How to Make a Difference: Your First Practical Step
Key Takeaways Small, intentional actions can create meaningful community change. Your time, talent, and financial resources can all strengthen nonprofits. Engaged philanthropy combines giving with hands-on expertise and involvement. Skills-based […]
Shifting From Giving to Doing: Becoming a Changemaker
Key Takeaways Volunteering and giving matter, but they often stop short of the sustained, hands-on support nonprofits need to solve deep-rooted problems. Venture philanthropy pairs money with time, expertise, and […]
Collaborative Philanthropy: Why Standing Alongside Matters
Key Takeaways Collaborative philanthropy turns giving into a partnership. Communities closest to the challenges should help shape solutions. Funding achieves more when paired with skills, relationships, and shared learning. Coordinated […]
The Gift Of Time: How Empty Nesters Can Give Back
Key Takeaways Empty nesters can turn free time into purpose. Volunteering builds connection and fulfillment. Skills-based service helps nonprofits grow. Social Venture Partners (SVP) connects donors, volunteers, and community leaders. […]
Why SVP Meetings Feel More Like a Movement Than a Meeting
Key Takeaways Venture philanthropy focuses on long-term, hands-on support instead of one-time donations. Social Venture Partners (SVP) combines funding, professional expertise, and collaboration to strengthen nonprofits. Nonprofit leaders and donors […]
Beyond Writing Checks: What Venture Philanthropy Really Means (and Why It Works)
When most people think about giving, we picture writing a check, clicking on a donation page, or making a one-time gift tied to a cause we care about. That kind […]
The Surgeon General Said Loneliness Is a Health Crisis. Here’s One Antidote
A lot of people feel lonely right now. Not just occasionally. Not just on a quiet Sunday. But in a deeper, harder-to-name way. In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General officially […]
How to Clarify Your Giving and Make a Bigger Local Impact
Key Takeaways How to clarify your giving goals starts with identifying the values, communities, and issues you want to support most. Why local giving creates stronger communities is simple: proximity […]
SVP Community Newsletter – Feb 2024
It was wonderful to hear from all the Investee youth-serving organizations and the SVP Partners who collaborate with them. It was a joy to be in a community of leaders and philanthropists who really want to see young people thrive. Old relationships were renewed and new relationships were formed- all with a central purpose
of collective giving and collective action for a collective impact.
Minneapolis St Paul Business Journal
Five young innovators each won $1,000 during a newly launched YouthSparks Ideas Competition for their “community-changing” startup ideas.
The competition, launched by Minneapolis-based nonprofit support organization Social Venture Partners Minnesota, sought ideas from Minnesota youth ages 12 to 24 to “positively impact youth and help change the community.” The five winners developed solutions for people experiencing disabilities and illnesses, ideas for social platforms and a financial literacy education platform.