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The Partner Connection:JanFebMar 2008
SVP Seattle Begins 2008 with 40 New Partners! If You Believe in SVP Mission & Vision of the Future... APC Creating Community Impact Investee Profile: Street Soldiers Partner Impact: SVPI Advocacy Conference in Dallas SVP Board Seeks New Members SVP Seeks a Program Assistant
SVP Begins 2008 With 40 New Partners
During the last six months, more than 40 new Partners joined SVP Seattle.
We continue to grow and the numbers tell the story best. Please take a moment to learn more about the new members of our SVP Community. Together they bring a rich blend of experience, cultures, professions, education and a spirit of adventure. Their bios are linked on the left. And, while this may seem like a lot of new people joining SVP, please keep in mind that if we plan to accomplish our mission during the next decade, we need to grow our partner base by several hundred new members! If you know smart, talented, passionate, caring, folks who share our vision for the future and would be a great fit for our SVP Partnership, we encourage you to reach out --- spread the word, bring them to our SVP Community. Early Alert: More Partners and more bios coming in April Issue 2008! Read all bios….
Welcome New Partners!
Huffman-Polson,Shannon
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If You Believe in the SVP Mission and Vision for the Future…
In November, we celebrated our 10th Anniversary and presented you with our SVP Seattle 2007-2012 Strategic Plan.
You know that our SVP future vision aspires to create significant, systemic change in our community during the next decade. We believe that SVP will become the highest impact way for individuals to effect positive social change in Puget Sound and beyond. In order to achieve this dream, SVP is seeking to raise $1.2 million in incremental funds (in addition to annual contributions) over the next five years.
Your SVP Board and about 20 Partners are leading a special effort to create an additional investment in SVP’s future. Board members and Molly and Mike Hanlon committed the first $230,000. Then a group of 20 partners stepped forward to invest another $570,000. Which means we are 2/3 of the way to our goal! If anyone would like to know more about this investment in SVP’s 5-year Vision, please let Paul Shoemaker know. As always, there is absolutely no obligation to join us in this effort. We deeply appreciate all you have done for SVP in the past and will do in the future.
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APC Creating Community Impact
The Early Learning Series began with a focus on Brain Science and continues in April with sessions designed by our Early Learning Advocacy and Policy committee (APC).
They were developed in order to help our SVP Partners learn about the importance of early learning and how individuals can be involved. – For information on Early Learning APC Seminars, See the Events Calendar-- Click here…
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SVP & APC Unplugged: Learn More
What is Advocacy? For nonprofits, “Policy Advocacy is identifying, analyzing and solving public problems.”
The SVP APC committee’s mission is building public will about the importance of upstream investments. There are a broad range of activities that non-profits can undertake to impact social problems, ranging from mining a knowledge base to reaching out to peer constituencies to sharing data to educating voters and candidates about policy issues, to lobbying public officials. The intent is to focus on activities that educate the public about the issue areas and to avoid outright political endorsements.
To put it simply, it means “speak up,” relates Nancy Amidei one of two panelists at the first session of the SVP Advocacy Training Sessions. Amidei and co-panelist Paul Ahren urged SVP partners to not only speak up for themselves, but also urged SVP to encourage, support, and even train our Investees to be advocates. Other topics covered at the session included what advocacy is and is not, what the rules for lobbying are, how the legislative process in Washington State works, and five ways for all of us to be involved. Want to learn more?
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Investee Impact
Metrocenter YMCA/Street Soldiers: A Success Story
In a recent interview, YMCA Executive Director, Jennifer Parker, expands the conversation about funder support by asking: “What if the funder gave you not just money, but access to talented consultants to help you with board development, outcome measures, marketing plans and technology assessment? That’s what happened when Social Venture Partners Seattle (SVP) chose to invest in the YMCA of Greater Seattle Metrocenter branch and the Street Soldiers program. Street Soldiers is an innovative sixteen-week violence prevention, academic preparation, and peer education program that…Read more…
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Partner Impact
First SVPI Advocacy & Public Policy Conference to be Held in Dallas, Texas, April 9-10, 2008.
