Ways to Give > Unrestricted Gifts
Donors' unrestricted gifts in amounts large and small help PVF continue to be responsive and inventive in our grantmaking to benefit the local community. PVF’s staff have a long track record of identifying critical intervention points in the community where funding — even relatively small grants — can have the greatest impact. In responding to issues and unmet needs, PVF places high trust in outstanding individuals and programs, demonstrates flexibility and creativity in grantmaking, and takes the initiative in providing funding when it is needed.
To provide support to PVF to continue to carry out its community initiatives and creative approaches, give to PVF's Unrestricted Gift Fund. Please contact us for more information. Here are just two forms of creative grantmaking that your unrestricted gift will support:
Discretionary Grants - in what PVF has named “paperless giving,” PVF identifies nonprofit directors and school principals doing excellent work, then gives them grants they can use at their discretion to meet critical needs. These grants, made without application and based on trust, represent a unique approach to grantmaking.
Immediate Response Grantmaking - On a 48 hour turnaround basis, PVF provides small grants to direct service professionals, such as teachers, librarians, and social workers, to provide resources for creative projects and to meet the needs of clients they serve. If you wish to give an unrestricted gift to support one of PVF's current immediate response Programs, see: Our Programs.
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IndepenDANCE - classes for San Mateo County students provided by Zohar Dance Company's professional teaching staff - foster special education students' independence, self-expression and love of dance.
This initiative is funded by a PVF Donor Venture Grant
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“The foster care system continues to implode. County staff are burnt out and depressed as their system goes broke. The kids are smarter, angrier, and have less impulse control than ever before. And then you saunter into our agony and say 'here, take $25,000 and do good things'. Some days are much better than others” – Stuart McCullough, Youth Homes Executive Director, Discretionary Grant Recipient