In Santa Clara County, 7,500 people are without a home on any given night. Destination: Home is a public-private partnership that uses collective impact strategies to to work towards ending homelessness in Santa Clara County.
In this episode, Erica Wood, SVCF’s EVP of Community Impact, talks with Jennifer Loving, CEO of Destination: Home, about how communities can come together to end homelessness.
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SVCF supports California Common Cause through our civic participation grant making strategy. California Common Cause advocates for independent commissions to draw district lines for local elections.
In this episode, SVCF’s Civic Participation Program Officer Jack Mahoney talks with Rey Lopez-Calderon, the Executive Director of California Common Cause, and Pamela Jones, a Menlo Park community activist, about California’s local redistricting revolution and how district elections can be one path towards better representation.
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What is it like to become a philanthropist for the first time? Donor Sally Liu knows first hand. A long time environmentalist, Liu became a donor with SVCF 14years ago, with a focus on green causes. Liu worked with SVCF to create a vision and mission for her giving. She’s now also a member of SVCF’s Donor Circle for the Environment.
In this episode of Philanthropy Now, Liu talks about this and more with her philanthropy advisor Andy Perkins, SVCF’s Director of Donor Engagement. Listen in as the two discuss advice for new donors and some of the things Liu’s been working on.
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