Categorized as: About us, Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling on July 10, 2021.
Related Grantees:
Bean Voyage,
Embrace Her,
Idea4Africa,
KadAfrica,
Preserve International,
Tech Me.
Editor’s Note: As the United States has begun to emerge from the pandemic over the past two quarters, some of our partners are also beginning to emerge, while others are still struggling to contain the virus while waiting for accessible vaccines. We continue to...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Stories & Tagged as: Dayton, Dayton International Peace Museum, Hugh Skees, Jasmine Skees, Kentucky, Mercy Manor, Obituary, Oklahoma, Philanthropy, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (pbmr.org), Social justice on March 27, 2021.
Editor’s note: This past year might have brought deep trauma and loss to many of you, our friends and partners, and to too many good people around the world. We join you in heartache as we release both of my parents, former SFF board members, married 64 years...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Stories & Tagged as: BLM, Power-sharing, Racial justice on March 13, 2021.
Cover image courtesy of Kalea Morgan on Unsplash. Editor’s note: While this opinion piece (my own—not endorsed by the SFF Board) rails against entitlement and injustice, I do so with a view across the sector, but I also see myself in the mirror. – Suzanne By Suzanne...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories on February 13, 2021.
Photo courtesy of Roman Synkevych on Unsplash Editor’s Note: 2021 is turning out to be quite an exciting year for Skees Family Foundation, so keep an eye out for some major announcements coming over the next several months. Our first announcement is the...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth on January 9, 2021.
Related Grantees:
Agora Partnerships,
Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti),
Bean Voyage,
Beneficial Returns,
CREA Nicaragua,
Educate Lanka,
Education Bridge,
Eggpreneur,
Idea4Africa,
Jibu,
KadAfrica,
Resonate,
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization,
Tujenge Africa Foundation,
Women LEAD,
Village Enterprise.
Editor’s Note: 2020 was a very serious year of reflection for SFF. We took a really deep dive into our privilege as a family and as a foundation and are making some long overdue and much needed changes to the structure of the foundation in the coming year! We...Read more
