SVP Seattle

Skilled Volunteering Onboarding
2024-02-13 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
What is SVP’s approach to skilled volunteering? What does capacity building for a non-profit mean? What kind of non-profits and volunteer jobs are available?
Join SVP Seattle staff and Partners to learn more about how SVP pairs Partners with non-profits looking for skilled volunteers to work on projects focused on building an organization’s capacity, such as website development and design, project management, strategic planning, and communications strategy. You’ll learn more about the non-profits we support, our approach to volunteering and capacity building, hear stories from other volunteers on their experiences, and what volunteering opportunities are open right now.
We require this orientation for anyone interested in volunteering with SVP.
*Zoom link provided upon registration.*

Advocacy Day with Children's Alliance
2024-02-15 | Olympia, WA
We are joining former grantee Children’s Alliance for their Advocacy Day in Olympia. Children’s Alliance advocates for policies to support Washington’s most underserved children. One of their legislative priorities is economic justice the same bill’s SVP is tracking. We see this Advocacy Day as the perfect opportunity to support the needs of our non-profit partners and advocate for economic justice.
When you register, please mark that you are with SVP Seattle. Please let Emiko Atherton know if you want to carpool with SVP Seattle.

Climate Justice Cohort Info Session
2024-02-20 12:00 - 13:00
The 2024 Climate Justice Grantmaking Collaborative is an exciting initiative joint-led by Basilica Bio and Social Venture Partners Seattle (SVP).
This info session is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the cohort, SVP and Basilica Bio.
Zoom link provided upon registration.

Community Wealth Building Workshop with The Democracy Collaborative
2024-03-12 10:00 - 16:30 | Centilia Cultural Center, 1660 South Roberto Maestas Festival St, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Join People’s Economy Lab (PEL) and the Democracy Collaborative as they bring a diverse group of community leaders, public officials, activists, entrepreneurs and philanthropists together to explore the transformative power of Community Wealth Building (CWB). CWB is an economic development model that transforms local economies by giving communities direct ownership and control of productive assets like real estate, businesses and financial capital. Cities across the nation, and the globe, are combating crises like the racial wealth gap by advancing CWB strategies.
RSVP is required. Lunch will be provided.

Village SVP
2024-03-13 12:00 - 13:00
We’re excited to announce a new networking space at SVP called Village SVP. Village SVP is a new monthly virtual community experience intended to deepen the connections between us. Expect to meet other participants one-on-one in randomly paired connections. You’ll also select a small break-out group to join and dive into meaningful conversations.
It is a great opportunity to connect with a community of diverse individuals representing change-makers throughout Seattle.
We hope you’ll join us! RSVP here

Resource Development Committee meeting
2024-03-21 14:00 - 15:00
Join the Resource Development Committee! The Resource Development Committee is composed of SVP Partners focused on recruiting and retaining partners and renewing Partners’ gifts of time, talent, treasure, and ties.
Please email info@svpseattle.org for more details.

Climate Justice Grantmaking Collaborative
2024-03-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Byrd Barr Place, 722 18th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The 2024 Climate Justice Grantmaking Collaborative is an exciting initiative joint-led by Basilica Bio and Social Venture Partners Seattle (SVP) to equitably and collectively distribute a grant award of up to $75,000 over three years to a BIPOC-led and serving 501(c)3 or fiscally sponsored organization working towards climate justice in King County.

SVP Partners are encouraged to apply to join the cohort.

Refugee Artisan Initiative's Inaugural Gala
2024-03-22 18:00 - 20:30 | Mercer Island Community Center, 8236 SE 24th St, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Refugee Artisan Initiative’s inaugural Gala will feature a global meal, beverages, live auction, and dessert. During this multi-cultural celebration, you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about RAI’s work, meet the artisans, and support the mission.

Mindful Giving
2024-03-28 08:00 - 17:00
What is Mindful Giving?
The conscious practice of weaving a community and vision that is aligned with values. Mindful Giving is giving with and into wholeness.
Join Us If You:

Want to find wholeness in giving, and receiving. What is wholeness? Asking and answering that for yourself is part of the journey
Want to nurture personal giving as a practice of ease, clarity, and sufficiency.
Want to become aware, in mind and body, of how individual giving connects to the broader context that we live in, which includes systems of philanthropy and social justice.
Are someone who gives, regardless of income level
Are curious about how to apply mindfulness practice to giving (and receiving)

The Offering:

Biweekly Reflection: Every two weeks over 3 months beginning March 31 we will send you a virtual package that include prompts for Personal Reflection, Learning, Mindfulness Practice, and Processing – we recommend setting aside 1 hour for this, and doing this with a partner.
Monthly Community: We will open a monthly 60-min virtual space for us to come together as a community for reflection and processing. Dates are Thursdays 4/25, 5/23, and 6/20, 12-1p.
Fee: $25-500 sliding scale per person. A sliding scale is a way to offer people with different accessibility to wealth, stability and income to participate. We offer the guidelines below in case helpful. Please choose a level that fits your situation, and you have the option making monthly payments if that makes it more accessible. The $100-249 level helps cover our costs.

