Wednesday, February 13, 2019
11:30 am-1:30 pm
The SV2 Impact Investing Working Group discusses prospective impact investment opportunities, hears pitches from social entrepreneurs, and performs due diligence in order to make informed investment decisions on behalf of SV2. The Working Group is...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Partners will hear report outs from the conference calls with Executive Directors and choose five organizations to submit full applications. The Pathways to Early Life Development Grant Round, co-led by Partners Alison Elliott and Clara Roa, will...
Sunday, February 10, 2019
1:30 pm-4:00 pm
Teens will spend time learning more about the nuts and bolts of grantmaking, including nonprofit basics, site visit best practices, and an asset-based approach to philanthropy. We’ll also dive deeper into the chosen focus area for this year:...
Saturday, February 9, 2019
10:30 am-12:00 pm
The Animal Care Workshop will start with an introduction to HSSV’s history, mission, and services, followed by a visit from an animal guest. After the animal leaves, we’ll go on a tour of the shelter and see the animals that are up for...
Thursday, February 7, 2019
10:00 am-2:00 pm
The Art of Assessing Nonprofits is an interactive workshop that will demystify nonprofit due diligence and introduce you to an organizational assessment framework and key indicators you can use in SV2’s nonprofit due diligence process and your...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Our February dinner will be hosted by SV2 Board Chair Bill Brownell and his wife Kimberly in their Atherton home on February 5 at 6:30pm. Partners are invited to come and discuss the topic of How can we ensure that we are handing off a sustainable...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
6:00 pm-7:30 pm
You’re a new Partner and we want to set you up for success! Come gather with other new Partners at an orientation where we’ll talk about the ins and outs of SV2 – how our grantmaking and impact investing work, community norms and guidelines,...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
11:30 am-1:30 pm
As donors, we hear the term “theory of change” in conversations, but what does it really mean? What has an organization really done when it creates a new theory of change? How do we evaluate the qualities and merits of various theories of...