Silicon Valley Community Foundation
For Support Of Silicon Valley Gives, A Fundraising Drive For Bay Area Nonprofits
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Amount$100,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/17/2014
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
In 2014, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), in partnership with almost 700 Bay Area nonprofits, launched Silicon Valley Gives—a twenty-four-hour online giving event designed to encourage broad donor support of local Silicon Valley nonprofits. Originally designed as part of a one-time, national effort overseen by the Council on Foundations to honor the hundredth birthday of community foundations, it is now being expanded to an annual event. Moving forward, each year a series of matches and prizes will be offered to help incentivize donor participation. The inaugural event raised more than $8 million from more than 14,000 individuals to support charitable causes in the community. This grant would support SVCF as it continues and expands this work to support participating nonprofits.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.siliconvalleycf.org
Address
2440 West El Camino Real, Suite 300, Mountain View, CA, 94040-1498, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the Holiday Fund
The Holiday Fund disburses funds to local newspapers that, in turn, make general operating support grants to a wide variety of local nonprofits, ranging from food banks to health centers to youth programs. While the Holiday Fund provides support for direct services through this program, it also stimulates giving by new donors, encourages the growth of philanthropy on the Peninsula, and increases newspaper readers’ awareness of local nonprofit organizations through both advertising and feature articles.
for strengthening Latinx‐led or serving orgs by investing in capacity and leadership activities
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a leading connector and collaborator in the region. This grant will support targeted, long-term investments for Silicon Valley’s nonprofits that serve Latinx communities or have Latinx leadership. This grant will contribute to sustaining investments and resources to eradicate systemic and institutional racism.
for support of the Regional Planning Strategy
As part of the Great Communities Collaborative, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will work to change the current sprawl approach to development which negatively impacts underserved communities both economically and environmentally. The organization will focus on San Jose’s Diridon Station area,where there is an opportunity to merge better transit with affordable housing and good jobs as part of the redevelopment of the area. The long-term goal of the Collaborative is to change the trajectory of growth in the Bay Area by having half of the new homes built by 2030 be in walkable communities; at affordable prices; near transit, services, and jobs; and with access to recreation and open space.
