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.

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
Domestic Grants

2019 - 1,317,135,166
2018 - 1,829,307,838
2017 - 1,731,333,075


    

Recent News from Silicon Valley Community Foundation


Policy Convention in Mountain View Tackles Regional Inequities
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

"We've got resources, we've got money, we've got academia, we got the peak innovative spirit. If we can't figure this out here, who else is going to figure it out?" That was the opening remarks...more

Leading Impact Investors and Philanthropists Convene for
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, California Endowment

In 2024, Los Angeles will host the Mission Investors Exchange 2024 National Conference, an annual conference that brings together more than 750 philanthropy and impact investing leaders from across...more

How Tax-Exempt Nonprofits Skirt U.S. Law to Turn out the Democrat Base in Elections
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have donated more than $332 million to help run the 2020 elections, but they're not the only big donors to so-called "progressive" nonprofits, Politico...more

Tis the season for giving: A guide for how to give, even a little | AM 870 The ANSWER
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment

People who study philanthropy and advise donors like Vanessa Lee, a program officer who coordinates giving circles at the Chicago Foundation for...more

Tis the season for giving: A guide for how to give, even a little | NewsRadio WINA
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Dell Foundation

For all of AP's philanthropy coverage, visit https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy. Tags: charity, donations, donors, gift giving, holiday...more

'Tis the season for giving: A guide for how to give, even a little - Tribune Chronicle - Tribune Chronicle
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Dell Foundation, Lilly Endowment

___ Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with...more

Private Funding to Address HIV and AIDS Dropped $9M in 2021 - POZ
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

But the overall dip in philanthropic funding “raises red flags,” say FCAA report authors. ... Philanthropy plays a transformational role by...more

More than Half of America's 20 Top Public Charities Are Donor-Advised Funds
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Chicago Community Trust

How philanthropy can divert money from our common good. Donors can claim substantial charitable tax benefits for their contributions to...more

LEAD Filipino: Building power… - Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

A two-year, $100,000 grant from Silicon Valley Community Foundation's Movement- and Power-Building: Community Action Grants program has been...more



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Mashable  is teaming up with Google+ for its first-ever Hangout-a-thon on Dec. 3 for Giving Tuesday. The Hangout-a-thon is a phoneathon for the connected generation of the 21st century, which features 12 hours of captivating guests sharing updates on some of the most disruptive nonprofits working today.




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