Chew on This Dinner
2024-04-05 18:00 - 20:00
Hosted by SVP Partner Julie Pham and SVP Board Chair Ruby Love
Location: International District, address provided upon registration
To RSVP, please email info@svpseattle.org with your name and dietary needs.
oin us for a homemade meal hosted by an SVP Partner and a board member. The facilitated dinner conversations are designed to build connections and to share stories within the SVP community. Each dinner is capped at 10 people maximum, so please only register if you are confident you’ll be able to attend.
Be prepared to answer these questions:

What are three communities (aside from SVP) do you belong to? You can define “community” however you’d like.
What were discussions about money like in your family and why do you think they were like that?
Who is someone in your life who models generosity and inspires you to be more generous with your time, treasure, and talent?
Asks and Offers: What is something specific you’d like to ask for help with from this group? What is something specific you’d like to offer to help those in this group?

Village SVP
2024-04-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-07-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-14 12:00 - 13:00
Village SVP is a new monthly virtual community experience intended to deepen the connections between us. Expect to meet other participants one-on-one in randomly paired connections. You’ll also select a small break-out group to join and dive into meaningful conversations.
It is a great opportunity to connect with a community of diverse individuals representing change-makers throughout Seattle.
We hope you’ll join us for our second meeting! RSVP here

Lunch and site visit with Dignity for Divas
2024-04-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Dignity for Divas, 306 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109
Join us for a unique opportunity to visit SVP Seattle’s organizational partner, Dignity for Divas. During this event, we will tour the Dignity for Divas’ space (including visit their new food pantry), and sit down for lunch and a discussion with their founder and Executive Dierctor, Nikki Gane-Butler.
As we come together to learn more about Dignity for Divas’ impactful work, we also invite you to consider making a suggested donation of $25-50 when registering to support their mission.
This event is open to all SVP Seattle Partners, grantees, and potential Partners. Interested in becoming a Partner? Email us at info@svpseattle.org!

Refugee Artisan Initiative - Mending Fair
2024-04-27 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-11 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-14 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-01 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-11 12:00 - 16:00 | Refugee Artisan Initiative, 12337 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98125
Refugee Artisan Initiative is now offering free mending services to the public. This exciting new project aims to reduce landfill waste, pass on vital skills, and create equitable income for artisans.
This spring’s fairs will offer four mending services:

Sewing a button
Sewing an open seam
Patching a hole
Hemming pants

Come visit the Maker Space at 12337 Lake City Way NE during a fair, and you’ll have a chance to watch and learn as artisans mend and repair clothing—like a pair of jeans or a favorite shirt—for yourself or others.
You’re welcome to bring up to three articles of clothing. Each visitor will receive up to 20 minutes of free mending service. Mending is first come, first serve (no advance registration required.) Please plan to stay at RAI while your item is mended.

Chew on This Dinner (Sold out)
2024-05-02 18:00 - 20:00
Hosted by SVP Partner Julie Pham and SVP Board Member John Clements
Location: International District, address provided upon registration
To RSVP, please email info@svpseattle.org with your name and dietary needs.
Join us for a homemade meal hosted by an SVP Partner and a board member. The facilitated dinner conversations are designed to build connections and to share stories within the SVP community. Each dinner is capped at 10 people maximum, so please only register if you are confident you’ll be able to attend.
Be prepared to answer these questions:

What are three communities (aside from SVP) do you belong to? You can define “community” however you’d like.
What were discussions about money like in your family and why do you think they were like that?
Who is someone in your life who models generosity and inspires you to be more generous with your time, treasure, and talent?
Asks and Offers: What is something specific you’d like to ask for help with from this group? What is something specific you’d like to offer to help those in this group.

