SVQF

SVQF’s work focuses on helping eradicate extreme poverty, which the UN and World Bank define as living on less than US $1.25 per day. According to economist Jeffrey Sachs, extreme poverty is the inability to meet basic needs such as adequate nutrition, access to safe water, access to basic education, access to primary health services, and a livelihood that can generate an income to meet these basic needs. By either definition about 1 billion people worldwide currently live in extreme poverty.

FUNDING

SVQF’s founders personally fund each initiative at its outset.

We welcome contributions to any of SVQF’s initiatives, but we do not actively seek outside funding for an initiative until the founders have first invested their own money and determined that the initiative demonstrates concrete results.

Contributions go directly, and solely, to the initiatives SVQF supports. No outside funds are ever used for administrative expenses, operating expenses, overhead, or underwriting special events and fundraisers.

PARTNERSHIPS

SVQF aligns itself with organizations that share our belief in practical targeted efforts yielding tangible results in the eradication of extreme poverty. Our partners must be non-partisan, reputable, and experienced 501(c)(3) organizations with ground-level knowledge and local contacts.

INITIATIVES

SVQF invests in programs with focused agendas that address the root causes of extreme poverty. We require regular and detailed reports from our partners on the initiative’s progress and results.

The initiatives must meet the following criteria:

Tangible Results: Traditionally, philanthropy was measured and defined by the amount of money raised or applied to a problem. SVQF instead takes an investor-oriented approach that focuses on the use of the funds and its concrete social impact.
Community Involvement: The initiatives are not imposed upon communities. In each case, the community itself is actively involved in seeking, supporting, and sustaining the initiative.
Sustainability: SVQF seeks to create lasting and sustainable improvements, not quick fixes. The beneficiary community takes ultimate responsibility for independently maintaining the progress made.
Replicability: The initiatives can be replicated in another community or another country.
Scalability: An initiative effective for a community of 100 inhabitants should be capable of being scaled up to serve a community of 10,000 inhabitants.