Key Milestones

1996 - Establish Sobrato Family Foundation 

1996-1999 - Award program support cash grants to nonprofits

1999 - Begin three-year Organizational Capacity Grants Initiative with The Peninsula Community Foundation and the Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

2001 - Launch Sobrato Affordable Housing Fund

2002 - Open Sobrato Center for Nonprofits - Milpitas

2003 - Adopt People and Places Grantmaking Strategy

2004 - Create Sobrato Foundation Supporting Organization at Silicon Valley Community Foundation

2006 - Open Sobrato Community Conference Center - Milpitas

2006 - Celebrate Foundation’s 10-year anniversary by awarding nearly $250,000 in special grants to grantees

2008 - Open Sobrato Center for Nonprofits - San Jose

2008 - Launch Early Academic Language PreK-3rd grade pilot in Redwood City and San Jose Unified School Districts

2009 - Open Sobrato Community Conference Center - San Jose

2011 - Open Sobrato Center for Nonprofits - Redwood City (scheduled for October)