Fun, Flowers & Friends
2024-05-04 13:00 - 16:00 | Family First Community Center in Renton, 16200 116th Ave SE, Renton, WA, 98058
Look, Listen +Learn TV is hosting its 2nd Annual P.A.L. Playdate celebrating the friendship of their two beloved co-hosts, Possum and Auntie Lena, collectively known as, P.A.L. The event will take place on Saturday, May 4 from 1pm – 4pm at the Family First Community Center in Renton. Don’t miss out on the fun. Register now.
Inspired by the early learning segments from our television series, the 2nd Annual P.A.L. Playdate is a fun-filled day for children, friends, and families to participate in the same activities seen on the show.
Fun, Flowers + Friends is the theme of the 2024 event, building on the tradition of the first P.A.L. meeting in Auntie Lena’s backyard garden.

Voices for Children 2024
2024-05-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Embassy Suites by Hilton, 255 S. King St., Seattle, WA, 98104
Join Children’s Alliance’s biggest community celebration of the year, featuring bestselling author Ijeoma Oluo. Ijeoma and Children’s Alliance Executive Director, Dr. Stephan Blanford, will discuss the transformative ideas in her latest book and explore how we can harness our power to create a better future for every child.

Voices for Children raises vital support for equity-focused advocacy for kids so that every child grows up with an abundance of opportunities to reach their vast potential. This year you will be able make your donation through your smart phone or fill out a pledge card with your credit card or personal check. This event is free with suggested minimum donation of $250.

This event will be recorded for those who are unable to attend in person. Select “virtual ticket” to receive a recording after the event.

If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please contact Dan Rogland at dan@childrensalliance.org or (206) 324-0340.

BELONG Partners Demonstration
2024-06-03 08:15 - 09:45
The BELONG Partners Approach integrates brain science, trauma-responsive, culturally relevant, and restorative practices, with social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies. Partnering with them enables schools and youth-serving organizations to shift adult mindsets, cultivate equitable communities where students thrive academically and socially, and shrink racial disparities.
Several times a year, they have the opportunity to host community members at one of their partner schools to observe class meetings and hear from a panel of students and school staff about the impact of the BELONG Partners approach in their school community.
Join them at a BELONG Partners Demonstration School where you will participate in class meeting observations and talk with a panel of students and educators! RSVP to hello@belongpartners.org.
Next event: Monday, June 3, 2024, 8:15 – 9:45am at a school in the Renton School District.
Please contact us or email hello@belongpartners.org to RSVP or if you would like to learn about the dates of future school tours, or would like additional information.
Note that the event is limited to 15 guests at each event and spaces do fill quickly.

Annual Celebration
2024-06-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Labour Temple Seattle, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle, WA, 98121
At SVP Seattle, we continue to challenge the norms of philanthropy and reimagine giving, and we invite you to join us on this journey.
Join us at our Annual Celebration, we will feature a discussion titled “Breaking the ‘Fake’ Rules of Philanthropy.” This discussion, moderated by SVP’s Board Chair Ruby Love, will feature insights from Andrea Arenas, Stephanie McLemore Bray, Rosa Peralta, Ada Williams Prince, and Dennis Quirin. Together, they will share their experiences in challenging philanthropy’s “rules,” the obstacles they’ve faced, and offer tools for you to do the same. We invite you to join us and become inspired to break some rules of your own!

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Meet our Speakers:

Ruby Love
SVP Board Chair
Ruby Love is a transformational business leader and founder of Love Resource Development Group, LLC. She is an entrepreneur and strategist known for advocating for socially responsible business and community organizations. Her career has afforded relationships that have brought millions of much-needed philanthropic support to the arts, education, STEM, social services, and advancing philanthropy. She has served as Chair and on the executive team of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in Rockford, IL; Chicago, IL, and Washington State. She has served as Chief Development Officer to such organizations like United Way of King County, College Success Foundation, and Washington STEM. Her clients have included Pacific Lutheran University, Xavier University, Girl Scouts USA, Wilberforce University, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Community to Community, Children of the Setting Sun, Front and Centered, and others. Following over thirty years on staff and as principal of Love Resource Development Group she transitioned to Venture Scale one of Washington State’s first social purpose corporations.
From an early age growing up with parents who led civil rights in her community, Ruby honed her skills as an activist, organizer, and leader for racial justice. She attended Coe College and Western Washington State University. She enjoys advising emerging entrepreneurs to unlock the keys to building a better world with great technology, philanthropy advisors and fundraisers, positioning racial equity and social justice always front and center. Her love of artists in live performance, jazz, a great book, golf, and her active family fill her days.

