Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S. on November 25, 2017.
Editor’s Note: One of the most rewarding aspects of working in a small family foundation like ours, is seeing the hard work and passion of our grantee partners generate real change and opportunity in the communities in which they live and work. As part of our...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Social-impact investments, Stories & Tagged as: Beneficial Returns, Impact investing, Risk, WCCN on October 21, 2017.
Photo courtesy of Micheile Henderson on Unsplash. Editor’s Note: Although our foundation had taken some steps toward impact investing in the past, as CFO and Director, I’ve recently had the opportunity to delve deeper into the field more deeply this year, as we...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Our Partners, Stories & Tagged as: Grantee news, Reports, Sally Skees-Helly on June 3, 2017.
Author’s note: Hey Everyone, It’s Sally here. Like many Americans, I work more than one job: I’m an attorney and small-business owner (doing the difficult but necessary work of helping couples mediate through the divorce process) in the Albany, New...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: 2016, Annual report on December 3, 2016.
Editor’s note: Winter brings snow, candles, family, and festivities–for some. For others, the long nights strike the loneliest chord and the cold days bring too little comfort and food. We join you, our friends and collaborators in our quiet, ongoing...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Stories & Tagged as: Exponent Philanthropy, Lessons learned, Philanthropy, Video storytelling on July 30, 2016.
By Suzanne Skees, Founder and Board Chair Exponent Philanthropy, the largest U.S. association of funders at 2,200 members, provides educational programs and connections to help members maximize their giving dollars. Exponent believes that “relationships come...Read more
