VPF envisions social entrepreneurs in New York City having the financial and capacity building resources necessary for success - and it envisions one source of this support coming from within the New York City community itself.

To New York City’s most promising social entrepreneurs, we offer grants via a grassroots driven model.

The grants come in three parts:

• Annual financial grants funded by VPF members’ collective contributions.
• Ongoing technical support via VPF members’ donation of professional skills and experience.
• Access to our cross-sector professional networks through our members and parters.

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The VPF Strategy is:

A giving circle’s democratic principles and emphasis on community giving plus the hands on capacity building of venture philanthropy = high impact, high engagement philanthropy.

Using this formula, VPF members have the direct opportunity to collectively leverage their technical, skills-based expertise and their financial resources to maximize impact!