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”Notes from Buena Vista:” Film about threatened mobile home park provides real examples of affordable housing crisis
"Last mile" funding to remedy homelessness and much more: SVCF distributes $13.3 million in grants to support community through pandemic
"Putting community at the center": SVCF and Obama Foundation partner for power-building webinar
$6.9 million from San Jose flood relief fund distributed to help victims
'Big Lift Inspiring Summers' will help low-income children stay on track in San Mateo County
'Humbled and awed' by clients’ commitment to philanthropy
200 professional advisors attend 19th annual Conference on Charitable Giving
A letter from the CEO: Amid multiple crises, we forge on
A message of thanks from interim president Greg Avis
A retirement savings plan for all Californians
A win for racial equity: Governor signs bill banning discrimination in court damages awards
AAN Helps African Immigrants Cope With Hostility
Abode Services shelters more than 5,000 homeless individuals with grant support from SVCF
Act Now: Funds raised for The Big Lift to be matched up to $1 million in March
Advisors: Remember these deadlines for completing your clients’ year-end contributions
Advocating for immigrants and training the civic leaders of tomorrow
Affordable housing front and center at policy breakfast event
African Diaspora Network broadens support for entrepreneurs thanks to California Black Freedom Fund
After Roe, Philanthropic Sector Should Prioritize Organizations that Support Reproductive Justice and Women’s Rights
Agents of change: Nonprofits working to promote racial equality with support from SVCF
Amicus Brief
Amount needed to establish Individually Managed Fund with SVCF reduced to $1M
An 'a-ha!' moment: Creating 'communities of opportunity' on a regional level
An Urgent Call for Foundations to Walk the Talk
Anamatangi Polynesian Voices connects East Palo Alto residents to essential services
Annual Regional Meeting event seeks solutions to housing shortage
Anti-discrimination protections for LGBT individuals: surveying the legal landscape
As housing costs skyrocket, SVCF grantees work to protect low-income renters from displacement
Automation and Anxiety
Bay Area Polling Results Confirm: Voters Prefer Progressive Funding Sources over Sales Tax for Transportation
Belle Haven Action: Engaging the community
Belle Haven, North Fair Oaks and East Palo Alto: Empowering disadvantaged communities in San Mateo County
Better is Possible
Big Lift Featured As Communication Arts Pick Of The Day
Big Lift Inspiring Summers in the time of COVID
Big Lift staffer reflects on helping young students find summer inspiration
Big data and philanthropy: The need for SVCF’s leadership
Bill would make it easier for developers to provide supportive housing for our homeless neighbors
Border visit: SVCF program officer attends mass deportation hearing
Boys & Girls Club fills gaps in remote learning
Briefing at SVCF highlights affordable housing issues for legislators
Bright Futures Scholarship paves way to Stanford MBA
Bringing Juneteenth to all of America
Bringing diversity to theater
Buena Vista mobile home park residents get to stay in their homes
Building Power Together
Building Support for Community Planning in the San Francisco Bay Area
Building a Home for Immigrants in Silicon Valley
Building the Future of Affordable Housing
Building the future of affordable housing: Ending homelessness in Silicon Valley
CEL events focused on preschool availability, family-friendly workplace
CEN and SVCF: Partnerships to strengthen nonprofits
CEO Search
COVID-19 ALF-SVCF Group Pledge
California Fires – Organizations involved in recovery and relief efforts
California philanthropic organizations pledge to take bold steps to fight racial injustices
California should increase funding for early education; SVCF and partners ready to help streamline systems
California’s First Children’s Governor
Caltrain Holiday Train presented by SVCF gathers 2,500 toys for children in need
Capital with a catch: Investors in Fund Good Jobs are doing just that
Catalyst for change: Nicole Taylor discusses her first 100 days
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County provides economic assistance to undocumented immigrants during pandemic
Celebrating the Launch of The Big Lift, a Bold Social Venture to Transform Early Learning in San Mateo County
Celebrating the learning lift of Inspiring Summers
Celebrating the season with Holiday Train
Center for Early Learning event with special guests elevates issue of paid family leave
Charitable giving tips from SVCF Philanthropy Advisors
Check in with your child’s teacher about Common Core in the classroom
Choose Children 2022: How do voters feel about child care?
Chopsticks Alley Art bridges communities
Citizenship Day 2018
City of San Jose and SVCF establish relief fund for San Jose flood victims
City of San Mateo welcomes veterans with anniversary event
Civic participation grant boosts Vietnamese American Roundtable’s racial justice work
ClassPass founder Payal Kadakia shares how she partners with SVCF to do good
Closing the digital divide in Silicon Valley
Code for America simplifies Californians' access to food stamp benefits with help from SVCF grant
Collaborating within the philanthropy ecosystem: a conversation with Nicole Taylor and Kim Laughton of Schwab Charitable
Comcast NBCUniversal’s Project Innovation supports local community solutions
Common Core Funders Working Group: Report
Community Foundations Can Help Families Through Policy Efforts
Community Leaders Unveil Plan For Valley Recovery
Community groups to spotlight affordable housing issues using $100,000 anniversary grants
Conference on Charitable Giving offers education, networking for financial advisors, philanthropy professionals
Conference on Charitable Giving: Thank you to all involved!
