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...
Apr
Mural depicting the past and present of the North Fair Oaks district of Redwood city Artist: Jose Castro There are many ways to learn about an issue, a population or a place. Some important learning occurs without ever connecting...
Apr
We’ve checked in with our current Grantees and Impact Investees, who are hard at work continuing their invaluable work. It’s quite the range: from helping children and families overcome adverse experiences, to systemically enabling...
Apr
We realize many of our community members might be feeling overwhelmed due to rising challenges surrounding COVID-19 disruptions and ramifications. In an effort to disrupt news feeds full of discouraging news, we are sharing some of the...
Apr
Like many other organizations, SV2 is having to adjust our plans due to COVID-19. Since so much of our Spring Gathering involves bringing our community together, we have decided to move our currently planned program and speakers to our...
Mar
Environment issues are now at the forefront of challenges facing the world, with many implications for the Bay Area and our local communities. Regardless of your particular issue interest area(s), climate will affect it. It is all...
Feb
SV2 Board of Directors Openings We are pleased to announce that we will have at least one open seat on the SV2 Board of Directors to be filled this Spring. The SV2 Board has limited terms, and some current members will be terming off....