Social Venture Philanthropy by way of Social Venture Partners

March 9, 2016

11:30 am: Professional Networking

Noon – 1:00 pm: Program & Lunch

Rebekah Heppner, founder of Social Venture Partners Tampa Bay (SVPTB), along with two of their founding partners, will share their goals and progress to date. SVPTB was founded in January 2014, joining a global network now in 40 cities in nine countries, engaging over 3,500 individual philanthropists. SVPTB partners pool their funds and together make multi-year, unrestricted gifts to carefully vetted nonprofit investees. Partners also contribute their business and professional expertise to the nonprofits, all with the goal of strengthening the nonprofit and increasing its impact.  Core to this work is the opportunity for partners to learn about social issues and strategic philanthropy. SVPTB operates as a fund within the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay and its work is overseen by an Advisory Committee of seven partners.

For more information, please visit their website: www.svptb.org.

RSVP Deadline: Friday, March 4th

Reservations made before the reservation deadline:

$20.00 Members | $30.00 Guests

Rebekah Heppner is the founder of Social Venture Partners Tampa Bay, part of a global network of engaged philanthropists. In her prior career, Rebekah founded and operated a staffing company in Tampa Bay.  She has been an officer and division controller for Progressive Insurance Company as well as a CPA and senior manager for the international accounting firm KPMG. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA. In addition, she is an applied anthropologist, having earned a Ph.D. from USF in 2007 and a graduate certificate in Africana Studies in 2004.