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Silicon Valley Community Foundation (CA)
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is focused on innovative solutions that solve problems and improve the quality of life throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
As a new community foundation, SVCF has examined the diverse needs across its region, evaluated the best practices of its parent foundations and incorporated community input before launching a new set of grantmaking strategies.
Web Address
www.siliconvalleycf.org/
Social Media Links
Facebook - www.facebook.com/siliconvalleycf
Twitter - @siliconvalleycf
YouTube - www.youtube.com/TheSVCF
As a new community foundation, SVCF has examined the diverse needs across its region, evaluated the best practices of its parent foundations and incorporated community input before launching a new set of grantmaking strategies.
Web Address
www.siliconvalleycf.org/
Social Media Links
Facebook - www.facebook.com/siliconvalleycf
Twitter - @siliconvalleycf
YouTube - www.youtube.com/TheSVCF
Assets and Giving for Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Assets
2019 - 9,264,570,870
2018 - 8,046,442,203
2017 - 12,563,909,962
2016 - 7,240,507,464
2019 - 9,264,570,870
2018 - 8,046,442,203
2017 - 12,563,909,962
2016 - 7,240,507,464
Domestic Grants
2019 - 1,317,135,166
2018 - 1,829,307,838
2017 - 1,731,333,075
2019 - 1,317,135,166
2018 - 1,829,307,838
2017 - 1,731,333,075
Recent News from Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Women, minorities manage 17% of major foundations' assets | National | wdrb.com
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Knight Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation
The Gates Foundation, the largest private philanthropy in the United States with about $50 billion in assets, participated, but the study did not...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Knight Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation
The Gates Foundation, the largest private philanthropy in the United States with about $50 billion in assets, participated, but the study did not...more
Women, Minorities Manage Only 17% Of Major Foundations' Assets
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Knight Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation
Less than 20% of the assets held by major foundations is invested by outside firms run by women or people of color, according to a report released Thursday. The report found that 30 of the largest...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Knight Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation
Less than 20% of the assets held by major foundations is invested by outside firms run by women or people of color, according to a report released Thursday. The report found that 30 of the largest...more
This Community Foundation Wants to Change the Face of Who Controls Wealth
Foundation: East Bay Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
She found her way into the world of impact investing — investments that offer positive social or environmental returns in addition to financial...more
Foundation: East Bay Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
She found her way into the world of impact investing — investments that offer positive social or environmental returns in addition to financial...more
Name dropping | Business publication honors Christina Glynn
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Among the women named to this year's Woman of Influence class are Silicon Valley Community Foundation president and CEO Nicole Taylor and...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Among the women named to this year's Woman of Influence class are Silicon Valley Community Foundation president and CEO Nicole Taylor and...more
The California Black Freedom Fund Invests Nearly $9 Million in 74 Black-led Power-Building Groups
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
“We are deeply grateful to be working with Silicon Valley Community Foundation and others as effective allies and supporters in this vital movement...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
“We are deeply grateful to be working with Silicon Valley Community Foundation and others as effective allies and supporters in this vital movement...more
Epacenter Helps Youth Build Creativity and Skills
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
A recent Arts & Culture Community Action Grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will fund a mural project.The arts are a way for communities "to create new pathways for themselves," an...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
A recent Arts & Culture Community Action Grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will fund a mural project.The arts are a way for communities "to create new pathways for themselves," an...more
How Long Should It Take to Give Away Millions?
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Schwab Charitable
“The gap between social need and private philanthropic resources was always big,” said Stanley N. Katz, a philanthropy expert at Princeton, “but...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Schwab Charitable
“The gap between social need and private philanthropic resources was always big,” said Stanley N. Katz, a philanthropy expert at Princeton, “but...more
Around Town: Children's Health Council prepares to search for new leader
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Nicole Taylor, president and CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, chats with Melissa Daar Carvajal, executive VP of marketing...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Nicole Taylor, president and CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, chats with Melissa Daar Carvajal, executive VP of marketing...more
Same Difference: Two Halves of the Hippocampus Have Strikingly Different Gene Activity
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
... award UL1TR001105), the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, HCA-A-1704-01747), and...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
... award UL1TR001105), the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, HCA-A-1704-01747), and...more
Two Silicon Valley Foundations Launch $10 Million Effort to Support Local Latinx Communities
Foundation: Applied Materials Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation
This equity gap is exacerbated by a dearth of philanthropic support for ... The report ultimately called on Silicon Valley philanthropy to increase...more
Foundation: Applied Materials Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation
This equity gap is exacerbated by a dearth of philanthropic support for ... The report ultimately called on Silicon Valley philanthropy to increase...more
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