Joining us at our annual event, Ignite 2015, was a guest of honor - Gricelda Pantoja representing our social impact partner, Las Tías in León, Nicaragua. Gricelda shared her personal perspective on the powerful work she and her dedicated team take on as they serve...
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We are consistently astounded by the incredible community of supporters we have at Spark Ventures. With nearly 200 members of our network gathered together for Ignite 2015 on Friday, October 23rd at The Murphy, we were thrilled to celebrate Spark Ventures' work empowering women and...
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*Updated May 2020. Please note that the most recent information regarding our farm initiative in Nicaragua can be found here. Sometimes Lucy, our Director of Social Impact Investments, spends her days in Nicaragua hiking up trails on our farm where you need a machete to get...
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An open letter to women in the Spark Ventures network: My name is Patti O’Neil and I serve as the board chair for Spark Ventures. If you are taking the time to read this, I'm guessing we both are passionate about Spark Ventures' incredible work. If...
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Spark Ventures Welcomes Tina Erickson The Spark Ventures team couldn’t be more excited to expand - bringing on fundraising expert, Tina Erickson, as our new Vice President of Development. Tina will marshal resources to keep our operations thriving, and expand our impact. We asked her a...
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Without fail, the reading partners program on our trips always stands out as an important highlight for our travelers. This program rewards top students with one-on-one reading time with our volunteers. What started as a way of fostering collaborative learning, has turned into...
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Each of our Impact Travel trips are unique as those who travel with us always have something new and exciting to offer to our partner organization here. This trip, we have two special projects underway. One will improve the connectivity of the teachers and students...
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Greetings from Zambia where our trip has been in full swing since Sunday. All 16 trip participants are already making fast friends. As always, we kicked off our first day with a warm welcome filled with music and exuberant dancing, a bit of which...
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Spark Ventures partners with organizations that prioritize the empowerment of women and girls. Thanks to strategic and financial support provided by Spark Ventures, our social impact partners are on the front lines of empowering girls who otherwise could be left behind. This year, Spark's annual event,...
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The time has come for our July impact travel trip to Zambia! Rich and Arnold have already left for Zambia, and our travelers will be arriving Sunday, July 12. With 16 adventurers in this group it is one of the largest group we've taken to...
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