San Diego Social Venture Partners drives community solutions with investments of time, expertise and resources. 

We are an organization of 140 committed individuals who help San Diego nonprofit agencies become more effective and sustainable.  Watch our video!

Engaged partners are at the heart of our organization. We come from diverse backgrounds in business, law, medicine, philanthropy, and the arts. What unites us is our desire to make a difference in San Diego and our belief that leveraging our dollars with our time and expertise will maximize our impact in helping those in our community in need.

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The partners of San Diego Social Venture Partners (SDSVP) contribute our time, expertise and resources to help nonprofit organizations become more effective and sustainable.

We apply the power of business to the passion of giving by using a venture capital model to generate outstanding results in the nonprofit sector. We pool our resources and apply proven business methodologies to help carefully select nonprofit organizations and help them achieve their goals.

Each SDSVP Partner makes an annual financial contribution and participates in decisions about how to put their collective investment to work. Partners provide volunteer support in areas including marketing & public relations, finance, technology, strategic planning, board development, fund development and human resources management. We estimate that San Diego Social Venture Partners currently contribute over 10,000 hours of volunteer time annually to the six nonprofits currently active Investees.

Each year SDSVP partners choose an investment focus area, and we make two investments in San Diego-based nonprofits. Over the last 5 years we have worked with 10 different Investees, contributed an estimated $ 5.6 million in cash and in kind services. This includes more than 17,000 strategic and volunteer hours. We take a long-term perspective, and our relationships with investees typically span 3+ years. Our 2007 investment focus is hunger and homelessness, with investments in two focused organizations in San Diego.