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The Social Venture Capital Foundation, Inc. (SVCF) |
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Helping new nonprofits build a better world for all
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- Art for a Child's Safe America - Austin Eastside Community Connection
SVCF 4200 Rosemary St. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 jeff.svcf@att.net
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SVCF's Mutual Support Network
We are helping build a stronger non-profit community and a better world for all by encouraging our grantees to help each other. We call this the SVCF Mutual Support Network.
What it means (and how it works) is simple.
If one of our grantees can help another, we ask that it provide that help.
If one of our grantees needs a product or service that another can supply competitively, we encourage grantee #1 to buy from grantee #2.
If one of our grantees has found a solution for a problem that other grantees may also confront, we ask that that grantee share the information and solution with others in the Mutual Support Network.
In this way, as one grows stronger, all will.
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"Step by step, the longest march, can be won, can be won/Many stones can form an arch, singly none, singly none/And by union what we will, can be accomplished still/Drops of water turn a mill, singly none, singly none." -- Step by Step |
Examples:
Larry Alflen, Director of Zuni Entrepreneurial Enterprises, Inc. (ZEE, Inc.) has begun to consult with, and provide initial advice to, the leaders of Phoenix Gate, Inc. in southeastern Oklahoma on how to start a successful grocery business. Larry has already led the development and growth of such a grocery business to train and employ persons with disabilities living on the Zuni Reservation in New Mexico. Bill Stovall, Administrator of Phoenix Gate, Inc., is working on setting up a grocery business to provide job readiness training, employment, and income for men and women in the Phoenix Gate prison community re-entry program. Thanks, Larry!
Rand Nini, managing member of Able Disabled Programming Group, LLC (ADPG, LLC), Berwick, LA, has volunteered to join the Project Advisory Board for the Zuni 3E Center Project. Rand has led the development of a for-profit web site development and e-commerce business that employs and contracts with persons with disabilities and/or their caregivers. Thanks, Rand!
Kids on the Hill, Baltimore, MD, has contracted with the Able Disabled Programming Group, LLC (ADPG) to develop its new enterprise web site. With this web site, Kids on the Hill will be able to reach a broader audience, enable online transactions, and sell more of the t-shirts and other products being developed in the after school arts program. Thanks, Rebecca and Rand!
Kids on the Hill also is exploring the feasibility of getting its t-shirts printed by The RTC Silkscreen Studio, an earned income program of Covenant House, New York City. The RTC Silkscreen Studio of Covenant House prepares inner city and at risk youth for employment in the printing industry. It appears that RTC Silkscreen Studio may be able to print Kids on the Hill-designed t-shirts at lower price with equal or better service than available through totally commercial printing services. This is another great example of SVCF grantees using their purchasing power to help make a better world for all. Thanks, Rebecca and Troi Barnett of Kids on the Hill!
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