The pioneering impact management firm in the heart of Silicon Valley.
"SVT is one of the best organizations we have worked with, hands down, on so many levels. We would recommend SVT expertise to anyone."
Nancy Hunt
We Are Family Foundation
SVT Group is the impact management firm raising the bar in multiple industries, creating value for all, and value that lasts.
Since 2001 SVT Group has helped leaders from around the world to understand the systems they influence, identify who is affected by their work, and turn impact into strategy that drives results.
Society has created many of the tools, knowledge, and solutions to transition to more equitable and regenerative economies.
We specialize in developing the trust and cooperation needed to generate collective momentum.
Together with our clients we work towards shifting the world from profit at any cost to prosperity for all.
Our clients generally achieve:
Better industry competitiveness
Larger funding opportunities
New partnerships
Increase in community goodwill
A lasting legacy
“SVT is clearly the leader in SROI analysis…. The approach SVT took was incredibly practical… We were trying out a bunch of different folks in this area of social impact metrics and Sara came out as the best.”
— Eric Carlson, Co-creator, Global Social Benefit Incubator
Key Client Projects
Techstars
Techstars is a global startup accelerator and VC firm headquartered in New York City and operating since 2006.
We designed a system that builds impact management skills among startup founders. Early-stage startups now graduate from the Techstars accelerator with embedded impact management capabilities as opposed to vague notions of how to achieve social impact.
Restore the Earth Foundation
Our challenge was to quantify the net market, ecological, and societal value of large-scale reforestation projects across the Mississippi River watershed.
The model provided credible impact data that helped REF attract additional private funding to grow their “revolving restoration fund” enabling the continued reforestation and stewarding of degraded agricultural land.
RIDER USA
RIDER combines AI-enhanced knowledge sharing with human mentorship to accelerate the eradication of rural poverty in the USA in partnership with the Federal Reserve.
Faster access to local solutions are freeing up time for core program delivery, knowledge exchange, and fundraising by giving rural leaders access to previously unreachable investor networks and foundation relationships.
Co-Creators of the Happiness Return Framework
In collaboration with Happiness Capital, a multi-million dollar impact fund based in Hong Kong, SVT developed the open-source Happiness Return Framework.
Going beyond simplistic metrics, this comprehensive framework allows funds to measure not only financial returns but also the societal and environmental value generated by investments, ensuring that both subjective and objective aspects of happiness are prioritized.
“This groundbreaking approach aims to revolutionize the world of investing by considering more inclusive and happiness-oriented outcomes for growing companies and their stakeholders.” — Happiness Capital
Adopting the Happiness Return Framework is a systematic, three-step approach that implements a scoring system — with scores ranging from 0 to 2.0 — that offers comparable metric to traditional venture financial returns. Scores below 1.0 indicate a reduction in stakeholder happiness, while scores above 1.5 suggest exceptionally high happiness returns.
If you’re interested how Happiness Return can work for your fund or startup, book a complimentary consultation with us today.
“There was a real return in working with them. I would tell everyone about them and have, and I would work with them again, and have, which I think is the biggest complement.”
— Kristen Falk, former CEO, New Progressive Coalition
What we do
Impact Measurement
We partner with our clients to define their purpose, measure and project their impact, improve results, and strategically reposition with confidence. Together we unleash our clients’ full potential to shape a more prosperous future for themselves and their stakeholders.
Capacity Building
Because real impact is both personal and collective, we build your personal and organizational capability to drive authentic results. We provide customized tools, systems, and support at any stage along your impact journey.
Systems Innovation
As a firm, we are committed to the spread and advancement of impact management worldwide to enable a more just and sustainable world. We do applied research to this end, developing cutting edge frameworks, and co-creating impact networks and infrastructure in the US and beyond.
Who we work with
Government & Civil Society
Corporations &
Scale-ups
Social Innovators
Venture Capital & Corporate VC
