Specifically, these organizations use for-profit techniques as identified by Letts et al. to build organizational capacity of grant recipients. The list was derived from an expanding base of contacts within the social venture field. The list is by no means exhaustive, as grant-making organizations are daily exploring the use of venture capital practices. At least four new funds have been launched in the past year, including Social Venture Partners of Arizona, Entrepreneurs Partnership of the Triangle Community Foundation, Austin Social Venture Partners and the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund. There are various approaches through which to receive contributions for a social venture fund.
Some funds accept stock transfers, while others receive only cash.
Likewise, funding bodies seek to leverage cash and human capital in different ways. Some organizations, such as Social Venture Partners, request relatively small investments in the hopes of attracting numerous investors and, concomitantly, volunteers. New Schools Venture Fund, on the contrary, seeks to recruit few investors who will invest large amounts in the fund. We have categorized organizations in the tables below according to their positions on the continuum of expectations. The following table describes the focus and nature of each fund, as well as the fund's overall model for contribution.