Charitable Ventures

MANAGEMENT

CEO/Executive Director

Ms. Anne Olin

CEO/Executive Director Experience

As President and Chief Executive Officer for Charitable Ventures, Anne seeks out projects, initiatives, and people that help communities solve problems and bring about positive social change. Charitable Ventures is a regional nonprofit incubator and capacity builder that currently manages approximately $20 million in funds annually. Anne founded Charitable Ventures in 2007 to help strengthen and sustain the nonprofit sector. In the last few years, Charitable Ventures has played a critical role in sponsoring several notable initiatives including: the 2020 Census; the OC Opportunity Initiative which works to strengthen services to immigrants in the region; the establishment and management of the first multi-tenant nonprofit center in Orange County, The Village at 17th Street; the management of Families and Communities Together, the County of Orange-funded network of family resource centers; the launch and support of Project Kinship, a nonprofit focused on reentry services, and the successful implementation of seven community health needs assessments on behalf of the St. Joseph Health System, among many other projects. In the face of COVID-19, Charitable Ventures shifted its focus to raise and deploy several rapid response emergency relief funds for nonprofits and individuals, including the OC Community Resilience Fund and the Arts and Culture Resilience Fund among others. In addition to serving nonprofits through Charitable Ventures, Anne has herself served in a leadership capacity for foundations such as The Nicholas Endowment, OC Grantmakers, and an advisor to the Swayne Family Foundation. Finally, for 17 years she served as the Founder and CEO of The Olin Group, a regional consulting firm for nonprofits, having served as the Board Chair for Charitable Ventures during that time. In 2019, The Olin Group and Charitable Ventures consolidated into one organization to better meet the needs of the region. Anne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine and a Master of Arts degree in American History with an emphasis in Immigration Policy from Claremont Graduate University. In 2017, Anne was awarded the OC Funders Roundtable Quiet Achiever Award for her work on behalf of Orange County. In 2019, Anne received the prestigious Judith Swayne Leadership Award from the Swayne Family Foundation and the Orange County Community Foundation for her efforts in support of the mission of Charitable Ventures. In 2020, Anne was awarded the Women of the Year Award from Congressman Lou Correa for work in the 46th District, and the OC Influencers for Good Award from Institute for Community Impact.

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