Ada Williams Prince
A creative leader at the cutting edge of global and domestic philanthropy. Ada has worked for two decades to advance the power and influence of women and girls of color around the world, She has conceived groundbreaking disruptions to philanthropic norms and scalable models to transform the field along the way. By championing the formation of the first ‘Women and Girls of Color Design Council’ within a premium philanthropic and venture organization, she has envisioned a future in philanthropy and investment built around silo-busting investment strategies and fundamental trust in women and girls at the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity and economics. Ada is leading a growing community of funders committed to transforming capital and decision making.

Stephanie R. McLemore Bray
SVP Board member
Stephanie has over 35 years of experience in the non-profit sector, having served local, regional and national organizations and institutions. Her areas of expertise include strategic planning, organizational change management, program development, nonprofit board governance and fundraising. She is the founder of Touchstone Leadership Group, a consulting and project management firm. She served as Chief Engagement Officer at Seattle Foundation, a community foundation serving Seattle and King County.
Prior to that role, she was President and CEO of United Way California Capital Region. Stephanie has served in executive leadership roles at San Francisco General Hospital Foundation and UC Davis Health System. A graduate of Douglass College, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Stephanie was a participant in Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management in July, 2012. She is currently on the board of the Hurston Wright Foundation and Pacific University’s Masters in Nonprofit Leadership Program’s Advisory Council, Seattle Social Venture Partners, and Orchid Capital Collective. She has lectured on philanthropy at UC Davis School of Management and is an adjunct instructor at Pacific University of Oregon’s Masters in Nonprofit Leadership Program. Her essays and scholarly articles on philanthropy and the Black maternal health crisis have been published in the journal Health Equity, USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, BlackPersonBirthingJustice.org, and Blavity.com. In 2018, Stephanie founded Black Women Write, a Sacramento and Seattle-based organization that uplifts and supports Black women writers on the path to publication.

Rosa Peralta
Senior Program Office of Equity Impact, Satterberg Foundation
Rosa is the Senior Program Officer of Equity Impact at the Satterberg Foundation. Before joining Satterberg, Rosa worked in the civil rights, juvenile justice, education, and healthcare fields. Her life’s work focuses on developing tools and standards to improve and increase collaboration among public institutions, nonprofit organizations, and foundations to develop programs and systems that protect and advance the rights of youth and BIPOC communities. Rosa considers herself a ‘philanthropic infiltrator,’ where she challenges the orthodoxy of the philanthropic sector from the inside out. She believes that the people most affected by injustice must play a central role in their liberation, including challenging and holding the philanthropic sector accountable.
Rosa volunteers her time at several nonprofits. She was appointed by Washington State Governor Inslee to serve on the Board of Trustees for Seattle Colleges, where she currently serves as President of the Board. Rosa came to the United States as an undocumented farm worker from Mexico and has lived in Seattle, Washington, for more than 30 years. Rosa holds sociology degrees from Whitman College (BA) and the University of Michigan (MA), where she is a PhD candidate.

Dennis Quirin
Executive Director of Raikes Foundation
Dennis Quirin is the executive director of the Raikes Foundation. Dennis oversees the Foundation’s work in advancing equity and sets the organization’s priorities on strategy, grantmaking and partnerships. In 2023 he established the Resourcing Equity and Democracy (RED) department at the Foundation to compliment the foundation’s long-standing and successful focus on improving youth serving systems. RED focuses on building a representative, multiracial democracy through base organizing. While at the Raikes Foundation, Dennis has overseen the grant approval process moving 125 million dollars to hundreds of nonprofits to advance the Foundation’s work.
Prior to joining the Foundation in 2019, Dennis was the president of the Neighborhood Funders Group, where he led the organization’s strategy, partnership development, budgeting, and overall management.
Dennis has spent more than two decades supporting social and racial equity as a funder, campaigner, fundraiser, and organizer through a variety of roles in California and nationally. Specifically, he designed and led the Race and Equity Collaborative at the Proteus Fund and was on the senior leadership teams at Californians for Justice, and the government reform initiative California Forward. He got his start in social equity and social impact work as a fellow at Public Allies and as a community organizer at Aids Healthcare Foundation and Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE). He has worked on a variety of political campaigns, ballot initiatives, and other special projects. He currently serves on the boards of the Common Counsel Foundation, Way To Rise, and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. Dennis is a proud Alumni of Carleton College where he earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts.

