Categorized as: Education, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Stories, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: Chicago, Exponent Philanthropy, Lessons learned, PBMR, Violence on May 7, 2016.
By Suzanne Skees Our Chicago education and job-skills partner, The PBMR Peace Center, creates a safe space for youth and their families to escape the gangs, drugs, and violence of the South Side streets and to build a life of choice. I was fortunate to be in Chicago...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, U.S. & Tagged as: MY JOB book, Publishing, TitleTown Publishing, Tracy Ertl on January 23, 2016.
Editor’s Note: The MY JOB: Real People at Work Around the World team has worked diligently to identify a publisher that aligns with our values and goals. We’re proud to announce a partnership with TitleTown publishing for the release of the MY JOB book in late...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S. & Tagged as: 2015, Annual report, MY JOB book on January 9, 2016.
We’re thrilled to share with you a year of compassion in action by our U.S. and global family and grantee partners. — Suzanne Skees, Founder/Director Skees Family Foundation 2015 Annual ReportRead more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, Latin America, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: 2015 grantees, Age Africa, Agora Partnerships, AID Tanzania, Akilah Institute, Anseye Pou Ayiti, Batonga, Destiny Foundation, Educate Lanka, Family, Global Press Institute, Grantmaking, Hope 4 Honduran Children, JAAGO Foundation, Kiretono Resource Center, Medha, The School Fund, Upaya Social Ventures on September 19, 2015.
By Suzanne Skees for Skees Family Foundation We laughingly call SFF “the world’s tiniest foundation with the mightiest ambition” to end poverty worldwide, in our lifetime. How? As Steve Jobs put it, “We have gone to exceptional lengths...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Education, Grantee, Leadership, Middle East, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: Anniversary, Fundraiser, Human rights, Oral history, Story collection on June 20, 2015.
Voice of Witness celebrates ten years of impact by releasing a volume of narratives from over the years, edited by cofounder Dave Eggers. Our foundation fervently believes in the power of strong storytelling. Last year, we were fortunate enough to begin supporting...Read more