California · Nonprofit
SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL
SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,470 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $5k
What Silicon Valley Engineering Council does
Mission
Founded in 1989, the Silicon Valley Engineering Council is a non-profit educational 501 (c)(3) organization. Its purpose is to serve its member engineering and technical organizations in Silicon Valley and provide outreach to education and the community. GOALS: (1) increase public understanding of the impact of engineering and science in enhancing the quality of life. (2) Sponsor and promote engineering educational activities, programs and outreach. (3) Promote community service by the engineering and technical societies and their members. (4) Coordinate activities and assist communications among local engineering organizations. (5) Coordinate Engineers Week activities in the Silicon Valley.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
2025 Feb 18, Engineers Week banquet, recognized new Hall of Fame inductee-Dr. Laurence W. Nagel, renowned developer of integrated circuit simulation software. Awarded scholarships (7) and a Keeper of the Flame award to an educator. Held at the Delta Hotel by Marriott, Silicon Valley, with a catered dinner, and reception, Hall of Fame (96 inductees since 1990) displays, and networking room. About 180 people attended. The Keynote Speaker, Mark Seeger, founder of Glydways shared how to reinvent the concept of public transit using existing infrastructure, with the conviction that the world's biggest problems require infrastructural evolution on a much larger scale. This long-standing event is an opportunity for Silicon Valley engineering professional organizations to recognize its leaders and outstanding students and educators, along with celebrating national Engineers Week.
$18,896 spent57% of program spendingRecipients of 2025 SVEC Scholarships (education grants) were awarded -- 2 undergraduate and 2 graduate college scholarships @$1,000, 3 high school scholarships @$500, and one Keeper of the Flame award to a high school teacher @ $1,000. All recognized and awarded at the 2025 Engineers Week Banquet. Names available upon request and website: svec.org
$20 spentof which $6,500 as grants0% of program spendingAfter the removal of the then President in a March 15, 2023 Board of Directors and SVEC Council Special Meeting, the removed officer took adversarial steps to restrict access to our organization accounts. Subsequently, the remaining Board of Directors had to obtain a different domain, website, email addresses, and lost access to many organization accounts. We did regain bank accounts. As of this filing, we have regained the original organization website after pursuing civil litigation and obtaining a Declaration from the California Santa Clara County Superior Court; legal fees, while discounted, were substantial. In addition, SVEC copyrighted its logo and trademarked its name. In March 2023, we asked the Santa Clara County District Attorney to hold this person criminally liable and that investigation is ongoing. We continue to report and eliminate website variants that this shadow organization attempts and continue to build back the Silicon Valley Engineering Council reputation and credibility in the community.
$9,227 spent28% of program spendingHall of Fame expenses are kept separate, these include awards and printing of certificates, and reimbursement for inductee travel expenses.
$803 spent2% of program spendingCertain operating Expenses that support banquet and education programs, specifically website and insurance, and electronic mailing applications.
$4,279 spent13% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $33,225.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $16k to $5k (−70%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
62% of SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
82% of SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL?
- SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,470 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,470 in grants to SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL.
- Who is the largest funder of SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SILICON VALLEY ENGINEERING COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing