PHILOSOPHY
Local nonprofits are the
essential delivery system for our Foundation realizing its mission of
helping create and sustain a vibrant and healthy community where all Silicon
Valley residents have equal opportunity to live, work and be enriched. It is
our Foundation’s goal to achieve maximum impact by responding to nonprofits
agencies greatest needs. For example:
Community Problem
Access
to quality meeting space to host community meetings, retreats, trainings and
fundraisers for their Boards, staff, volunteer and donor cultivation
activities is limited throughout Silicon Valley.
Our
Philanthropic Response
To
rehabilitate former office buildings and transform them into two conference
centers, now known as the Sobrato
Community Conference Center Milpitas and Sobrato
Community Conference Center San Jose. The multi-purpose training and meeting
spaces are designed to support place-based organizing that is accessible to all
Bay Area nonprofits rent-free on the Sobrato Center for Nonprofits
campuses.
Community Impact
The Sobrato Foundation provides more than $355,000 in rent free meeting space at its Milpitas
and San Jose sites annually.
MILPITAS FEATURES
The facility has several outstanding features:
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Free meeting space in five multi-purpose rooms that can
be flexibly configured based on your needs; all rooms include
state-of-the-art audio/visual equipment and speaker phones
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A kitchen, hospitality and registration area for your
meetings
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A state-of-the-art Computer Training Lab available for
rent (contact
SueB@compasspoint.org or call 415-541-9000 and ask for Sue Bennett)
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Easy access within the Community Conference Center to
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services’free Nonprofit Resource Center
that is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation
Center and includes an online fundraising research database of 50,000
grantmakers as well as 200 book titles and nonprofit publications on
fundraising, boards of directors and general nonprofit management
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Free on-site parking
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An on-site café and catering service through
Gourmet Express Deli (open from 8 am – 3 pm)
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Is within walking distance to many other ethnic
restaurants and stores including McCarthy Ranch and the Great Mall
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Is conveniently located one-block off the Hwy. 880 and
237 interchange in Milpitas
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Is close to downtown San Jose and provides quick access
to the Peninsula and the East Bay corridors as well as being near
public transportation
sites
SAN JOSE FEATURES
The new facility has several outstanding features:
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Free meeting space in six multi-purpose rooms that can
be flexibly configured based on your needs; all rooms include
state-of-the-art audio/visual equipment and speaker phones
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A registration area for your meetings as well as a kitchen set-up area
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Free on-site parking
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Is conveniently located off of Hwy. 280 close to downtown San Jose providing quick access to the Peninsula and the East Bay corridors
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Is conveniently located on the Race Street Light Rail stop on the Santa Clara Valley Light Rail system
ELIGIBILITY
Any charitable organization is eligible to utilize the Conference Centers on a first-come, first-served reservation basis. A Certificate of Insurance naming the Sobrato Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, ANB Property Corp. and The Sobrato Organization as additionally insured on your agency's current insurance policy is required before using the facilities.
MEETING RESERVATION INQUIRY
We recommend you
review the complete policy manuals before
submitting a meeting reservation inquiry. Click on the following links to
download and review the manuals:
After
reviewing the policies, please submit an initial email inquiry to
Meetings@Sobrato.org and include:
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Your Name, Phone and Email address
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Your Nonprofit’s Legal Name and Employer Identification
Number
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The date of your meeting
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The start and end time of your meeting
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The number of expected meeting attendees
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Which Conference Center (Milpitas or San Jose) you would prefer to use
Our
Community Conference Coordinator will respond to your inquiry within three
business days of having received your request.
COMMENTS TO THE
FOUNDATION
You are invited to send a
note directly to the Foundation staff and Board letting them know what you
think of their People & Places program portfolio. Please email
Grants@Sobrato.org and be sure to include your Name and
Organization. Thank you for your comments!
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