Immigrant Communities of Silicon Valley Welcomes Dr. Emmett Carson
The topic of immigration seems to be making headlines every day. The national political debate highlights the economic benefits generated by immigrants in the agricultural, construction and high-tech industries to counter anti-immigrant propaganda. Here in our own community, Asians, Africans, Latin Americans, Europeans and Middle Easterners across Silicon Valley, break historical stereotypes with cultural innovations and entrepreneurial leadership. MORE...

Grantee Highlight: Neighborhood Leaders
Today, Líderes del Vecindario (“Neighborhood Leaders”), a group spawned at the urging of the San Mateo Police Department and nurtured by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center with community foundation support, helps maintain the peace that residents and the police department worked so hard to restore during the past two years. MORE...

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Appoints Nancy Handel to Board
Silicon Valley Community Foundation appoints Nancy Handel to board of directors (PDF) and completes leadership team (PDF) by hiring vice presidents of human resources and information services.

Greetings from the CEO
As summer arrives, the community foundation is making tremendous strides toward positioning itself to fulfill its mission to strengthen the common good, improve quality of life and address the most challenging problems through visionary community leadership, world-class donor services and effective grantmaking. MORE...