Resource Team Updates - May 2011

SVP’s Resource Teams have been hard at work! The Resource Teams assist our Investees as well as other nonprofits in San Diego to achieve performance targets and desired outcomes in key capacity building areas. If you have experience in a particular area or would like to learn more about a particular area, consider joining a team. The time commitment is up to you. It can be as easy as a 2 hour brainstorming meeting or a more in-depth 3 month project – you determine how you’d like to get involved based on your interests and availability. If you’re interested in learning more, please contact Peggy at peggy@sdsvp.org. To see a detailed description of the services offered by each team, please click here.

Photo: Excellence in Justice & Education (EJE) Academies

Recent Resource Team Activity:

Board Development: EJE, Museum of Man, Foundation for Women
Business Operations: Welcome new chair, Tony Broad!
Fund Development: Jenna Druck Center
Information Technology: Welcome new chair, Ken Davenport!
Marketing: EJE, Reality Changers, SDSVP
Outcome Planning: Altus Institute (Audeo Charter), Words Alive, Summerbridge, PAWS, Angels Foster Family Network

Reality Changers alum is the latest YouTube sensation

From The San Diego Union-Tribune
January 14, 2011
by Karla Peterson

A little over 10 years ago, Jorge Narvaez was a class-cutting, troublemaking Kroc Middle School kid who was bound for nowhere good. But instead of joining a gang, the Clairemont teen was an inaugural member of Reality Changers, an organization that gives motivated inner-city students the academic, financial and emotional resources to go to college. With the help of Reality Changers and scholarships, Narvaez became the first member of his family to go to college.

Click here to read more and see the video that made Jorge and his daughter singing sensation YouTube stars!

Second Year Investee: Tariq Khamsia Foundation (TKF)

• TKF has retooled their Fund Development Team and hired a new Development Director, Tina Inscoe.  Congratulations Tina!
• With the help of SDSVP and Sherri Neasham, TKF went through the outcome planning process and as a result, they have created a new mission and vision. TKF recently updated their marketing pamphlet and websiteto reinforce their new focus.
• Many thanks to Wendy Gibson for serving as Lead Partner of TKF for two years! Steve Ness will continue to guide TKF through their final year as an Investee.

Click here to learn more about TKF. Or, if you’d like to get involved, please contact Mandy at mandy@sdsvp.org.

ElderHelp is making headlines!

We are excited to share that Investee, ElderHelp was featured in an article in the U.S. News & World Report.  ElderHelp is featured as an "aging in place" solution for the growing number of seniors in America. Executive Director, Leane Marchese explains the innovative approach of ElderHelp's service model and how it is a cost-effective solution.

Click here to view the article.

First Friday: From Sesame Street, to Wall Street

SDSVP Partner and Board Member, Peg Eddy presented her popular “From Sesame Street, to Wall Street” at First Friday on March 4. Peg outlined practical strategies to use to increase financial fitness in future generations. A fee-only Certified Financial Planner, Peg helped attendees examine their own money "psyches" as they learned how to become better financial role models for young people and be better stewards of their own time, talents, and treasures. Saving, spending, investing, and sharing were discussed, with a special emphasis on philanthropy and how to involve future generations in active sharing arrangements.

Click here to view Peg’s presentation of “From Sesame Street, to Wall Street.”

SDSVP and Gumpert Foundation bring For Impact fundraising workshop to San Diego

On March 17, Investees of San Diego Social Venture Partners and the William Gumpert Foundation participated in the For Impactworkshop led by Nick Fellers.  The session gave participants practical and field-tested ideas with "how to" instruction to make a quantum leap in funding. Ultimately, Nick drove home the concept that impact drives income. Our Investees are seeing results already:

"Thanks very much for the seminar. Within 24 hours, it helped! I met with two friends of the organization and applied the For Impact advice. They walked away loving our program and excited to get involved. They made a contribution a day later that was not 2x or 4x, but 10x what it has been in the past and we are meeting again next month to discuss how else they can help our efforts in the community.” -Megan Baehrens, Development Coordinator, San Diego Coastkeeper

Click here for more info on For Impact.

IN APPRECIATION

• Thanks to AMN Healthcare for their generous support of SDSVP by providing us with conference and meeting space over the past four years. AMN Healthcare is the nation’s largest provider of comprehensive healthcare staffing and workforce solutions. For more information visit amnhealthcare.com.
   
• Thanks to Francine Gonzalez Photography, SDSVP’s Board of Directors now has professional and great looking headshots! See more of Francine’s photography at francineogonzalez.com

The Partner 4-1-1

Del Mar's Dog Beach is sporting a multi-level water fountain, with spigots for people and dogs alike, thanks to the generosity of Richard & Sharon Bockoff, who donated the fountain through the Del Mar Foundation in honor of their dogs, Walter and Sophie.Click here for more pictures of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Emeritus Investee, the Human Development Foundation recently recognized JoAnne Berg and Scott Tritt in their newsletter. JoAnne assisted with their financial reporting systems and Scott applied his expertise in television news production to produce a new informative video.  Way to go!

Welcome New Partners

• Joe Fisch and Joyce Axelrod
• Ann McCulloch and Chuck Maurer
• Lisa Liguori

Learn more about becoming a Partner! Call Membership Director, Jacqueline Silverman at (858) 724-6067.

San Diego Social Venture Partners announces support for military nonprofits to strengthen returning service members and their families

SAN DIEGO (March 30, 2011) – San Diego Social Venture Partners (SDSVP) will partner with the Camp Pendleton Armed Services YMCA and REBOOT (By the National Veterans Transition Services, Inc.) to help ease the burden local service members and their families face as a result of ongoing military engagements overseas. Each organization will receive grants and in-kind gifts of more than $600,000 as part of SDSVP's three year commitment to the organizations.
San Diego Social Venture Partners is a group of local professionals who donate their money and expertise to help nonprofits become successful and sustainable.
"We're excited about our involvement, and the opportunity to support their crucial missions," says SDSVP Executive Director Peggy Kidd. "The organizations couldn't be more different. One has been an anchor in the community for decades, the other is a start-up planning to scale their programs to a national level. We believe there's an opportunity for both to grow their impact."
Camp Pendleton ASYMCA is dedicated to providing support to families stationed on or near Camp Pendleton. Their programs enhance the quality of life for military families and reduce stress by providing support for junior enlisted service members, spouses and children.


REBOOT recognizes the importance of providing returning service members with an effective way to transition back to civilian life, both physically and mentally. Their intensive 3-week program provides job-related assistance and counseling.
Using the venture capital approach, SDSVP's unique model provides nonprofits with a plan for long-term success.  This is especially crucial today, as the economy is requiring all organizations - especially nonprofits - to do more with less.
“What makes SDSVP different from other grantmakers is that our members stand behind our donations with their business expertise to help the nonprofits we invest in succeed," Peggy Kidd continues. "We make multi-year financial and human resource commitments and we educate our partners about philanthropy and how to best address the needs in this community."
ABOUT SAN DIEGO SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS (SDSVP)
Established in 2001, San Diego Social Venture Partners is a nonprofit organization of professionals who invest time and money in innovative nonprofits in San Diego County while becoming more educated and involved givers. Other organizations receiving support from SDSVP include A Reason to Survive, Audeo Charter School, ElderHelp of San Diego, Reality Changers and the Tariq Khamisa Foundation. SDSVP is an affiliate of Social Venture Partners International, with chapters throughout the United States, Canada, and Tokyo. Our network of over 1,900 members is the largest network of private donors in the world. To learn more about SDSVP, call (858) 724-6065 or visit www.sdsvp.org.