LP profile

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Endowment Pool

Endowment · Mountain View, United States

#173 LP Ranking #6 of 108 endowments

8 VC firms backed

$14B AUM

~$675M Allocated to VC (est. 5%)

01 · Background

Who Silicon Valley Community Foundation Endowment Pool is.

Historical Background: The Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) was established in 2007 through the merger of two community foundations, creating a significant new pool of philanthropic assets. The Community Endowment Fund acts as a permanent charitable resource, growing through contributions and supporting the region's nonprofit organizations.
Source of Capital: The endowment pool is capitalized by contributions from a wide range of donors, including private philanthropists and local citizens. Donors can establish named endowment funds, which contribute to the foundation's broader Community Endowment Fund.
Major Events: The foundation's creation in 2007 resulted from the merger of the Peninsula Community Foundation and the Community Foundation Silicon Valley.
Allocation Strategy: The foundation's investment committee maintains a formal investment policy that outlines risk tolerance, return objectives, and a strategic policy allocation for the endowment. Income generated from the endowment is used as a form of "venture capital" to provide long-term funding for solutions to community challenges. The foundation offers several investment options to its donors, including a Long Term Pool that mirrors the investment strategy of the main endowment and is designed for assets held for more than five years.

Sources

02 · Fund commitments

The funds Silicon Valley Community Foundation Endowment Pool backs.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Endowment Pool is a limited partner in 8 funds. 4 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.

DBL Partners

United States

Mohr Davidow Ventures

United States

Next Play Capital

United States

Precursor Ventures

United States

03 · Allocation

How Silicon Valley Community Foundation Endowment Pool’s fund book is spread.

The 8 funds Silicon Valley Community Foundation Endowment Pool backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.

Where those managers are based

By fund headquarters.

North America 788%
Europe 113%

United States 7 · Switzerland 1

04 · Other LPs

Other LPs.

Other endowments in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Silicon Valley Community Foundation Endowment Pool by combined power-law score — North America first, then the nearest worldwide.

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University of Michigan Endowment

LP rank #3 · United States

$18B AUM 81 VC funds backed

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The Heinz Endowments

LP rank #130 · United States

$2.3B AUM 45 VC funds backed

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University of Washington Endowment

LP rank #140 · United States

$6.2B AUM 28 VC funds backed