Judy Miner Joins Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Board of Directors
Release Date:
01/24/2020
Silicon Valley Community Foundation announced today that Judy Miner has been appointed to the organization’s board of directors.
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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Launches Campaign for Greater Investments in Santa Clara County’s Youngest Residents
Release Date:
01/03/2020
The “Choose Children” campaign will engage candidates running for the county’s District 3 Supervisor seat on the needs of babies, toddlers, preschoolers and their families.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation and Gilroy Foundation Set Up Gilroy Garlic Festival Victims Relief Fund
Release Date:
07/30/2019
In partnership with the Gilroy Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation has established a charitable fund to provide relief to victims of the terrible shooting that occurred July 28, 2019, at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Begins a New Chapter
Release Date:
02/06/2019
It’s a new day at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation with new CEO Nicole Taylor a few weeks into her job. The nonprofit veteran says her biggest goal in this time of transition is to listen. She’s been meeting with staff members, board members...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Names Nicole Taylor as President and CEO
Release Date:
11/14/2018
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Board of Directors proudly announces that after an extensive search process, Nicole Taylor has been named the new President and Chief Executive Officer of SVCF.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Official Sees Opportunity Zone Program Role
Release Date:
11/02/2018
The top investment official of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation says foundations could provide loans to make new funds attractive for investors.
Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps
Release Date:
06/28/2018
Emmett Carson, who in recent years raised billions of charitable dollars from some of the world’s most powerful technology entrepreneurs, has left his job as chief executive of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup Pushes Census Turnout
Release Date:
05/09/2018
Grant makers are gearing up early to counter Trump administration policies surrounding the 2020 census and raising concerns that the White House plans and a general rise in an anti-immigrant sentiment could distort the results of the crucial once-a-...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Statement on Allegations of Workplace Misconduct
Release Date:
04/19/2018
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a values-driven organization, built on the contributions and the selfless efforts of our entire network. Of the core values at SVCF, accountability and transparency have helped our organization grow to where it...
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently
Release Date:
04/13/2018
From the start, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation sought to do things differently. Its mission, which Carson calls a “radical departure” from the way other community foundations operate, is emblazoned on the wall right outside of Carson’s...
New Report From the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Probes Tech Use Among Young Kids in Silicon Valley
Release Date:
03/06/2018
Even in Silicon Valley, the epicenter of online innovation, families with young children are experiencing a digital divide. Hispanic families, in particular, saying that they experience slower connections, more data limits, and more broken computers...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Joins More Than 80 Philanthropic Leaders to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
02/15/2018
Coming out of a historic meeting that brought together philanthropic leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States, more than 80 philanthropic leaders have joined in solidarity and pledged to work to reduce poverty and increase opportunity for...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awarded $1.3 Billion to Nonprofit Organizations in 2017
Release Date:
02/12/2018
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has announced that it awarded $1.3 billion to nonprofit organizations in 2017 and received gifts totaling $1.4 billion.
Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor
Release Date:
01/08/2018
A recent report by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, found that Bay Area sheriffs were four to 16 times more likely to book African Americans and Latinos into...
New Report From Silicon Valley Community Foundation Helps Companies Align With the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
12/11/2017
A new report from Silicon Valley Community Foundation – The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Why, When and How Guide for Business – will help business leaders understand the Sustainable Development Goals and the key role that...
Impact of Silicon Valley Community Foundation on Education around the Country Noted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
In San Francisco’s public schools, Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, is giving middle school principals $100,000 “innovation grants” and encouraging them to behave more like start-up founders and less like bureaucrats.
Friend or Foe? Philanthropy Should Welcome New Styles of Giving
Release Date:
04/27/2017
Silicon Valley Community Foundation's Maeve Miccio says we should welcome the different types of giving styles David Callahan outlines in his new book "The Givers."
Geraldine R. Dodge and Silicon Valley Community Foundations Accepted to Knight Community Information Lab
Release Date:
02/14/2017
Foundations can apply now through March 24 to be a part of the Knight Community Information Lab, an 18-month process to apply the essentials of human-centered design training to better understand residents’ information needs, then prototype...
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Technology is now fundamental to how so many of us work, play, and interact. Yet the tools it offers are only beginning to be integrated into how we pursue our goals as grantmakers. The creation of software that makes outreach, education, screening...