Silicon Valley Community Foundation
For The Social Finance Innovation Fund At SVCF, To Support The Oxford Social Finance Programme
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Amount$30,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/14/2017
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Term6.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
This grant will support development of curriculum for a new global social finance program at Oxford University’s Said Business School. The students will study cases that include ClimateWorks, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation. They will also learn about and focus on the growing field of feedback loops and listening meaningfully to the people that nonprofits and foundations are ultimately seeking to help.
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 support of the advancement of equity in the African-American Community in California
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a leading connector and collaborator in the region that is catalyzing resources to support Black power-building and movement-based organizations. This grant will contribute to sustaining investments and resources to eradicate systemic and institutional racism.
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.
