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| PVF Invites You to Support Teachers!
For 12 years PVF has supported teachers in the Bay Area with grants for science equipment, art supplies, special education resources, after school programs, artists in the classroom, math supplies, excursions, and doctors in the classroom. |
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PVF makes it easy for teachers to apply: all the
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A kindergarten student from Lighthouse Community Charter School in Oakland enjoys her time at Bay Island Gymnastics, a trip made possible by the Geballe Excursion Grant Program
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teachers do is send a one page request by fax listing what is needed, on school stationary, co-signed by the principal. Almost all the requests are funded and a check is sent in 48 hours.
PVF has raised the money to run this effort over the years. Individual donors have generously come forth to support particular aspects of the program. When donors are lacking, certain areas of funding are unavailable. For example, PVF is currently seeking donors to support Science Resource Grants. Because of budget cuts, field trips, arts, and other resources are eliminated from schools, especially in low income areas. Teachers, for years, have been contributing over $500 a year from their own money. Our goal is to address this by giving grants up to $500 directly to teachers. Teachers love this program, which they call the "fax grants program." A teacher wrote in recently: "PVF has the complete recipe for a teacher-friendly grant - an easy application, prompt mailing of the check, and an easy reporting process." PVF can create customized teacher grant programs for donors by focusing on a particular geographic area, a particular school district, a subject area of choice, or by coming up with a new idea to fund. For example, when donors wanted to fund an artist in residence at a school, or to bring doctors into classrooms to present about the health field, PVF created teacher grant programs with this focus.
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Third grade students from Franklin Elementary School in San Jose working with their new math supplies, purchased with a grant from the Mathematics Resource Grant Program
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Teachers are such dedicated advocates for their students, and the need for funding is so great, that we run out of funding for many of our programs within the first three months of the school year. We invite donors to consider supporting teachers through these grant programs. Contact us at (510) 645-1890 with your teacher funding ideas. Teacher testimonials about our grant programs can be found here. You can contribute by credit card to PVF's Teacher Resource Grants by clicking the button below. Select "Teacher Resource Grants Program" under Support PVF's Immediate Response Programs. |
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Philanthropic Ventures Foundation has come to depict exciting philanthropy - grassroots giving that is born out of creative thinking. If readers would like to explore new possibilities in their giving, we are ready to meet at your convenience. We believe your giving should be fun, satisfying and significant.
We can be reached at (510) 645-1890.
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About the Editor
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Bill Somerville has been in non-profit and philanthropic work for 50 years. He was the director of a community foundation for 17 years, and in 1991 founded Philanthropic Ventures Foundation where he serves as Executive Director. PVF is a demonstration foundation practicing unique forms of grantmaking and conducting innovative philanthropy. Bill has consulted at over 400 community foundations in the United States, Canada, and the U.K., on creative grantmaking and foundation operations. His primary interest is in the creative and significant use of the philanthropic dollar.
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John P. Carver, Chair
Retired Senior Vice-President
The Gap Inc.
Duncan Beardsley
Director, Generosity in Action
William E. Green
Attorney
William Green & Associates
Albert J. Horn
Attorney
Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll,
Thompson & Horn PC
Bill Somerville, President
Executive Director
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Jackie Speier
U.S. Representative
12th District of California
Moira C. Walsh
Attorney and
Philanthropic Advisor
Colburn S. Wilbur
Trustee and Former President,
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
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Janet Camarena
Director, San Francisco Office,
The Foundation Center
Leonard Edwards
Judge-in-Residence, California Administrative Office of the Courts
Kathy Kwan
Eustace-Kwan Family Foundation
Dien Yuen
Chief Philanthropy Officer,
Give2Asia
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