NEWS COVERAGE

Featured below are select articles and stories featuring Silicon Valley Community Foundation leadership, programs, partners and impact.

2010

Opinion: More Work Needed to Get a Good Census Count
Mercury News – Feb. 15, 2010

Silicon Valley Gears Up to Change its Course
KGO-TV – Feb. 12, 2010

Silicon Valley Faces New Challenges
The California Report, KQED – Feb. 11, 2010

Report Warns Silicon Valley Could Lose Its Edge
New York Times – Feb. 11, 2010

Silicon Valley Enters New Phase of Uncertainty
Mercury News – Feb. 11, 2010

O’Brien: Now Would Be A Good Time to Panic Over the Valley’s Future
Mercury News – Feb. 11, 2010

Why Silicon Valley Faces Fresh Threats
San Francisco Chronicle – Feb. 11, 2010

Silicon Valley Struggling to Maintain Its Edge
Associated Press – Feb. 11, 2010

Texting campaign raises millions for Haiti relief
KGO-TV, David Louie – Jan. 14, 2010

Silicon Valley groups, individuals organizing relief efforts for Haiti
San José Mercury News – January 16, 2010

Second $50,000 match offered for Haiti relief
The Almanac – Jan 16, 2010

Local fund seeks Haiti quake relief efforts donations
Palo Alto Online – Jan. 13, 2010

2009

Mercury News: Silicon Valley leaders offer holiday wish list
San José Mercury News – December 12, 2009

Mercury News Interview: Emmett Carson, CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
San José Mercury News – November 28, 2009

Editorial: Payday lending practices are pure extortion
San José Mercury News – October 23, 2009

Silicon Valley jobless rate hits record 12 percent
San Jose Mercury News – Sept. 18, 2009

Farm to table program brings healthy food to Pescadero workers
Bay Area News Group – Aug. 21, 2009

County gets thousands for better planning
The (San Mateo) Daily Journal – Aug. 6, 2009

Study planned to analyze Coastside health care
Half Moon Bay Review – Aug. 5, 2009

The NonProfit Times Power and Influence Top 50 (pdf)
NonProfit Times – Aug. 1, 2009

$500,000 in emergency grants for 23 nonprofits
Palo Alto Online – July 30, 2009

At Foothill, a college-level program for middle school students lagging in math
San Jose Mercury News – July 25, 2009

Students fight for own ‘Bill of Rights’
The Daily Journal – July 11, 2009

Mountain View program gives kids a chance to practice for kindergarten
San Jose Mercury News – July 9, 2009

Peninsula nonprofits get $1 million in funding
San Mateo County Times – July 1, 2009

$1M in safety net grants awarded
San Mateo Daily Journal – July 1, 2009

Local nonprofits get $1M in “safety net” grants
Palo Alto Weekly -- June 30, 2009

Remaking the Nonprofit Landscape
San Francisco Chronicle – June 19, 2009

In Good We Trust
San Francisco Magazine – June 2009

Today in Silicon Valley, the face of need is the face of people we know
San Jose Mercury News - June 13, 2009

Hard Times Getting Harder
Palo Alto Weekly - May 29, 2009

How Microlending Helps Communities
San Francisco Chronicle – May 29, 2009

$1.5 million in grants awarded to nonprofits
San Mateo County Times – May 22, 2009

Community Foundation, San Mateo County offer grants
Palo Alto Weekly – May 4, 2009

Emergency grants aid economic woes
San Mateo Daily Journal – May 2, 2009

Silicon Valley foundation, San Mateo County offer grants to non-profits providing basic services
San Jose Mercury News – May 1, 2009

Internet model could help boost savings-matching programs
San Jose Mercury News – April 17, 2009

Schools benefit from foundation grant for math instruction
Half Moon Bay Review – April 2, 2009

San Mateo County schools, programs win math grants
San Mateo County Times – April 2, 2009

Children's bill of rights picking up steam in San Mateo County
San Mateo County Times - March 12, 2009

Grants to expand legal services for immigrants
Palo Alto Weekly - March 11, 2009

Tax plan could hurt charitable giving
KGO - February 26, 2009

Income Gap Widens in Silicon Valley
KCBS - February 20, 2009

Report on Silicon Valley's economy offers hope, but warns of problems
San Jose Mercury News - February 17, 2009

Editorial: Retraining workers must be Silicon Valley's priority
San Jose Mercury News - February 17, 2009

Silicon Valley's next challenge: Retraining
San Francisco Chronicle - February 17, 2009

San Mateo County adopts children's Bill of Rights
San Francisco Chronicle - February 9, 2009

As economic crisis deepens, private foundations step into the breach
Christian Science Monitor - February 8, 2008

500,000 in grants to address foreclosure crisis
Palo Alto Weekly - February 6, 2009

2008

Editorial: Food, shelter crisis hits 'new poor': Us
Palo Alto Weekly - December 19, 2008

Coastside social service agencies win grants
Half Moon Bay Review - December 18, 2008

Silicon Valley Community Foundation gives nonprofits $3M in emergency funds
Silicon Valley Business Journal - December 16, 2008

Valley Facing Food and Shelter Emergency
Palo Alto Weekly - December 7, 2008

Demand for Food and Clothing Skyrocketing
ABC TV - December 8, 2008

Foundation raises $1M for Food and Shelter
San Francisco Business Times - December 5, 2008

Community foundation offers challenge grant for needy
Los Altos Town Crier – October 22, 2008

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Regional Meeting
Foundation Center – October 16, 2008

