Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)

Community Action Grants Program SVCF's Community Action Grants program funds local organizations led by people of color and allied organizations. In 2022, Community Action Grants totaling more than $3.2 million were awarded to 120 organizations across seven different issue areas: arts and culture, faith, neighborhoods, local journalism, civic participation, the environment, and health. Investing in Movement- and Power-Building SVCF is working to address structural inequalities and power dynamics in the community through grant funds supporting nonprofits serving people of color, people with low income, and immigrants, among others. Our programs include the California Black Freedom Fund and the LatinXCEL Fund. These funds were created to address unequal access to power and funding by intentionally providing unrestricted funds to nonprofit organizations that organize and serve people of color, build coalitions and advocate for public-policy changes. Encouraging General Operating Support for Nonprofits To help provide nonprofit organizations with the support they need to implement solutions to their communities' challenges as they deem most effective, SVCF encourages its donors to recommend grants that are for general operating support rather than for specific programs or outcomes. In 2022, SVCF distributed more than $369 million in general nonprofit operating support grants.