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January 2026 Partner Spotlight
With nearly 20 years in the mental health field, SVP Partner Lorrain Moorehead’s career has unfolded through a series...
December 2025 Partner Spotlight
Engaged philanthropy is most quickly adopted when you are able to support something that connects to your personal...
November 2025 Partner Spotlight
When Erin Sawyer, then Erin Brooks, was a mechanical engineering student at the University of Michigan, she benefited...
Power Dynamics in Philanthropy
The power that comes with being a donor can have an impact on your relationship with the organization in which you are looking to have an impact. Read a summary of the conversation SVPAZ’s Partners had with Jaime Dempsey, Senior Vice President, Philanthropic Initiatives, with the Arizona Community Foundation.
Trends in Philanthropy with Jacky Alling
Read a summary of the latest trends in philanthropy as shared by Jacky Alling, Senior Fellow for Philanthropy with the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation.
Refuel Investee Spotlight – Teen Lifeline
Meet Our Refuel Investee, Teen Lifeline! This organization focuses on supporting the mental health of Arizona’s youth...
Three Common Challenges of Rapid Growth And SVPAZ Solutions
3 Common challenges of rapid growth and svpaz solutions As a non-profit grows from a novel and often small start-up to...
Refuel Investee Spotlight – Feeding Matters
Meet Feeding Matters, one of SVPAZ’s Refuel Investees Children not eating or limiting what and how they eat their...
Past Investees
Introducing Our New Investee!
Homeless Youth Connection For over 20 years, SVP Arizona has been taking a venture capital approach to philanthropy -...
Why Small Gifts Matter
Why Small Gifts Matter How the Collective Pooling of Resources Makes a Greater Impact In our last blog, we busted the...
5 Myths of US Philanthropy (& Their Busts!)
It is crucial for nonprofits and other charitable organizations to understand the philanthropic environment they...