July eNews | Welcoming New Board Members, Impact Investing Year in Review, Upcoming Events

Hyuck-Joon Lee
Elaine & Peter MacDonald
Grace Mah & Don Chin
Praneetha Manthravadi & Vijay Raghavendra
Jennifer McFarlane & Terry Connelly
Kasey & Jamie McJunkin
Marcia & Bill Pade
Rekha Pai Kamath & Anil Kamath
Kevin Pan
Julie Pearl & Fred Colman
Kathryn Phillips & Gary Grellman
Gayathri Radhakrishnan & Ravi Swaminathan
Polly & Robert Ragusa
Clara Roa & Clarence Chen
Mindy & Jesse Rogers
Sand Hill Foundation
Jennie Savage & John Dawson
The John & Marcia Goldman Foundation
Harold Wang & Helen Jiang
Yellow Chair Foundation
Anonymous (2)

MON. JULY. 11 | 12:00PM - 12:30PM

SV2 Meditation Mondays

Join us every Monday at noon on Zoom for a 10-15 minute gently guided meditation and an optional chat afterwards, ending at 12:30. All are welcome, as are all levels of practice. Whether you are a curious beginner, long time meditator or somewhere in between, this is a way to gather in community and share the practice of mindful living.

Please feel free to invite colleagues, friends, family — anyone who might benefit from taking a few moments on a Monday to support their well-being.

The meditations are guided by David Onek and Paru Desai. David is the former Program Director at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a current participant in Spirit Rock’s two-year Dedicated Practitioners Program, and a certified Change & Transition Strategist with Phillip Moffitt’s Life Balance Institute. Paru recently completed a two year mindfulness meditation teacher training program under the guidance of globally renowned teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach and is currently pursuing additional courses in trauma sensitive mindfulness.

Celebrations, Opportunities, Events

With some of our current Community Partners / Grantees

Shop the ICA Marketplace! | By shopping with us, you’re helping the Bay Area small business ecosystem thrive.

One Life Counseling Center

A Night of Inspiration is our premier annual fundraising event, with a goal of raising $350,000 to fund critical programs at One Life Counseling Services. Funds raised will directly support our individual counseling, school based counseling and group therapy programs, and community services such as Music & Memory, Suicide Prevention, as well as training, therapy and support for other non-profit entities like the Police Activities League, local first responders, and bay area churches. | September 22, 2022 | RSVP here.

With more friends and allies...

Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Donor Circle for the Environment

SV2 Partners are invited to join SVCF in a 'listening' session with local Climate Justice Leaders, on July 15th. This virtual event follows on SV2's Get Proximate and Beyond Event on Climate Justice in March - a riveting day in which about 30 SV2 Partners and guests heard from local five community-based organizations that are dealing with climate change. In fostering the opportunity for SV2 to work with other donors, this Get Proximate event included members from like-minded organizations such as SVCF, PACF, TPW and Toniic. We are excited to announce this collaborative next step - led by SVCF - involves two of the community-based organizations that participated (Climate Resilience Communities and Youth United for Community Action) who will be sharing insights on climate justice coalition building in the Peninsula.

All SV2 Partners are welcomed - regardless of whether you were attended the Get Proximate Climate Justice event. As some background, we highly recommend reading Get Proximate on Climate Justice Overview which provides insights from the day as well as from the five participating CBOs. Please join us to learn more at SVCF's event:

SVCF's Donor Circle for the Environment for a Listening Session with Climate Justice Leaders, Violet Saena and Ofelia Bello

When: Friday, July 15, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where: Zoom Meeting

SVCF's Donor Circle for the Environment has been in conversation with Violet Saena, Executive Director of Climate Resilient Communities, and Ofelia Bello, Executive Director of Youth United for Community Action, about burgeoning coalition building among climate justice organizations in San Mateo County. Join us for a listening session and discussion about how funders can support the coalition through a trust-based philanthropic framework.

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Listening Session with Violet Saena and Ofelia Bello
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Funders Discussion

Please contact Tara Medve at tmedve@siliconvalleycf.org with questions or to RSVP.

Stanford Social Innovation Review presents Nonprofit Management Institute 2022, “Bridging the Divide."

This year’s convening will seek to empower and inspire leaders of social change to bridge real or perceived divides of all types, whether it is within your organization, your community, or society at large. | September 13-15, 2022

National Center for Family Philanthropy

The annual conference is being held in San Francisco this year. The convening is built specifically for family philanthropy practitioners and is a wonderful opportunity to connect with peers. | October 19-21, 2022 |

Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Movement and Power-building Giving Guide

This giving guide is intended to encourage donors to give, especially in this election year. The organizations are all serving San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.

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