Donor Satisfaction
At Vida Verde, we see your donation as a partnership. When you give, you become a member of our community, and you have direct influence on our students’ lives.

Vida Verde works hard to keep our budget low so you can feel confident that your donation is being used in the most effective way possible. We are a fiscally responsible organization that will make the most of every single dollar that you donate.

Here are some reasons why we think you should feel good about giving to this program:

• Powerful Purpose – Vida Verde is an organization that is   
   passionately dedicated to meeting its powerful mission.
• Exciting – Vida Verde is a fun place; it’s a crossroads where
   urban hip-hop meets the rural environment.
• Smart – Vida Verde is organized & efficient, creates powerful 
   results
• Personable – Vida Verde is a small organization that is
   accessible, and cares about creating long-lasting relationships
   with its supporters.
• Thrifty and Resourceful -- Vida Verde is a grassroots org.
   that uses resources creatively.


Who supports V.V.?
Since 2004, Vida Verde has been working with business consultant Eric Ryan of Ryan Nonprofits. Eric has donated years of consulting to Vida Verde in order to help us maintain a quality control/ performance review/ management system within the business. This management system has ensured that Vida Verde stays as efficient, organized, and focused as possible, and it has enabled smart future planning for growth and development.

Granting Foundations, Past and Present

2014
Apple Lane Foundation
Atkinson Foundation
Charisma Fund
Change Happens Foundation
Cleaves and Mae Rhea Foundation
Clif Bar Family Foundation
Community Foundation For Southeast Michigan
Crescent Porter Hale Foundation
David And Lucile Packard Foundation
Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
Distaff Singers Ida Altenbach Grant
Gordon And Betty Moore Foundation
Intero Foundation
John And Marcia Goldman Foundation
Katz Family Foundation
Los Altos Rotary Club Endowment Fund
Louis L. Borick Foundation
Ludwick Family Foundation
Michael Lee Environmental Foundation
Morgan Family Foundation
New Priorities Foundation
Palo Alto Community Fund
PaperSeed Foundation
Quest Foundation
Robert S. and Helen P. Odell Fund
Sam Mazza Foundation
Sand Hill Foundation
Satterberg Foundation
Save The Redwoods League
Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Donor Advised:
    Anonymous Donor Advised Fund
    Charles B. Kuhn Memorial Fund
    Hancock Family Fund
SV2/Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund
The Barrios Trust
The Fred Gellert Family Foundation
The Moca Foundation
The Strong Foundation for Environmental Values
Thomas J. Long Foundation
TomKat Charitable Trust
Tosa Foundation
West Star Foundation
Western Digital Foundation
William H. and Mattiew Wattis Harris Foundation

Prior Years
As you Sow Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Graham Memorial Foundation
Bothin Foundation
C.E. and S. Foundation
CA, Inc.
Chez Panisse Foundation
Christensen Fund
Cleo Foundation
Coastside Women's Club
David B. Gold Foundation
Dean Witter Foundation
Douglas Family Gift Fund
East Tennessee Foundation
Girls Inc.
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Hartman Foundation
June and Julian Foss Foundation
Kimball Foundation
Mountain Hardwear's Send a Kid To Camp
Omidyar Network Fund
Potrero Nuevo Fund
RBC Wealth Management Foundation
Rogers Family Foundation
Rudolf Steiner Foundation
Stone Soup
Ten Times Ten Foundation
The McCarthy Family Foundation
The Oakland A's Community Fund
The Palo Alto Community Fund
The Peninsula Community Foundation
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Donor Advised:
    Hammond Family Fund
    Crittenden Family Fund
    K&M Gift Fund     
The Van Loben Sels/RembeRock Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
Yahoo! Employee Foundation
 

Vida Verde's Nourishment Circle

Oak Level
At least $25,000/year for 3 or more years
Selig, Bob and Meryl

Bay Laurel Level
At least $5,000/year for 3 or more years
Anonymous
Chalik, John & Chamberlain, Susan
Rao, Amy
Watkins, Susanne & Beeman, Scott

Walnut Level
At least $1,000/year for 3 or more years
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Beach, David & Ingram, Carolyn
Boynton, Rob & Sue
Brownell, Bill
Carter, Pamela
DeGarmo, Erica & Matthews, Michael
Dickerson, Jim & Sue
Felderman, Bob & Schooler, Eve
Garcia, Carlos & Ross, Lea
Goddard, Chris & Blanco, Cristina
Griffith, Kathryn
Habig, Jill & Demissie, Addisu
Haggarty, Heather
Hancock, Noble & Lorraine
Kritzer, Maggie, & Biehl, Larry
McAlpine, Alice & Fraser
Messina, David & Yusuf, David
Midland Cabinet Company
Miller, Jason
Moison, Jerry & Carol
Nyrop, Kathy & Koch, Stephen
O'Neill, Kay & Sharer, Peter
Pade, Marcia
Palter, Alan & Catherine
Parish, Julie & Will
Porzig, Rachel
Pratt, Stephen
Puhak, Lydia & Fortlage, Scott
Quimby, Hannah & Klein, Zak
Rudolf, Alexei
RHE Foundation
Ryan, Katie & Eric
Smith, Deborah
Smith, Preston & Liz
Soper, Harn
Steuber, Thomas & Virginia
Strand, Donald & Linda Sue
Torcom, Jean
Torres, Rosie

Vida Verde's Current Pledging Donors

Businesses & Professionals Making a difference @ V.V. with Pro Bono & In-Kind Help

2014
18 Rabbits
Classic Party Rental
Cresco Equipment Rentals
Fly Girl Farm
Hartmann Studios Rental
Hatfield & Walker Sound
La Nebbia Winery
Landsculpt
LRE Catering
Numi Tea
Oat Cuisine
Optimist Volunteers For Youth, Bay Area
Outland Java
Patagonia Palo Alto
Phoebus Lighting
Ryan Nonprofits
Senior Coastsider’s Thrift
Straus Family Creamery
Video Equipment Rentals

Prior Years
A Festive Affair, Half Moon Bay
Arata's Pumpkin Farm
Cafe Classique
Coastside Peace
Comfort Inn, Half Moon Bay
Cunha's Grocery
Fengari of Half Moon Bay
Harley Farms Goat Dairy, Pescadero
Heidi Trainor, CPA
Horizon Organic Milk
Ken’s Coastal Paint, Half Moon Bay
Mountain Hardwear
New Leaf Grocery, Half Moon Bay
Northern Energy
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Rainbow Grocery, San Francisco
San Benito House, Half Moon Bay
Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company
Simms Plumbing
Spectrum Organic Oils
The Firewood Farm, Half Moon Bay

Corporate Donations and Matching Gifts

American Endowment Foundation
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Chevron Matching
Genentech
Google
Humanity United
Lawrence Livermore Lab
LinkedIn
Local Independent Charities Of America
Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance Of California
Pacific Gas & Electric
San Francisco Foundation
United Way Silicon Valley
Whole Foods Market, Los Altos
YourCause

Event Sponsors

Heritage Bank Of Commerce
Organic Valley
Peninsula Open Space Trust
TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation

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