Let’s Get Engaged

We know, Valentine’s Day was last week, BUT we still felt it would be a good reason to talk about getting engaged—in the SVP way. Engagement can take many different shapes and forms here at SVP. But what’s most important is that your SVP engagement best suits you and serves your needs. 

As we sail into 2024, we want to review the different options available to you, as well as share a reminder that there is no one way or right way to be engaged! Or any obligation to be engaged at all!

We like to say that we can engage the four Ts at SVP: the Treasure, Time, Talent, and Ties of our collective community—our partners, staff, donors, and nonprofit changemakers—to improve the way nonprofits operate, all in service of helping kids. Click here to learn more about what each of these means in practice. Want to change what your current engagement looks like? Let’s talk! 

First we have Treasure. This one is pretty self-explanatory, but also critical to the work that we do at SVP. SVP’s financial support and collective giving model provides our nonprofits with crucial multi-year unrestricted operational funding and supports our capacity-building programming. 

Next is Time. This can look a few different ways and can take as much or as little time as you would like. Some examples of this include the following: 

• Reading our SVP monthly updates to understand your impact
• Attending SVP social/knowledge events
• Becoming an SVP Lead Partner
• Supporting an ad-hoc capacity-building project
• Volunteering for one of our Investees’ programs
• Joining a Discovery Team to perform due diligence on a prospective Investee

Then we have Talent! Examples of this are: 

• Being an Expert on Call! This is skills-based volunteering to support capacity-building projects with our Investees in one of our nine capacity-building areas. The duration of these projects can range from 30 minutes to 3 months, depending on the project and your availability. 
• Facilitating or leading a knowledge-building event 

And finally we have Ties. This means using your social capital and network to help our nonprofits. Examples include the following: 

• Acting as a champion for a nonprofit 
• Making introductions within your network to leverage potential additional funding or volunteering opportunities
• Convening your community to attend an Investee’s event or participate in an Investee’s campaign

Want to learn more or get involved with one of the four Ts? Then get in touch with us today!