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Social Venture Partners Continues to Grow and Give −$26.5 Million in Grant Investments Made to More than 300 Nonprofit Organizations

Denver, CO – Social Venture Partners Denver recently announced its Volunteer of the Year and Rookie of the Year for 2007-2008.

DENVER – Social Venture Partners, an organization that invests time, skills, and financial resources to help nonprofit organizations become more sustainable, recently elected a new board of directors.  They are:

SVP's 2008 Capacity Building Outcomes

Prepared by Aaron Jacobs

KEY FINDINGS:

Based on analysis of the survey results, the following key findings were identified:

■ Overall, 100% of SVP investees characterized their relationship with SVP as "excellent" or "good." (88% excellent, 12% good). No investees characterized their relationship with SVP as "fair" or "poor."

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2007 Philanthropy Development Report

Prepared by Erin Hemmings Kahn

KEY FINDINGS:

Based on analysis of the survey results, the following key findings were identified:

SVP has a significant positive impact on partner giving.

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Note from the Board Chair

Published July 2008

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The Denver Foundation's advertisement in 5280 magazine features the Bock family for The Philanthropic Services Group and Social Venture Partners Denver.

Published November 2007

Conde Nast Portfolio

In John Bunyan’s 1684 classic The Pilgrim’s Progress, the character Old Honest poses this riddle to the innkeeper Gaius: “A man there was, tho’ some did count him mad, / The more he cast away, the more he had.” Gaius solves the riddle thus: “He that bestows his Goods upon the Poor / Shall have as much again, and ten times more.”

Published March 9, 2008
The New York Times
 

For as long as wealthy Americans have given their money away, education has been a leading recipient of their largess. Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller: the biggest philanthropists of the 20th century all gave significant portions of their fortunes to schools, teachers and libraries. Today, according to the Foundation Center, about a quarter of all foundation giving goes to education; overall, only religious organizations receive more charitable donations.

Denver, CO - There is much excitement brewing about the continued growth of SVP Denver and the non-profits served by its partners. Please take a moment to view the 2007 Annual Report detailing the fund's progress.