News
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The SCNP Voice | September 2024
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Unlocking Opportunity: A Community Vision for SCNP Redwood Shores
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Updates from Sobrato Philanthropies
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The Silicon Valley Program in Action
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The SCNP Voice | August 2024
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Homeless Shelters That Prioritize ‘the Three Ps’ — Especially Privacy
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Bay Area fund aims to speed up housing construction
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The SCNP Voice | Closing Out Summer
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Investing in Affordable Housing and Economic Mobility
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This SF group says it solved the math on affordable housing. Can it get others to follow?
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Affordable housing project in Mission breaks ground, backed by $50M fund
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Apple affordable housing push helps Santa Cruz, San Francisco projects
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Apple, Sobrato Philanthropies launch $50 million affordable housing loan program
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Apple, Silicon Valley billionaire back $50 million fund for affordable Bay Area housing
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Is It Silicon Valley’s Job to Make Guaranteed Income a Reality?
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Sobrato Philanthropies Awards $3.5M to Support a Strong Multiracial Democracy
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The SCNP Voice | June 2024
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The SCNP Voice | May 2024
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Grantee Spotlight: Northern California College Promise Coalition
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The SCNP Voice | April 2024
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The SCNP Voice | March 2024
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The Power of Language: Celebrating Black History Month and Lau v. Nichols
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Philanthropy 50 2024: Learn More About the Biggest Donors
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The SCNP Voice | February 2024
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Grantee Spotlight: Californians Together
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New Partnership: California Funders for Boys & Men of Color
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The SCNP Voice | January 2024
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Navigating the Past to Shape the Future of English Learner Education
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Enhancing Silicon Valley’s Strength, Diversity, and Economic Vitality
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Silicon Valley Program Grantees Get Together
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Santa Clara University celebrates completion of $1 billion fundraising campaign
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The SCNP Voice | December 2023
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3 Ways Funders Can Facilitate Systems Change
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Sobratos Receive Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education
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The Intersection of Race, Language, and Immigration
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The SCNP Voice | November 2023
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Sobrato Philanthropies holds onto No. 1 spot in Silicon Valley charitable giving
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The Sobrato Organization Preserves Affordable Housing with Purchase of Hayward Multifamily Property
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The SCNP Voice | Fall 2023
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The County of San Mateo Navigation Center is the Community Impact honoree for this year’s Structures Awards
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Grantee Spotlight: Parent Organization Network
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The SCNP Voice | August 2023
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40 Under 40 Class of 2023: The Sobrato Organization’s Camille Llanes-Fontanilla
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Changing the Narrative for Multilingual Learners
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The SCNP Voice | July 2023
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Grantee Spotlight: Fresh Lifelines for Youth
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Creating a More Equitable and Sustainable World
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Policy Brief: Changing the Narrative for Multilingual Learners
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SVBJ announces Silicon Valley’s 40 Under 40 class for 2023
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Silicon Valley real estate firm tests one path for affordable housing
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Inside a Media Funding Partnership to Get the Word Out about Early Childhood
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Inside a Media Funding Partnership to Get the Word Out about Early Childhood
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Fresno school district’s first-ever Latinx graduation ceremony
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The SCNP Voice | June 2023
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Sobrato firm will deploy real estate prowess to tackle affordable housing
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Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca Receives Francisco Jiménez Award
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The Sobrato Organization Pilots Housing Security Initiative with Purchase of Santa Clara Multifamily Property
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Language and Justice
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Intersectionality in Philanthropy and Community Support Systems
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Supporting English Learners: Insights on the 22/23 School Year from Sobrato Philanthropies’ Robert Medina
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Grantee Spotlight: Gilroy Youth Impact Center
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The SCNP Voice | May 2023
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Opinion: Santa Clara County’s 2016 Measure A housing bond is delivering on promise
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San Mateo County’s $57MM, 240-Unit Navigation Center Opens in Redwood City
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One of Bay Area’s largest homeless shelters to launch in Redwood City
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The SCNP Voice | April 2023
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San Jose builds homes for unhoused on former encampment site
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San Jose breaks ground on prefab homeless housing
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The SCNP Voice | March 2023
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Philanthropy 50 Donors’ Giving to and From Their Foundations and Donor-Advised Funds in 2022
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Centering Community Need in Crisis and Beyond
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Sobrato Philanthropies Releases Effective Curriculum for English Learner Success Series
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The SCNP Voice | January 2023
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Here Are Four Things We’re Learning About Family Philanthropy
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Philanthropy Awards, 2022
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New income program gives checks to Silicon Valley families
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It will be the biggest navigation center in Northern California. Can it end homelessness in this Bay Area county?
