Silicon Valley Community Foundation (CA)

Silicon Valley Community Foundation is focused on innovative solutions that solve problems and improve the quality of life throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

As a new community foundation, SVCF has examined the diverse needs across its region, evaluated the best practices of its parent foundations and incorporated community input before launching a new set of grantmaking strategies.

Web Address

www.siliconvalleycf.org/

Social Media Links

Facebook - www.facebook.com/siliconvalleycf

Twitter - @siliconvalleycf

YouTube - www.youtube.com/TheSVCF

Assets

$2,081,920,000 - 2011-12-31
$1,943,885,894 - 2007-12-31

Giving

$97,624,976 - 2011-12-31
$243,245,861 - 2007-12-31

Community Foundation Background

People Building Stronger Communities

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President Obama Signs Veteran Reform Bill Into Law

Focus Forward Tackles Economic Development Basics

Meet Peter Thum, Serial Social Entrepreneur

Sindyanna of Galilee: A Beacon Of Light In A Conflict-Ridden Community

Health Care Innovations Save Lives of Mothers and Children

Homeless Will Be Home For Good

HHS Accelerates Ebola Vaccine Development

Recent News from Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Lupus Foundation of America Now Accepts Cryptocurrency Donations
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, one of the largest charities in the United States, has held a third of its US$13.5 billion investments –...more

Here's why Cryptocurrency Donations are on the Rise
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

While the Silicon Valley Community Foundation most likely holds more cryptocurrencies as assets than other charities, Fidelity Charity, the...more

The Calculating Philanthropy of Silicon Valley
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Sobrato Family Foundation, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation

Even much shorter-range philanthropic projects backed by Silicon Valley ... The intense abstraction at the core of this type of philanthropy...more

Charities take digital money now – and the risks that go with it
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Take, for example, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, one of the country's largest charities. It held a third of its US$13.5 billion...more

Elites like Amazon's Jeff Bezos think they're being philanthropic. But they could do so much more.
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Elites like Amazon's Jeff Bezos think they're being philanthropic. But they could do so much ..... That is big philanthropy. That is trying to take...more

Foundations and donors: Stop funding the gentrification of movements
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

The newly released September edition of "Responsive Philanthropy" invites ... Responsive Philanthropy articles are available at no cost on NCRP's website. ... of nonprofits and the...more

Bezos pledges $2B to aid homeless, build preschools
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

... he was starting up philanthropic organizations focused on providing help to homeless .... Philanthropy experts called Bezos' approach direct and pragmatic, but said its ... "Frankly,...more

Chan Zuckerberg's LLC and DAF Philanthropy: Another Giant Step in the Wrong Direction
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

They chose to structure the Initiative as a limited liability corporation (LLC) and not as a philanthropic foundation to provide flexibility in where and...more

Your View: Letters to the editor
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tides Foundation