Reimagining What’s Possible
December 22, 2020
Hello SVP Community, Good morning from here in Seattle. How are you holding up? It’s been over nine months of this new pandemic world and while the recent news of a vaccine is certainly heartening, it’s clear we are not going back to gatherings, conferences, working together in person and the like any time soon. […] Read More
SVP India: Recap on the National Partner Meet and SAMVAAD 2020
November 18, 2020
The world has been profoundly affected by the global pandemic. Not only is it a threat to public health, the economic and social disruption, it has threatened the long-term livelihoods and wellbeing of millions. While all of us grapple with this new normal, SVP India is leading the quest to building a resilient eco-system to […] Read More
Meet the Reimagine Pilot Grantmaking Committee
November 10, 2020
SVP International staff selected a grant committee of sector experts and experienced systems change leaders to score nominated affiliates and nominees against the grant criteria. Read More
Let’s Lead by Example
October 16, 2020 Hello SVP Community, As a long-time SVP Partner, I’ve gotten to know many of you over the years. And, like you, I worry about what’s happening in the world and how we can do more together to strengthen communities in the face of injustice. Read More
Collective Impact
October 2, 2020
Network Friends and Partners, 2020. Whew, hard to believe we’re already in the last quarter of this year of so much change. In Seattle and across the West Coast of the US, we have lately been living with the devastating impacts of climate change right outside our windows – something I know many of our community in […] Read More
Reimagining Together: Opportunity for Action
June 2, 2020
Our world is at a turning point and we need to step up. It is with this in mind that SVP International is launching the SVP Reimagine Fund. The SVP Reimagine Fund builds on the impact of local SVP Affiliates and Partners to catalyze more regional, national and cross-country resources to solve pressing social challenges at their root. We will start by responding to needs emerging from this pandemic and from long-standing unjust systems, while demonstrating another way for philanthropy to be close to and accountable to communities. Read More
As a network that started in the United States, and with our largest base in the United States, it is our responsibility to lead by example and to promote justice-based philanthropy. Today, SVP International is recommitting to and accelerating our work to tackle problems at their root, re-imagine systems, find and fund solutions that are regional, national, and global in scale and to trust and fund movement leaders who are closest to the problems and the solutions. Read More