====== Silicon Valley Community Foundation ====== {{ ::lg_svcf_horizontallockup_fullcolor_rgb.jpg?200|}} The **Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)** is an American charitable organization based in [[united_states:california:Mountain View]], [[united_states:California]]. ===== History ===== On December 19, 2013, [[Mark Zuckerberg]] announced a donation of 18 million [[Facebook]] shares to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation totalling $990 million.((Bailey, B. (2013, December 19). //Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg makes $1 billion donation.// The Mercury News. https://archive.ph/4sFJi)) On December 31, 2013, the donation was recognized as the largest charitable gift on public record for 2013.((Wagner, K. (2014, January 3). //Zuckerberg’s Other Billion-Dollar Idea: 2013’s Biggest Charitable Gift.// Mashable. https://web.archive.org/web/20221128075500/https://mashable.com/archive/zuckerberg-charitable-donation-2013)) ===== Activities ===== ==== Grants ==== SVCF has provided grants to:((//Grants Catalog.// Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221204120848/https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/impact/grants-catalog)) * [[1 Team]] * [[10 Books a Home]] * [[10,000 Black Interns Foundation]] * [[10,000 Degrees]] * [[100 Black Men of America]] * [[100 Friends]] * [[100 Women Charitable Foundation]] * [[1000 Friends of Oregon]] * [[17q12 Foundation]] * [[19 for Life Foundation]] * [[1in10]] * [[350.org]] * [[3c Capital Fund]] * [[418 Project]] * [[42nd Street Moon]] * [[500 Women Scientists]] * [[50Breakthroughs Foundation]] * [[826 Boston]] * [[826 National]] * [[826 Valencia]] * [[A Better Chance]] * [[A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation]] * [[A Cure for Ellie]] * [[A Foundation Building Strength]] * [[A Greener World]] * [[A Network for Grateful Living]] * [[A New Way of Life Reentry Project]] * [[A Place Called Home]] * [[A Public Space Literary Projects]] * [[A Reaching Hand]] * [[A Safe Place]] * [[A Wider Bridge]] * [[A Wish With Wings]] * [[A Womans Work]] * [[AARP Foundation]] * [[Aarti for Girls]] * [[Abantu International]] * [[AbilityPath]] * [[Able Works]] * [[Abode Services]] * [[Abortion Care for Tennessee]] * [[About-Face Media Literacy]] * [[Abrazos & Books]] * [[Abundant Grace Coastside Worker]] * [[Abundant Housing LA]] * [[Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen]] * [[Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden]] * [[Academy Foundation]] * [[Acce Institute]] * [[Accelerate Change]] * [[ACCESS Women's Health Justice]] * [[Ace Charter School]] * [[Achieve Tahoe]] * [[AchieveKids]] * [[Achievement Institute of Scientific Studies]] * [[Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation]] * [[ACLU Foundation of Southern California]] * [[Acres]] * [[Across the Bridge Foundation]] * [[Act Now San Francisco]] * [[Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project]] * [[Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet]] * [[Action Against Hunger USA]] * [[Activate Global]] * [[Active Minds]] * [[Actuate Innovation]] * [[Acumen Fund]] * [[Ada's Cafe]] * [[Addgene]] * [[Addiction Education Society]] * [[Addison County Community Action Group]] * [[Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center]] * [[Adelante Foundation]] * [[Adolescent Counseling Services]] * [[Adopt a Family Foundation]] * [[Adrian C. Wilcox High School]] * [[Advaita Society]] * [[Advanced Education Research & Development Fund]] * [[Adventure Cycling Association]] * [[Advertising Council]] * [[Advocates for Children of New York]] * [[Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing]] * [[Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence]] * [[Advocates for the West]] * [[Advocates for Youth]] * [[Afghan Coalition]] * [[AFP Foundation for Philanthropy]] * [[African Advocacy Network]] * [[African American Community Services Agency]] * [[African Communities Together]] * [[African Community and Conservation Foundation]] * [[African Development Solutions]] * [[African Diaspora Network]] * [[African Entrepreneurship Collective]] * [[African Leadership Foundation]] * [[African Library Project]] * [[African Middle Eastern Leadership Project]] * [[African Wildlife Foundation]] * [[African Women's Development Fund]] * [[Afrika Tikkun USA]] * [[Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance of New York]] * [[AFS-USA]] * [[After School Matters]] * [[Afterschool Alliance]] * [[Aga Khan Foundation USA]] * [[Agora Partnerships]] * [[Aguman Capampangan Northwest USA]] * [[Ahimsa Collective]] * [[AI4ALL]] * [[Aid to Adoption of Special Kids]] * [[Aid to the Church in Need]] * [[AIM for Mental Health]] * [[Aim High for High School]] * [[Airbnb.org]] * [[Airlink]] * [[Akshaya