Foundation Source Announces Partnership with Social Venture Partners, An International Organization Promoting High-Engagement Philanthropy.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Foundation Source(R), the nation's leading provider of support services for private foundations, today announced a partnership with Social Venture Partners(R) (SVP - www.svpi.org), the first and only network of engaged individual donors. Active in 24 cities throughout the United States and Canada, SVP promotes a high-engagement approach to philanthropy. In this model, members develop collaborative relationships with non-profits by investing time and expertise, in additional to financial support, to drive positive social change.

This partnership assists SVP in its mission to promote philanthropy. By helping SVP families who have private foundations to run them more efficiently, members have more time and energy to spend with the nonprofit organizations they support. At the same time, the systems, technology and efficiencies pioneered by Foundation Source have made this powerful planned giving tool available to a wider group of donors than ever before. You no longer have to be a "Ford" to have a foundation.

In turn, Foundation Source will introduce the SVP model to it client base of over 300 private foundations.

"This relationship with Foundation Source supports our objective of helping our network of engaged philanthropists become more efficient in their charitable giving," said Tom Donlea, executive director of SVP. "By reducing the complications, expense and ongoing back-office burden traditionally associated with private foundations, Foundation Source will enable SVP members to devote their time and energy to helping the non-profit organizations in which they become involved."

"The SVP mindset meshes perfectly with Foundation Source. These forward-thinking professionals are creating a new model of philanthropy based on their vision and experience," said Daniel M. Schley, chairman and CEO of Foundation Source. "As such, they appreciate the innovation, systems and technology that Foundation Source has created to 'modernize' private foundation administration."

About Foundation Source (www.foundationsource.com)

Foundation Source is the nation's largest provider of support services for private foundations. The company enables families, directors, staff and advisors to focus more on mission, strategy and charitable giving, and less on back-office administration and compliance tasks.

Foundation Source offers a full range of administrative, compliance monitoring and grantmaking services that keep private foundations of all sizes running smoothly and in accord with IRS regulations and federal law. With over 300 private foundations under administration and 60 supported financial institutions, the company's back-office systems, online services and experts on-call create better run foundations with more community connection - while providing a more positive experience for those involved.

Foundation Source markets its products in partnership with leading law firms and financial institutions, which include Atlantic Trust, JPMorgan Client Services, Bear Stearns, City National Bank, Clark Nuber, Mercantile Bank & Trust, TD Waterhouse and Wilmington Trust. The company is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, with regional offices in Boston, New York City, Palm Beach, Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle.

Foundation Source is a registered trademark of Foundation Source Philanthropic Services Inc.