January eNews | Education Equity Spring 2022 Grant Round, SV2 is Hiring

Long-time power structures and systems, as well as the ongoing pandemic, have disproportionately affected families of color and low-income students, and have both revealed and intensified inequitable academic outcomes. Building on the community insights, research and learnings from last year’s Education Grant Round, we will learn about organizations advancing equity in interventions such as teacher development, belonging and inclusion in school culture, and family engagement.

In this Grant Round, we’ll deepen our learning and community engagement as well as advance trust-based philanthropy.

WED. JAN. 19 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM

Learning Session: Recoverable Grants

A recoverable grant is a grant that is repaid to funders depending on the success of the project. Recoverable grants for a long time have been a versatile financial innovation used by several impact organizations like Upaya Social Ventures and Miller Center to provide deep catalytic capital – both equity and debt, to provide seed capital for early stage businesses and impactful solutions. Come and learn about the kind of deep impact that this kind of flexible low cost capital can unlock. Guest speakers are Kate Cochran (Upaya Social Ventures), James Cutler, (Silicon Valley Community Foundation), and Alex Pan (Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship & Truss Fund). This is a Partner-organized event moderated by Rekha Pai Kamath, SV2 Partner and Board member.

THURS. FEB. 10 | 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Being in Community with South Coast Neighbors and Puente de la Costa Sur

Let’s get together with our South Coast neighbors as they “cross the bridge toward independence”. We'll learn more about Puente de la Costa Sur, connect with South Coast community members who will share their stories, strengths, and experiences, and have small group discussions on important community topics such as mental health, community development, and legal services. Puente de la Costa Sur was selected as a Community Partner Grantee in SV2’s 2021 Economic Inclusion Grant Round. This event is one of our initial steps in strong trust and relationship building together.

TUES. FEB. 15 | 12:30PM - 2:30PM

Equity in Education Learning Session

In this session we’ll connect with local and national education changemakers to learn about what equity in education means “day to day”, strengths and opportunities in the Bay Area community, and tips and guidance for funders and supporters. The format will be a keynote, followed by small group learning circles with community voices such as a recent grad, former teacher, district leader, and funder. This session is the kickoff meeting for the Equity in Education Grant Round.

WED. FEB. 16 | 11:30AM - 1:30PM

Impact Investing Working Group

The SV2 Impact Investing Working Group discusses prospective impact investment opportunities, hears pitches from social entrepreneurs, and performs due diligence in order to make informed investment recommendations on behalf of SV2. The Working Group is comprised of Partners who are committed to actively participating in all aspects of impact investing, including the due diligence process. All Partners are welcome to begin regularly attending IIWG meetings at any point in the year or are welcome to audit meetings on a drop-in basis.

MON. FEB. 28 | 10:15AM - 2:30PM

Tour and Volunteering with Code Tenderloin

Let’s get together and be in community with our dedicated and determined Tenderloin neighbors. Del Seymour, member of the Tenderloin community for the past 30 years, community leader and Founder of Code Tenderloin, will lead us through a walking tour of the neighborhood. We’ll have boxed lunch together with some students who participate in Code Tenderloin’s programs and get to know each other better. We’ll then do job ready-ness volunteering with the students - e.g. resume reviews and mock interview prep. Code Tenderloin was selected as a Community Partner Grantee in SV2’s 2021 Economic Inclusion Grant Round. This event is one of our initial steps in strong trust and relationship building together.

Celebrations, Opportunities, Events

With some of our current Community Partners / Grantees

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Puente de la Costa Sur

Thank you for your support this past year. Together, we have successfully promoted and advocated for equitable access to education, health, and economic security for those who live and work in Pescadero, La Honda, Loma Mar and San Gregorio and we have accomplished important milestones for our organization including releasing our Strategic Plan 2021-2025. We are very excited to share this annual report with you.

SV@Home

CoHo Presents: Designing Inclusively to House Affordably - A lunchtime panel exploring DEI within the affordable housing ecosystem | Wednesday, Jan. 26th 12-1pm | More Info. and RSVP here.

Upward Scholars

Virtual Volunteer Opp: Join us as we help our students practice speaking English in a safe, virtual, and comfortable environment. | Friday, Jan. 28th 6:30-7:30pm | RSVP here by 12pm on Jan. 21st.

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Listen4Good

While many organizations believe in asking their clients for direct feedback, figuring out how to effectively gather and respond to their input can be challenging. Listen4Good helps you harness the power of direct feedback and make client perspectives more integral to your work. Organizations can join either our January or June cohorts each year. Our January round has a registration deadline of December 1, 2021 and our June cohort has a deadline of May 15, 2022.

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