SVP Boston Insider September 2025

Dear Partners, Grantees, and Supporters,

As the season changes and the air feels lighter and fresher, I'm feeling a sense of momentum building here at SVP Boston. We are welcoming four new partners and a new board member, launching our next grant round, hosting events, and building new ways to connect and support each other and our community.  

I appreciate your hard work and your feedback. Please feel free to reach out. I am always available for a chat by phone, video, or over a cup of coffee! 

With gratitude,

Karin Cassel Mitterando, CEO

Graduating Class at Women's Money Matters, an SVP Boston Nonprofit Partner

2026 Grant Round Open

We are now accepting letters of intent for our 2026 Consulting Grant round! We will award grants to four nonprofits that will also be eligible for financial support. Information session date and other essential details are available on our website.

Welcome New Board Member

Cliff Manko

Sustaining Partner and Board Member

We are thrilled to welcome Sustaining Partner Cliff Manko to the SVP Boston board. Cliff is a retired publishing executive who held senior finance positions at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Cengage Learning, and Beacon Press.

He brings to our client engagements many years of experience in budgeting and planning, management reporting, data analytics, and operations. Cliff began his career as a CPA at Ernst & Young. He is a graduate of Cornell and NYU Business School.

"I joined SVP Boston because it serves an important niche of the Metro Boston nonprofit community, and it has a great track record of helping its clients achieve and exceed their mission plans. SVP Boston client engagements typically last 1-2 years, and that particularly appeals to me because I want not only to learn about an organization's mission and operations in order to refine its action plans, but also to actively help implement the action plans. Client engagements have 4-6 SVP Boston partners, and we each bring different skills and perspectives to client engagements, and I really enjoy that too.”

Welcome New Catalyst Partners

June Dong

Strategy Consultant, Lumanity

"I'm joining SVP Boston because food access, health, and economic empowerment are intertwined issues that I am deeply passionate about. I'm excited to work alongside nonprofits and help accelerate their impact across these issues for our local communities!"

Weslan Goldburg

Financial Analyst, Gunderson Dettmer

"I want to give back to my local community in a meaningful and lasting way, and joining SVP offers the perfect opportunity to do so. I look forward to leveraging my analytical skills to help Boston-area nonprofits scale their efforts and maximize social impact."

Robert F. Lynch, Jr.

Associate, Nutter McClellan & Fish, LLC

"I'm privileged to join SVP Boston and contribute to the vital work of empowering local nonprofits. I'm eager to offer strategic insights and practical guidance to help these organizations amplify their impact and navigate growth."

Abenezer Sheberu

Analyst, ClearView Healthcare Partners

"Since recently moving to Boston, I've been looking for ways to get involved locally, and SVP offers a great opportunity to do so. I'm super excited to contribute and make a positive impact through our nonprofit work." 

Spotlight on: The Resource Team

On August 6, we were joined by SVPB Resource Team Member and founder of Rally Consulting, Susan Raleigh, for a fun and informative presentation on “The Power of A Donor Database.” With 20 years of experience in database management and training, she led the well-attended session with insights into building, maintaining, and leveraging this critical tool in fundraising.

“My organization is ready to launch a CRM system, and Susan provided me with great guidelines and features I should look for when making this critical investment.” -Lunch and Learn Attendee

Did you miss the presentation? Visit the Lunch & Learn Knowledge Hub to watch the recording!

Save the Date

October 7 - Lunch and Learn with Ming Chow from Cybersecurity Center for the Public Good at Tufts University The Lunch & Learn Series is free and open to the public. 

December 16 - End of Year Celebration at Holland and Knight. New Grantee Awards will be announced!

About SVP

Social Venture Partners Boston is a partner-led, venture philanthropy 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports early-stage, local nonprofits through a combination of pro bono consulting to tackle projects to accelerate scaling their organizations and unrestricted grants to fund operations.  Since 2002, SVP Boston has provided more than $5M in funding, and tens of thousands of hours of pro bono support, to more than 30 of our city’s most impactful nonprofits.

​SVP Boston is an affiliate of SVP International – an organization that amplifies the impact of donors and nonprofits worldwide. With more than 40 affiliates across the globe, SVP Partners number more than 3,400 globally and have collectively provided more than $70M to nearly 1,000 nonprofits that are changing lives around the world.

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