Categorized as: About us, Education, Grantmaking strategy, Leadership, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, U.S. on July 25, 2020.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Part Two of our ESG series. We’re so glad that this has sparked an interest in our readers and are eager to help you all with the next steps in moving your corpus to have impact. Read on about how to begin this process within your foundation...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Leadership, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories on July 11, 2020.
Editor’s Note: Most people who work in or closely with foundations know about the 5% payout rule. This means that a foundation is required to spend 5% of their assets on foundation expenses, be that grants, staff salaries, general business expenses, etc. Considering...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Education, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Leadership, Our Partners, Stories on May 9, 2020.
Photo courtesy of Neonbrand on Unsplash. Editor’s Note: Last week we mentioned we’d been on a group call with several of our partners, discussing how they are coping during this crisis. We also talked about their needs, and one of the (obvious) commonalities was...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Leadership, Stories on January 25, 2020.
Photo courtesy of Austin Neill on Unsplash. Editor’s Note: As most of you loyal readers know, 2019 was a crazy year for us. One of our biggest tasks was narrowing down what we do, why we do it, and how we do it. We at SFF have always believed in and trusted our...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