Patra Foundation USA]] * [[Alameda Emergency Food]] * [[Alameda Meals on Wheels]] * [[Alaska Conservation Foundation]] * [[Alaska Wilderness League]] * [[Albert F. Egan Jr. & Dorothy H. Egan Foundation]] * [[Alder Graduate School of Education]] * [[Algemeiner]] * [[Alices Kids]] * [[Aligarh Education Endowment Fund]] * [[Alight]] * [[Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation]] (AARBF) * [[All Five]] * [[AIM for Seva]] * [[All Kings Project]] * [[All Raise]] * [[Alliance for a Just Society]] * [[Alliance for Affordable Energy]] * [[Alliance for Children's Rights]] * [[Alliance for Girls]] * [[Alliance for Global Justice]] * [[Alliance for Innovative Regulation Institute]] * [[Alliance for Open Society International]] * [[Alliance for Safety and Justice]] * [[Alliance for Youth Organizing]] * [[Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors]] * [[Allied Media Projects]] * [[Alma College]] * [[Alpine County Sheriff's Department]] * [[Alternative Family Services]] * [[Alternatives to Hunger]] * [[Alum Rock Counseling Center]] * [[Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association]] * [[Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation]] * [[Alzheimer's Foundation of America]] * [[Amalgamated Charitable Foundation]] * [[Amateur Sports Alliance of North America]] (ASANA) * [[Amazon Conservation Team]] * [[Amazon Watch]] * [[America Needs You]] * [[America Nepal Charitable Foundation]] * [[America On Tech]] * [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] * [[American AI Forum]] * [[American Association for Cancer Research]] * [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS) * [[American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Education]] * [[American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin]] * [[American Association of University Women]] * [[American Atheists]] * [[autoimmune_association|American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association]] * [[American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education]] * [[American Cancer Society]] * [[American Childhood Cancer Organization]] * [[American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana]] * [[American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California]] * [[American Civil Liberties Union Foundation]] * [[American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation]] * [[American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada Foundation]] * [[American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation]] * [[American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science]] * [[American Conservative Union Foundation]] * [[American Council of Young Political Leaders]] * [[American Diabetes Association]] * [[American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research]] * [[American Foundation for Suicide Prevention]] * [[American Friends of Neve Shalom-Wahat Al-Salam]] * [[American Friends of the Israel Museum]] * [[American Friends of UHN]] * [[American Friends Service Committee]] * [[American Gateways]] * [[American Heart Association]] * [[American High School]] * [[American Himalayan Foundation]] * [[American Humanist Association]] * [[American Immigration Council]] * [[American India Foundation]] * [[American Indian College Fund]] * [[American Indian Science and Engineering Society]] * [[American Institute for Economic Research]] * [[American Institute for Stuttering]] * [[American Institute of Mathematics]] * [[American Israel Education Foundation]] * [[American Jewish World Service]] * [[American Journalism Project]] * [[American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation]] * [[American Leadership Forum]] * [[American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities]] * [[American Lung Association]] * [[American Lutheran Church]] * [[American Muslim Fund]] * [[American Red Cross]] * [[American Near East Refugee Aid]] * [[American Nonprofits]] * [[American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation]] * [[American Nurses Foundation]] * [[American Online Giving Foundation]] * [[American Oversight]] * [[American Prairie Foundation]] * [[American Public Media Group]] * [[American Radium Society]] * [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] * [[American Society for the Protection of Nature Israel]] * [[American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology]] (ASPHO) * [[American Trust for Oxford]] * [[American University]] * [[American University of Iraq Foundation]] * [[American Whitewater Affiliation]] * [[Americans for Immigrant Justice]] * [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State]] * [[Americares Foundation]] * [[Americas Health Foundation]] * [[Americas Voice Education Fund]] * [[Amnesty International USA]] * [[Amref