1. New Partner Engagement

2. BC Social Venture Partners - Mission
Social Venture Partners share a dual mission.
We seek to effect significant, long-term positive social change in our
communities by:
1. Investing time, expertise, and money in innovative
nonprofits to strengthen these organizations.
2. Encouraging individuals to be well
informed, effective, and engaged philanthropists.

3. BC Social Venture Partners - Principles
• Engaged Venture Philanthropy. Partners invest time, expertise and
money in nonprofits. They seek collaborative relationships with nonprofits
that last for at least three years.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit. Partners use innovative approaches to achieve
leveraged results in their nonprofit partnerships and communities. They
delegate decisions, resources, and authority to those closest to the work.
• Philanthropic Education. Partners educate themselves and become
informed, effective, lifetime philanthropists. Ongoing individual philanthropy
is encouraged through hands-on experience and education.
• Community & Collaborative Action. Partners believe in the power of
collective, self-organized effort.
• Accountability & Results. Partners are mutually accountable to each
other, their Investees (grant recipients) and community. They achieve and
document measurable results, both in their own work and through their
nonprofit partnerships.

4. BC Social Venture Partners - Focus
Currently support these three main areas:
• Helping Women at Risk,
• Brighter Futures for Children and Youth;
and
• Social Enterprise.

5. Social Venture Partners International
• Each SVP chapter is locally managed based on shared
principles
• Communications support spreading of best practices

6. Social Venture Partners – Model
• Build Capacity of Investee Nonprofit through Partner Leverage:
– Board Development and Governance
– Leadership Development
– Program Evaluation and Performance Management
– Financial Management
– Fund Development
– Information Technology
– Marketing, PR and Communications
– Human Resources
– Strategic Planning
– Legal

7. Social
Impact
Choosing New
Commitment
to
Grants
Outcomes
Orientation
to
Sustainability
Ability to
Collaborate
Fit With
SVP

8. Social Venture Partners – Grant Process
• SVP receives applications twice per year for
$30,000 renewable for 3 years
• Partner support for each qualified application to
refine proposal and set objectives
• Grant Committee receives presentations and
selects short list
• Partner meeting selects recipient – two annually

9. Social Venture Partners – Support Process
• Annual objectives agreed upon with grant
• Lead Partner volunteers to coordinate support
and monitor progress
• Committee reviews renewal application annually
for up to three years
• Lead Partner and Grantee accountable for
achieving objectives

10. BCSVP Partner Activities
Beyond involvement with Grantee process
and support:
• Board of Directors
• Annual General Meeting
• Partner social events
• Investee open houses
• Partner lunches
• SVP International conference

11. BCSVP - Statistics
• Founded in 2001
• 3.9 Million granted to date
• 63 Partners and their families
• $580,000 (2008 Budget)
• 30 nonprofits supported in total to date
• 8 nonprofits currently receiving support
• Administrative expenses are covered by Partner
Pooled Funds, Donor Advised Fund fees,
administrative fees paid by Vancouver
Foundation and Vancity

12. BC SVP Supported

13. Children of the Street Society
• Provincial Society and Federal Charity since 1995
• Our Mission: To take a proactive approach through public awareness, education and prevention strategies to
decrease the number of sexually exploited children and youth, while offering support to families
• Provides prevention and education workshops throughout B.C. to children and youth, service providers, and
parents
• Provides parent support to families who are affected by the issue of sexual exploitation
• Works within a continuum of services in order to connect children and youth
who are at risk of, or involved in sexual exploitation with support or
intervention services
• COTS – Grantee since 2007

14. The Learning Disabilities
About the Project
About Us
• We have far more requests for tutoring that we can possibly
• The Learning Disabilities Association, Vancouver,
accommodate - our programs are full and the main constraints
was formed in 1970 by concerned parents - it has
since then provided services in our community are space and staff resources –we have outgrown our Centre
for over 37 years. and our staff are working at maximum capacity.
• We provide after-school (4 – 7 pm) remedial • So we got to thinking - what if we took what we know about
tutoring for children who are experiencing
effective remedial tutoring and introduced this to others like
learning problems.
schools, community associations etc. We could utilize their
‘space’ and, through this partnership, share the responsibilities.
• We have 4 small rooms and one large room
staffed by trained tutors who provide specialized
remedial tutoring to about 50 kids per quarter. • To further the expansion of supports for our kids we could
add online Parent Training Workshops (podcast).
• That equates to over 200 kids a year – and that’s
like a small school in comparison! • And because there is very little information about learning
disabilities translated in other languages what if we created
some of our own. Families would have the freedom and ability
to read and educate themselves about their child’s disability in
their own language.
LDAV – Grantee since 2008

15. Tradeworks Training Society
Based in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver BC, Tradeworks
Training Society helps foster sustainable independence by
providing job-related skills, training and knowledge, and work
opportunities.
Tradeworks Training Society has been offering training and
employment programs in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver
since 1994. Each program is centered in the belief that mutual
respect is key to any relationship, and that a hand up is more
lasting than a hand out.
Tradeworks Custom Products is a new social enterprise which
aims to improve the lives of the Women in the Downtown
Eastside. We produce wood products and we finish these with
customized laser engraving.
BC SVP works with Tradeworks to provide much needed
assistance as it grows its new social enterprise. Tradeworks–
Grantee since 2007.

16. “Investing in SVP is something I feel good
about as an entrepreneur. I know the value of
persevering and what it feels like to have to do
a lot with only a little bit of money - you can’t
go to the next level without the support and
encouragement of investors who have faith
in your vision. I see SVP as doing the same
thing with nonprofit groups – taking the longer Dick Hardt
Sxip Networks
view, the view of the investor.”

17. “It’s a model that jives with anybody
who’s been in a venture-funded
company, and reported to a venture
board. It was instantly
understandable.”
Cathy Brown
Salesworks
SVP Partner

18. Social Venture Partners Make a
Difference
• Donate $5,000 or more annually
• Donate $2,500 or more annually if you’re under 35
• Apply their skills for the good of the community … time
permitting
• Eager to engage, learn and make a difference
• Find new creative solutions for nonprofit capacity
• Collaborate for the good of the community

19. Thank You!