Wednesday, January 23, 2019
11:30 am-1:30 pm
As donors, we hear the term “theory of change” in conversations, but what does it really mean? What has an organization really done when it creates a new theory of change? How do we evaluate the qualities and merits of various theories of...
Thursday, January 10, 2019
6:15 pm-8:30 pm
As part of SV2’s Advocacy Learning Series, SV2 seeks to offer an in-depth opportunity for learning about the 2020 Census with a particular focus on Silicon Valley, the Bay Area and California. Join us for an interactive evening with California...
Thursday, February 7, 2019
10:00 am-2:00 pm
The Art of Assessing Nonprofits is an interactive workshop that will demystify nonprofit due diligence and introduce you to an organizational assessment framework and key indicators you can use in SV2’s nonprofit due diligence process and your...
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Values-aligned investing is another tool available to all of us to increase our impact beyond our philanthropic grants. Private equity impact funds as an asset class can be particularly attractive. Join us to hear from Jennifer Kenning, CEO and...
Thursday, November 2, 2017
11:15 am-1:30 pm
The San Francisco Bay Area is home to some of the world’s most forward-thinking businesses and an economic powerhouse. However, the benefits of prosperity are not universally shared. In the Bay Area, over one-third of the total workforce earns...
Thursday, October 12, 2017
11:15 am-1:30 pm
The community school approach is a school reform model which acknowledges that good teaching alone cannot overcome the challenges of poverty. The model combines the education elements that support student success with access to services to address...
Thursday, March 9, 2017
12:00 pm-2:00 pm
As funders, we seek to solve some pretty entrenched social challenges, but we don’t often engage in courageous discussion about the deep historical context that creates opportunities for some in our country and the lack of opportunities for...
Friday, November 4, 2016
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Join SV2 Partners Alexa Cortes Culwell and Heather McLeod Grant as they share the findings from their newly released report, “The Giving Code: The State of Silicon Valley Nonprofits and Philanthropy.” Providing a holistic portrait of the...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Please join us for the second of the monthly learning sessions that will make up our Education Learning Year. The topic for October is How the System works: Politics and $$. We’ll learn about the various funding streams that feed into our...
Friday, October 14, 2016
11:30 am-1:30 pm
SV2’s ‘Invest with a Purpose’ Learning Session series picks up where our Aligning your Portfolio with Your Values session left off in the fall of 2014. Lots has been changing in the impact investing field and this session will...