SV2's Portfolio of Past Grantees
Even after the three years of SV2 funding ends, our past grantees remain part of the SV2 family.
2009 - 2008 Grantees (below) - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001
The San Jose Charter School Consortium
San Jose, CA (Watch our Movie about SJCSC)
Executive Director: Alicia Gallegos
SJCSC was awarded $150,000 over three years to improve the quality of education for children in San Jose, CA as the founding members work together to prepare kids for college!
MicroCredit Enterprises
San Francisco, CA (www.mcenterprises.org)
Board Chair: Jonathan Lewis
Reducing poverty by mobilizing private investment capital to finance micro-businesses of poor families throughout the developing world.
People Acting in Community Together (PACT)
San Jose, CA (www.pactsj.org)
Executive Director: Matt Hammer
Each year, PACT trains hundreds of volunteer leaders to have substantive conversations with their neighbors and others in their community, determine common problems, conduct research on the causes of those problems, negotiate solutions with the elected officials, and establish long-term accountability with elected officials.
Breakthrough Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA (www.breakthroughsanjose.org)
Executive Director: Kathy Ericksen
Breakthrough Silicon Valley strives to prepare talented and motivated but under-resourced middle school students for success in academically rigorous high school programs that will lead them to college and to inspire and prepare high school and college students to enter and excel in careers in education.
Ella Baker Center
Oakland, CA (www.ellabakercenter.org)
Executive Director: Jakada Imani
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a strategy and action center working for justice, opportunity and peace in urban America. Based in Oakland, California, we promote positive alternatives to violence and incarceration through our four cutting-edge campaigns.
JobTrain
Menlo Park, CA (www.jobtrainworks.org )
Executive Director: Sharon Williams
SV2 funded JobTrain's new Solar Panel Installation training program for low-income adults.
Build It Green
Berkeley, CA (www.builditgreen.org)
Executive Director: Catherine Merschel
Build It Green is a membership supported non-profit organization whose mission is to promote healthy, energy- and resource-efficient homes in California.