Andrea Arenas
Founder of Andrea Arenas Consulting
Andrea Arenas is an advocate for reimagining fundraising and philanthropy through community-driven approaches. With over 17 years of nonprofit experience, she is the founding Co-Chair of Community-Centric Fundraising. Now a consultant, Andrea previously worked for a philanthropic foundation, leading equitable grantmaking practices for communities in the Puget Sound. As the Director of Development at Seattle Parks Foundation, she led individual, corporate, and institutional giving programs and supported 80 neighborhood-led fiscally sponsored groups with their fundraising. Andrea aims to support organizations as they explore how fundraising and philanthropy practices can better embody equity and collective community.

BELONG Partners Learning Circle
2024-06-25 18:00 - 20:00
You are invited!
Join us for a “BELONG Partners Learning Circle.” (BELONG Partners was formerly Sound Discipline) An opportunity for informal dialogue with a smallish circle of friends of BELONG Partners (formerly Sound Discipline). We’ll explore how we move toward a world that works for everyone because our freedom, joy, and struggles are deeply connected.
Our topic will be moral injury and the role of community in healing. When you let us know you are coming we’ll send you a Scientific American article that explores this idea as it relates to the military and health care – and we hope to explore it as it relates to education. There was another article recently in the New York times that is similar. It is here – you might read it substituting “educational system” for “medical system.”
We’ll provide some thought questions prior to the event.
June 25th from 6-8 PM
The home of Jody McVittie (Address to be sent upon registration)
We’ll provide beverages and heavy hors d’oeuvres (there will be plenty of food!)
The conversation will be hosted by Jody McVittie and Stacy Lappin. Jody is a co-founder of BELONG Partners (formerly Sound Discipline) and Stacy is the Director of Program at BELONG Partners.
We hope you can come!
Please RSVP to Sarah@BELONGPartners.org by Friday, June 21st, so we can make appropriate food arrangements.

Call for Partnership in Climate Justice
2024-07-08 17:00
This Spring, SVP and Basilica Bio piloted a cohort, called the Climate Justice Grantmaking Collaborative (Collaborative), to learn about and support climate justice in King County. The Collaborative is seeking one local organization to partner with to advance climate justice and equity in King County.
The Collaborative is now inviting organizations working on climate justice in King County to apply for a multi-year partnership with SVP Seattle. This partnership includes a multi-year grant and the opportunity to collaborate with SVP’s community on initiatives, such as capacity-building projects and advocacy efforts. As this is a pilot program, only one partnership is available at this time. Find our more here. Applications are due COB on July 8th!

Coffee Chat
2024-07-19 09:30 - 10:30
Join SVP Partner Deidre McCormack Martin to learn about our work, ways to get involved, and how you can reimagine philanthropy. Bring your questions and curiosity!

Coffee Chat
2024-07-22 15:00 - 16:00
Join SVP Partners Sofia Michelakis and John Ciochon to learn about our work, ways to get involved, and how you can reimagine philanthropy. Bring your questions and curiosity!

New Partner Info Session (Virtual)
2024-08-15 12:00 - 13:00
Join us to meet with fellow new Partners, and learn more about SVP Seattle. At the session, Emiko Atherton, our Executive Director, will share:

SVP’s mission, vision, and program
What it means to be an SVP Partner
How to share your time and talent through volunteer projects
Information about upcoming SVP programs
You will also have a chance to connect with other new Partners.

Click here to register!

Securing a Multiracial Democracy: A Conversation with Steve Phillips
2024-10-16 18:30
Join political leader, columnist and bestselling author Steve Phillips and local civic organizations for a discussion on race, elections, and how our modern day dilemmas are an extension of a fight that dates back to the Civil War.
In his new book, How We Win the Civil War, Phillips warns that the Confederates never really stopped fighting the Civil War, that conservatives are taking full advantage of this reality, and that those in denial imperil our democracy.
With his trademark blend of political analysis and historical argument, Phillips lays out razor-sharp prescriptions, from increasing voter participation and demolishing racist immigration policies to reviving the Great Society programs of the 1960s—all of them geared toward strengthening a new multiracial democracy and ridding our politics of white supremacy, once and for all.
The event features an interview with Phillips, audience Q&A, and opportunities to get engaged with local civic organizations, working to create a multiracial democracy that works for all of us.
This event is co-hosted by local civic organizations – the Washington Women’s Foundation, Progress Alliance of Washington, and Social Venture Partners Seattle

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