Not for Profit Organizations

SV Forum

SV Forum

Our mission: As the leading Silicon Valley not-for-profit organization providing an unbiased source of information and insight to the technology community, we engage the community by… 
creating connections and community providing education and access to resources linking the global business community to Silicon Valley facilitating the exchange of unbiased knowledge, insights and best practices 
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TiE Silicon Valley

TiE Silicon Valley

TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, California, USA. Although its birth name, The Indus Entrepreneurs, signifies the ethnic South Asian or Indus roots of the founders, TiE stands for Talent, Ideas and Enterprise. It is an open and inclusive organization that has rapidly grown to [...]

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MOUSE Squad
 – Technology Skills

MOUSE Squad
 – Technology Skills

MOUSE Squad can use your employee volunteers to make a difference by working with students as they learn how to provide technical support to their own schools. Many Silicon Valley schools have computers in the classrooms, but not enough technicians to keep them running smoothly. Volunteers will enable upper elementary, middle and high school students [...]

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Reading Partners
- Reading Tutors

Reading Partners
- Reading Tutors

Reading Partners needs employee volunteers from your company to provide 1-on-1 tutoring to students both during the school day and after school using a structured, research-validated curriculum. Reading Partners provides free literacy intervention services to children in struggling elementary schools throughout Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. Upon entering the program, the average [...]

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EnCorps
 Science & Math Teacher Workforce

EnCorps
 Science & Math Teacher Workforce

EnCorps seeks career transitioning or retiring employees to teach underserved math and science in public school classrooms. Corporations can participate by advertising the program as well as providing scholarships to qualified candidates. You can build the next generation of engineers, mathematicians and scientists. “We want to make the EnCorps Teachers Program a model for the [...]

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Role Model Program
- Serving as a Role Model

Role Model Program
- Serving as a Role Model

The Role Model Program is a classroom based role modeling program for underserved students in the 4th through the 8th grade. Each year 200 amazing individuals sign on to serve as Role Models. Role Model volunteers
visit local elementary and/or middle school classrooms 6-8 times to teach the fun and interactive “Dare to Dream” curriculum. Role [...]

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RAFT: 
Classroom Resources for Teachers

RAFT: 
Classroom Resources for Teachers

RAFT, Resource Area For Teaching, is looking for corporations to donate materials and supplies that can be used in classrooms for hands on projects to inspire learning and creativity. These materials provide creative hands on opportunities for preK-12 teachers and students. Hands on classroom activities inspire critical thinking and creativity in a magical way. Help [...]

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IISME 
Summer Fellowships for Teachers

IISME 
Summer Fellowships for Teachers

Highly skilled and enthusiastic teachers can provide valuable assistance to sponsor companies’ projects while gaining real world experience to bring back to the classroom and to their students. This is a win for students, teachers, and host companies. IISME has been leading the charge to give teachers the opportunity to keep current with ever changing [...]

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Laboratory for Learning
- Math Training for Teachers

Laboratory for Learning
- Math Training for Teachers

Given the importance of math and critical thinking skills in today’s high tech workplace, it is the vision of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group that all students are proficient in algebra by the 9th grade. Accordingly, it is imperative that local teachers are given the training resources they need to be successful. In 2007, the [...]

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The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

The Intel®  International Science and Engineering Fair® (Intel ISEF), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, provides an annual forum for more than 1,500 high school students from 65 countries, regions, and territories to showcase their independent research as they compete for over $4 million annually. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science.

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