Silicon Valley foundation helping families
San Francisco Chronicle – October 16, 2008

Local Charity Encourages Donors To Give More
KCBS Radio – October 16, 2008

Nonprofits lose money on stock market
ABC Channel 7 – October 16, 2008

Online board tutorial launched
Philanthropy Journal – October 7, 2008

Foundation diverting funds from art to aid
San Francisco Chronicle - September 10, 2008

Silicon Valley Community Foundation picks key grantmaking areas
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - September 10, 2008

Doing Good at a Distance (pdf)
Town & Country - June 2008

African American Philanthropy
Carnegie Reporter - Spring 2008

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Builds on its Vision
San José Mercury News - May 13, 2008

Foundation awards $182 million in grants
Palo Alto Weekly - April 21, 2008

State of the Valley Conference - Getting Ready for the Big One
KQED Public Radio - March 13, 2008

State of the Valley Conference - Keynote Presentation -- Globalization and Silicon Valley: Where Do We Go From Here?
KQED Public Radio - March 6, 2008

Jefferson Award Presented to Catalino Tapia, Seed money fulfills
dream of helping kids
San Francisco Chronicle - March 2, 2008

State of the Valley Conference
KTEH Public Television - February 29, 2008

Silicon Valley Continues On Economic Comeback
Wall Street Journal - February 19, 2008

Silicon Valley Losing Middle Wage Jobs
New York Times - February 19, 2008

Report: Midwage Jobs Vanish in Silicon Valley
San Francisco Chronicle - February 19, 2008

Silicon Valley Gaining Jobs, Losing Middle Class
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - February 19, 2008

2007

Community foundation merger has (mostly) smooth Year 1
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - December 14

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Making Impact (includes video)
ABC-7 News - October 11

Report: 3 out of 4 valley firms give locally
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - October 9

Open Forum: It's Time for New Ways to Give
San Francisco Chronicle - October 9

Nonprofits holding their breath
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - August 31

15 Minutes with Emmett Carson (PDF)
Stanford Social Innovation Review - Summer 2007
SSIR managing editor Eric Nee met with Emmett Carson, CEO and president, to discuss his bold plans for the newly merged Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards (PDF)
San Francisco Business Times - June 8, 2007
CFO Vera Bennett is the Community Service Finalist for the Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards, presented by San Francisco Business Times and Larkin Street Youth Services.

Joining Communities Across the Nation to Take Action Against Climate Change (PDF)
Acterra - EcoAdvocate - Spring 2007

Weekly Holiday Fund tops $3 million mark
Palo Alto Weekly, CA – May 1, 2007
600 community members donated to the Palo Alto Weekly's Holiday Fund which is managed by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

Innovative Preschool stresses English
San Mateo Daily Journal – April 9, 2007
Family literacy programs thrive as adult schools partner with preschools through Raising A Reader®.

REIT buys Santa Clara Tech Center complex for $70 million
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal – April 6, 2007
Silicon Valley Community Foundation owns two of the three Tech Center buildings and is recipient of Sobrato's donation.

Spaces and Places: Parcel along I-880 sold to Opus West
San José Mercury News – April 3, 2007
Sobrato Development donates millions of dollars worth of real estate to the community foundation.

CEO Emmett Carson Unifies Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the Communities It Serves (PDF 3mb)
San José Magazine – April 2007
CEO and president Emmett Carson is featured in San Jose Magazine's April SV Profile.

Youth empowerment: Summit warns, empowers youth to avoid street crime
San José Mercury News - March 11, 2007

CEO shares vision for troubled E. Palo Alto (PDF 70k)
San José Mercury News - February 4, 2007
San José Mercury News editorial highlights Silicon Valley Community Foundation's commitment to supporting change in East Palo Alto.

Spotlight: Billion Dollar Man (PDF 8.5mb)
Valley Life Quarterly, CA - Winter 2007 edition
Community foundation CEO and president Emmett Carson is interviewed on his vision for Silicon Valley's philanthropic future in this issue of Silicon Valley/San José Business Journal's magazine.

Charitable Instinct Lacking (PDF)
San José Mercury News editorial - January 1, 2007
The Mercury News challenges the new Silicon Valley Community Foundation to encourage more philanthropy in the region.

2007 Social Capitalist Awards
Fast Company Magazine, CA - Dec/Jan 2006 issue
Raising A Reader receives 2007 Social Capitalist Award from Fast Company magazine for second year in a row.

2006

Bay Area wealthy are less giving
Study finds affluent of L.A. donate nearly twice as much
San Francisco Chronicle - December 26, 2006

The New Face of Philanthropy and A Foundation for the Next Era (PDF)
Palo Alto Weekly - December 13, 2006

Silicon Valley Community Foundation names two leaders
San José Business Journal, CA - November 14, 2006

New Director Leads Merged Community Foundations
San Francisco Business Times - November 6, 2006

Carson begins work on molding new community foundation
Silicon Valley/San José Business Journal - November 3, 2006

The Visionaries of Silicon Valley (PDF 1.1mb)
Philanthropy Today - September 2006

First CEO named for huge new foundation
San Francisco Chronicle - August 3, 2006

With hire, charity sets course (PDF)
San José Mercury News, August 3, 2006

An outspoken outsider takes reins of merged foundations (PDF)
San José Mercury News editorial, August 3, 2006

Foundation created by merger of groups sees promising start (PDF)
San José Mercury News - July 14, 2006

Non-profits team up to give big (PDF)
San José Mercury News - July 13, 2006

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