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Partner Spotlight: Sobrato Philanthropies
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Grand Opening of Willow Glen Studios
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Happy Holidays
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In Conversation
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The SCNP Voice | November 2022
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Sobrato, Google, Cisco top list of most generous Silicon Valley corporate philanthropists
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The SCNP Voice | October 2022
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With great pride and gratitude…
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The SCNP Voice | September 2022
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The Future of Family Philanthropy
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San José Awarded $51.6M from Homekey to Develop City’s Largest Quick-Build Housing Community, Expanding City’s Innovative Solution to Ending Homelessness
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Finding Balance in Collaboration
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The SCNP Voice | July 2022
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The SCNP News | June
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OCEANA llama a aumentar la zona de conservación del Área Natural Protegida ‘Acerrife Alacranes’
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Strategy and Influence
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Funding ‘underrepresented’ climate tech founders
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Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Launches First in Nation Cleantech Loan Fund to Accelerate Equitable Climate Action
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The SCNP Voice | May
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Forestry company Komaza raises US$10m funding to develop innovative tech infrastructures
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IP Briefing: What’s Going on With Philanthropy in Northern California?
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The SCNP Voice | April 2022
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Seven Things to Know from a Conversation with John and Timi Sobrato
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How the Sobrato Family Got Started in Climate Philanthropy
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San Mateo County breaks ground on navigation center
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Sobrato Family Members Give $965K to Support Ukraine
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Climate Justice Pledge is Growing, but Many Top Funders Are Slow to Get on Board
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Miller Center Launches Funds To Catalyze Investment In Its Alumni
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The SCNP Voice | March 2022
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The Personal and the Collective: How Three Generations of the Billionaire Sobrato Family Give
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Partnership and Progress
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The SCNP Voice | February 2022
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Friends of Ting welcomes ROSIES Foundation
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Sobrato Family Gift Offers a ‘Home’ at Santa Clara for Cristo Rey Students
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The Philanthropy 50
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The SCNP Voice | January 2022
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USF Receives Record-Breaking Gift of $17 Million for Scholarships
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Sobrato gives $5 million for homeless help in San Mateo County
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The SCNP Voice | December 2021
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Gratitude and Responsibility
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5 Bay Area Philanthropic Leaders Raising the Bar on Giving Back
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Foundations commit billions to fight climate change
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Corporate Philanthropy: Silicon Valley companies increase local giving
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Structures Awards: Pioneer of the Year John A. Sobrato
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Governments and private funders announce historic US$1.7 billion pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities
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The SCNP Voice | October 2021
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Leading Philanthropic Organizations Partner and Commit to Over $328M to Reducing Methane Emissions
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The SCNP Voice | September 2021
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Structures Awards: Pioneer of the Year John A. Sobrato wants to make the Valley ‘a place of opportunity for all’
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Affordable housing development breaks ground in San Jose
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Grant gives Lindsay, Woodlake funds to help youngest English learners
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Seeding a New Nonprofit Center Community
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Space to Thrive
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The SCNP Voice | August 2021
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The SCNP Voice | July 2021
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Companies are finding new ways to step up and combat wildfire wreckage
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Top 100 Bay Area Corporate Philanthropists
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Sobrato Philanthropies Appoints Camille Llanes-Fontanilla as Vice President, Silicon Valley Programs
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Until We Are All Free
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Sobrato Philanthropies Welcomes New Board Member José Quiñonez
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San Jose Legends: John Sobrato’s generosity is everywhere
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The SCNP Voice | June 2021
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The SCNP Voice | May 2021
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Justice, Equity, and Humility
