High Impact Grant Program

       

What could you do with $50,000? Could you create lasting impact for the people you serve? Could you transform how you run your organization for the better?

Each spring, we ask NVIDIA employees to introduce us to the organizations about which they're most passionate. A committee of reviewers finds the best submissions, and then we invite every employee to vote for the organization he/she believes is having transformative impact in the community.

What is transformative impact?

• Increased and sustainable impact on those served by an organization
• Transforming the process of how an organization gets to its final goal

Our 2013 program starts April 1 and recipients will be announced in late July.

• April 1 – May 10: Applications accepted. All applications must be received by Silicon Valley Community Foundation by 5:00pm Pacific time on May 10.
• Late May - July : Finalists are selected by employee review team and recipients are selected by all-employee voting process
• Late July : Recipients announced

 How it Works

1. Organization completes the application and budget template and submits the documents to an NVIDIA employee.

2. NVIDIA employee adds his/her testimonial and submits the documents to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, who receives all applications on behalf of the NVIDIA Foundation.

3. NVIDIA employee Review Team reviews all applications and measures against a set of criteria. Ten of the strongest applicants from all over the world will be selected as finalists.

4. Every NVIDIA employee has a chance to learn about and vote on the 10 finalists. The four finalists with the most votes receive a grant of $50,000.

5. Grantees follow up with NVIDIA over the course of the program by completing a mid-year progress and final assessment report, which should include either a video or photo slide show of the progress.

To Get Started

1. Fill out the application and budget template. Read the submission criteria carefully and please do not submit any documents not listed.

2. Ask an NVIDIA employee to submit for you. Only applications submitted by an NVIDIA employee will be accepted. Encourage employees to write a brief paragraph in support of your organization and its impact.

3. NVIDIA employee must submit the application to corporategrants@siliconvalleycf.org by May 10, 2013.

4. You will be notified when we receive your application. Please note we will not be able to provide you with a status report during the review process. All organizations will be notified in early July as to whether their application was selected as a finalist. Then in late July, the four grant recipients will be announced.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact corporategrants@siliconvalleycf.org.

Previous High Impact Grant Recipients*

• Asha For Education (Asha Darshan) - India
• Hrudaya Cure A Little Heart Foundation -India
• Humanity First - Ghana
• Shepherd's Field Children's Village -China

• Making a Difference for Good – Cambodia
• Breakthrough Silicon Valley – California
• Hrudaya Foundation – India
• Engineers without Borders - Haiti

• Friends of Hue - Vietnam
• Philip Hayden Foundation - China
• Room to Read - India
• Shared Adventures - US
• SOAR - China and Taiwan

• Any Baby Can - Texas
• Sankara Eye Foundation - India
• Smile Train - Worldwide
• Third Street Community Center - California

*Due to the devastating Tohoku Earthquake in Japan in March 2011, the NVIDIA Foundation decided to donate 2011  HIGP funds to support children orphaned and displaced by the earthquake and tsunami.