Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation (LAMVCF), its donors and volunteers, provide grants, operate leadership and community-building programs, incubate "startup" nonprofits, offer donor advised funds, and convene groups to address community issues.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
E3 Youth Philanthropy Program
LAMVCF’s E3 Youth Philanthropy Program educates, engages, and empowers local youth to effect positive change in their local communities.
Leadership Education Advancement Program (LEAD) Program
The Leadership Education Advancement Program (LEAD) program introduces residents to opportunities to become involved in their community.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of donor-advised funds
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total dollar amount of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Preteens, At-risk youth, Economically disadvantaged people, Immigrants and migrants
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of organizations applying for grants
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Social and economic status, Domestic workers
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Median grant amount
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average grant amount
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
* Increased grantmaking to local nonprofits and community causes
* Help the community better understand and use the services that LAMVCF provides to increase philanthropy and civic engagement.
* Increase the impact of LAMVCF's programs
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
* Recruit more grantmaking funds
* Make local Donor Advised Fund owners more aware of local opportunities to give grants that improve the community.
* Promote LAMVCF's services to the community and local foundations so they better understand how to use them.
* Focus on increasing coverage and impact of LAMVCF's programs and projects
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
LAMVCF has staff and volunteer members working on the above initiatives. Grants have been received that will enable the engagement of necessary resources.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
LAMVCF has made initial progress in the above areas and will put additional emphasis on them in the upcoming year.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation
Board of directorsas of 02/13/2024
Laura Teksler
Vivienne Hsu
Dan Barritt
Shobana Gubbi
Vivienne Hsu
Mike Kasperzak
Jean Limbach
Julie Mahowald
Harry Price
John Radford
Ellen Saliba
Laura Teksler
Chris Singer
Anne Yamamoto
Venk Nathamuni
Diane Parnes
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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