Wijdan Jreisat steps up as SVP Cincinnati's new Chair.

With her husband Patrick, Wijdan has been a partner with SVP since 2007 and is excited to serve as the Chair of SVP Cincinnati as it heads into its 5th year anniversary in 2012. Wijdan previously chaired SVP's Investment Committee, and is a passionate supporter of SVP - we are thrilled to have Wijdan as our new Chair.

SVP Cincinnati partner Tom Callinan elected to the Board of SVP International.

Tom Callinan joined SVP a few years ago for the "social" part and found himself so captivated by the potential of its model of engaged philanthropy that he jumped in with both feet, locally, and is now bringing his skills, knowledge, and social media savvy gained from a career as a newspaper editor to the international network.

Social Venture Partners Cincinnati selects Whole Again International as its newest investee

After many months of deliberation, SVP Cincinnati selected the grassroots nonprofit Whole Again International for its next investment. Click here for the story in the Business Courier, or click here for the press release.

 

Social Venture Partners Cincinnati awards $45,000 in reinvestment grants to environmental nonprofits

SVP renewed its third year of partnership with the Civic Garden Center and its second year with Gorman Heritage Farm and Imago for Earth. To learn about the reinvestment and how SVP is helping these nonprofits flourish, click here for the full press release.

 

Social Venture Partners Cincinnati selects Transforming the Lives of Children and Youth at Risk as the 2010 Investment Focus Area

SVP's new focus area targets organizations working on long-term solutions to the problems facing at-risk children and families, such as hunger, poverty, literacy, obesity and homelessness.  The ultimate outcome for SVP is that children and youth in our community build successful lives. Click here for the full press release.

 

Small Norwood outfit helps fuel big nonprofit dreams

Take the venture firms' model of combining financial capital with human capital and you've got the idea behind Social Venture Partners, a 2-year-old organization in Norwood that applies business expertise, as well as dollars, to not-for-profits. Click here for the full article.

 

Kathy Aerni ‘walks the walk’ at Gorman Farm

A backyard garden was about the closest that Kathy Aerni had ever gotten to farm life. So when the Oakley resident started volunteering at Gorman Heritage Farm eight years ago, her learning curve was steep. She’s amazed at the skills she has picked up. Click here for full article.

 

Social Venture Partners Cincinnati Awards Civic Garden Center Second $25,000 Grant

Social Venture Partners (SVP) Cincinnati awarded the Civic Garden Center a second $25,000 grant to continue the capacity building efforts of the Civic Garden Center and its proposed Green Learning Station. Click here for full press release.

 

Most Cincinnati Social Venture Partners Maintain or Increase Giving in the Down Economy

Social Venture Partners (SVP) Cincinnati announced results from its latest survey designed to assess the impact that Social Venture Partners has on partner philanthropy development. Click here for full press release.

 

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Please join us at these upcoming events!

• January 20 – 5:30 p.m. Join us for our Third Thursday Happy Hour! We'll meet at The Pig & Whistle, 2680 Madison Road, next to the Rookwood entrance. Suzanne Smith and Andy McCreanor will be there to talk about their social innovation accelerator, Flywheel.
• February 10 – 5:30 p.m. SVP Innovation and Inspiration Night. Filmmaker Andrea Torrice will join SVP Partners for a viewing of her film The New Metropolis, which was shown at the 2010 Bioneers Conference in Cincinnati. Discussion to follow. Everyone is welcome! Location TBD.

 

Click here for all the upcoming events from SVP Cincinnati.