Feb
Are you passionate about SV2? Might you be interested in helping steward SV2 through its next chapter? We’re pleased to announce that SV2 will have seats on the Board of Directors to be filled this Spring. There will be an open...
Feb
Want to volunteer together with your family and learn about local nonprofits together? The SV2 Kids program is a hands-on service learning program for SV2 Partners and prospective Partners with children ages 4-12. Our next service...
Feb
As funders, we strive to help solve entrenched social challenges. And yet, we don’t often engage in courageous learning and honest discussion about the deep historical context that creates opportunities for some in our country and the...
Feb
Village Enterprise, a 2015-18 SV2 Grantee, works to end extreme poverty in rural east Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. Since their founding in 1987, Village Enterprise has started over 33,000 businesses and trained over...
Feb
SV2 is pleased to introduce our newest Impact Investee. After careful due diligence by a team of SV2 Partners, SV2 has made an investment of $62,500 in Learners Guild, based in Oakland, California. Learners Guild is a for-profit social...
Feb
No doubt you do! You can now thank and honor them by nominating them for the 2017 Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Social Impact Award. Each year, this award is presented to a person who has gone above and beyond in their work with SV2. Any SV2...
Feb
Would you like to connect with like-minded givers and changemakers from around the globe? Join SV2 board members, Partners, and staff at the 2017 Social Venture Partners International Leadership Retreat in Scottsdale, AZ on April 19-21....
Jan
We’re pleased to announce the winner of SV2’s first Affordable Housing Lightning Grant Round – and to let you know that you still have a chance to participate in a second Affordable Housing Lightning Grant Round, starting in...
Jan
What is it? Some call it nonprofit capacity building or technical assistance. At SV2, we call it “Beyond-the-Dollars Support” (BT$). Many in SV2's talented base of Partners contribute their time and professional expertise to work...
Jan
Silicon Valley Urban Debate League (SVUDL), one of SV2’s 2016-19 Grantees, brings debate programs to low income schools in East Palo Alto, Redwood City, and San Jose, serving more than 300 students at eight schools as of Fall...