Convening a New Council
Corporate Philanthropy Institute Q&A: American Red Cross Silicon Valley leader talks corporate disaster response
Corporate Philanthropy Institute Q&A: Environmental journalist discusses challenges and opportunities the SDGs present to businesses
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Count Every Californian: Secretary of State Alex Padilla on local civic engagement
Daughter of Donor Bette Moorman Continues School Excursion Tradition
Deadlines for 2021 year-end charitable giving and grant recommendations
Deadlines for year-end charitable giving
Deadlines for year-end charitable giving and grant recommendations
Deadlines for year-end charitable giving and grant recommendations
Decision 2018: The Race For California Governor Recap
Designing Career Pipelines to Fit Tomorrow’s Jobs
Destination: Home and community partners provide emergency financial assistance during pandemic
Destination: Home's Ending Homelessness in Silicon Valley
Diverse Task Force Tackles Lack of Available Preschool Space in San Mateo County
Donations roll in for San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund
Donor Advised Funds: A Giving Tool for the Modern Philanthropist
Donor Circle for the Arts announces its media arts grantees
Donor Circles Offer Givers an Insider’s View
Donor Story: Gloria Pashby’s legacy of education and community.
Donor’s Vision for a Disc-Throwing Competition Raises over $740K for Charity
Driving together towards impact: Funders’ Briefing on the Schools and Communities First Initiative
EPACENTER helps youth build creativity and skills
Elections and beyond - Reflecting on this moment and what it means for our future
Elevating the voices of parents in Silicon Valley
Emmett Carson delivers Tuskegee University's Founder's Day Convocation
Emmett Carson's remarks from SVCF's 2016 Regional Meeting
Enabling entrepreneurs: How a donor advised fund overcomes employment hurdles
Encouraging civic participation: California Health Nail Salon Collaborative
Encouraging participation in the Housing Element update process
Ending the three-hour commute: Youth Leadership Institute influences transportation solutions
Ensuring the Bay Area is a place of opportunity, rather than hardship, for everyone
Even in Silicon Valley, parents long for guidance about addressing young children’s use of tech
Every vote matters. Every gift counts.
Everyone Counts
Expanding SVCF's ongoing regional planning work to connect communities from San Francisco to Santa Clara County
Federal funding cuts to The Big Lift hurt local student literacy programs
First and Beyond: Inside our newest SVCF magazine, you’re going to read about a major “first”
First grants from LatinXCEL Fund boost nonprofit leadership and infrastructure
Five Questions to Ask Your Child's Teacher About Common Core
Five ways to continue your philanthropic impact in 2021
For Professional Advisors: Timelines for completing your clients’ year-end contributions
For SVCF scholarship recipient, benefits extend beyond the classroom
Foundation partners
Free tax preparation services help working families boost their income at tax time, provide long-term advantages
From a Civil Rights to a Human Rights Movement
From wildfire relief to resiliency: Coastside communities look to the future
Funders Join Together to Launch $100 Million California Black Freedom Fund
Get to know SVCF's new VPs: Stuart Burden and Michael Chertok
Getting math placement right: SVCF supports school districts in following the letter and spirit of new law
Gifts of intellectual property
Gilroy Foundation Brings Community Together in Wake of Tragedy
Gina Dalma Named SVCF's Special Advisor for Public Policy
Giving USA
Giving young men of color a better chance at employment by 'banning the box'
Governor Brown signs Math Misplacement bill into law
Governor Newsom signs slate of SVCF-supported housing bills
Grant applications for building strong communities, economic security and immigration initiatives accepted until April 7
Grant funding helps Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County stay afloat and transform to childcare center during crisis
Grant funding helps The Health Trust continue meal deliveries to residents during pandemic
Grants to eight nonprofits support high-quality legal services for immigrants
Gubernatorial debate on May 8: Determination of candidates
Guest column: Employee benefit program as a viable alternative to payday lending
Guest column: What if the South Coast were part of Silicon Valley?
Halfway into 2021: Reflecting on your philanthropy and charitable giving
Healthier Kids Foundation helps families with newborns during pandemic with support from SVCF’s COVID-19 Nonprofit Emergency Fund
Help for Haiti
Help furloughed government employees get back on their feet
Helping Victims of Hurricane Matthew
Helping Victims of the Loma Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Helping faith leaders help others: NAMI Santa Clara County
Helping our communities affected by COVID-19
Helping to Fill the Tech-Hiring Pipeline with STEM-Minded Latino Grads
Holiday Train
Holiday Train on Dec. 3-4 marks the start of the season of giving
Honoring a Legacy of Giving
How Much is a Brown Life Worth?
