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Dec 4, 2019
2 min

Learn One, Do One, Teach One: A Learning Philosophy

Partners are caring and informed San Diegans, ready to learn how to stretch and make an impact in their communities. To accomplish our de...

Nov 20, 2019
2 min

A Year of Success with Traveling Stories

At our last Impact Committee, the Traveling Stories team unveiled their new Annual Plan, the roadmap for our next year of engagement with...

Sep 25, 2019
2 min

Trust: A Message from SVP Board Chair, Scott Tritt

Living our values at Social Venture Partners is a continuous effort. This latest series of blog posts highlights our commitment to the co...

Aug 28, 2019
2 min

Community: Investing in the Future

Every year, San Diego Social Venture Partners hosts a funding cycle where our Partners vote to fund a few Investees within a chosen topic...

Aug 14, 2019
2 min

Excellence: Stepping Up for Our Newest Investees

At Social Venture Partners, we achieve excellence because of each individual's devotion to operating with the highest standards. We are o...

Jul 30, 2019
2 min

Continuous Learning: Developing Something Great

The needs of our community are always changing and we want to be ready to serve by staying innovative--this means continuously learning. ...

Jun 19, 2019
2 min

Personal Accountability: Stepping Up at SVP

We rely on the actions of our Partners and on their incredible dedication to deliver on our mission of accelerating positive social chang...

May 8, 2019
2 min

Partners Evaluate How to Deepen Our Impact

How can we deepen our impact? A group of dedicated and impassioned Partners have gathered for the past few months to help us answer this ...

Apr 24, 2019
2 min

Investee Update: Traveling Stories and Partner Involvement

What has our Traveling Stories team been up to? Partners have been busy engaging with them in many new and exciting ways. SVP is excited ...

Apr 10, 2019
2 min

Causepreneurs in the Spotlight of SVP’s DNA

So often we have heard: We can do better and be more effective – individually and as a team. These were the foundational statements for S...

Mar 27, 2019
1 min

Investee Update: Celebrating AAP-CA3 and Partner Success

Here at SVP, one of our values is "community"-- which we define in a few ways, one being the practice of celebrating our successes. With ...

Feb 27, 2019
2 min

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Nonprofit Sector

As a proponent of continuous learning, San Diego Social Venture Partners has been seeking ways to increase our impact while approaching t...

Feb 13, 2019
2 min

Gearing Up for Our 2019 Funding Cycle

On Wednesday morning, February 13th, Partners filtered into the conference room for our Letter of Interest Review training entitled, "Wha...

Jan 3, 2019
2 min

Investee Update: Traveling Stories

Traveling Stories has been hard at work, striving to deepen their impact and update their programs to be at their best. Here is the newes...

Jan 2, 2019
2 min

DEEP-ening Our Impact: An update from an Investee

An expression of gratitude and an update on successes from Gina Gianzero, Executive Director of DEEP: In 2015, DEEP became the fortunate ...

Dec 20, 2018
1 min

Catching Up With Our Newest Investees

At Impact Committee meetings, members of SDSVP review annual goals and check-in with Investees to ensure we are accountable for the impac...

Dec 20, 2018
1 min

Reconnecting with Former Investees Inspires Future Impact

This November, we facilitated two events titled "Where Are They Now." We revisited former Investees, ARTS and San Diego Coastkeepers, to ...

Dec 20, 2018
1 min

Community Building and Connections

Our Executive Director, Sierra Visher Kroha, and our Communications and Office Coordinator, Hannah Martin, were proud to represent San Di...

Dec 20, 2018
1 min

Innovation at the All Partner Meeting

At the All Partner Meeting, SDSVP came together to review our FY18 data and discuss our potential for growth in the future. It was an inf...

Aug 27, 2018
2 min

Investee Orientations Ignite Passion and Excitement for Successful Partnerships

Traveling Stories (left) and AAP-CA3 (right) met with their SDSVP teams for orientation this week. Investee Orientations Ignite Passion a...

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