SV2

SV2 is a partnership for giving in which donors (called "Partners") pool annual contributions of $6,000+ and work together to learn about strategic grantmaking and select nonprofits to receive both their pooled grant funds as well as pro bono advising from SV2 Partners. SV2's grants are multi-year (typically $120,000/3 years) and focus on nonprofit capacity building for San Francisco Bay Area organizations that are small but want to scale their reach and impact. This concept of giving not only grant dollars, but also leveraging the intellectual, human and network capital to support Grantees is known as "venture philanthropy." Thus with this model, SV2 aims to build both the "philanthropic capacity" of donors as well as the organizational capacity of grantees. In SV2's 2013 survey of donors (internally conducted perception report), they reported: 84% are more confident in their ability to practice effective philanthropy, 74% are more confident in their ability to engage with nonprofits, 75% believe their giving is more strategic than before they joined SV2, 72% say they donate more now because of involvement in SV2, and 93% of Partners report being satisfied (or very satisfied) with their SV2 experience. In SV2's 2013 survey of grantees (internally conducted perception report), they reported: 100% received helpful advice and 85.7% acted on advice-received, and half of respondents used their grant funds to hire an additional staff member or scale their work to a new population or geography.

Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2) is a vibrant giving circle with more than 200 members who have joined together to learn about effective giving and fund innovative social ventures. SV2 pools money, skills, and ideas, bringing together donors who share a passion for making a greater social impact than any of one individual donor might make on their own. SV2 makes both grants and impact investments to Bay Area based organizations that are selected by donor-partners in rigorous due diligence processes. Donor-partners also learn about and practice strategic giving and engagement with nonprofits. This grant to SV2 is for donor education and grantmaking in its 2018-2019 fiscal year, focused on performing arts in the Bay Area.

SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund) is a vibrant giving circle with more than 200 members who have joined together to learn about effective giving and fund innovative social ventures. SV2 pools money, skills, and ideas with others who share their passion to make a greater social impact than any of one individual donor might make on their own. SV2 makes both grants and impact investments to Bay Area-based organizations that are selected by donor-partners in rigorous due diligence processes. Donor-partners also get to learn about and practice strategic giving and engagement with nonprofits.