Categorized as: About us, Asia, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Destiny Foundation on July 16, 2018.
Related Grantee:
Destiny Foundation through Cents of Relief.
Editor’s Note: Sandy Skees is one of our 2G members, a sister to Suzanne, the founder of Skees Family Foundation. She has taken an active role in her community for many years, working in areas such as sustainability, girls’ empowerment, giving circles, and...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: CU Boulder, Depression, Hope, Jonah Hinman, Mental health, Neuroscience, Peer counseling, Stigma, Suicide, Wendy Leonard on June 23, 2018.
Editor’s Note: All around the world, members of our human family are suffering a silent epidemic of depression that decimates purpose, destroys relationships, and can even take one’s life. Our family experienced the deepest loss we’ve ever known when, in April...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Women LEAD on April 14, 2018.
Related Grantee:
Women LEAD.
Women LEAD By Brienne Skees, Program Officer and VP of Research and Data Management We at Skees Family Foundation are always looking for new nonprofit stars that work to alleviate poverty through education or job creation. We were so thrilled when Women LEAD crossed...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Stories, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: Family Engagement, Pacific Aviation Museum on March 10, 2018.
Related Grantee:
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum.
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Alex Skees, Skees Family Member Let me first introduce myself – my name is Alex (Ali) Skees, I am 29 and one of the oldest of the 3rd generation of the Skees tribe. While I haven’t been on the frontlines of any of our foundation...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 6, 2018.
Editor’s Note: And so, it is here. A New Year has arrived and for many, this year represents a chance to turn a page and start anew. For our family and for many in our community, 2017 was a year of great loss and turmoil. We meet 2018 with a renewed sense of...Read more