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The SCNP Voice | April 2021
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The SCNP Voice | March 2021
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Standing Together
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Breaking through our Limiting Assumptions
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Philanthropy runs deep in this Silicon Valley family
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The Philanthropy 50
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The SCNP Voice | January 2021
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We stand for equity, justice, and opportunity
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County’s immigrant relief fund is still in high demand
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Silicon Valley’s hunger problems grow during a time of record profits
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Breathtaking Opportunities
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Announcing 2020 Q4 Grantees
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The SCNP Voice | December 2020
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San Mateo Co.: Nonprofits Working Hard To Support Renters During Pandemic
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The SCNP Voice | November 2020
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2020 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership Interview with John A. and Susan Sobrato
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2020 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership | Susan and John Sobrato
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Under construction: Santa Clara University’s ‘campus within a campus’
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Silicon Valley companies donate more than $181M to local organizations
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San Mateo County Adds Extra $2 Million To Fund For Immigrant COVID Relief
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San Mateo County eying next stage
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Loaves & Fishes opens doors on new San Jose headquarters
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San Mateo Co. Immigrant Relief Fund Almost Depleted With Only Half of Demand Met
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San Mateo County supervisors prioritize equity
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The SCNP Voice | September 2020
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Each Challenge as it Comes
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The SCNP Voice | August 2020
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Wildfire Relief Resources
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Grant from the John A. Sobrato and Susan Sobrato Fund to Help Migrants in Need
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How John Sobrato directed relief to those most in need through Mission Asset Fund
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Meet San Francisco Business Times’ Top Corporate Philanthropists 2020
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The SCNP Voice | July 2020
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We Rise Together
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Immigrant Relief Fund for San Mateo County
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John Sobrato’s Big Challenge
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Pandemic Paradox for Nonprofits
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John A. Sobrato Makes $5.2 Million Grant to Seed New Immigrant Relief Fund
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San Mateo County establishes immigrant relief fund to help families during pandemic
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The SCNP Voice | June 2020
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Announcing Our New President
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Top of Mind: Seeding an Equitable Recovery
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Education Equity in Remote Learning
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Sobrato Sustainability Fund
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Standing in Solidarity
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The SCNP Voice | May 2020
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Here’s a list of leaders on Silicon Valley’s COVID-19 economic recovery team
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The SCNP Voice | April 2020
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Reminder: Now Accepting Applications for Sobrato Center for Nonprofits
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Top of Mind: Building Collective Resilience
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The SCNP Voice | March/April 2020
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Sobrato Center for Nonprofits Palo Alto – Now Accepting Applications
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Top of Mind: The Road to a More Equitable Valley
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The SCNP Voice | February 2020
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Site of ServiceNow’s main HQ in Santa Clara sells for $276M
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How the Sobrato Family Pays Tribute to Beloved Abby
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Top Of Mind: One Philanthropic Vision
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San Jose school receives ‘transformational’ $10 million gift
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New & Lasting Partnerships
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The SCNP Voice | January 2020
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Free Video Game app aiming to strengthen teens mental health and build their self esteem
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Top of Mind: Growing Our Local Impact
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The SCNP Voice | December 2019
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Sobratos pledge $1 million to launch fund for eye care tech: Pizarro
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The Sobrato Family: Community Minded
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The Interview: Up Close and Personal With John Sobrato
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The SCNP Voice | November 2019
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Top of Mind: Give Here. Give Together. Give More.
