SV2 In the News

Non-profits to tech: We need your brainpower...and money, too, Fortune Magazine Tech Blog (July 23, 2010)

SV2: Investors give money, time, and talent to worthwhile projects, Eucalyptus Magazine (July 2010)

Perfect Storm for Good Invites Opportunities, Los Altos Town Crier (April 13, 2010) 

Philanthropy 2.0: The Next Generation (PDF), Gentry Magazine (February 2010)

Support a Great Cause, Palo Alto Daily News (Dec. 14, 2009)

In Good We Trust, San Francisco Magazine (June 2009)

SV2 Wins Outstanding Philanthropic Organization Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, San Jose Magazine (November 2008)

The SV2 Revolution: "Venture Philanthropy" pioneered 10 years ago by Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, Mountain View Voice (May 2008)

Valley Social Venture Fund Steps Out of Foundation's Shadow, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal (Oct. 26, 2007)

SV2 Grants $100K to Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative and Positive Coaching Alliance, KGO 810 AM Morning News (April 18, 2007)

Class Acts: A new breed of young Bay Area Philanthropists Redefines the Meaning - and Methods - of Giving, San Francisco Chronicle (January 2007)

The New Face of Philanthropy, Palo Alto Weekly (December 2006)

When Givers Get Together: "Giving Circles" Let You Have More of a Say in Where Your Charitable Dollars are Going, Business Week (March 2005)

Charitable Ventures: SV2 Partners Invest Time, Talent and Funds to Meet Community Needs, Los Altos Town Crier (Apr. 4, 2002)

Nonprofit Motive: The New Breed of Silicon Valley Philanthropists would make Mother Teresa Crunch the Numbers, Wired Magazine (Sept. 1999)

 

SV2 Press Releases

Local Funders Launch New Three-Year Collaboration to Change Lives by Improving Afterschool and Summer Programs (July 2010)

A Different Kind of First Day of School: SV2 Teens Will Conduct Grantmaking Process and Award Grant (January 2010)

SV2 "Cause Ornaments" Inspire Holiday Shoppers to Give the Gift of Supporting a Great Cause (December 2009)