Program Assistant

The Program Assistant supports SV2’s collaborative grantmaking program and Beyond-the-Dollars support for our Grantees. This position advances meaningful and equitable social impact through robust community engagement, including regular evening and weekend events, and ensures SV2’s learning, work, and aspirations are grounded in community leadership, insights, and collaboration.

Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (commonly known as SV2) is a nonprofit community of values-aligned donors deeply committed to equity-centered social impact through collaborative grantmaking, impact investing, and immersive learning. SV2 pursues its mission through an engaged giving model with three core lines of work:

• Grantmaking: We take a trust-based philanthropy approach, supporting mission-driven nonprofits in the Bay Area with unrestricted multi-year grants and Beyond-the-Dollars support.
• Impact Investing: We make equity and debt investments in early-stage companies with social or environmental impact at the core of their business model. We are especially focused on allocating capital to founders from underrepresented backgrounds.
• Immersive Learning: We offer immersive learning trips in California and the U.S. South, learning workshops on topics like nonprofit financial review, board service, and values-aligned investing, and peer cohorts focused on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Five key tenets serve as guiding principles for SV2’s strategies. These tenets represent the values and purpose that SV2 seeks to infuse in our work:

• We will foster a community of continuous learners with Partners, Grantees, Investees, and community members.
• We will broaden the voices involved in our work as we seek to break down the traditional power dynamics in philanthropy.
• We will be leaders in practices that align giving and investing with personal values.
• We will work with our network of change makers to drive impact in our Bay Area community.
• Equity is a central through line in our work.

The Program Assistant reports directly to the Chief Program & Advancement Officer and works closely with the entire SV2 team. This role is responsible for supporting SV2’s Grantmaking and Beyond-the-Dollars work, including relationships with Grantees and Donor Partners as they engage with Grantees. The role also supports some of SV2’s Immersive Learning programming, aspects of SV2’s impact measurement, and other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Specific responsibilities, under the direction of the Chief Program & Advancement Officer, include:

• Serve as highly-responsive point of contact for SV2’s Grantees; proactively champion their work to Donor Partners and within the greater community
• Attend volunteer opportunities and community events hosted by Grantees
• Support Donor Partner Champions who serve as liaisons for all current Grantees
• Recruit Donor Partners to attend Grantee events, volunteer opportunities, and advising sessions
• Coordinate annual grant reporting process and grant payments, working with Donor Partner Champions and the Board Program Committee
• Coordinate with SV2 colleagues to produce and distribute Grantee-oriented communications

• Coordinate internal processes for the successful completion of two Grant Rounds per year
• Provide proactive support to Donor Partners in grantmaking through effective communications, research, diligence, group facilitation, and grant decisions
• Work collaboratively with two Donor Partner Leaders for each Grant Round
• Interface with the nonprofit community and key stakeholders through transparent communication of the open nomination process and results

• Support SV2’s learning sessions and events, including Grantee panels
• Coordinate the annual Grantee reporting event with the Board Program Committee
• Coordinate logistics for SV2’s immersive learning trips

• Track and record Donor Partner event attendance and leadership engagement
• Coordinate and analyze pre- and post-programming surveys with event leads
• Design and disseminate the annual SV2 Grantee Survey, analyze the results, and share with stakeholders
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