NCG member Silicon Valley Community Foundation is hosting video of their October 27, 2009, Regional Meeting on their SVCF YouTube channel.
At this second Regional Meeting of 2009, panelists Rosa Perez, Will Lightbourne, Michele Jackson, Jeffrey Cheung, David Boesch were asked:
“What is the most significant change you have seen in your area since the onset of the recession?”
See the panel response on SVCF’s YouTube channel.
NCG member Marin Community Foundation has unveiled a five-year initiative to close the educational achievement gap in Marin where only 21% of low-income students and students of color complete high school ready for college or other post-secondary education.
“According to [MCF President Thomas Peters], the Foundation’s funding will focus on three areas: helping ensure that young children enter kindergarten prepared to succeed; providing extra help to students in elementary, middle, and high school so that when they graduate, they are prepared to apply to and complete college or other post-secondary education; and supporting local districts to improve schools with relatively higher numbers of students who need extra help.”
Read the full press release online.
Read a recent Philanthropy News Digest article on the initiative online.
NCG Member Silicon Valley Community Foundation announced this week that it will award $800,000 in grants “to improve local and regional planning efforts that are designed to create livable communities for all residents in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.”
Anticipating that population in the Bay Area will increase by 2 million residents by 2035, SVCF will use these grants support “organizations and efforts that promote smart growth policies to reduce traffic and air pollution, create affordable housing and mixed use developments close to transit, and ensure that all communities have access to services.”
Read the full press release online.
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