(From the September 2004 Newsletter)
As SVPP approaches its fourth birthday, we have much to be proud of. Already we have made a significant and lasting impact here in the greater Portland and Vancouver area, and we are viewed nationally, among more than a dozen sister SVP's, as leaders in the field of venture philanthropy.
Over the next few months and years I will be working with you, with the SVP Board, and with our various Partner teams toward these goals: making the volunteer experience rich and meaningful, investing our financial assets for maximum impact in the community, and attracting and developing new Partners.
Conversations about the organization's future direction are essential. Should we request proposals or seek out potential investments? Should we broaden our Partner criteria? Should we do traditional fund raising? Should we adopt a different giving focus? These are some of the issues we must address as SVP Portland develops.
This summer was our third in Portland, and Alex and I are wild about the place. We live in a 100 year old house in Irvington and are learning about lath and plaster and ancient sewer pipes. Our two dogs have lots of canine neighbors and we feel fortunate to live close in to the city, having spent decades in Silicon Valley suburbs. We are even learning to use public transportation.
Thank you for the confidence and support you've expressed over the past few weeks. I will need your help as we grow to the next level. Please drop by the office and I'll take you to Stumptown for coffee.
Sincerely,
Jean
Welcome New Partners
(From the September 2004 Newsletter)
SVPP warmly welcomes Dennis and Liz Lane to our community of Partners. The Lanes are residents of Vancouver, where Dennis is an attorney and Liz is a homemaker.
Dennis and Liz have five children, ranging in age from 29 to 5. The family has a strong interest in helping children, particularly abused and neglected children, and has participated in relief work in Mexico, the U.S. and South America, where their almost 19 year-old is currently helping to build an orphanage.
SVPP warmly welcomes Dennis and Liz Lane to our community of Partners. The Lanes are residents of Vancouver, where Dennis is an attorney and Liz is a homemaker.
Dennis and Liz have five children, ranging in age from 29 to 5. The family has a strong interest in helping children, particularly abused and neglected children, and has participated in relief work in Mexico, the U.S. and South America, where their almost 19 year-old is currently helping to build an orphanage.
Making A Different Difference
(From the September 2004 Newsletter)
When the new Kids Cafe opened this summer at the Wattles Boys and Girls Club, it represented the successul collaboration among numerous groups in the community, initiated and led by SVPP, to address child hunger. Hundreds more childen will be fed each day because of a project conceived and developed by our 2003 Investment Team, and now carried forward by our Kids Cafe Volunteer Team.
Social Venture Partners offers both financial resources and creative, skilled volunteer work like this at each of our investees. At the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington, for example, SVPP is helping to develop a marketing plan to increase the number of professional medical volunteers who staff the clinic. SVP has carried out significant IT work at Morrison Child and Family Services and at Children's Relief Nursery (formerly Portland Relief Nursery). At Metropolitan Family Service, as well as at CRN, SVP volunteers are working to develop satellite businesses that will offer sustainable funding to the programs we support.
Partners get involved also with "direct services", such as socializing with toddlers at CRN, or helping at the prescription window at the Free Clinic. It is offering both the opportunity for investing well and for hands-on involvment that makes SVP distinctive.
When the new Kids Cafe opened this summer at the Wattles Boys and Girls Club, it represented the successul collaboration among numerous groups in the community, initiated and led by SVPP, to address child hunger. Hundreds more childen will be fed each day because of a project conceived and developed by our 2003 Investment Team, and now carried forward by our Kids Cafe Volunteer Team.
Social Venture Partners offers both financial resources and creative, skilled volunteer work like this at each of our investees. At the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington, for example, SVPP is helping to develop a marketing plan to increase the number of professional medical volunteers who staff the clinic. SVP has carried out significant IT work at Morrison Child and Family Services and at Children's Relief Nursery (formerly Portland Relief Nursery). At Metropolitan Family Service, as well as at CRN, SVP volunteers are working to develop satellite businesses that will offer sustainable funding to the programs we support.
Partners get involved also with "direct services", such as socializing with toddlers at CRN, or helping at the prescription window at the Free Clinic. It is offering both the opportunity for investing well and for hands-on involvment that makes SVP distinctive.
SVPP to Field Its 2004 Investment Team
(From the September 2004 Newsletter)
Social Venture Partners is ready to assemble its fourth Investment Team. Work will start this fall on identifying and evaluating opportunities in the four county area of Portland and Vancouver, and should conclude next summer with a financial and volunteering commitment to our next nonprofit investee.
The Investment Team provides some of the most educational and most exciting work SVPP has to offer. Members learn about the great variety of philanthropic work going on in our area, they learn about the due diligence of grant-making, and they have the satisfaction of helping to direct SVPP funds toward their best use. They have the opportunity, in addition, to work closely with other Partners and deepen their connection with SVPP.
Partner Boyce Smith, who served on SVPP's first Investment Team in 2001, as chair, and served again on the 2002 Team, will chair the 2004 Investment Team. For more information and to volunteer, please contact him at boycesmith1@comcast.net or at 503-591-0378.
Social Venture Partners is ready to assemble its fourth Investment Team. Work will start this fall on identifying and evaluating opportunities in the four county area of Portland and Vancouver, and should conclude next summer with a financial and volunteering commitment to our next nonprofit investee.
The Investment Team provides some of the most educational and most exciting work SVPP has to offer. Members learn about the great variety of philanthropic work going on in our area, they learn about the due diligence of grant-making, and they have the satisfaction of helping to direct SVPP funds toward their best use. They have the opportunity, in addition, to work closely with other Partners and deepen their connection with SVPP.
Partner Boyce Smith, who served on SVPP's first Investment Team in 2001, as chair, and served again on the 2002 Team, will chair the 2004 Investment Team. For more information and to volunteer, please contact him at boycesmith1@comcast.net or at 503-591-0378.
Volunteer Spotlight: Rupa Jack
(From the September 2004 Newsletter)
Rupa Jack has been a member of SVPP for two years. Early in 2004 she agreed to take on the role of V-Team Leader at Metropolitan Family Service; she admits to being an "all or nothing kind of person" and has been very glad to get involved. She appreciates getting to know our investee and other Partners better, and she is delighted to be working with others for the benefit of our community.
Rupa oversees a very full agenda at MFS. A market analysis of the Make Parenting a Pleasure Program, which SVPP funds now support, gets underway this fall. Her team is completing an assessment of MFS database needs and will develop a proposal for consolidation of databases at the eleven MFS programs. SVP has helped also with developing a curriculum for young children whose parents are attending MPAP, and with integrating appropriate technology for on-line giving to MFS.
Rupa is a Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley. Her husband works with her at Morgan Stanley, and like her is active in the community. He serves as president of the West Sylvan PTA, where their son attends 7th grade.
This busy family enjoys time at home together, and at their vacation home in Sun Valley, and they enjoy travel.
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