SVP Events
Events and education sessions are a great way to dig into a new topic, get to know SVP, or meet others who share your interests.
In addition to our upcoming events (below), there are also a number of regular meetings that you are welcome to drop in on. If you’d like to get to know the nonprofits we support, consider attending an Investee event.
Drink It In Featuring: Race to the Top
Washington State recently won a $60 million grant for early learning. What's next? Join Thrive by Five CEO, Nina Auerbach to find out!
Tour SVP's Online Resource Center and Workspace
SVP provides our Partners with a private online space where they can access and share resources, connect with each other, and work together. Take a tour!
Meet SVP: An Intro for Prospective Grantees
Are you interested in applying for a grant from SVP? Learn a bit more about us first!
Meet SVP: An Intro for Prospective Grantees
Are you interested in applying for a grant from Social Venture Partners? Would you like to learn more about our unique model and our capacity building partnerships? Please join us to learn more about the SVP Model, our giving priorities, capacity building resources we provide, and what makes a successful SVP relationship. This is a great chance to hear from Staff and Partners and have your questions answered before you apply for an SVP Grant.
Taste of SVP Part II: Demystifying Volunteer Consulting
What do Partners volunteering with Investees really do? This second session in the series will offer a broad view of our capacity building relationships with Investees. Learn from a panel of experienced Partners and Investees about what’s working, what some of the challenges are, and what both sides are learning in the relationship.
Family Service Project with Food Lifeline
Please join fellow SVP partners and their children (age 6 and older) sorting, labeling or repackaging food for the hungry in Food Lifeline’s huge Shoreline warehouse.
#SocEnt Weekend
Have you ever had an idea that could change the world? Do you want to experience what it is like to be a social entrepreneur in a low cost, low risk and fun way? Do you have useful skills to contribute to others who have good ideas and need help taking them forward? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then #SocEnt Weekend is the place for you!
Prospective Partners Reception
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? Join us to explore how SVP can connect you with others on that same journey!
Taste of SVP Part III: On the Ground with an SVP Investee
In this session, rather than talk about our work with nonprofits, we thought we’d SHOW you what it’s like. You’ll get to visit one of our Investees, learn about their impact first hand, explore how SVP is supporting their work, and participate in a current volunteer project-in-action.
Family Service Project with Eastside Baby Corner
Please join other SVP partners and their children (age 7 and older) at the Eastside Baby Corner in Issaquah to sort incoming donations of toys and clothing, and possibly prepare layettes for new babies!
Family Service Group: Best Practices in 21st Century Family Development
Lead by SVP Partner, Kristen Bauer, this session is designed for parents who want to discuss and explore effective ways to nurture happy, self-reliant, thoughtful and productive children amid the opportunities and challenges that come with affluence.
Board-Centered Leadership: How to Develop the Board You Want... And Need
Faced with shrinking budgets, rapidly changing social needs, and ever more intense public scrutiny, today’s nonprofit executives are finding that they must step up to a new level of partnership with their boards. This United Way workshop offers new ways for executives to think about this partnership, examines common barriers that can prevent boards from playing a stronger leadership role, and explores what executives can do to help break down those barriers.
GEO Conference: Smart Grantmaking. Stronger Nonprofits. Better Results.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations is holding their national conference in Seattle this year! Offering a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking, conference sessions will tackle topics like engaging stakeholders, embracing evaluation and learning, and supporting collaborative problem solving.
Third Thursday's Drink It In with Reid Saaris
Join Reid Saaris, Founder and Director of Equal Opportunity Schools, and fellow SVP Partners for drinks and discussion! EOS is a first-year SVP Investee, and our Third Thursdsay happy hour is a great way to learn more about them in a fun and casual setting.
Prospective Partners Reception
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? Join us to explore how SVP can connect you with others on that same journey!
Speed Reading Financial Statements: Review Practices for Board Members
Financial statements can be intimidating, yet they contain enormously valuable information. More importantly, they are used by external decision-makers who hold your organization’s financial well-being in their hands. This United Way workshop teaches financial statement speed-reading tricks and outlines some of the key indicators that Board members sometimes overlook when they are exercising their fiduciary duties.
Finding a Board That’s Right for You
Thinking about nonprofit board service, but unsure about where to begin? Wondering what skills you might have to offer? Curious about the questions you should ask before making a commitment to serve? Discover what you can contribute to the nonprofits and issues you are passionate about!
Boards on Fire! Inspiring Leaders to Raise Money Joyfully
Often well-meaning board members struggle with fundraising because they don't understand how they can have maximum impact with the time they have. In this highly interactive session offered by the United Way, you will learn how to focus the attention of busy board members so they can raise the most money with the least effort, using activities they can embrace with joy.
Prospective Partners Reception
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? Join us to explore how SVP can connect you with others on that same journey!
Prospective Partners Reception
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? Join us to explore how SVP can connect you with others on that same journey!
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