, impact and leadership, and open up for questions.
About the Grant Round:
In December 2023, SV2 will allocate $150,000 of unrestricted, three-year funding across two organizations ($75,000 each). SV2 will also offer the selected organizations beyond-the-dollars support towards achieving their goals, and friendship.
Between August – December 2023, SV2 Grant Round participants are engaging community to understand what mental health & wellbeing means day to day and in practice, learning more about specific organizations, and practicing equity and trust-based philanthropy throughout our relationship building and grantmaking. SV2 Partners: please join the mySV2 Health Group if you’re interested in participating in our Grant Round.
Full schedule of Grant Round Meetings (all on Zoom):
- Meeting #2 | Get to know each other | Tuesday, Oct. 24th 12:30-2:30PM
- Meeting #3 | Learning + Sharing | MONDAY, Nov. 13th 12:30-2:30PM | RSVP here
- Meeting #4 | Grant Decision | Tuesday, Dec. 5th 12:30-2:30PM | RSVP here
Mental Health & Wellbeing continuously emerges as a top priority in our community, weaves the fabric of human experience, shapes our emotions, relationships and overall resilience. Mental Health & Wellbeing ultimately influences our collective strength and vitality of our communities.
The Bay Area, known for its vibrant culture, technological advancements, and thriving economy, struggles with its unique challenges to mental health and wellbeing. These challenges are a fast-paced lifestyle, intense work environment, and high cost of living. All these stressors can increase the risk of both substance use and mental illness.
We’re learning more about changemaking to advance mental health & wellbeing among youth, young adults, and adults, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment. We’re also exploring how this intersects with different identities, cultures, and social justice.
This Grant Round is co-led by Tanja Powers and Tara Maddala (SV2 Partners) and Amy Badiani (SV2 staff). Questions? Contact Amy Badiani, Director of Community Engagement, SV2: abadiani@sv2.org.
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This session will be held in virtual format via Zoom. The meeting access info will be sent via Eventbrite confirmation emails. To access the meeting info, Eventbrite will require you to log in or create an account if you don’t already have one.
You will receive confirmation emails from Eventbrite 48 hours before the event, 2 hours before the event, and as the event begins. In any of these confirmation emails, click the orange “View the event” box. This will take you to a screen with an orange “Join now” button. Click on the button. This will take you to Zoom and you can follow the Zoom prompts to join the session.
If you have additional questions or have difficulties joining the meeting, please contact Amy Badiani (abadiani@sv2.org).
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