Categorized as: Africa, Grantee, Our Partners, Stories & Tagged as: StrongMinds on December 16, 2017. Related Grantee: StrongMinds.
Editor’s Note: Hello, all, and happy holidays! For this blog post, we decided to highlight one of our brand new, incredibly effective partners, StrongMinds. I wanted to quickly issue a warning for the content below: it pertains to suicide. I know the holidays can be...Read more
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: Job Creation, Our Partners, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Chicago, Gun violence, Megyn Kelly, MSNBC, NBC, Peace, Precious Blood on September 25, 2017.
Editor’s note: On the premiere of NBC’s “Megyn Kelly TODAY'” show, Megyn introduces our wonderful restorative-justice partner,Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR)’s Sister Donna Liette, a 77-year-old nun who’s dedicated...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Job Creation, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories & Tagged as: Jibu on August 26, 2017.
Editor’s Note: The Skees Family Foundation began working with Jibu in 2015, with an impact investment into an equity fund. We were (and are!) excited about their mission to provide safe drinking water through sustainable, grassroots businesses. They have scaled...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Grantee, Our Partners, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Teach North Korean Refugees on July 1, 2017. Related Grantee: Teach North Korean Refugees.
Editor’s Note: A few years ago, I was beginning my adventures living and teaching English in South Korea and I came across this small nonprofit, Teach North Korean Refugees. They were a small, mission-based nonprofit that was in a geographic location that Skees...Read more