Join Us!
Becoming a member
is easy. Simply:
- Fill out the New
Member Pledge Form.
- Send in your
first year’s payment. Donation
checks should be made payable to
"Houston Social Venture
Partners".
HSVP can accept
cash, securities and mutual funds as
contributions. For gifts other than cash, please
contact Kim Wilson at (713) 907-7521 for
direction on how to make these contributions.
After you complete these steps,
an HSVP staff member will be in contact with you
to schedule an orientation meeting.
For additional information about
joining HSVP contact us at (713) 907-7521.
Who Becomes a
Partner?
Some Partners are new to philanthropic giving,
while others have a history of either personal or
foundation giving. All want to be involved in
making a difference. Partners typically join HSVP
for the following reasons:
- To invest
their money and time in social
challenges, and to see the impact of that
time and money leveraged by pooling it
with other donors. Often these
individuals are seeking a deeper and more
meaningful way to give back than the
charitable giving they have done in the
past.
- To learn more
about their local nonprofit community,
and how "grant making" and
hands-on volunteering work.
- To recruit
others to causes about which they are
passionate and in which they are
personally involved.
- To be
involved in a model of collaborative
decision-making with other Partners
utilizing the venture capital investment
principles in SVP's approach.
- To enjoy the
fellowship of a community of like-minded
social investors.
Partner
Involvement
Partners can scale their level of involvement
from money-only to one-time events or time-based
projects to ongoing commitments (typically 6 to
12 months) as a committee chairperson, mentor, or
lead partner for an investee.
During the
Orientation Meeting, a new member fills out a
Partner Profile that describes his or her
interests, skills, available time, and
professional background. HSVP’s Director
works with each new Partner to match him or her
with an activity that is the "best possible
fit" for his or her skills and availability.
The "best possible fit" falls into the
following areas of involvement:
- Joining a Working
Group to build and manage HSVP's
internal infrastructure. Working groups
tackle communications, membership
development / recruiting, HSVP events,
and governance.
- Serving on
the Investment Committee
to assess investment focus areas and make
investment decisions.
- Sponsoring an
investee candidate and serving as its Lead
Partner if it is chosen.
- Joining a Volunteer
Team (V-team) to work directly
with an investee. Partners work in small
teams that focus on specific tasks or
outcomes.
- Partners also
remain connected to HSVP by attending events held throughout the
year.
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