Dear SV2 Partners,

Giving Tuesday is Tuesday, December 3rd 2024.

I’m delighted to share our Annual Holiday Giving Guide celebrating our current Grantee Partners. Their work and leadership in the Bay Area speaks for itself. On Giving Tuesday and beyond, let’s support these impactful organizations. Let's celebrate their changemaking, courage, persistence, and wellbeing. Your local giving is deeply important during these challenging and complex times.

A warm shoutout to all of our thoughtful and dedicated Partner Champions for their friendship and impact alongside our Grantee Partners - their names are below. If you'd like to support our Grantee Partners beyond donations, please email me and I will connect you to the Partner Champions. Please also let me know if you're interested in being a Partner Champion!

Wishing all a joyful and fulfilling holiday season. Thank you for all you do!

Best wishes,

Amy Badiani

Director of Community Engagement
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2) 

abadiani@sv2.org  

Ambition Angels

EIN: 87-2513010

SV2 Partner Champion: Shalyn Eason

Ambition Angels empowers low-income teens by enhancing their Future Orientation, a critical factor for long-term success. The Ambition app offers a unique learning experience through 30-day, simulated internships in industry-agnostic careers like marketing, entrepreneurship, and sales. This app provides teens with real-world career exposure and skills practice via daily 15-minute video instructions, quizzes, and interactive activities.

Ayudando Latinos A Soñar

EIN: 46-2464722

Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS) is the first Latino and first farmworker driven nonprofit on the North Coast. ALAS advances social wellness through multicultural practices, mental health care, individualized and collective support related to education, immigration processes, and work, and advocates for the wellbeing of the whole community.

Brightline Defense

EIN: 33-1131608

SV2 Partner Champion: Laura Finnigan-Heil

Brightline Defense is an environmental justice nonprofit organization that works to empower communities and create sustainable environments. The Brightline team blends public policy advocacy and on-the-ground partnerships to promote sustainability and opportunity in traditionally underserved communities. Brightline promotes sustainable policies ranging from local hiring to clean energy to energy efficiency.

Climate Resilient Communities 

EIN: 88-1697378

SV2 Partner Champion: Nancy Grove

Climate Resilient Communities (CRC) is a community-based organization empowering community voices to implement equitable climate solutions for unity, resilience, and justice. CRC cultivates environmental awareness while giving local residents a voice in proactive resilience planning and adaptation. By building stronger alliances between residents, schools, local government programs and community-based organizations, this work creates resilience against climate-related stresses such as sea-level rise and economic instability.

Code Tenderloin

EIN: 46-1228251 (note this is the EIN for Center for New Music San Francisco Inc, fiscal sponsor)

SV2 Partner Champion: Helen Jiang

Code Tenderloin removes barriers that prevent individuals from securing long-term employment, addressing challenges such as financial instability, legal issues, lack of soft skills, childcare, transportation, and education. Code Tenderloin equips participants with the tools and training needed to succeed in the workplace, while also connecting them with local businesses, major tech companies, and nonprofits to facilitate long-term job placement and career growth.

College Is Real, Inc.

EIN: 20-8651702

SV2 Partner Champions: Deb Dauber & Susan Hanson

College is Real (CIR) provides guidance and tools for “college-aspirational” students at Richmond’s three public high schools in order to have as many students as possible apply to, 

attend, and graduate from four-year colleges. CIR aspires to bring positive change to the lives of these students and, in so doing, to improve the lives of their families and the broader Richmond community.

Friends for Youth

EIN: 94-2961034

SV2 Partner Champion: Tanja Powers

Friends For Youth is a nationally recognized, award winning, direct-service agency with over 45 years of experience providing mentoring services across San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. With a 100% safety rating, the 1-to-1 and site-based group mentoring programs provide quality mentoring relationships for underserved youth who need support most. Friends For Youth’s goal is to empower youth to be mentally and behaviorally healthy, emotionally secure, and equipped with social, emotional and resiliency-building skills.

Pal Center

EIN: 94-3229506

SV2 Partner Champion: Jim Basile

The Pal Center (Pal) is dedicated to fostering a thriving, equitable community by mobilizing individuals and creating an environment for success. Pal focused on social equity, economic empowerment, and implementing a transformative public safety model through their Future Forward Framework. This framework invests in seven community capitals to drive sustainable change and address systemic barriers in Redwood City and North Fair Oaks.

Puente de la Costa Sur

EIN: 37-1484262

SV2 Partner Champions: Cynthia Lang & Kwok Lau

Puente de la Costa Sur fosters wellness and prosperity in the San Mateo County, South Coast communities of Pescadero, La Honda, Loma Mar, and San Gregorio by promoting and advocating for equitable access to education, health, and economic security. Puente believes that self-sufficiency of individuals, families, and communities is essential for turning future dreams into reality.

Redwood City Together

Note: City of Redwood City is the fiscal agent for Redwood City Together.

Redwood City Together brings community residents together with local organizations and public agencies to reduce the impact of poverty, improve the academic success of students, increase community engagement, and enhance wellness and safety.

Tarjimly

EIN: 83-1030107

SV2 Partner Champion: Byron Hill

Tarjimly mobilizes a global community of bilinguals through its AI-powered platform, providing on-demand and real-time translation. With 62,000 volunteer translators, Tarjimly delivers language support in 175 languages worldwide, and use a matching algorithm to ensure the right translator at the right time.

Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2) is a learning community of everyday givers committed to accelerating equity in the Bay Area through grantmaking and impact investing. For over 20 years, SV2 has been a trusted social innovation leader offering a way for locals to connect, learn, and practice giving in community alongside their peers.