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| Los Angeles Social Venture Partners (LASVP) is a community of professionals with a two-pronged mission. We work with nonprofits to help them strengthen their organizations and expand their capacity; and through this work and other educational activities, we expand the philanthropic capacity and expertise of our individual Partners, creating a venture philanthropy network that transforms our community and ourselves. |
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Each SVP Partner makes an annual contribution of $5,000 to LASVP, or $1,500 for an Associate Partner. We "pool" these funds for investment in local nonprofits, but the core of our philanthropy is engagement. We give of ourselves -- our time, our expertise, and our business contacts -- to help our nonprofit investees achieve growth goals that they often thought were impossible. Through this direct involvement, we, too, are strengthened as philanthropists and more personally connected to the larger L.A. community.
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LASVP was founded in June 2004, and currently has 75 Partners. Our group is part of SVP International, a network of 29 local Social Venture Partners organizations in the United States, Canada, India and Japan, with more than 2,500 partners. Since the first SVP was founded in Seattle in 1997, SVPs have invested over $46 million and tens of thousands of volunteer hours in more than 500 nonprofit organizations.
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| Read about SVP International, or watch the video below. |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current investment focus?
We are currently working with LA-based education and environmental nonprofits, as well as a wide variety of innovative nonprofits...
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How many grants are made each year, and in what amounts?
Our “investments” include both our money and our time. Typically, we make one new investment each year, in addition to evaluating our...
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