November 15 is National Philanthropy Day, and we’re taking a moment to reflect on the incredible contributions of our SVP Vancouver community: Partners and Lead Partners, SVP Vancouver staff, Investee and Alumni organizations, and volunteers from across our network who are dedicated to helping B.C. kids thrive. Across B.C., children are facing mounting barriers to … Read more
Promise Vancouver focuses on instilling hope in under-resourced children and youth in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), one of Canada’s most complex inner-city neighbourhoods. Promise Vancouver engages students in the DTES from grades 1 through 12 with year-round programs that empower them to learn, play, and grow.
We’re thrilled to introduce you to a new Investee to SVP Vancouver: Transform the Family Justice System (TFJS) Collaborative. They joined the SVP Vancouver community earlier this year and are the recipients of a microgrant for their North Island Early Years Family Justice project.
Introducing the newest member of the SVP community! Girls Who LEAP (GWL) was selected as a recipient of an SVP Vancouver microgrant to support their strategic planning process.
Meet Meagan Sutton, an expert in evaluation and impact with over 15 years of experience working with nonprofits and social enterprises around the world.
For those of you who are looking to keep learning over the summer, we’ve got you covered with SVP’s Summer Reading List. We have collected an assortment of resources that explore issues and ideas within the nonprofit sector.
At SVP Vancouver, we believe in the transformative power of collaboration. It isn’t just about what our funding enables—it’s our Ties: the relationships and networks we cultivate, the bridges we build between organizations, and the collective impact we achieve.
On June 5th, eighty-one eager guests gathered together for SVP’s 23rd Annual General Meeting at beautiful VanDusen Gardens. We were also joined by an amazing panel who shared how SVP’s unique model of support has helped them grow and evolve, and better support the children and youth they serve.
At our AGM on June 5th, we were thrilled to present the SVP Distinguished Partner Award to Dan Bowditch.
At SVP we FIND, FUND, and STRENGTHEN organizations through our venture philanthropy model, forming close, trusting relationships with them. We we want to help organizations go even further; to level up and do even more. We want to change the game for the non-profits we work with, the kids they support, and the non-profit sector as a whole.
