Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners (PSVP) is a network of partners connecting passion and purpose. Partners give their skills, their time, and their resources to support innovative nonprofits in Allegheny County. We call this engaged giving — working together to unleash the potential of our local organizations who serve the underserved — fostering change right here at home.
PSVP’s model for putting these ideals into action include “pitch” events where leading-edge programs are given a platform to be heard. What results is networking, grant making and relationship-building among the nonprofits and the greater Pittsburgh philanthropic community.
Historically, PSVP’s programs have focused on creating impact in two distinct areas:
- Philanthropy Development: PSVP fosters a community of lifelong, informed and inspired philanthropists. Partners are high-achieving individuals who make strategic and substantial contributions to nonprofit organizations through their skills, their time, and their resources.
- Capacity Building: PSVP supports nonprofit organizations (investees) that seek new resources and innovative approaches for addressing a variety of issues that affect at-risk youth. Capacity building investments focus on increasing the ability of each nonprofit we assist to fulfill its mission. This includes cash grants, highly-skilled volunteers, professional consultants, leadership development and management training opportunities.
Over ten years, PSVP has invested more than $800,000 and upwards of 2,000 hours of professional, hands-on consulting to community nonprofits, not to mention leveraging an estimated $10 million in additional support. PSVP is a 501 (c)3 non profit.