Meet the Reimagine Pilot Grantmaking Committee

11/10/2020

SVP International staff selected a grant committee of sector experts and experienced systems change leaders to score nominated affiliates and nominees against the grant criteria.

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Let’s Lead by Example

10/16/2020

Hello SVP Community,

As a long-time SVP Partner, I’ve gotten to know many of you over the years. And, like you, I worry about what’s happening in the world and how we can do more together to strengthen communities in the face of injustice.

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Collective Impact

10/02/2020

Network Friends and Partners, 2020. Whew, hard to believe we’re already in the last quarter of this year of so much change. In Seattle and across the West Coast of the US, […]

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Reimagining Together: Opportunity for Action

06/02/2020

Our world is at a turning point and we need to step up. It is with this in mind that SVP International is launching the SVP Reimagine Fund. The SVP Reimagine Fund builds on the impact of local SVP Affiliates and Partners to catalyze more regional, national and cross-country resources to solve pressing social challenges at their root. We will start by responding to needs emerging from this pandemic and from long-standing unjust systems, while demonstrating another way for philanthropy to be close to and accountable to communities.

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Statement from SVP International about Global Philanthropy and Racial Justice

06/02/2020

As a network that started in the United States, and with our largest base in the United States, it is our responsibility to lead by example and to promote justice-based philanthropy. Today, SVP International is recommitting to and accelerating our work to tackle problems at their root, re-imagine systems, find and fund solutions that are regional, national, and global in scale and to trust and fund movement leaders who are closest to the problems and the solutions.

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At SVP every day is #GivingTuesdayNow

05/05/2020

Dear SVP Community,

I’m sure you are seeing many emails from nonprofits in your networks about #GivingTuesdayNow, a global giving day to support organizations affected by COVID-19, and the communities they serve.

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Acting Now For a More Just World

04/21/2020

Dear SVP Partners and Colleagues,

It’s hard to believe it is already the middle of April. Thank you to the many of you who joined our “All Partner” town halls this month. It was so nice to see faces from around the world and hear your perspectives as we shape SVPI’s next steps. We are glad you are willing to experiment with us in new ways to build community.

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SVP International & Microsoft Philanthropies Partnership

04/15/2020

SVP Partners who are also Microsoft Alumni, can have a big impact with their virtual volunteering this year through a new partnership between SVPI and Microsoft Philanthropies.

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