The SHG Foundation is a fund devoted to enabling U.S.-based non-profit organizations to improve the lives of low-income women and children worldwide. The foundation was created by Sand Hill Group. It was endowed by funds from the group's Enterprise conference series. The goal to build a $1-million endowment was achieved at the tenth anniversary Enterprise event in 2007.
The SHG Foundation funds one or two outstanding organizations per year with either a San Francisco Bay Area or international focus. Grantees also get connected to the influential Sand Hill Group network of entrepreneurs, VCs and software industry executives.
To apply for funding, submit a simple one-page proposal on how the organization will utilize a grant of $10,000 by December 1. Selected organizations will be notified the following January. To submit a proposal or to contact the SHG Foundation, please click here.
Past grantees include:
- American Red Cross
The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors-across the street, across the country and across the world-in emergencies. - Big Brothers, Big Sisters of America
Mentoring at-risk children and teens. - BUILD
Real-world entrepreneurial experience that empowers youth from under-resourced communities. - Community Foundation Silicon Valley
Literacy grants to schools throughout Silicon Valley. - Child Relief and You (CRY)
Support for orphanage in India. - Field Trip Foundation
Connects students with educational outdoor resources in the Bay Area. - Fresh Lifelines for Youth
Reduction of juvenile crime and incarceration through legal education, mentoring and peer leadership services - Interplast
Reconstructive surgery for children with birth defects. - Music for Minors
Nurturing in children a lifelong love of music. - Project Concern International
Long-term solutions to health care problems impacting children and their mothers. - Project Impact
Dedicated to making medical technology and health care services accessible, affordable, and financially self-sustaining. - Room to Read
Provide under-privileged children with an opportunity to gain the lifelong gift of education. - Sahana
Sahana is a free and open source Disaster Management System. - Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society
Provides an intensive two-week program that enables successful technology innovators to scale their endeavors and achieve sustainability. - Silicon Valley Children’s Fund
Educational and recreational programs at the Children's Shelter of Santa Clara County. - SKS Microfinance
SKS empowers the poor to become economically self-reliant by providing financial services in a sustainable manner. - Unitus
Unitus is a global microfinance accelerator. Our mission is to alleviate global poverty by increasing access to microfinance. - Women’s Opportunity Fund
Microloans to low-income women in 20 developing countries. - World Cataract Foundation
Helping the world see!
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