Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, U.S. on May 23, 2020.
Sally and Brienne on a call with several of our nonprofit partners in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Editor’s Note: We all know that 2020 has been a hectic year to put it mildly. It has been difficult for many of us to keep it together, let alone stay productive....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: 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
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Stories, Youth on November 9, 2019.
Related Grantee:
Education Bridge.
The Education Bridge team Editor’s Note: Skees Family Foundation began working with Education Bridge in 2019. They received a Generational grant, given by the third generation of the Skees family. Our vote to work with them was unanimous, which, if you have ever had a...Read more
