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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 Finding and retaining affordable and stable quality office and workspace for nonprofits in Silicon Valley where office rents are among the highest in the nation. Our Philanthropic Response The Sobrato family leveraged its greatest asset — not money, but real-estate — by donating two of its office business parks and converting them into two of the region’s only Multi-Tenant Nonprofit Centers now referred to as the Sobrato Center for Nonprofits Milpitas and Sobrato Center for Nonprofits San Jose. Read More Community Impact As of November 2008, a community of 42 nonprofit organizations are co-located on two campuses in Milpitas as well as San Jose occupying approximately 185,000 square feet of rent free office space. Each tenant receives free in-kind rent enabling dollars traditionally spent by these nonprofits on overhead expenses to be re-directed to important community programs and services. In total, the value of rent-free space being donated by the Sobrato Foundation is approximately $3.2 million annually. This generous donation not only supports the various missions and client beneficiaries of these tenant organizations, it also offers them a stable work environment that is of tremendous value (and non-quantifiable) given the real estate market climate in Silicon Valley. Read more MILPITAS FEATURES The Sobrato Center for Nonprofits Milpitas campus offers the following outstanding features:
MILPITAS
OPENINGS SAN JOSE FEATURES The Sobrato Center for Nonprofits San Jose campus offers the following outstanding features:
SAN JOSE
OPENINGS The Sobrato Foundation's in-kind space grants are targeted toward strong community-based organizations that promote self-reliance and economic independence, and positively contribute to the quality of life for economically, physically and emotionally challenged individuals throughout Silicon Valley. The Foundation staff and Board conduct a competitive grant review process. Final grant decisions are awarded based on an evaluation of four key areas:
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
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