Founded in 1998, the Angels Foster Family Network is a 501C(3) non-profit, licensed foster family agency, specializing in placing infants and toddlers with exceptional families in San Diego and Riverside Counties. The Angels mission is to rescue abused, abandoned, and neglected young children, match them with a select group of foster parents, and... View More...


Current Investee - Community Resource Center

CRC began as a small storefront information and referral agency over 25 years ago with a focus and commitment to serving the needs of the homeless. Today, CRC serves nearly 10,000 clients annually through a broad array of Hunger and Homeless Prevention and Intervention services, and Domestic Violence programs including emergency shelter and transitional housing, as well as education and prevention programs. In addition, CRC... View More...


Current Investee - Corporation for Supportive Housing

Formed in 1991, and active in San Diego since 2000, the Corporation for Supportive Housing is a national non-profit financial and technical assistance intermediary whose mission is to help communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness. CSH assists community and faith-based organizations and public systems to create and operate high quality supportive housing that links affordable,... View More...


Current Investee - Elder Law & Advocacy

No senior should have to face the problems caused by a financial elder abuser or unscrupulous mortgage broker, a denial of Medicare benefits, a complicated lawsuit, or end-of-life medical decisions without expert advice provided by highly experienced elder law attorneys and Medicare counselors. The core mission of Elder Law & Advocacy is to protect seniors by providing legal advice, advocacy, and education. 

The organization is unique... View More...


Current Investee - ElderHelp of San Diego

Since 1973, ElderHelp has provided social services to San Diego’s growing population of seniors who live on fixed incomes, have limited support and endure the physical limitations that often come with advanced age—a combination that limits their ability to remain independent and living in their own homes. The simple things that many of us take for granted—a safe, clean home, companionship,... View More...


Current Investee - La Cuna

La Cuna serves children in the San Diego County system, with priority given to Latino infants, toddlers and their siblings. La Cuna will focus on recruiting Latino San Diego County families (including single parent families) who are financially stable and does not accept individuals who are interested in becoming foster families as a means of supplementing their income. La Cuna offers... View More...


Former Investee - Excellence and Justice in Education (EJE)

The vision of EJE Elementary Academy is to provide a comprehensive and challenging educational plan that provides all children with the tools necessary for future success. Students will become critical thinkers, biliterate, well-prepared, life-long learners through participation in a teacher-directed program, based on a balanced biliteracy approach in reading and language arts. The curriculum is aligned to the California State Content and Performance... View More...


Former Investee - Human Development Foundation

There are many gifted children who fall through the cracks - their intelligence, creativity, and potential go unrecognized or, if recognized, unfulfilled. They languish in classrooms where they become easily bored or frustrated, and in many cases, they are labeled as “troublemakers”.  As they move into middle and high school, they are at risk for dropping out or engaging in dangerous activities that provide relief from the boredom or lack... View More...


Former Investee - Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement is leading a passionate movement around the world to better the quality of life for kids everywhere. Our mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. We believe in the boundless potential of young people and are committed to ensuring students understand and value free enterprise, business, and economics.

To accomplish this goal, Junior Achievement uses hands-on experiences to help students... View More...


Former Investee - San Diego Coastkeeper

Originally known as San Diego Baykeeper, this organization directs their efforts to preserve and clean San Diego’s waterways. Our support enabled them to evolve into San Diego Coastkeepers, expanding the waterways and adjacent coastlines they are trying to protect. Their targets are to engage more San Diegans in clean water efforts, remove more trash, and monitor and... View More...


Former Investee - Second Chance

Second Chance provides the nationally recognized STRIVE program, a 120 hour job readiness and life skills course, to enable disadvantaged individuals to get and maintain long-term employment. SDSVP has committed to assisting Second Chance to develop and begin execution of a comprehensive marketing strategy. Together, SDSVP and Second Chance will identify target audiences, develop a communication... View More...


Former Investee - The Sierra Club Canyons Campaign

The Sierra Club’s San Diego Canyons Campaign directs their effort to establish local canyon friends groups to protect and restore the unique canyon and creek habitats in San Diego County. SDSVP support will enable them to expand their education, organization and enrollment of local residents into Friends Groups for additional canyons; link the friends groups; and expand their education and... View More...


Former Investee - YES for Haven

YES for Haven, is a joint venture with The Salvation Army’s Door of Hope Haven Program, Casey Family Programs, and Access, Inc. Yes for Haven provides assistance to two of the most vulnerable populations today: pregnant or parenting foster teenage girls and their children living in a twenty-bed group home and training facility, The Salvation Army’s Door of Hope Haven Program. Our experience is that by providing shelter, job skills training, and career guidance to these teen-age mothers, we significantly reduce the human tragedy by helping them to become self sufficient.