The SGV Foundation, Inc. was registered with the SEC as a non-stock, non-profit corporation on April 30, 1966 by a group of incorporators, Washington Sycip, Alfredo Velayo, Cesar Virata, Benjamin Abela, & Erlinda Villanueva, who were interested to develop social consciousness among the company’s partners and to show their concern for the country & the community. It is a grant-making/giving institution with its main office located at 9/F, SGV I Building, 6760 Ayala Avenue, Makati City.
Its purposes, among others, are “to help the country through developing its human resource”. The Foundation’s programs now focus on the following areas: Education, Institutional Development, and Social Development. Its projects include: scholarships & grants, improvement of basic & public education programs, awards for entrepreneurship, and other collaborations.