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Shop With A Cop Foundation Of Silicon Valley Receives A $40,000 Covid-19 Relief Fund Grant From The Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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Shop With A Cop Foundation Of Silicon Valley Receives A $40,000 Covid-19 Relief Fund Grant From The Silicon Valley Community Foundation

The Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley has been awarded a $40,000.00  grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. This grant will enable the non-profit to expand and improve programming around the principles of education equity, justice, improving police community relations, diversity, and inclusion including a thorough assessment of all existing programs.

“We’re thrilled to receive this support for the Silicon Valley Community Foundation which will allow us to continue enforcing our mission ideals holistically and meaningfully through all of our outreach and programming,” said Darrell Cortez, executive director. “We have made a commitment to becoming a relational policing model which involves an active and intentional effort to rectify the wrongs of our collective history. This grant will provide the capacity to ensure our work continues to take meaningful steps forward to achieving this goal.”

The Shop with a Cop Strong Communities capacity building grant program helps address nonprofit partner needs that have come to the forefront amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and national unrest surrounding racial injustice. Shop with a Cop SV has identified enhanced resiliency and equity as priority needs during uncertain times. This grant will enable the foundation to expand its impact through culturally-informed and responsive programming, diverse community engagement, and more. 

“The Shop with a Cop Foundation SV is committed to increasing our philanthropy across the board, and being responsive to current needs,” said Darrell Cortez Executive Director for the Shop with a Cop Foundation. “The capacity building grant help advance Shop with a Cop goals to promote reading literacy in underserved communities, improve effectiveness, and infrastructure.Capacity-building grants strengthen nonprofits’ ability to fulfill its mission over time and positively impact lives and communities and develop innovative programming.”

Shop with a Cop SV fosters mutual respect between law enforcement and the community they serve.

Through engendering trust in the community and changing the narrative of those who wear the badge, children see police officers through a different lens. We strive to build bridges of collaboration and strategically invest in education, leadership development, and capacity-building programs to help at -risk youth achieve their fullest potential.

About SCVF: Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a regional catalyst, connector and collaborator.

We bring the resources and skills of donors, business, government and community to solve some of our region’s toughest challenges. We promote philanthropy in our region and support philanthropists to invest with impact. Through advocacy, research, policy and grantmaking, we seek systemic solutions to drive enduring community change.

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