PRESS RELEASES - 2007 Archive

Dec. 17

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Donors Award Over $660,000 in Scholarships

Dec. 3, 2007

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Launches Magazine
  to Spotlight Community Challenges and Encourages Participation (PDF)

Nov. 26

• Homelessness to Home Ownership: New Study Shows How Financial Education and Matched Savings Can Bring a Family Back From the Brink

Nov. 19

• New Partnership With Joint Venture to Expand Silicon Valley Index (PDF)

Nov. 13

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Extends Interim Grants Program (PDF)

Nov. 1

• CEO Emmett Carson Honored for Impact on Philanthropy (PDF)

Oct. 19

• Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund to Become Independent Organization (PDF)

Oct. 9

• New Study on Corporate Philanthropy in Silicon Valley Reveals Important Trends in Giving

Sept. 24

• New Center for Philanthropy Opens on the Peninsula (PDF)

Sept. 14

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation's Emmett Carson Named Among Top 50 Most Influential Nonprofit Leaders (PDF)

July 9

• SV2 - Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund Awards $150,000 STRENGTH Grant to Improve Parent Education (PDF)

June 14

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Completes Leadership Team (PDF)

June 12

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Names Nancy Handel to the Board of Directors (PDF)

June 8

• Kirsch Foundation Appoints Susan Frank as President & CEO (PDF)

June 1

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awards Over $70,000 to 22 Neighborhood Groups In Santa Clara and Southern San Mateo Counties (PDF)

May 21

• Bay Area Community Foundations Award Fellowships to Six Art Teachers (PDF)

April 30

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awards $175,000 to 16 Nonprofits Serving Santa Clara and Southern San Mateo Counties (PDF)

April 25

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Appoints
  New Vice President of Marketing and Communications (PDF)

April 18

• EARTH DAY 2007: Silicon Valley Community Foundation Urges Local Residents to Celebrate, Get Involved and Make a Difference (PDF)

April 17

• SV2 – Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund Awards $100,000 to Improve Young People’s Health and Fitness (PDF)

April 10

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awards $700,000 to 16 Nonprofits Serving San Mateo and Northern Santa Clara Counties

March 27

• Sobrato Family Awarded International Foundation of the Year

March 12

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Appoints Bheesham Sethi as First Vice President of Development (PDF)

March 12

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Advances the Arts with Grants of $200,000 to 17 Diverse Arts Organizations (PDF)

Feb. 1

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Announces Key Positions: New Community Foundation Appoints Veterans from Parent Organizations (PDF)

Jan. 29

• East Palo Alto – The Other Side of the Story: Community leaders share efforts to work together, combat violence with new community foundation (PDF)

Jan. 16

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Appoints National Leader in Philanthropy as Chief Giving Officer (PDF)

Jan. 4

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Adds Four Members to Leadership Team (PDF) New Foundation Opens Doors with Additional Leadership Appointments

Jan. 3

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation Opens, Announces New Headquarters and Key Appointments

• (PDF) Merger of Community Foundation Silicon Valley, Peninsula Community Foundation Creates Opportunities for Social Change with Broader Scale