What types of capacity building support do we offer?
After gathering feedback from our existing Grantees about what form of capacity-building support is most helpful, we have focused our efforts in the following areas:
We provide Grantees with access to an array of community resources:
- Use of SV2’s conference rooms and meeting spaces
- Professional development, learning, and additional funding opportunities that we learn about through our network
- Connections to pro bono legal assistance and pro bono consulting services offered by SV2’s strategic allies
- Vetted list of paid consultants with nonprofit expertise
We provide Grantees with opportunities to widen their network and share their work:
- We include important information about our Grantees and their impact in our regular communications and annual publications
- We help Grantees build relationships and connect more deeply with members of the SV2 community through SV2’s all-community gatherings
- We invite Grantees to speak at relevant SV2 learning sessions as subject matter experts
We provide multi-year Grantees with the opportunity to engage in Partner-Grantee advising on a case-by-case basis. Examples of past projects include:
- Crafting messaging for a Grantee’s specific target donor audience
- Reviewing and providing feedback on a Grantee’s funder pitch
- Feedback on a Grantee’s new website prototype geared to attract individual donors