Becoming an Investee of LASVP is a simple, but systematic process. At our current size, we conduct one Investment Cycle each year. The overall process has five main steps:

LASVP Partners vote to select a focus area for investment (our current focus is education and the environment) We invite interested nonprofits in the selected focus areas to attend an informational meeting in which we outline the investment process and timeline Nonprofits submit a letter of interest if they wish to be considered for an investment, and this “enters” the nonprofit into the pool for evaluation Nonprofit candidates undergo a systematic process of quantitative and qualitative evaluation that includes a full grant proposal, interviews and site visits, so potential investees and LASVP partners can get acquainted and learn how they might work together A recommendation is developed by the Investment Committee, and the entire LASVP partnership votes to approve the final selection

We anticipate beginning our next Investment Cycle in mid-2009.  Interested nonprofits should check this website for further updates on our selected focus area and date of the information session. Contact us if you would like to be informed of our next investment focus area and cycle, or to ask additional questions about becoming an investee.