Upcoming Meetings & Events
Wednesday, July 16 International Affinity Group Meeting
Wednesday, July 16 Education STRENGTH Group Meeting
Thursday, July 24 Policy Workshop: How to leverage grantmaking dollars by engaging in policy -- featuring Charlene & DirkKabcenell, Steve Kirsch, and Mike Smith of the Hewlett Foundation.
This is the first of three policy workshops sponsored by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and Charlene and Dirk Kabcenell on how to leverage grantmaking dollars by engaging in policy
For more information, please visit: http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/about_calendar.html
Tuesday, September 9 Annual Meeting & Tenth Anniversary Celebration
Announcements & Other Events
Congratulations to our SV2 partners who completed SV2's first New Partner Grantmaking round this spring and awarded $25,000 to Breakthrough Collaborative - San Jose!
Congratulations to the Environment Affinity Group's 2008 grantees:
- The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights was awarded $25,000 to support their work on state legislation for "green collar jobs"
- Build It Green was awarded $50,000 for the development of a software system to support the organization's GreenPoint rating system for evaluating the environmental responsibility of residential homes
- JobTrain (formerly OICW) was awarded $25,000 to grow and improve its solar panel installation job-training program
The Education, International, and Self-Reliance/Foster Care grantmaking groups will all be making their 2008 grant decisions in late summer/early fall 2008!
Congratulations our first grantees from SV2 Affinity Groups in 2007 and to all group members for setting a high bar for the quality of the Affinity Group experience!
- Silicon Valley Children's Fund was awarded $50,000 by the Self-Reliance Affinity Group for their Middle School Foster Youth Program. Thanks to Lance Fors and Lisa Sonsini for heading that group!
- Center for Resource Solutions has been awarded $50,000 by the Environment Affinity Group to enable them to ensure that California's climate change policies incorporate individual actions taken by forward-thinking corporations and individuals. Mark Parnes, Arthur Keller and Marianna Grossman Keller provided tremendous leadership for this group.
- IDEX (International Development Exchange) has been awarded $30,000 by the International Affinity Group to engage rural impoverished Indian and Mexican women in solutions to their own local economic development challenges.
- Unitus was awarded $20,000 by the International Affinity Group to assist their work in fighting global poverty through microfinance. Thanks to Toni Cupal, Lorene Arey, and Hayley Ditzler for leading the International effort !
Northern California Grantmakers' presents:
Visit the Northern California Grantmakers Calendar
Affinity Group Links (members only)