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El Camino Health reveals latest addition with well-known philanthropist’s name
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74th Annual Bay Area Business Hall of Fame Awards
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The Sobrato Organization holds onto No. 1 spot in Silicon Valley charitable giving
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Top Of Mind: Investing in Futures
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Silicon Valley Give Lists
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The SCNP Voice | October 2019
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Impact Lab Kickoff
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How Philanthropy Can Help Us Be Better As A Nation
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The SCNP Voice | September 2019
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The Unseen Emotional & Mental Struggles
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How One Seed Blossomed Into A Food Recovery Success Story
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Top of Mind: Essential Human Services
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The SCNP Voice | August 2019
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Top of Mind: Seeding Early Education
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The SCNP Voice | July 2019
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Top 100 Corporate Philanthropists
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Sobrato donating massive amount of rent-free office space to local nonprofits
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Shadow’s Edge adventure game helps kids cope with chronic disease
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The SCNP Voice | June 2019
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Food truck puts corporate leftovers to community good
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Donors and Their Families Gather for Second Family Philanthropy Forum
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A New Day in California: Training Teachers to Support Bilingualism
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2020 Census Silicon Valley
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The SCNP Voice | May 2019
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Special Announcement
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A Special Announcement
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NDNU Sobrato Scholars
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The SCNP Voice | April 2019
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Sheri Sobrato Brisson’s nonprofit turns storytelling into wellbeing for young patients
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The SCNP Voice | March 2019
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New training for California preschool teachers to help bilingual children prepare for kindergarten
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Opinion: Universities provide the spark for Silicon Valley innovation
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The SCNP Voice | February 2019
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Top of Mind: Change is Not Linear
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Top of Mind: Social Justice Then And Now
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Santa Clara University launches its biggest fundraising campaign, targets $1B goal
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Partners in Progress: Announcing Our Winter 2018 Grantees
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The SCNP Voice | 2018 Highlights + Hopes for 2019
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Top of Mind: Reimagining Progress
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La Casa de Sobrato at the St. Francis Center will House 28 Families In-Need
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Top of Mind: Silicon Valley’s Generosity
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Silicon Valley’s loyal local donor explains why he keeps things close to home.
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Top of Mind: Philanthropy with Fresh Eyes
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Commemoration of Sobrato Hall East
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South San Jose office campus sale a step forward in Sobrato’s pledge to donate wealth
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Bay Area Philanthropists Pinpoint The Region’s Biggest Challenge
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Top of Mind: Investing in our Community’s Change Makers
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Announcing Summer 2018 Grantees
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PropelNext‘s 2021 Northern California Grantee Cohort
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Sobrato Pavilion Dedication and Ribbon Cutting
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John A. Sobrato Receives 2018 Golden Hard Hat Award
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This Foundation Has Been Giving General Support for Years. What’s It Learned?
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Silicon Valley Philanthropy: The Disconnect and Opportunity
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Editorial: Sobrato Pavilion is spectacular addition to Valley Medical Center
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VMC’s new Sobrato Pavilion unveiled
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Taking Action on DACA – Our Continued Commitment to Silicon Valley
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The Sobrato Organization again among San Francisco Business Times’ “Fab Five” Top Corporate Philanthropists — $22.83M in local cash grants in 2016
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Dr. Anya Hurwitz named new SEAL Executive Director
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Sobrato Family Foundation Celebrates 20th anniversary; Announces new $29M investment in SEAL to advance statewide policies to help English Learners
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Drexel School System of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose receives $25M for Sobrato Family Scholars Fund
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John A. & Susan Sobrato give $100 Million to Santa Clara University for 300,000 square-foot STEM hub
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Valley Medical Center’s Sobrato Pavilion unveiled: Construction of new 370,000 hospital wing to wrap up June 2017
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The Silicon Valley Business Journal recognizes The Sobrato Organization as the region’s Top Corporate Philanthropist
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California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson visits highly-successful SEAL program at Hoover School, Redwood City
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University of San Francisco receives $15 Million gift from John A. and Sue Sobrato to transform War Memorial Gym; establish multi-use student center
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Silicon Valley Leadership Group presents “Spirit of Silicon Valley” Lifetime Achievement Award to John A. and Sue Sobrato
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CSBA’s Prestigious Golden Bell Awarded to SEAL at December 16 ceremony with special recognition from CSBA’s Business Affiliate Program
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Colonial Acres kindergartners make huge strides toward mastering language– SEAL phasing into all San Lorenzo Unified schools
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TSO tops SV Business Journal’s corporate philanthropy list for third year giving $19.4M in cash grants to local organizations in fiscal year 2013
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John A. Sobrato honored by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for $5M gift to Valley Medical Center
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Stanford Social Innovation Review Webinar with Lisa Sobrato Sonsini
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SCNP Redwood Shores Open House: Meeting CEO Rick Williams and celebrating the grand opening of Rendezvous Cafe
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SCNP San Jose Open House: Meeting CEO Rick Williams, and discussing how SCNPs can be more than space
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SFF and Raising A Reader Distribute Free Graduation Book Bags