SVPI presents the first workshop on advocacy and the role it can play in SVP and in personal philanthropy. Join Abby Levine, Foundation Advocacy Counsel at the Alliance for Justice, Elizabeth Rigby, early childhood policy specialist and advocate and SVP partners Bob Wright and Dawn Trudeau for a lively and interactive exploration of advocacy within the SVP model. Read more…
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SVP Board Seeks New Members
SVP Seattle’s Board (www.svpseattle.org/about/our-team) is ready to bring on two or three new Board members this Fall.
That means we are looking for candidates now—both people we will reach out to and people that might express interest. If you would like to know more about becoming a candidate for the SVP Board, please let one of us know. We can tell you more about the commitment, the Board’s role, our sub-committees, etc. We expect to have more candidates than slots which is a great “problem” to have! Thank you.
Bill Henningsgaard, Chair - bill@ramblingclan.com
Lisa Chin, Incoming Chair - lisa@jooksing.org
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SVP Seattle is Hiring a Program Assistant!
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Partners in the News
Bill Henningsgaard and Susan Sullivan in the Chronicle of Philanthropy…Read More
Paul Shoemaker in the New York Times..Read More
SVP Seattle’s Paul Shoemaker, interviewed by Denise Caruso for the New York Times
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Changes to Merrill Lynch Transfers
Before the transfer of any security or wired funds, you must contact SVP (marlener@svpseattle.org) or (206.374.8757)
with details of the transaction. For securities, we need: your name, name of the security, number of shares and date of the transfer. For wired funds we need: your name, the amount, and the date of the wire.
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SVP Seattle Has New Digs!
We moved…just across the hall.
SVP Seattle now shares a suite with our Social Venture Partners International (SVPI) colleagues in Suite #615! Our official new address is: 1601 2nd Ave, #615, Seattle, Wash. 98101
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Social Venture Kids (SVK’s) Send Thanks to the Partnership
Dear Social Venture Partners,
Social Venture Kids would like to thank you all for your generous support at the SVP 10th year anniversary party. We were able to raise over $700 from your donations and support buying t-shirts and mugs as well as the Commerce Bank of Washington’s donation of $1000. Read More…
If you haven’t heard already, our focus topic this year is domestic violence and abuse involving youth. We look forward to updating you on our progress and introducing our grant recipients to you in June. Once again, thanks for your support.--Alexa, Anna, Becca, Danielle, Ellie, Emily, Lauryn, Leah, Max, William, Zach
SVK’s Extend Grant Application Deadline to April 14, 2008. Read More…
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Events Calendar
April 7 –
How Much Is Enough? You may have read the recent article in the Seattle Times about Ric Weiland, one of the first five Microsoft employees, and his approach to giving it all (or most of it) away. We will have the opportunity to hear from Ric’s surviving partner, Mike Schaefer, about the creative approach that Ric had to his philanthropic giving, and how he addressed some of the tougher personal issues that came with the territory of giving money to philanthropy balanced with what to give to family.
April 9 –
Washington State Nonprofit Conference, all day conference in Bellevue,WA-- featuring keynote speakers Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod, authors of “Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High Impact Nonprofits.” Session topics include “Advanced Financial Analysis,” “Can Marketing Create a Movement?” and “Implementing Culturally Competent Practice.” Read More…
April 12 –
Family Service Project- 1:00pm – 4:00pm -at the Shoreline Re-pack Center –Assist Food Lifeline sort, label or re-pack food for more than a million people in need in our area. Join other SVP partners and family members.
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Early Learning Series:
All Sessions at Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)- 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
April 15 –
The Business Case for Early Learning What are the economics of early learning? How does effective early learning lead to school readiness, and long-term economic benefits?
April 29 -
Current Climate and Opportunities Ahead
What's going on in our state around early learning? How can you get involved?
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April 21 -
Winter New Partner Orientation -6:30pm- 8:30pm -SVP Offices
April 24 –
Volunteering in a Diverse World –9:00am-Noon, SVP Offices, 1601 2nd Ave, Seattle,WA
This interactive workshop uses practical examples drawn from real situations to help you create a more balanced dynamic in your work with Investees that more closely resembles a partnership.
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SAVE the DATE: Spring Partner Meeting June 9, 2008 5:00pm-8:00pm; Location: TBA
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SVP 10th Anniversary Celebration Slideshow! See it Here...
All Photos of the 10th Anniversary Event Courtesy of Gregory Currier- Anacora Foto-
