California · Nonprofit
SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2
SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2 (California) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,058,861 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,825,750). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - Sv2 does
Mission
Silicon Valley Social Venture Funds (SV2) mission is to unleash the talents and resources of the Bay Area community to achieve meaningful social impact. SV2 works to build the organizational capacity of our Nonprofit Grantees and Impact Investees and the philanthropic capacity of our donors (called Partners). SV2 does this through engaged Grantmaking, Impact Investing, and Immersive Learning Sessions in a number of issue areas with funds contributed by our Donor Partners.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Experiential Grantmaking & Impact Investing:SV2 Partners pool their charitable contributions and then work together to identify and select high-potential Grantees and Impact Investees from among local nonprofits and early-stage companies with a social or environmental impact mission. Grantees and Investees receive unrestricted funding in order to scale their ability to achieve their missions and contribute to a Bay Area and world where everyone thrives. In 2024-25, SV2 made four multi-year, general operating support grants to Bay Area nonprofits. Two of these grants were to nonprofits focused on community organizing, and two of these grants were to nonprofits focused on education equity. SV2 also conducted its tenth year of impact investing, in which Partners performed due diligence and recommended four mission-driven companies in which SV2 made investments. Data suggests that, as a result of their engagement in SV2 programming, 89% of Partners increased their level of knowledge about local community needs and solutions, 81% of Partners felt an increase in ability to conduct effective due diligence on social impact organizations, and 83% of Partners experienced increased…
$1,127,640 spentof which $857,490 as grants71% of program spendingLearning programs: partner philanthropy education and grantee learning:in addition to learning-oriented grant rounds, sv2 hosts regular learning events at which partners and grantees/impact investees build knowledge and skills for working in the social impact space. They hear from social sector and community leaders who share their experiences and lessons learned. In-depth workshops and immersive learning trips provide new skills, understanding of local issues, and opportunities for sv2 community members to connect with and learn from one another. All partners and grantees/investees are invited to participate.
$308,577 spent20% of program spendingInnovation and R&D:SV2 extends its impact through field leadership (speaking, writing, social media), hosting major community-wide events, spearheading regular communications across our network, and building strategic partnerships with social impact-focused organizations.
$145,488 spent9% of program spendingGrantee Capacity Building and Skilled Volunteer Advising Support:SV2 offers Beyond-the-Dollars support to help nonprofits and early-stage companies increase and sustain their organizational health and capacity. SV2 Partners and staff provide this support, which includes ad-hoc guidance, connections to people, opportunities, and resources, and/or focused projects. FY24-25 work included volunteering with the organizations, making network connections, supporting fund development, guiding strategic planning, speaking at community events, and sharing resources. This support supplements SV2s grant awards.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,581,705.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $2.4M to $2.8M (+17%).
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.
94% of SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
David Onek
CEO
Board chair
Kwok Lau
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $874k → $1.5M.
18 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 funders by total. 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 SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2 has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
81% 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 SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 26% · 2019 34% · 2020 39% · 2021 33% · 2022 25% · 2023 16% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
68% of SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
80% of SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2'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 $2.0M that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states 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 SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2 runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2?
- SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2 (California) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,058,861 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,825,750). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2 have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $10,058,861 in grants to SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,825,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL VENTURE FUND - SV2 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 43 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