Health Africa]] * [[Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association]] * [[Andrew P. Hill High School]] * [[Angel Flight West]] * [[Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation]] * [[Angels for Angels]] * [[Angioma Alliance]] * [[Animal Adoption Center]] * [[Animal Assisted Happiness]] * [[Animal Charity Evaluators]] * [[Animal Equality]] * [[Animal Legal Defense Fund]] * [[Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley]] * [[Animals Asia Foundation]] * [[Annunciation House]] * [[Anseye Pou Ayiti]] * [[Antara International]] * [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL) * [[Anti-Recidivism Coalition]] * [[Antioch College]] * [[Antioch Consolidated Association for Youth and Family]] * [[AOPA Foundation]] * [[Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation]] * [[Apollo High School]] * [[APS Type 1 Foundation]] * [[Aquarium of the Pacific]] * [[Arch City Defenders]] * [[Archaeological Conservancy]] * [[Archangel Ancient Tree Archive]] * [[Archbishop Mitty High School]] * [[Archbishop Riordan High School]] * [[Archewell]] * [[Arco Iris America]] * [[Arctic Circle Foundation]] * [[Arden Wood]] * [[Arizona Animal Welfare League]] * [[Arizona Center for Empowerment]] * [[Arizona Humane Society]] * [[Arizona State University]] * [[Arizona State University Foundation]] * [[Arizona Sustainability Alliance]] * [[Arlington Free Clinic]] * [[Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing]] * [[Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy]] * [[Art of Problem Solving Initiative]] * [[Arthritis Foundation]] * [[Artists Association of Nantucket]] * [[ASAPBio]] * [[Ascendigo Autism Services]] * [[ASEAN Foundation]] * [[Ashland Community Hospital Foundation]] * [[Ashland High School]] * [[Ashland Schools Foundation]] * [[Asia Foundation]] * [[Asia Society]] * [[Asian American Futures]] * [[Asian American Journalists Association]] * [[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund]] * [[Asian American-Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy]] * [[Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC]] * [[Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta]] * [[Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus]] * [[Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County]] * [[Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco]] * [[Asian Health Coalition]] * [[Asian Health Services]] * [[Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute]] * [[Asian Pacific Environmental Network]] * [[Asian Pacific Fund]] * [[Asian University for Women Support Foundation]] * [[Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop]] * [[Aspen Education Foundation]] * [[Aspen Jewish Center]] * [[Aspire Public Schools]] * [[ASRT Foundation]] * [[Asset Funders Network]] * [[Assistance League of Diablo Valley]] * [[Assistance League of San Jose]] * [[Associated Students of the University of California at Berkeley]] * [[Associates of the University of Toronto]] * [[Association for Asian American Studies]] * [[Association for Computing Machinery]] * [[Association for Enterprise Opportunity]] * [[Association for India's Development]] * [[Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism]] * [[Association for Senior Day Health]] * [[Association of American Cancer Institutes]] * [[Association of American Rhodes Scholars]] * [[Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation]] * [[Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy]] * [[Association of the Los Altos Historical Museum]] * [[Assyrian Arts Institute]] * [[ASXL Rare Research Endowment Foundation]] * [[Asylum Access]] * [[Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project]] * [[At the Crossroads]] * [[At the Well Project]] * [[Athena Academy]] * [[Atherton Police Activities League]] * [[Athletes for Hope]] * [[Atlas Service Corps]] * [[Aubin Pictures]] * [[Auburn Theological Seminary]] * [[Augie's Quest to Cure ALS]] * [[Aultman Hospital Foundation]] * [[Austin Area Urban League]] * [[Austin Clubhouse]] * [[Austin Coming Together]] * [[Austin Community Foundation]] * [[Austin Science Education Foundation]] * [[Australian National University]] * [[Australian Online Giving Foundation]] * [[Autism Science Foundation]] * [[Autism Society of America]] * [[Autism Speaks]] * [[Auto-Immune Hepatitis Association]] * [[Avalon Academy]] * [[Avenidas]] * [[Avow Foundation For Abortion Access]] * [[Ayiti Demen]] * [[Ayni Institute]] * [[Ayo Charity Foundation]] * [[AZ Common Ground]] * [[B'nai B'rith]] * [[B'nai B'rith Youth Organization]] * [[Baby2Baby]] * [[Bach-Viet Association]] * [[Bail Project]] * [[Bainbridge Island Land Trust]] * [[Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center]] * [[Bainbridge Public Library]] * [[Ball State University Foundation]] * [[Baltimore Corps]] * [[Banner Alzheimers Foundation]] * [[Bar Ilan University]] * [[Bard College]] * [[Barnard College]] * [[BASIC Fund]] * [[Basis Charter Schools]] * [[Basset Hound Rescue of Southern California]] * [[Baton Rouge Area Foundation]] * [[Battery Foundation]] * [[Bay Area Affordable Homeownership Alliance]] * [[Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium]] * [[Bay Area Cancer Connections]] * [[Bay Area Community Resources]] * [[Bay Area Friendship Circle]] * [[Bay Area Gardeners Foundation]] * [[Bay Area Housing Corporation]] * [[Bay Area Legal Aid]] * [[Bay Area Lyme Foundation]] * [[Bay Area Organizing Committee]] * [[Bay Area Rescue Mission]] * [[Bay Area Women's and Children's Center]] * [[Bay Nature Institute]] * [[Baykeeper]] * [[Baylor College of Medicine]] * [[Bayou Community Foundation]] * [[Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology]] * [[BCT Institute for Media Productions]] * [[Be The Match Foundation]] * [[Bear Valley Education Foundation]] * [[Beauty From Ashes Ranch]] * [[Behavioral Ideas Lab]] * [[Bellarmine College Preparatory]] * [[Belmont-Redwood Shores Public School Foundation]] * [[Below the Blue]] * [[Ben-Gurion University of Negev]] * [[Bend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership for Justice]] * [[BendFilm]] * [[Benedictine Fathers of the Priory]] * [[Beneficent Technology]] * [[Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative]] (BERI) * [[Berkeley Lab Foundation]] * [[Berkshire Grown]] * [[Best Buddies International]] * [[Best Friends Animal Society]] * [[Bet Tzedek]] * [[Bethlehem Inn]] * [[Better Markets]] * [[Beverly Bootstraps Community Services]] * [[Beverly Hills Meals on Wheels]] * [[Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust]] * [[Beyond 12 Education]] * [[Beyond Basics]] * [[Beyond Emancipation]] * [[Beyond Nine Cat Rescue]] * [[Bhumi]] * [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona]] * [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana]] * [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada]] * [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area]] * [[Big Green]] * [[Big Life International]] * [[Big Sur Health Center]] * [[Big Sur Land Trust]] * [[Big Wave Group]] * [[Bill Wilson Center]] * [[Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center]] * [[Bio-Link Depot]] * [[BioBricks Foundation]] * [[Bipartisan Policy Center]] * [[Bit by Bit Coding]] * [[Black Alliance for Just Immigration]] * [[Black Business and Professionals Association]] * [[Black Economic Alliance Foundation]] * [[Black Girl Ventures Foundation]] * [[Black Girls Code]] * [[Black Men Heal]] * [[Black Parents Association of the San Mateo Union High School]] * [[Black Public Media]] * [[Black School]] * [[Black Students Of California United]] * [[Black Teacher Collaborative]] * [[Black Wall Street]] * [[BlackFem]] * [[Blacksmith Institute]] * [[Blaine County Hunger Coalition]] * [[BLCK VC]] * [[Blessings in a Backpack]] * [[Blissfield Foundation for Educational Excellence]] * [[Blockchain Charity Foundation]] * [[Blue Engine]] * [[Blue Forest Finance]] * [[Blue Ventures Conservation]] * [[Blueprint for All]] * [[Board of Trustees of the Glide Foundation]] * [[Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University]] * [[Boise Public Schools Education Foundation]] * [[Boise State University Foundation]] * [[Bolinas-Stinson Beach School Foundation]] * [[Bolsa Chica Land Trust]] * [[Bonobo Hope Initiative]] * [[Books to Prisoners]] * [[Books in Elementary School Community Association]] * [[Borealis Philanthropy]] * [[Born This Way Foundation]] ===== Organization ===== ==== Donors ==== Donors to the SVCF include:((Dolan, K. A. (2018, May 2). //Here Are 17 Billionaires Who’ve Donated To The Silicon Valley Community Foundation.// Forbes. https://archive.ph/udRHc)) * [[Bia-Echo Foundation]] * [[Brian Acton]] * [[California Wellness Foundation]] * [[Craigslist Charitable Fund]] * [[David and Lucile Packard Foundation]] * [[Democracy Fund]] * [[Emerson Collective]] * [[Foundational Questions Institute]] (FQXi) * [[Good Ventures Foundation]] * [[Grove Foundation]] * [[Heising-Simons Foundation]] * [[Howard Schultz]] * [[Jack Dorsey]] * [[Jan Koum]] * [[Kresge Foundation]] * [[Larry Ellison]] * [[Mark Pincus]] * [[Mark Stevens]] * [[Mark Zuckerberg]] * [[Nick Woodman]] * [[Orr Family Foundation]] * [[Paul Allen]] * [[Pritzker Family Foundation]] * [[Reed Hastings]] * [[Richard Peery]] * [[San Francisco Foundation]] * [[Sergey Brin]] * [[Skoll Fund]] * [[Sobrato Foundation]] * [[Zellerbach Family Foundation]] ===== External links ===== * [[https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/|Website]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_Community_Foundation|Wikipedia]]