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Facebook, headquartered in Menlo Park, has just launched the fourth round of grants from the Facebook Local Community Fund. Through this PVF-administered initiative, Facebook has given out [...]

In 2014, PVF awarded grants to six young Bay Area residents for coming up with fresh ideas for building better communities. These awards were made possible through the Bay Area Inspire Awards, [...]

Affordable housing is the top issue of concern in San Mateo County. In response to this concern, the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County called a meeting of 35 program directors [...]

The following blog post is by guest writers Marc and Ragni Pasturel, who are PVF donors and partners. Our partnering with Philanthropic Ventures Foundation (PVF) goes back more than 20 years. We [...]

The following guest blog post is by Nancy Alvarez, a PVF Parent Involvement Worker at Cesar Chavez Academy in East Palo Alto. Education is the means to break the cycle of poverty. East Palo Alto [...]

I offered one of the mothers who is aParent Involvement Worker a one-day visit for her and her two daughters to UC Berkeley. Walking on campus, dipping in on a large lecture room and observing a [...]

It was a singular honor to be invited by Lord Wei of Shoreditch to address a joint All Party Parliamentary Group of the House of Lords and House of Commons in London. They wanted to hear from [...]

Virginia, who serves food to the staff at Tesla Motors, fell behind on her rent one month, and as a result her landlord tried to force her and her children out of their East Palo Alto apartment. [...]

Cole Wilbur has an extensive background in philanthropy. For 23 years he was CEO at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation when it grew from $7 million to $11 billion. When he retired from being [...]

In 2014, PVF awarded grants to six young Bay Area residents for coming up with fresh ideas for building better communities. These awards were made possible through theBay Area Inspire Awards, [...]