Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Congratulations to PSVP partners Todd Palcic and Donnie Wagner. Each was featured in Pop City, in articles on their respective business ventures.
“We think we can fill a need and we are willing to take equity instead of cash,” Palcic explains. “There are so many companies coming out who are benefitting from PLSG, the [...]

You are cordially invited to join Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners for our
2010 SPRING PITCH
Presented by D.B. Root & Company
Please help us give away $15,000 to two innovative, risk-taking organizations serving at risk kids in Allegheny County.
Partners and guests will learn about two great organizations, making a huge difference in the field of early [...]

Two oldies but real goodies rejoined PSVP as partners – Former PSVP Chairs and founding members of the emeritus program, Marion Lewis and Jeanette Thomas! Marion and Jeanette have been fantastic partners in the past and we are lucky to have them back.
Expect a few more oldies but goodies and a few newbie’s to [...]

You either know her from her regular appearances on CNBC or from her days as a partner with PSVP – Carrie Coghill, President of DB Root Financial Advisors has generously agreed to partner with PSVP and Sponsor our April 28th Spring Pitch Event. DB Root’s reputation in the community and willingness to partner with PSVP [...]

Save APRIL 28, 2010, 6-8:30pm for the PSVP SPRING PITCH event.
The event will take place at the Harvard Yale Princeton Club. A more formal invitation will follow in early April which I hope you will share with everyone you know!
Our Program Officer, Linda Krynski, has been working hard at fine-tuning our new application process, [...]

The Pittsburgh Foundation and the Grable Foundation have begun Voices of Youth, a series of grantmaking competitions.
PSVP Kids has entered the Youth Creating Change competition. They need your support.
Head over to PSVP Kids’ entry page, check out the responses to the issues, and voice a comment.
You know PSVP Kids best, tell the selection committee [...]

Well, we are officially underway with our new model. We hired Linda Miller Krynski, former director of the Pace School among other impressive endeavors, to act as our “Program Officer” for our first Investee Pitch Opportunity coming up in April (the date is still TBD).  She has started to reach out to her contacts in [...]

PSVP has developed a working relationship with Monique Sternen and other researchers from Tufts University who has developed and fine tuned an approach to solving community problems called “Positive Defiance.”  Five years ago, PSVP partner David D’Appalonia brought Sternen to Pittsburgh and three years ago, PSVP and Solutions for Society brought them back for a full day [...]

People tend to be more generous and charitable during the holiday season — especially at ThanksGIVING.  And it’s a great time to whip out the check and do a little Checkbook Philanthropy.
What is checkbook philanthropy? Well it’s exactly what is sounds like — you get a request for a contribution and you write a check. [...]

“There are lots of great ideas incubating around the network all the time – programs of both SVPs and investees that are ripe for replication. Learn about the best of these and find out how to bring them to your community.” – Dallas SVPI Conference Agenda
Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners (PSVP), a partnership of philanthropic-minded individuals [...]