California · Nonprofit
THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP
THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $534,044 to it, the largest being RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ($225,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $534k
- Net assets
- $-848925
What The Silicon Valley Leadership Group does
Mission
To involve principal officers and senior managers of member companies in a cooperative effort with local, regional, state, and federal government officials to address major public policy issues affecting the economic health and quality of life in silicon valley.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Civic impactas part of svlg's civic impact center of expertise, education and workforce staff advanced multiple initiatives in 2024 to expand diverse talent pipelines. Through the svlg stanford hbcu program, a partnership connecting students from historically black colleges and universities to silicon valley employers, svlg generated 14 internship and new-grad applications for 40 competitive roles with companies like ibm, cadence, and hntb. As part of the bay area k-16 collaborative, a regional employer education partnership, we also hosted three worksite visits that connected 70 students and faculty from city college of san francisco, chabot college, and evergreen.
$3,494,697 spent100% of program spendingTechnology and innovationthe technology + innovation committee's main efforts involved artificial intelligence (ai) matters. The committee kept member companies abreast of developments at the federal and state level. The leadership groups I-cap initiative regarding ai policy issues was also under the auspices of the committee. The leadership group opposed california legislation that would have burdened member companies with many requirements that would have made it much more difficult to make ai advances. We met with ai bill authors to share member perspectives. We also organized opposition to the california privacy protection commission's aggressive restrictions on ai development that were far outside the commission's jurisdiction over privacy issues.we continued ongoing efforts to support member company interests related to heavy-duty autonomous vehicles.
Tax policyduring 2024, the leadership group tax committee had monthly meetings during which accounting firms made presentations about current tax law and policy topics. In addition, the leadership group supported several pieces of tax legislation to simplify filings, expand business-focused tax credits, and enhance business competitiveness. The leadership group successfully opposed several bills that would have imposed new taxes or increased costs for business, harming the competitiveness of the innovation economy.the leadership group supported several pieces of tax legislation to simplify filings, expand business-focused tax credits, and enhance business competitiveness in silicon valley.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,494,697.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.7M to $3.3M (+94%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Ahmad Thomas
CEO
Board chair
Jed York
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $50k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $925k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United States Energy Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP raised.
From the IRS filings of THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP’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
THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 27% · 2019 40% · 2020 43% · 2021 100% · 2022 50% — broadly stable.
“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
17% of THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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 FY2022, 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
100% of THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP: 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 THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP?
- THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $534,044 to it, the largest being RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ($225,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $534,044 in grants to THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP?
- RESOURCES LEGACY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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