PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION
1222 PRESERVATION PARK WAY, OAKLAND, CA 946121201 www.venturesfoundation.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO ENGAGE CREATIVE DONORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN GRASSROOTS PHILANTHROPY VIA RADICAL COLLABORATION.

PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION (PVF) BRINGS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO PHILANTHROPY AND THE WAY IT IS CARRIED OUT TO MAXIMIZE IMPACT. WE PROVIDE A VALUABLE AND OTHERWISE UNHEARD VOICE TO THE PHILANTHROPIC SECTOR. WE HAVE BUILT UP LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH DONORS, HELPED SHAPE THEIR CHARITABLE GIVING, AND ARE REGARDED AS TRUSTED PHILANTHROPIC ADVISORS TO MANY. OUR APPROACH AND VISION FOR PHILANTHROPY HAS BEEN BROADCAST THOROUGHLY AND EMBRACED THROUGH OUR RECENT BOOK, GRASSROOTS PHILANTHROPY, PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND TEACHING.PVF STAFF IS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH ITS GRANTEES TO ACT AS AN ADVOCATE IN HELPING THEM SUCCEED IN THEIR WORK.

PVF STAFF DOES EXTENSIVE CONSULTING WITH OTHER FOUNDATIONS REGARDING THEIR GRANTMAKING. IN TOTAL, WE HAVE CONDUCTED SITE VISITS TO OVER 450 FOUNDATIONS NATIONWIDE, PROVIDING OUR EXPERTISE TO THOUSANDS OF DONORS AND GRANTEES AND AFFECTING COUNTLESS LIVES IN THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITIES.

THE FOUNDATION STAFF TEACHES COURSES ON PHILANTHROPY AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND UC BERKELEY, AND HAS CREATED PHILANTHROPY FELLOWSHIPS. PVF STAFF ACTS AS MENTORS TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THEIR FAMILY FOUNDATIONS. THE STAFF PRODUCES LITERATURE ON EFFECTIVE GRANTMAKING WHICH IS SENT TO OVER 800 FOUNDATIONS.

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