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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, we have examined the diverse needs across our region, evaluated the best practices of our parent foundations and incorporated community input before launching a new set of grantmaking strategies.

The community foundation has developed a series of Requests for Proposals, or RFPs, that address five grantmaking strategies: Economic Security; Immigrant Integration; Education (Closing the Middle School Achievement Gap); Regional Planning (Land Use and Transportation Planning); and a Community Opportunity Fund focused on safety-net issues and innovative ideas. The first grants under our new strategies were announced in December 2008, and we are continuing to hold information sessions for organizations interested in submitting proposals.

STAY INFORMED

We encourage you to stay informed about important news and announcements by signing up for our community e-newsletter, reading our FAQs and learning more about the Community Input Project.

In 2008, the community foundation awarded $264 million in grants; up from $242 million in our first year. View a list of organizations that received funding through the community foundation’s endowment grantmaking in 2007 and 2008. If you have questions, please contact us at grants@siliconvalleycf.org or 650.450.5400.