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Charitable Ventures
Charitable Ventures is a support organization based in Southern California that enhances the nonprofit sector by incubating community initiatives and providing fiscal sponsorship. They empower mission-driven leaders to address social challenges.
Overview
What Charitable Ventures does
What Charitable Ventures is
Charitable Ventures is a support organization based in Southern California that enhances the nonprofit sector by incubating community initiatives and providing fiscal sponsorship. They empower mission-driven leaders to address social challenges.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Other
- Founded
- Founded in 2007
- Approximate age
- About 19 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 16, 2026
Official channels
Find Charitable Ventures elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Charitable Ventures as a community
Community overview
Charitable Ventures is an organization based in Santa Ana, California. It focuses on strengthening communities and addressing critical social issues through collaborative efforts, incubation of new ideas, and providing consulting services to nonprofits and foundations.
Community focus
Charitable Ventures provides a range of services including fiscal sponsorship, social impact consulting, philanthropic regranting, and public contracts. The organization aims to support community projects and initiatives, particularly in the Orange County area.
Member value
Charitable Ventures has stewarded over $60 million since 2020 to bolster regional projects and initiatives. They connect small nonprofits to vital resources, helping to build a stronger and more equitable community.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students · Operators
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Events and activity
Charitable Ventures offers various community programs, including workshops and community reports, aimed at enhancing community engagement and support.
Notable members
Notable members include Keith Swayne, Board Chair and President of Swayne Family Foundation; John L. Benner, Board Treasurer and Coach at Executive Coaches of Orange County; and Shawna Smith, Board Secretary and CEO of Taller San Jose Hope Builders.
Common questions
What to know about Charitable Ventures
Upseed classifies Charitable Ventures under the Other organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 16, 2026
Known limits
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