At Meeting #3, Partners will hear presentations from the Executive Directors of the three finalist organizations. Note that the presentations may take place via Zoom, and Partners are welcome to attend the meeting in person or to dial in via Zoom. Dinner will be served at 6:15pm. Program will start at 6:30pm.
For Partners who wish to participate via Zoom, the dial-in info is:
Join Zoom Meeting by video:
Or by phone:
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose); Meeting ID: 413 057 552
The Affordable Housing Grant Round — part of SV2’s local Pathways to Opportunity focus — will look at approaches and organizations which are working to address the complex Bay Area housing crisis. Stable, affordable housing is a basic need which has become inaccessible to many in our community. Partners will learn about the range of housing needs (from homeless to middle income residents) and the varied challenges which play into the housing crisis (for example, funding, cost, zoning, public will). We’ll consider various approaches like the “Three P’s” (Production, Preservation, and Protection), and intervention models including direct services and advocacy.
Our Funder Allies, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Silicon Valley Community Foundation, have nominated promising organizations from their portfolios and will share their insights and best practices with SV2 Partners. Partners will learn about the sector and conduct diligence on the organizations over the course of four meetings from September to December. The chosen Grantee will receive a grant of $120,000 over three years, along with Beyond-the-Dollars support; two finalists will each receive $10,000.
The Round will be co-led by Paru Desai and Harold Wang, with staff support from Jody Chang. All Partners are welcome to join in the Grant Round in any way that meets their interests: to audit one or more meetings of the Grant Round, or to participate in the full Grant Round (four meetings in total). Please email Jody Chang with any questions at jchang@sv2.org.
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