How a Bay Area transit map will increase ridership, improve public health and benefit the economy
How can technology eliminate distance barriers in health care?
How can we build power among Silicon Valley residents who don’t have it?
How can we ensure all children are properly screened for developmental delays?
How can we fund our transportation investments equitably? New study from SVCF and Strategic Economics tackles region’s transportation crisis
How donors can get involved in SVGives, our work on regional issues and the review of SVCF's grantmaking
How to help tornado victims
How to make a charitable gift in 2018 and receive income
How to support an end to gun violence
How we can close the inequality gap in Silicon Valley
Hurricane Michael – Organizations involved in recovery and relief efforts
Immigration-related organizations receive $1.1 million in grants from SVCF
Impact Investment Case Study: The Eye Fund
Important news about Silicon Valley Gives
Improving school readiness in San Mateo County
Inclusion, not exclusion
Innovation Conference will focus on harnessing technology for social good
Innovation Conference: Enable Community Foundation brings innovative solutions to prosthetists, clinics and people with limb dif
Inspiring Summers program provides crucial literacy learning opportunities for San Mateo County students
Inspiring White House early learning event urges research and partnerships
Intero Foundation connects real estate agents with California communities
Interviews continue in search for new SVCF chief executive
Introducing SVCF’s Early Childhood Development Strategic Initiative
Introducing the Schools and Communities First Research Fund
Introduction and update from Interim President Greg Avis
Investing in a better future with Schools and Communities First
Investing in nonprofit leaders and building capacity in our region
Investing in our collective future: Nicole Taylor’s Regional Meeting update
Investment Manager Diversity: Widening the circle, deepening the engagement
Is the American Dream Achievable for Young People Today?
Issue Briefs from the Urban Institute Highlight Impact of Schools and Communities First
Jill Rademacher joins SVCF as chief donor experience and engagement officer
Join us for a panel discussion about human trafficking in our region
Ken Coleman doesn’t just talk diversity in tech. He lives it
LUNA: LatinXCEL Fund grant helps increase staff power and campaign reach
Latinas Contra Cancer aims to create healthcare advocates for the Latinx community
Latinos in Technology Scholarship allows Brian Carrozza to focus on his education, not his financial burden
Leadership Update from SVCF Board of Directors
Legacy Luncheon provides perfect introduction for new Chief Donor Experience and Engagement Officer Jill Rademacher
Lessons of Bay Area Muslim study resonate more than ever
Letter to the editor, Fast Company, 8/13/18
Leveraging Your Company’s Matching Gift Programs
Leveraging philanthropic dollars towards an equitable distribution of public ones.
Living and Learning Well: A grown-ups guide to using technology with young children
Local Color promotes public art and artists
Local child-care providers key in building early reading skills
Local nonprofit Puente gears up to count every household in 2020 census
Losing a driver’s license for a jaywalking ticket? SVCF-funded report studies bias in traffic courts
Making an impact: the first four months working at SVCF
Making change: Youth civic participation is about more than just voting
Making progress: Year 1 of SVCF’s Civic Engagement investment
Making the right match
Matching grants support fellow community foundations
Math Misplacement Bill Signed into Law by Governor Brown
Math Misplacement: Tech should support legislation to stop it
Math misplacement: what it is, why it matters and how you can help end it
Meet the forgotten residents of San Mateo's South Coast
Mission Possible: Ending Homelessness
Modern fundraising and how to gain support for Silicon Valley causes
More than cash: SVCF accepts 'complex assets' like pre-IPO stock, real estate, personal property and more for charitable purposes
Morgan Hill students are learning to love math
Morgan Hill, San Mateo Join 10 Other Silicon Valley Jurisdictions in Curbing Payday Lending
Moving forward with hope and determination
My Brother’s Keeper San José will discuss action plan for boys and young men of color on Nov. 5
My Brother’s Keeper: A chance to create an environment where San Jose’s boys and young men of color can thrive.
My Brother’s Keeper: Community Leaders Discuss How to Help Boys and Young Men of Color at San Jose Summit
Nancy Blachman uses donor advised fund to inspire students to love math
New Donor Circle for Safety Net will emphasize affordable housing and solutions to homelessness
New SVCF funding opportunity for nonprofits working to ensure the safety, security of immigrants
New SVCF team member based in San Francisco
New Silicon Valley Community Foundation Report Finds That a Small Fraction of Silicon Valley Donors Give to Early Care and Learning, But Increased Awareness Can Boost Donations
New film showcases how local housing issues are affecting families
New guidance from IRS means more flexibility for holders of donor advised funds
New law carries tax benefits for some who give from their IRAs to charity
New ordinance in Campbell helps curb predatory payday lending
New report from SVCF helps companies align with the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals
New report shares how SVCF, other communities organize to restrict payday lending
New rules restrict international grants to India
Newly approved housing bills will bring more affordable housing to California
Nominations accepted for neighborhood association awards
Nominations sough
