Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Education, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, U.S. on April 18, 2020.
Photo courtesy of the United Nations COVID-19 Response on Unsplash. Editor’s Note: Hello to all our readers and partners. We know right now is such an insane time, so I am hoping all of you are first and foremost taking care of yourselves, keeping healthy and safe,...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories on February 22, 2020.
Related Grantee:
Tujenge Africa Foundation.
Tujenge Staff and Tujenge Scholarship Program Scholars Editor’s Note: In 2019, through our Generational Grants Program, we partnered with Tujenge Africa Foundation. Founded in 2015 with a budget funded by an Echoing Green Global Fellowship and Stephen Peel, Chair of...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Leadership, Stories, U.S., Youth on February 8, 2020.
Note from SFF Founder, Suzanne: It may be you, or someone you love: one of five of us will suffer from depression, anxiety, bipolar, or schizophrenia each year and more than half will endure some type of mental disorder or illness in our lifetime. We lost my cherished...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, 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 11, 2020.
Related Grantees:
Agora Partnerships,
Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti),
Bean Voyage,
Beneficial Returns,
CREA Nicaragua,
Educate Lanka,
Education Bridge,
Eggpreneur,
Idea4Africa,
Jibu,
KadAfrica,
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation,
Resonate,
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization,
Village Enterprise,
Women LEAD.
Editor’s Note: 2019 was an incredible year for Skees Family Foundation. We reevaluated our mission, grant structure, and methodology. We made the decision to create an advisory board. We added a new family board member. It was also an amazing year for our...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, Youth on November 23, 2019.
Editor’s Note: The last half of 2019 saw both growth and challenges from our grantee partners. I am struck by the universally positive and resourceful approach our partners take to roadblocks that sometimes come their way. Whether it’s getting children to...Read more
